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World Juniors 2016
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FROM CALI KID TO OLD MAN WINTER
WHEN BOBBY RYAN WAS WITH THE Anaheim Ducks, he was always the young guy, often paired with the dynamic duo of Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry. A 2013 trade landed him in Ottawa and, now a fully integrated veteran at 28, he finds his role with the Sens evolving. “Instead of asking questions, I’m the guy being asked the questions,” he said, “It’s been a learning curve.” Younger players will come up to Ryan quietly, asking about when they should show up for certain team functions and responsibilities. With players such as Mika Zibanejad, Cody Ceci, Mark Stone and Curtis Lazar coming into their own, the Senators have to juggle a lot of budding careers. Ryan and captain Erik Karlsson do their parts, but coach Dave Cameron – who spurred last…
PICKING A FAIRER FIGHT
FINLAND THIS WAS A NEW ONE FOR MIKKO Rantanen. Playing for the San Antonio Rampage, the Colorado Avalanche’s AHL affiliate, Nov. 17, he had his helmet knocked off while the Rampage were on the power play against the Texas Stars. The referee signalled for Rantanen to go to the bench or retrieve his helmet, and the confused 19-year-old obliged. He scooped up his headgear and recovered the puck in one swift motion. Then the whistle blew. Rantanen hadn’t taken the time to re-secure his chinstrap. In the AHL that means an automatic minor penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct. He didn’t know that rule since he had been up with the big club in Colorado when San Antonio coach Dean Chynoweth went over it with the Rampage before the season. “I guess that’s one…
FINNISH PHENOMS
Both are 6-foot-3, 200 pounds, born less than a month apart, and they won’t turn 18 until next spring. They’re good friends off the ice and roommates on the national junior team, and they’re without a doubt the two Finnish stars expected to shine brightest in Helsinki. With the World Junior Championship returning to Finland’s capital for the first time since 2004, the domestic spotlight is shining squarely on two players: top prospects Jesse Puljujarvi and Patrik Laine, who have been in the Finnish headlines all season and are expected to go top-five in the NHL draft next summer. These kids in men’s frames have been key players for their respective teams in the Liiga, the nation’s top league – Puljujarvi with ruling back-to-back champions Karpat and Laine with back-toback runners-up…
THE WJC EFFECT
SPEAK THE NAME JORDAN Eberle to any Canadian hockey fan living outside Edmonton. What comes to mind? Is it a flurry of red, white and gold? Eberle will forever be remembered for his brilliance at the World Junior Championship. He tied the 2009 semifinal against Russia with 5.4 seconds left, helping Canada crusade to a fifth straight title. He scored twice in the final 2:49 of the third period in the 2010 gold medal game to force overtime with the U.S. When TSN polled 25 experts in 2012, Eberle was voted the nation’s greatest world junior player of all-time. All his international success as a youth, however, rewrote history a bit. Eberle wasn’t regarded the same way before those tournaments. The Oilers selected him 22nd overall in 2008, but he wasn’t…
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