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August 17, 2015
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CROSSWORD
Guess WHO ! “I was the third U.S.-born NHLer to score 500 goals and finished my career with 513.” “I had three straight 100-point seasons from 1991-92 to 1993-94 with Chicago.” “My video game avatar was so famous it was featured in the 1996 film Swingers.” Separated AT BIRTH ALEXANDER SEMIN Uses a laser-like shot. Flying solo in offensive zone led to death of his stardom. His one fight was a joke. MARK HAMILL Uses a lightsaber. Flew with Han Solo into the Death Star. Fights Batman as voice of the Joker. ANSWERS AVAILABLE IN THE NEXT ISSUE AND AT THN.com/XWORD LAST ISSUE’S CROSSWORD SOLUTION ACROSS 1. SECURES, 4. HITCH, 7. CUPS, 8. BENCHING, 10. OUTFIELDER, 12. AD-LIB, 13. NONIS, 14. ANDREW LADD, 18. ORIGINAL, 19. PAIR, 20. STING, 21. SETBACK DOWN 1. SACCO, 2. CAPITALS, 3. STEEL, 4. HOCKEY…
TOP 5 CONTROVERSIES
1. TANKING FOR CONNOR MCDAVID AND JACK EICHEL Any time a team endured a prolonged skid down the NHL standings, whispers emerged of teams maneuvering in hopes of earning more Ping-Pong balls in the draft lottery and thus a better chance at Connor McDavid. Even landing the No. 2 overall pick guaranteed a franchise player in Jack Eichel. The Sabres, who traded their No. 1 and No. 2 goaltenders during the season, were perceived as the worst offenders, though Edmonton won the McDavid sweepstakes. 2. SLAVA VOYNOV’S ASSAULT CHARGES The euphoria of a 2014 Stanley Cup victory wore off quickly when Voynov, one of L.A.’s top D-men, was arrested in October. He was charged with felony domestic violence against his wife. The police report of the alleged attack was grisly. The NHL suspended…
IT IS TIME FOR AN EVEN NEWER NHL?
TEN YEARS AGO, INSTEAD OF being unveiled at a full arena, the best prospect in a generation was introduced to the hockey world in the ballroom of an Ottawa hotel. The 2005 lockout had just ended and the Corel Center (now the Canadian Tire Centre) couldn’t accommodate the new day for the NHL draft. But that didn’t blunt the excitement and anticipation of the New NHL, one that featured a ready-made superstar in Sidney Crosby, a salary cap to get the NHL’s economics in order and a host of rule changes and enforcements to allow its offensive stars to shine. As Mario Lemieux posed for pictures with Crosby, the Penguins’ No. 1 pick, you could just envision him using the removed red line to spring Crosby for breakaway after breakaway. For a…
SWEENEY TODD
MOST BRUINS FANS WERE BREATHING A little easier by their July 4 holiday. One weekend earlier, they were breathing fire – so much that new GM Don Sweeney joked about wearing “a ball hat and a flak jacket” to improve his odds of safely making it through the airport upon his return from the NHL draft. The cause of the fury: Sweeney had traded prized defenseman Dougie Hamilton and power forward Milan Lucic, and the closest thing to an NHL player he got in return was Martin Jones, the Kings’ backup goalie. Then, he traded Jones. Nobody wanted to hear about the firstand second-round picks Sweeney had acquired for the strong 2015 draft, and nobody cared that he tried to use some of those assets to move up toward the very top. The…
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