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December 23, 2013
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SILVER GRAPES
IT WAS SUMMER 1995 AND Donald S. Cherry was red in the face. He crouched in a darkened corner of the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, surrounded by glass cases of memorabilia. Dressed in full Scottish Highlander attire, he was trying to complete his ensemble with the all-important kilt. He and his wife. Rose, had matching ones made. Only he couldn’t get the kilt on for the life of him. He struggled and struggled, but it was too tight. “I thought, holy s---, have I put on that much weight since the last time I put it on?” Don says. Down the hall, his son Tim waited with a full camera crew. Where was Dad? Half an hour passed. “I’m thinking, ‘What the hell is going on?’ Tim says. “I go…
DANES MAKE MARK ON NHL
WHEN FREDERIK ANDERSEN made his debut in a relief appearance in October, he became the first Denmark-born-and-trained goaltender to appear in a game in NHL history. When he reeled off six straight victories, he became the first goalie from any country in 20 years to win his first half-dozen games. But when he was sent to the minors in mid-November despite eye-popping numbers, he was hardly the first player to lose his NHL spot as a victim of circumstance. You see, the Anaheim Ducks have three NHL-caliber goalies and only two spots available and Andersen, with a 1.66 goals-against average and .943 save percentage, could be moved to the minors without clearing waivers. But that should not diminish his accomplishment, nor should it go unnoticed his home country is beginning to produce…
A SURPRISE TWIST FOR OLLI
WHILE LONDON KNIGHTS GM Mark Hunter had to resort to Plan B, he was more than happy to see 19-year-old defenseman Olli Maatta stick with the Pittsburgh Penguins this year, even if it put a dent in his team’s blueline as it prepared to host the Memorial Cup next spring. “We take a different spin on it,” Hunter said. “They have seven ‘D’ on one-way contracts, so it’s a credit to Olli that he earned a spot up there.” The Knights are proud of their development model and in this case, the defending Ontario League champs may have been victims of their own success. “The best practice is playing as many games as you can,” Maatta said. “And I had two long seasons, two good seasons, with London.” So don’t feel bad…
Guess WHO!
“I was drafted first overall by Florida in ’94 and reached the Cup final as a rookie in ’96.” “I went to the Canucks in the blockbuster deal that brought Pavel Bure to the Panthers.” “After a stint in Phoenix, I rejoined Florida’s blueline as a free agent in 2011.” WHO AM I: ED JOVANOVSKI…
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