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World Juniors 2014
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A PARAGON OF PATIENT PROGRESS
WHEN COLUMBUS SELECTED RYANJohansen fourth overall in 2010, the Blue Jackets knew they were getting a raw product. Johansen had just one season of major junior under his belt at the time, but his 6-foot-3, 192-pound frame could be built upon and the skills were there. It took a while, but it finally seems as though Johansen has arrived as now he’s starting to show glimpses of that No. 1 center he was projected to be. “He’s more competitive,” said coach Todd Richards. “Stronger on the puck, he wants the puck, wants to play with the puck and now you can see the talent he has.” Now up to 223 pounds, Johansen is having a breakout season, with 16 points in his first 24 games to rank second in team scoring…
UNCHARTED TERRITORY
RUSSIAN TEAMS ARE USUALLY loaded with high-scoring forwards and although the country’s entry in the 2014 World Junior Championship still has mighty firepower, it will be the goalie who determines its fate. Andrey Vasilevskiy, a Tampa Bay Lightning first-rounder, will take part in his third WJC this year. In his prior two appearances, he posted goals-against averages of 2.01 and 1.81 and save percentages of .953 and .950. Through 18 games with Salavat Yulaev Ufa of the Kontinental League this season, he had a 2.27 GAA and .923 SP. Vasilevskiy has been playing against men at higher paces all season. As good as the Russians’ offense is, it hasn’t carried the team to gold the past two years. In 2012, the Russians lost 1-0 to Sweden in the final and last year…
FROM CAPITOL HILL TO SOCHI THRILL?
JOHN CARLSON HAS AN EXCELLENT chance to make Team USA for the 2014 Sochi Olympics. If that thought frightens you, you’re Canadian and you remember the 2010 world junior gold medal game. Carlson broke Canada’s heart with a laser past goaltender Martin Jones in overtime, clinching the Americans’ second championship. Now, he’s building a case to don the Stars and Stripes again on a much bigger stage. Carlson, picked 27th overall by Washington in 2008, always had potential to be a top-two workhorse and possessed good size at 6-foot-3 and 212 pounds, but he suffered through bouts of inconsistency. Then something clicked in 2013-14. He now averages around 24 minutes of ice time, a career-high. He’s second in the NHL in short-handed minutes per game at 4:11 while also getting power play…
Ice CHIPS
The Sochi Games will be the sixth Olympics for TEEMU SELANNE Only one player – Raimo Helminen, another Finn – has as many appearances. Selanne is also the leading scorer in Olympic hockey history, dating to the Albertville Games in 1992, with 37 points – including 20 goals – in 31 games. He was named best forward in 2006 18 short-handed Goals scored in the TULSA OILERS’ 10-8 win over the Allen Americans Nov. 23. The 18 goals are the most in a game since the Central League merged with the Western Pro League in 2001. The game featured 31 assists, 101 PIM, plus eight power play, one and one penalty shot goal Red Wings and Team Canada coach MIKE BABCOCK received an honorary doctorate of law from McGill University, where he studied…
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