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December 23, 2013
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SNEAK ATTACK
As Martin St-Louis, Adam Oates and many others have demonstrated, being a player who wasn’t selected with a high draft slot – or at all – is no assurance he won’t carve out a career. Here are four NHL rookies making an impact despite little or no previous fanfare: TOREY KRUG D The undrafted blueliner, 22, made the leap from the AHL in the 2013 playoffs and stepped up for an injury-ravaged Bruins team to provide offense and skill. In his first NHL season, he’s had his ice time limited to well below the 20-minute mark, but this is only his second pro campaign after leaving Michigan State. His forward’s mentality makes up for what he lacks in his own zone. His small frame will always be a challenge, yet few players…
Behind THE NAME
In a city of stars, there’s only one monarch, the Los Angeles Kings. The late Canadian entrepreneur, Jack Kent Cooke, who owned the NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers and later the NFL’s Washington Redskins, selected “Kings” from public entries as the moniker for his expansion hockey franchise in 1967. Though there was a team called the Los Angeles Monarchs that played during the 1930s in the Pacific Coast Hockey League, Cooke’s new team was more closely connected to the Lakers in rich color livery of purple and gold along with their royal crown logo. In 1988, the team’s colors changed to the more menacing black, silver and white scheme to coincide with the acquisition of Wayne Gretzky.…
EASING INTO ADULTHOOD
HE IS LIKE MOST TEENAGERS, IN THAT A laptop or smartphone is always within reach. He listens to rap music and favors teen male fashion – relaxed jeans, stencilled T-shirts and loosely knotted sneakers. He has a Twitter account and follows people like Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and hip hop artist Acehood. He will also make $925,000 this year in base salary and much more in bonus money and endorsements. So Nathan MacKinnon is just like every 18-year-old and unlike almost every 18-year-old. The Colorado Avalanche rookie, the first overall pick in the 2013 NHL draft, lives in the basement of teammate Jean-Sebastien Giguere’s house and prefers quiet nights of video games and chatting with friends on the phone when not displaying his flashy skills at a hockey rink. “He’s a good…
PUSHING ALL THE WRONG BUTTONS
AS IT ALWAYS, ALWAYS IS WITH NHL players, it wasn’t about the money. It was never about the money. I always thought that if I ordered the NHL® Center Ice® The Game Lives Where You Do™ package, I would never get off my sorry behind. And judging by the sag in the middle of the couch, I was absolutely right. Spurred on by the fact I could write the four easy payments of $51.99 off as a “work expense” and my son wanted to watch every Washington Capitals game this season, I signed up for the NHL® Center Ice® package. Truth be told, I actually thought it was about time I started watching teams I had never seen play before. Apparently there are NHL teams in Phoenix and Nashville. Who knew? Well,…
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