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April 1, 2013
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HEAD ON STRAIGHT
CHANGE DOESN’T SCARE ARTTURI Lehkonen. After he played his first pro games with TPS Turku in the Finnish League last year, he moved far from his hometown to join KalPa in Kuopio. “Turku was starting to be a bit too familiar for me,” he said. “I needed some change and some new direction. I felt like KalPa was a good decision.” The decision paid off. Lehkonen has become as an integral part of KalPa’s lineup, amassing 13 goals and 29 points in 43 games on a playoff contender despite losing a handful of games to concussions. To make things even sweeter, his new team is competing for a playoff spot in this year while TPS will probably miss the dance. Lehkonen was also part of the disappointing Finnish team at the 2013…
TRI-CITY IRONMAN
TRI-CITY AMERICANS CAPTAIN JUSTIN FESER etched his name in the Western League record book, playing his 312th straight game in early March. The 20-year-old from Red Deer, Alta., surpassed the mark Dwayne Newman held for more than two decades. “It’s surreal, I guess you can say,” Feser said. “Coming into the league, I didn’t really think of accomplishing something like this, but it’s pretty exciting. “I never thought it’d get to this point.” After missing nine games in his rookie year, Feser played 33 consecutively with the Americans in 2008-09 and then put up three full 72-game campaigns before posting his record-setting mark in Game 63 against the Seattle Thunderbirds this season. “There’s been a couple bumps and bruises along the way each year and being sick a few times,” Feser said.…
Guess WHO!
“I spent 14 of 17 NHL seasons with the Capitals. I lead them in all-time goals and points.” “I’m the only NHL player from Slovakia to score 500 career goals.” “I led the NHL with 52 goals in 1997-98 and helped the Caps reach the Stanley Cup final.”…
CAPITAL COLLAPSE
2010 PLAYOFF LETDOWN The Capitals win the Presidents’ Trophy as the NHL’s top regular season team, but can’t solve the Montreal Canadiens and lose in the first round of the playoffs. 2011 NOT ENOUGH GREEN Star D-man Mike Green suffers serious head and groin injuries and plays just 81 games between 2010 and 2012, tallying only 11 goals and 31 points over that span. ROSTER RESHAPING In the 2011 off-season, the Caps remake their roster by signing four veterans to UFA contracts. Only one of them – Joel Ward – remains a Capital. GOALIE CAROUSEL Braden Holtby seizes Washington’s starting goalie job in the 2012 playoffs. He is their third No. 1 netminder in two seasons and struggles early in the 2012-13 campaign. 2012 SEE YA, SEMIN Sniper Alexander Semin, once thought to be a Caps cornerstone, leaves to sign with the…
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