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September 10, 2012
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Jack Be Nimble, Jack Be Quick
Jack Campbell is un-flappable. It’s kinda his thing. He recently attended his third Dallas Stars development camp and despite the fact he and fellow goaltenders Tyler Beskorowany and Christopher Nihlstorp had a different regimen from the rest of the skaters, he was more than happy to bring some leadership to the newbies. “It’s good to know what to expect,” he said. “I can show them how hard they need to work and what the organization expects out of us.” The plot arc starts with a comet trail for Campbell, the 11th pick overall in 2010. At the world juniors that year, he famously came into the net for Team USA in the third period of a crushingly tense battle with Canada and shut the door, allowing future Washington Capitals defenseman John Carlson…
ASK ADAM
Adam, in THN’s 2012 Yearbook. Carolina was ranked ninth in the East, but do you think a full year of Kirk Muller as coach and the off-season changes (adding Jordan Staal and Alexander Semin) get them back to the playoffs? Tyler Hobbs, Siler City, N.C. Tyler, as was the case with many teams we discussed, Carolina was polarizing for THN staffers. I was squarely in the camp of those who saw a playoff team, even before Semin signed. They are hardly a defensive juggernaut, but the Canes have enough firepower and goaltending to secure a playoff berth in the East. Obviously, however, they still have a few more people to convince. Hello Adam. Do you think it’s smart Bryan Murray traded Nick Foligno for Marc Methot? Who wins the deal? Michael Summerson, Creston, B.C. Hello Michael.…
Coming Full Circle
Nearly a quarter-century ago, Andrew Cassels was the leading scorer and MVP of the Ontario League and a young man about to embark on a 16-year, 1,015-game NHL career. And now, while Cassels creates a new career for himself in the coaching world, his 16-year-old son, Cole, is the one blazing a trail in the OHL. As it happens, coaching his son as a pre-teen on his way to the Oshawa Generals, who drafted him 16th overall, is what pushed Cassels toward the bench boss profession. After he retired from the NHL in 2006, Cassels gave himself a couple years to discover his next passion in life. But as he coached Cole at the AAA level in Columbus, where he settled, he realized being behind a bench and working with young…
On An Isle With Millions
THE SHOW MUST GO ON. And where the New York Islanders are concerned – it must be heard, too. The 2012-13 season will mark the third consecutive campaign that all 82 Islanders games will be broadcast on Long Island’s oldest non-commercial radio station, Hofstra University’s WRHU 88.7 FM in Nassau County, which airs Islanders games produced solely by students. The Islanders remain the only professional team to have their flagship radio station operated by an academic partner. As 2009-10 concluded, management decided to do away with a separate radio duo in favor of simulcasting their television signal. The attempt to reduce expenses in getting the team’s product to the masses failed. “The simulcast decision was a difficult time for me,” said Chris King, then color commentator for the Islanders. “Since the university…