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Stanley Cup Issue 2015
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A PASSIONATE HOCKEY PIONEER
THE FIRST TIME I CROSSED paths with Matthew Wuest was in the summer of 2001 when the hockey world was in a quiet zone. It was mid-August and most hockey executives, players, even the staff at THN were enjoying vacations and outdoor patios. Just a few weeks earlier, we had closed the pages on our annual Yearbook. By the middle of the month, it was on newsstands and in mailboxes. In short order, an email came to me from wuest@redwingscentral.com. It was just about the most respectful, well-written complaint letter I’ve ever received. Matthew Wuest concisely explained who he was – a passionate fan of hockey who ran a site that monitored the progress of Detroit prospects – then diplomatically transitioned into a polite but well-grounded complaint. He wasn’t so sure 19-year-old…
A FIGHTER OF ANOTHER BREED
WANT MORE PROTEAU? GET DAILY UPDATES AT THEHOCKEYNEWS.COM YOU’VE GOT TO UNDERstand this about Phil Brooks, professionally known as CM Punk: he was never handed anything as a blue-collar kid coming out of Chicago, as a student, as a pro wrestler who rose to the pinnacle of the industry or in his current line of work as a nascent mixed martial arts fighter. Punk, 36, has had to grind and scrape for everything he’s earned, and he’s plied his trade (often injured) in hockey arenas across North America and around the world. No wonder Punk has a love for the NHL, and no wonder he’s come to be acquaintances with many NHL players. There’s a camaraderie at play here, an understanding of serious and constant physical sacrifice and a respect for performing…
CASE CLOSED
FORGIVE STEVE YZERMAN. HE’S LESS impressed by his Tampa Bay Lightning than the rest of the world is. It takes more than a healthy run at the Presidents’ Trophy to elevate this GM’s heart rate. Call it the byproduct of three Stanley Cup rings, a Conn Smythe Trophy, a Selke Trophy, a Ted Lindsay Award and three Olympic gold medals, one as a player and two as chief roster architect. So when Yzerman learns in mid-March The Hockey News has chosen Tampa Bay as 2015 Stanley Cup champ, he doesn’t flinch. Bigger things to worry about? More like smaller things. “We’re talking today, and we’ve yet to clinch a playoff spot,” Yzerman said. “You might be thinking Stanley Cup. We’re not. We’re just trying to make the playoffs.” Yzerman has accomplished enough…
BLAZED A TRAIL ON LONG ISLAND
Clark Gillies may not have been the game’s fi rst power forward, but he became that role’s poster boy en route to the Hall of Fame
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