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January 25, 2016
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RINK RAT
IT’S A FEW MINUTES PAST 6 A.M., BUT BOB HARTLEY HAS ALREADY BEEN UP FOR A WHILE. His hair is freshly combed, and his eyes are bright. While most of Calgary is still asleep in the morning darkness, Hartley walks down the steps of his tidy two-story house. From his backyard, he can see his home away from home, the Saddledome, just an eight-minute drive away. As Hartley hops into his white SUV on his way to the office, his mind is already spinning. His thoughts are full with everything he wants to accomplish that day. And his plate is clearly full. Following his Jack Adams Award nod last summer, Hartley was the toast of the coaching community. But good times are often fleeting in the NHL. This season, the Flames have…
THE MAKING OF SUDDEN DEATH AN ORAL HISTORY
In December 1995, the action flick Sudden Death smashed its way into theaters. The film starred Jean-Claude Van Damme, who saves a hockey game from a terrorist bomb threat. But this wasn’t just any game. This was Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Chicago Blackhawks. The producer and writer for the movie were also the owners of the Penguins during the mid-1990s. Howard Baldwin produced the film, based on a story written by his wife, Karen Elise Baldwin. Peter Hyams, whose credits include The Star Chamber, 2010 and The Presidio was brought on as director and cinematographer. He and Van Damme worked together on the 1994 sci-fi flick Timecop. Neither had any experience with hockey before Sudden Death. The movie was shot at the old Civic…
‘HARD ROCK’ A REAL-LIFE HERO
IN THE FIRST AND SECOND WORLD WARS, SEVERAL NHL STARS emerged as heroes. One of the most memorable was Mervyn ‘Red’ Dutton who eventually became a Hall of Fame defenseman-coach-manager with the New York Americans, then later NHL president. Fighting in France with the Canadian Armed Forces between 1914 and 1918, Dutton was with a seven-man platoon when a German shell exploded, killing all six of his mates. “My leg almost was blown off,” Red later related, “and the medics wanted to amputate but I talked them out of it. In time, they cured my injury and eventually I made it to the NHL.” When it came to World War II gallantry, the honor of greatest hockey hero belonged to a relatively unknown Metropolitan League defenseman named Harry Torgerson of Valley Stream,…
MONEY ON MARTIN WELL SPENT
SHARKS GM DOUG WILSON ROLLED the dice last summer when he acquired Martin Jones to become San Jose’s starting goalie, then quickly signed him to a three-year, $9-million contract extension. So far, that appears to be money well spent with Jones getting off to a strong start as Antti Niemi’s replacement. Still, Wilson stopped short of labelling Jones one of the NHL’s top bargains. “That’s for other people to gauge,” said Wilson. “We’re just pleased to have him.” Understandably. Twenty-five NHL teams pay their No. 1 goalie more than what Jones earns in his first shot as a starter after two seasons backing up Jonathan Quick in Los Angeles. Yet Jones’ numbers through 21 games – .923 save percentage, 2.17 goalsagainst average – put him in the NHL’s upper echelon. Jones made the…
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