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October 14, 2013
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WHO LOOKS MARVELLOUS?
TWO OF THE NIKE-DESIGNED Olympic jerseys have been released and a third is suspected to have been leaked out. But the reaction to them was, well, less than stellar. We at THN share an office floor with our colleagues at Elle Canada. They’re the more stylish group, so we asked them what they thought of the Russian, American and (suspected) Canadian jerseys. The red Russian jersey is standard fare, with the country’s gold coat of arms prominently featured and its flag entwined on the sleeves. Four gold stars on each shoulder represent every Olympic gold won by Soviet/Russian teams. The white jersey features a silhouette of the two-headed eagle. “Two turkeys sticking their tongue out,” was how Elle Canada’s art director, Brittany Eccles, described it. Associate art director Elena Viltovskaia had a…
YEOMAN’S WORK
When he scored a shorthanded goal in the third minute of the Anaheim Ducks’ first exhibition game Sept. 16, Nolan Yonkman celebrated in the accepted hockey fashion, then filed the scenario away in his personal archives. At 32 and in his 13th training camp, Yonkman knows better than to dwell on fleeting success or press too hard to impress coaches and GMs in camp. “The younger players, you sometimes try to do too much,” he said. “An older player knows to just play your game and do what you do well. (The goal) doesn’t really mean anything. I’m a defensive defenseman. I try to be hard in my own end and stick up for my teammates. They know my game.” Yonkman has just 74 games and a lone goal – scored in…
NO CHANGE IN HIS GAME
RAFFI TORRES KNOWS THE SAN JOSE Sharks don’t pay him to sit in the press box. But the wrecking ball left winger can’t dwell on his suspension-littered past when he begins his new three-year, $6-million contract this season, his first full campaign with the Sharks after being acquired at the trade deadline in April. After all, aggression and physical play are what got him the deal in the first place. “I don’t go out there trying to put guys on a stretcher – that’s not what I’m about,” Torres said. “But I am going to keep playing on that edge. I’ll try to be a bit smarter about picking my spots, but I’m going to play with tenacity and be good in my own zone.” His last foray into punishment came in…
Behind THE MASK
J-S GIGUERE | COLORADO AVALANCHE Halloween came early for the veteran Avs backup. Whenever Colorado dons its third jersey, Giguere will go full Yeti, with a mask design by Sylvie Poitras acting as a full head with hair, ears and jawline. Giguere’s eyes, nose and mouth stand in for the Yeti’s.…
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