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January 23, 2012
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HARTNELL DOWN!
It takes a resilient person to pick himself up every time he falls down. In Scott Hartnell’s case, it also takes being a good sport. During the 2010 playoffs. He began seeing “Hartnell Down” signs everywhere. “I saw it in a road game – Hartnell Down 125 – and thought, ‘What the heck is that?’” Hartnell said. “I saw a few weeks later the number was a little big bigger. ‘What is that?’” It turned out Flyers fan Seth Hastings and a few Twitter buddies noticed Hartnell had a propensity to fall down in his battles for space and the puck and created the website, Hartnelldown.com, to track his tumbles. “It started as an inside joke and I decided for the next season, I would keep track of it on Twitter,” Hastings…
THN INBOX
Submit your letter at: thn.com/letters TOOTOO CHEW CHEW The NHL should take more initiative toward protecting goalies, but the examples used in the Jan. 2 Proteau Type column are far-fetched. Labelling Jordin Tootoo as a “repeat-offender aggressor” employing “borderline dirty tactics” makes me wonder how many times Adam has seen Tootoo play. Tootoo has been suspended once before in his career for defending himself after a clean hit. Tootoo didn’t purposely ram Ryan Miller and is not a dirty player. You can’t blame Tootoo because Milan Lucic wasn’t suspended. If Adam wants adequate justice, ask Brendan Shanahan about his consistency. Eric Dunayn, Franklin, Tenn. Safety First The NHL reminds me of NASCAR prior to Dale Earnhardt’s death. They talked the talk, but did not walk the walk with regard to driver safety, much in the…
Ice Size Does Matter
Now that I’ve been retired from the NHL for a couple of years and watch the game as an analyst, I see things that worry me. Lately, I’ve noticed there is a problem with how players can demonstrate their skills. I was in Denver to watch Detroit take on the Avalanche and didn’t like what I saw. Pavel Datsyuk, among many other players, didn’t have the room to display his great talents. A few days later, the news was about all the head injuries suffered by some of the league’s top stars, including Claude Giroux, Milan Michalek, Chris Pronger and Sidney Crosby, the best player in the world. Most came from incidental contact. That wasn’t adding up to me, so I gave it more thought. I came to the conclusion the rinks…
MOST POINTS IN A SEASON FOR PLAYERS 40+
ISN’T EVERY YEAR supposed to be “the year” Teemu Selanne’s production finally falls off (or retires)? Last season, at 40, ‘The Finnish Flash’ rattled off 80 points in 73 games. A year later, his 36 points in 38 games put him on pace for 77. Several other elder statesmen have bucked Father Time, too. 103 GORDIE HOWE (1968-69, AGE 40) 83 JOHNNY BUCYK (1975-76, AGE 40) 80 TEEMU SELANNE (2010-11, AGE 40) 71 ALEX DELVECCHIO (1972-73, AGE 40) 71 GORDIE HOWE (1969-70, AGE 41) 62 NICKLAS LIDSTROM (2010-11, AGE 40) 61 MARK RECCHI (2008-09, AGE 40) 59 RAY BOURQUE (2000-01, AGE 40) 52 GORDIE HOWE (1970-71, AGE 42) 48 MARK RECCHI (2010-11, AGE 42)…
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