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November 18, 2013
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LEAGUE OF SHIFTING NATIONS
A LITTLE MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO, a fresh-flashed Teemu Selanne eclipsed Mike Bossy’s NHL record of goals by a rookie and celebrated by throwing a glove into the air and pretending to shoot it, like a hunter would a duck, with his stick. A Duck himself for many seasons, Selanne is concluding his Hall of Fame career and we pay tribute to the man and his legacy with a piece that begins on pg. 24. Nearly 600 kilometers up the coast in Northern California, another fledgling European is making headlines for establishing a new first-year standard, and doing with it flair. Tomas Hertl’s four-goal game against the New York Rangers in October will be remembered for its incredible skill, his obvious thrill, and some of the chill he endured from…
Ice CHIPS
MIKE SMITH’S goal in mid-October brought the number of goalie tallies to 14. Eight have been scored by goaltenders shooting the puck down the ice into empty nets. The other six were credited to netminders after own goals by opposing teams PERCENTAGE of NHLers by nationality in 2013-14: Through 10 games, the Toronto Maple Leafs had three players in the top five in giveaways (Carl Gunnarsson, PHIL KESSEL, Morgan Rielly), six in the top 10 (Cody Franson, JOFFREY LUPUL, Paul Ranger) and eight in the top 16 (Nazem Kadri, DION PHANEUF) Ex-NHLer ALEXANDER RADULOV started the season as the KHL’s all-time points leader. Into late October, however, Sergei Mozyakin had overtaken him with nearly 350 career points Tampa Bay’s VALTTERI FILPPULA scored his first four goals of the season on just nine shots GOALIE 1. BILLY SMITH,…
CANADIAN GROWTH
For Steve Ryan, there’s room to grow when it comes to a Canadian presence in the Central League. Ryan was named the CHL’s new commissioner in October and immediately got to work on building the league’s profile. He believes the expansion into Brampton, Ont., could be the start of something special for the league outside of the U.S. “It’s an expansion into where hockey was born,” he said. “It gives us a footprint and we would like to expand upon it… I’ve already had at least a couple of conversations concerning opportunities up there. The CHL looks at its business based upon a North American model.” The new role is a return for Ryan to his hockey roots, after serving as president and chief operating officer of Pittsburgh Sports Associates, the…
THN INBOX
There isn’t a player who takes as much undeserved criticism as P.K. Subban. He may be overzealous at times, but there are few as talented as him. He leads D-men in points, is top five in goals and shots and is top 20 in plusminus and ice time. He’s one of the most feared hitters, runs a top-notch power play and has an incredible level of speed and finesse (especially off the rush). Maybe if more teams focused on shutting him down as opposed to shutting him up, he wouldn’t be the most dominant offensive defenseman in the game. Zachary Hampton Lethbridge, Alta. NO FUN IN THE SUN Tim Thomas’s return to the NHL is a “Plus” (Inside Hockey, Oct. 14)? This is the guy who refused to go with his team to…
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