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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…
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…
Instant Replay
Anyone who watched the Winter Olympics in 2010 or the 2012 Summer Games in London knows Canada’s Olympic Media Broadcasting Consortium delivers the goods when it comes to showcasing the world’s largest athletic spectacle in the four-screen universe. That the consortium is owned 80 percent by Bell Media and 20 percent by Rogers, the two communications giants who recently purchased controlling ownership of the Toronto Maple Leafs, should have Leafs fans all fired up that it can do as well when it comes to producing a Stanley Cup winner. When the two companies announced their $1.3-billion purchase of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment last December, they talked about how building championship teams would drive their network business and how their shareholders would be thrilled at all the money they’d make owning…
Old Tricks, New Dog
In his two-year stint with the Phoenix Coyotes, Ray Whitney carried a lengthy job description: top-line winger, power play performer, veteran presence. When he left for the Dallas Stars via free agency July 1, filling those responsibilities seemed like a challenge for the Coyotes. But they believe they found a quality replacement in Steve Sullivan, 38, who signed a one-year deal July 4. “He’s a very similar player to Ray Whitney,” said Coyotes GM Don Maloney. “A little smaller player but very good skill – good power play skill. So when we lost Ray, there were only a couple names we really could fill a skill position with and he was one of them.” Phoenix’s 2011-12 Western Conference final run, coach Dave Tippett’s steady work and Sullivan’s desire for a one-year deal…
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