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January 14, 2013
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A Recipe For Success
It’s been a long journey for Justin Bailey, yet his story has just begun. Ranked 36th for the 2013 draft by International Scouting Services, the Kitchener Rangers rookie center is already a well-travelled young man, his path studded with famous names in the hockey world. “Growing up in Buffalo, we lived in the same condo as Matthew Barnaby, Michael Peca and Rob Ray,” he said. “Barnaby helped me along the way with a lot of decision-making.” Plus, it was pretty cool for the impressionable youngster to go to games and have pucks flipped over the boards to him during warmups. Suiting up for the Buffalo Regals as a teen, Bailey used his advanced size and skill to become an impact player early, so much so that he helped the Regals to the…
JerseyHound
Using the Montreal Canadiens as a uniform template usually works out pretty well, from the St. Cloud State Huskies to the Florida Everblades. For the Central Jr. A League’s Carleton Place Canadians, the iconic ‘C’ is there, but it’s actually the rest of the sweater that shines even brighter. The Ottawa area team’s big, golden yellow stripes look awesome on the blue base and prove once again that going bold can often pay off when it comes to hockey uniforms. As an added bonus, those yellow pants are both unconventional and perfect. Guess Who “I had two 100-point seasons with Chicoutimi in the QMJHL, but wasn’t drafted to the NHL.”“I won the ECHL scoring title by 15 points in 2007-08 and the Montreal Canadiens signed me the following fall.”“In 2011-12, my sophomore NHL…
Busier Than Ever
After playing the leading role for Washington in the playoffs, Braden Holtby is back in the American League, where lights have dimmed and trips to Boston and New York have been replaced by visits to St. John’s, Nfld., and Glens Falls, N.Y. Not that Holtby is complaining. He’s too busy. “Sure, I gained more experience being in the NHL,” he said. “But being in the AHL is good for a goalie. You certainly get more action here. It’s a developmental league, which means there are younger players, which means there are more mistakes, which means there are more scoring chances and more pucks for the goaltender. There’s no question you have to be sharp in this league, be ready every night.” Holtby turned 23 in September and admits there is still much…
Still Taking The Heat
PREVENTION WAS TIM CHEVELDAE’S job for 340 NHL games, so it’s no surprise he’s in a similar line of work after hockey. Cheveldae, 44, who posted a 149-136-37-8 record as a goalie with the Detroit Red Wings, Winnipeg Jets and Boston Bruins from 1989-97, works today as a firefighter with the Department of National Defence, stationed out of the Canadian Forces base in Dundurn, Sask., about a 30-minute drive south from his home in Saskatoon. “Originally I applied to the city (of Saskatoon to be a firefighter), but I didn’t get on there,” Cheveldae says. “Like a lot of people, I didn’t even realize that they had a military base and that they had a fire department out there. I was talking to one of my friends and he said they…
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