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March 9, 2015
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MEET RED WINGS’ LATEST STEAL
AXEL HOLMSTROM PLAYS for the best team in the Swedish League and sits among the leaders in scoring by a teenager in the nation’s highest circuit. He was also the center on Sweden’s most dan¬gerous line at the world juniors and he can kill penalties, so of course the Detroit Red Wings drafted him in the seventh round last year, right? Shocking but true. The franchise synonymous with late-round steals may have another on e in Skelleftea’s Holmstrom, who is not related to former Red Wing Tomas Holmstrom, but does remind Detroit brass of the fan favorite. “He’s super competitive,” said Red Wings assistant GM Ryan Martin. “He goes to the hard areas and the front of the net, but his skating needs work-it’s a lot of the same things people…
TRUE NORTH STRONG
LOVE OR HATE ONE OF OUR FEATURES/STORIES? LET US KNOW BY EMAILING US AT LETTERS@THEHOCKEYNEWS.COM The last paragraph of your J-P Parise In Memoriam states Parise is “just the second player from the 1972 Summit Series to pass away.” He is actually the third or even the fourth. Bill Goldsworthy was the first, but Gary Bergman died in December 2000. He played in all eight games and had an amazing series. Rick Martin also passed away, in 2011, although while he was a member of team, he did not play in any of the games. Rod Allison Hamilton, Ont. All our prayers go out to the Parise family as J-P is called home. The Lord has one more terrific forward for his team. God bless you, J-P. Joe Connor, Pennsville, N.J. A-PLUS FOR PAUL Thank you for…
I’M LIVING WITH A SMILE TRIBUTE TO A LEDGEND
THERE WAS NOT MUCH TIME TO THINK. If there had been, I might have said to myself, “How did I get here with Vladimir Ruzicka standing in front of me with the puck on his stick in the third period of a tie game with a playoff spot on the line? Wasn’t I just playing cards with my buddies in the rickety stands of Stade L.P Gaucher in St-Hyacinthe, Que., two days ago?” That was the first big save I ever made in the NHL. Ruzicka, who ended up scoring 39 goals with Boston that year, was alone in front of the net and he stopped and tried to deke me. It was pretty much a staple save for me – stack the pads with my blocker extended. Of the almost…
Inside Hockey
WHEELING AND DEALING THE PHONE RINGS AT 3:45 A.M. Sorry pings, not rings (it is March 9, 2004, and I have an old-school Blackberry). You know those sudden jolting wake-ups that interrupt the sweetest, deepest of dreams? One second you’re rubbing sunscreen on Eva Mendes’ back while she lies in the sand…of the bunker beside 18 at Augusta where you just won your third Green Jacket…wearing a mask and flippers for the entire final round (I have no idea)…and PING! PING! PING! Suddenly Eva’s gone and you jump up in your bed and have no idea where you are or why it sounds like there are five fire trucks in your room. I finally grasp that it is my phone and not Ladders 65-68 driving under the bed. PING! PING! PING! “Wha…Uhh…Helloooo? “James, it’s Mark.” Mark?…
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