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September 16, 2013
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What IF?
PAVEL BURE was one of the purest snipers ever, but his career was cut short because of knee problems. He retired in 2005 with 437 goals in just 702 games, an average of .623 goals per game, which ranks fifth all-time. But what if Bure didn’t have to deal with a chronically injured knee? What if… he had an injury-free career? Bure came into the NHL as a 20-year-old in 1991 and played until 2002-03. He averaged just 59.8 games played, not including the 1994-95 lockout campaign. Let’s say he averaged 75 games during those 11 seasons for a total of 825 games. That would give him 514 career goals. Add the 20 he scored during the lockout and by the end of the ’02-03 he would have had 534 career…
PLUS MINUS
+PLUS CUP OF ROMANCE Blackhawks senior advisor Scotty Bowman releases picture of him and his wife kissing the Stanley Cup in the same pose they struck with the chalice back in 1976. –MINUS U.S. OF AAAGH! Team USA’s Olympic jerseys and player portraits released and mercilessly mocked – in many cases by Americans. +PLUS MORE THE MERRIER New IIHF survey indicates worldwide hockey participation up 2.5 percent this year to 1.6 million players. Czech Republic had one of the biggest bumps at 13.3 percent. –MINUS RETIRING TOO SOON Kootenay’s Tanner Muth is the latest WHL player to quit the game due to concussions and/or brain injuries.…
FORGET THE SPOTLIGHT
THERE WAS NO DOUBT WHEN DEAN Lombardi made the deal to acquire Jeff Carter from the Columbus Blue Jackets that he was landing one of the NHL’s top goal scorers. Kings fans got a taste of his deft touch during their team’s 2012 Stanley Cup run when he scored eight times in the playoffs. Carter’s 26 goals in last year’s shortened season had him on pace for 44, just two shy of his career high set in 2008-09. So what does he do for an encore? “I am obviously pleased the way things went for me personally,” Carter said. “As a team I wish we could have had a longer run. I just want to keep building on my numbers from last season.” If he indeed grows them, he may be more…
EXCEPTIONAL, BUT NO EXCEPTION
THE BARRIE COLTS WERE JUST STARTING their post-season when captain Ryan O’Connor decked Kingston Frontenacs rookie Spencer Watson with a headshot in Game 2 of their opening round series. O’Connor would end up with a 10-game suspension for his actions and all of a sudden a deep playoff run looked a little more dodgy for the Colts, who needed to get to the conference final before their veteran blueliner and power play quarterback was allowed back on the ice. That’s when Aaron Ekblad, who had recently turned 17, stepped up to the plate. “Aaron came in and he made our power play purr,” said teammate Mark Scheifele, the Winnipeg Jets first-rounder. “It was unbelievable, I think it went 50 percent when he was on the point. It was ridiculous what…
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