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Champions Issue 2013
The Hockey News has been providing the most comprehensive coverage of the world of hockey since 1947. In each issue, you'll find news, features and opinions about the NHL and leagues across North America and the world.
ONCE MORE, WITH FEELING
NHL development camps usually take place in late June or early July, when the rest of the hockey world is on holiday and most families are packing up for summer vacations. It’s the price NHL hopefuls pay to reach the big time. Ryan Murray, however, can’t wait to get back on the ice after a long winter spent working his way back from injury. Murray was the No. 2 overall pick in the 2012 draft, a coveted player after a three-year run in the Western League. How coveted? The New York Islanders offered the Blue Jackets all their 2012 draft picks – yes, every pick in every round, including the No. 4 overall selection – to move up two spots and draft Murray. And the Blue Jackets quickly said no. Murray is…
LEARNING THE HIGHS & LOWS
A PLAYER’S DRAFT YEAR IS ONE OF the most exciting times of his life. The following season, however, is one of the most demanding he will face. Dallas Stars 2012 first-rounder Radek Faksa knows this well. He had a sharp downturn in goal production this year with the OHL’s Kitchener Rangers and didn’t show the same energy he did in 2011-12, though it wasn’t for a lack of desire. “Travelling across the ocean several times last year, the NHL combines, individual interviews throughout North America, it took a toll on his body,” said Rangers coach Steve Spott. “Coming into this year he was physically and mentally exhausted.” Further slowing Faksa down was a knee injury sustained shortly after returning from the world juniors. It kept him out of Kitchener’s lineup for a…
‘The Trade’ At 25
AUGUST 9, 1988 was a seminal moment not only in hockey history, but in the annals of Canada. On that day, the Edmonton Oilers traded Wayne Gretzky – the NHL’s biggest star and one of the most accomplished icons in the game’s existence – along with teammates Marty McSorley and Mike Krushelnyski to the Los Angeles Kings for Jimmy Carson, Martin Gelinas, $15 million in cash and L.A.’s first-round draft picks in 1989, 1991 and 1993. The deal was an indication of the massive business the league had become. It marked the beginning of the decay of the Oilers’ dynasty, (though they did win the Cup again in 1990), and sent a clear message to all NHLers: nobody was untouchable. In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the blockbuster move, The…
GETTING THE CALL FROM THE HALL?
SAY WHAT YOU WANT ABOUT THE job Brendan Shanahan did this campaign as the NHL’s czar of discipline, chances are when it comes down to goals and assists and the game of hockey itself, ‘Shanny’ will have had a very good year. That’s because a season after getting rebuffed by the Hockey Hall of Fame’s selection committee, Shanahan is sure to get approval this time around. The 18-member panel meets July 9 to debate and vote on the class of 2014 with the results announced that day. Up to four players will get the special phone call. One call was supposed to be made to Shanahan last year. The author of 656 goals (13th all-time), 1,354 points (25th all-time) and three Stanley Cups was considered a surefire Hall of Fame favorite, along…
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