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November 7, 2011
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Pack Mentality
A few days after his team took 10 penalties during an ECHL exhibition game, Elmira Jackals coach Pat Bingham was ready to send a message with some gruelling, repetitive skating drills. “I called out the names of the guys who took the selfish penalties, lazy penalties, careless penalties and I told them to get on the goal line,” Bingham said. “Then I hear someone say, ‘Let’s go boys.’ ” It was Craig Rivet. The former NHL defenseman, who signed with Elmira on Oct. 10, didn’t even play in that game, but he led the charge during the suicides at practice. “It’s no accident he’s had the career that he’s had,” Bingham said. The Jackals made news by signing Rivet, a veteran free agent after 16 NHL seasons and 923 games with Montreal,…
PUCK Bucks
The average salary for an NHL player is a plush $2,284,753 Here’s how much players in other pro leagues can expect to get paid, on average: $71,403/YEAR $609.36/WEEK $600.00/WEEK $312.00/WEEK $0…
The Instigator
TOP AHL SALARIES
1. Alexandre Giroux, LW, 30 Springfield Falcons/CLB $325,000 2. Keith Aucoin, C, 32 Hershey Bears/WSH $300,000 3. Chris Minard, LW, 29 Grand Rapids Griffins/DET $300,000 4. Clay Wilson, D, 28 Abbotsford Heat/CGY $300,000 5. Chris Bourque, LW, 25 Hershey Bears/WSH $300,000 6. Mike Zigomanis, C, 30 Toronto Marlies/TOR $300,000 7. Ben Walter, C, 27 Abbotsford Heat/CGY $275,000 8. Steve Pinizzotto*, RW, 27 Chicago Wolves/VAN $275,000 9. Martin St. Pierre, C, 28 Springfield Falcons/CLB $275,000 10. Derek MacKenzie, C, 30 Springfield Falcons/CLB $260,000 *on injured reserve with Canucks as of Oct. 19…