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March 18, 2013
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NO ONE STRAIGHT LINE
THERE’S MORE THAN ONEkind of rookie success story in the NHL. For proof, flip to the cover of this week’s issue. You’ll find Alex Galchenyuk, the can’t-miss teenager who went third overall in last June’s draft and jumped right to The Show; Brendan Gallagher, a late round flier who blossomed after four seasons of junior and half a year in the American League; and Cory Conacher, an undrafted miracle of a kid who defied insane odds to make the NHL. But there’s another type of blue-chipper getting less fanfare: the elite prospect finally breaking into the bigs after being deemed “not ready” following his draft year. Minnesota’s Mikael Granlund (ninth overall in 2010) and Florida’s Jonathan Huberdeau (third in 2011) come to mind. Watching Huberdeau and Galchenyuk make major impacts on…
GOOD GALLY!
THE FIRST ITEM THAT had to be cleared off the agenda was obvious: Brendan Gallagher and Alex Galchenyuk had both previously gone by the moniker ‘Gally.’ But with both youngsters cracking the Montreal Canadiens, there could be only one. As it turns out, even rookies abide by a pecking order. “It was his third training camp and my first,” Galchenyuk says. “So guys were already calling him that.” So for the record, Gallagher is ‘Gally,’ and Galchenyuk is ‘Chucky.’ And though the third overall pick in the 2012 draft is no fan of horror flicks, Galchenyuk and his rookie roommate have made the NHL look like Child’s Play so far. Montreal was not supposed to succeed this year. Sure, the Canadiens returned star Carey Price in net and had a burgeoning force…
Marley And We
ON A CHILLY FRIDAY MORNING in the middle of January, all is quiet on the streets of Worcester, Mass., as workers in this proud city in Boston’s shadow have punched their time clocks, beginning the slow descent toward the weekend. Deep inside the DCU Center, home to the American League’s Worcester Sharks, players who dream of NHL contracts are about to substantially raise the decibel level. It begins minutes after the Sharks’ morning skate in preparation for their home game later that night against the Springfield Falcons. As players walk the short distance from the ice to the dressing room, some throw their practice jerseys onto a rolling gray bin placed directly in the center of their stalls. But not center Jon Matsumoto. “Mo,” he calls out in a sing-song voice, holding up…
CROSSWORD
Answers available in the next issue and at THN.com/xword ACROSS 1 Peter ___ is coach in New Jersey 4 Jason ___ is a star with the Sens, pictured 9 Non-professional 10 Chris ___ helped Colorado to a Cup 11 Maker of plastic hockey skates 12 Scold angrily, like a losing coach does: two words 13 Engages in physical play, ___ the body 15 Upend 18 Steven ___ was recently named hockey’s No. 2 player by THN 21 Daniel Alfredsson’s nickname 23 The ___ Cup is for Canadian amateurs 24 ‘Eddie the Eagle’ of hockey 25 Help in the scoring of a goal 26 Swaps DOWN 1 Very accurate 2 A helmet is known as a ‘___ bucket’ 3 Thread your skate laces through them 5 Hit hard 6 Ice resurfacing machine 7 Jason ___ got a Cup-winning goal for Jersey 8 One of the Staals 14 ___ Center is in L.A. 15 One who follows…
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