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October 26, 2015
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BOOM BOOM PULOCK
GOING HOME TO EDMONTON, EH? That’s awesome Griff! Good luck bud, I’ll miss ya. Hope to see ya in the NHL soon.” That’s a text message received by Griffin Reinhart the evening of Friday, June 26, moments after word got out he was traded on draft day from the New York Islanders to the Edmonton Oilers. It came from a person best described as a friend, a teammate, a roommate, a rival, a kindred spirit. It came from Ryan Pulock, who only saw the good in parting ways with his buddy. Pulock viewed the trade as a great thing for Reinhart and himself. And though he can no longer call Griffin a Bridgeport teammate, he knows the swap moves both guys one step closer to making the NHL. RYAN PULOCK POSITION Defenseman AGE 21 HEIGHT 6-2 WEIGHT 215…
SHARK BITES TURN TO SMILES
A LOT NEEDS TO BE FIXED BEFORE the San Jose Sharks can regain their status as legitimate NHL playoff contenders. But there is evidence one repair job – healing last spring’s public rift between star center Joe Thornton and GM Doug Wilson – has already occurred. Thornton, for example, praised the moves Wilson made this summer – bringing in defenseman Paul Martin, right winger Joel Ward and goalie Martin Jones – as the Sharks try to rebound from missing the playoffs for the first time since 2003. “I think Doug looked at our team and said, ‘Hey, what do we need?’ Thornton said. “And I think he was bang on.” Back in March, Thornton was far more critical. After the GM told seasonticket holders his former captain was known to lash out at…
5 FAVORITE JERSEYS
CHRIS SMITH ICETHETICS.COM 1. HARTFORD WHALERS (1992-93) Older fans prefer original green and white. I prefer blue with silver trim. 2. ST. LOUIS BLUES (1998-99) Two-tone blue color palette and the angular shoulder stripes won me over. 3. DALLAS STARS (CURRENT GREEN) I’ve always said NHL needs more green. To see the Stars embrace was a treat. 4. PITTSBURGH PENGUINS (1980-81) Today’s bland Vegas gold is depressing next to those uniforms from the 1980s. 5. TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING (1996-97 ALTERNATE) Before the Lightning introduced the “storm” jersey in 1997, jerseys weren’t really anything I noticed. My mind was blown. CHRIS CREAMER SPORTSLOGOS.NET 1. MONTREAL CANADIENS (CURRENT RED) The uniform people see when they close their eyes and think of hockey. 2. DETROIT RED WINGS (CURRENT WHITE) Red pops off the white. Reverse shoulder yoke. Two colors. So simple,…
FINALLY TIME TO RUN WILD?
EVEN GM CHUCK FLETCHER SAID bluntly the Wild aren’t expecting Mikael Granlund to be an eightgoal, 40-point guy his entire career. The uber-skilled Granlund, 23, is cemented between veteran scorers Zach Parise and Jason Pominville, so the Wild hope the pivot can finally break out this season. It’s been almost four years since Granlund created a stir with a lacrossestyle goal at the World Championship that ended up on a postage stamp in Finland. It’s been years since he took the SM-liiga by storm and three since his long-awaited NHL arrival. Now Wild fans are hoping Granlund, who has shown glimpses of greatness like his diving overtime winner against the Avalanche in the playoffs two years ago, can begin producing more than the 18 goals and 88 points he has amassed in his…
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