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October 27, 2014
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LAST MINUTE OF PLAY
Guess WHO “I am the youngest captain ever, but not officially, as it was on an interim basis.” “I tied the Minnesota North Stars’ single-season goal record with 55 in 1989-90.” “Before Minnesota moved to Dallas, I was dealt to Montreal, where I won my lone Cup.” WHO AM I: BRIAN BELLOWS Behind THE MASK ROBERTO LUONGO | FLORIDA PANTHERS Our temporary boss, Mr. Luongo, rocks a simple, effective design from Marlene Ross with his 2014-15 Panthers mask. Like last season’s, it features a huge close-up of the alternate Panther logo. A notable addition on the other side is the sunny, palm tree-infused shoulder patch design. – MATT LARKIN CROSSWORD By Larry Humber ANSWERS AVAILABLE IN THE NEXT ISSUE AND AT THN.com/XWORD ACROSS 1 Where Gordie and the boys played for several seasons 4 A player with a “___ for the dramatic” scores…
REBUILD, RELOAD AND REPEAT
THE VAL-D’OR FOREURS HAD only been in the Quebec League two years when a young goaltender named Roberto Luongo moved up from Montreal for the 1995-96 season. By his third year in the small mining town, Luongo hoisted a championship trophy. “We won in four straight against Rimouski, and the fourth game was at home,” Luongo said. “It was just craziness. It was unreal. The city was going nuts. You can’t top that as the best moment there.” Three seasons after that, the Foreurs would once again climb to the top of the ‘Q’ thanks in part to defenseman Alexandre Rouleau. And while the Pittsburgh draft pick never played in the NHL, he has already brought glory back to the town he played junior in, delivering Val-d’Or its third league championship…
ASK Roberto?
QUESTION: Will you accept my apology on behalf of Vancouver for how we mistreated you? Andrew Menzies, Vancouver ANSWER: I still get a lot of messages from people in Vancouver. They tell me they miss me, and that’s always nice to hear. And you don’t have to apologize for anything. All in all, it was a great experience. And the positives will always outweigh the negatives when I look back at my time there. QUESTION: Do you feel animosity towards (former Canucks coach) John Tortorella? Jeff Rothman, New Milford, N.J. ANSWER: No, not at all. ‘Torts’ was a great coach. I thought he knew his stuff as far as systems and applying them. I thought it was really effective. Obviously we had a few differences of opinion toward the end, but coaching wise, he was…
Ice CHIPS
Top 5 All-Time Favorite Goalies 1. GRANT FUHR See my ed tor’s noteboo to understand why 2. PATRICK ROY He was the best technical goalie. When I really started learning the position, I watched him a lot. 3. MARTIN BRODEUR Obviously one of the great goalies of all-time, and he’s from St-Leonard, the same city as me. 4. BILL RANFORD He also played for the Edmonton Oilers, who were my favorite team. 5. ANDY MOOG Again, it’s because he played for Edmonton. Those were the goalies I always watched, and they all had success. 373 Career wins for ROBERTO LUONGO, making him the clear leader among active goalies. Tampa’s Evgeni Nabokov is second with 350, and the Rangers’ Henrik Lundqvist is third with 309. Of course, Luongo falls back – way back – if Martin Brodeur and…
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