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February 13, 2017
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ROOKIE SPOTLIGHT
EASTERN CONFERENCE At 5-foot-9 and 167 pounds, AUSTIN CZARNIK is the smallest Bruin, which helps explain why he was undrafted and signed out of Miami University (Ohio). He had instant chemistry with Frank Vatrano last season in Providence, and once Vatrano returned to the B’s from injury, the tandem reunited on the third line. Three seasons ago, WILLIAM CARRIER was involved in two blockbuster trades in just over a month. First he was dealt from Cape Breton to Drummondville in the QMJHL. Next, his rights were moved from St. Louis to Buffalo in the deal that saw Ryan Miller leave the Sabres. Carrier plays with a raw physical element. If former world junior star SEBASTIAN AHO had started slowly in his first North American season, folks would have understood. But the slight Finnish center,…
DISCOVERING ROCKET FUEL
KIRK MCLEAN SKATED behind his net toward a sliding puck. He reached out and stopped it. For a moment, he waited. The goalie had done so countless times during his career in hockey, an unremarkable and routine play. But what happened on this night, Nov. 5, 1991, he would never forget. After a beat, McLean’s newest teammate on the Vancouver Canucks came rushing toward him. In one motion he swooped in, received thepuck from his goalie and was off. McLean returned to his crouch in front of the net, but never took his eyes off the prized rookie, one of the most hyped imports in NHL history, as he disappeared into the other end. A sea of fans inside the Pacific Coliseum began to rise, their roar cresting in anticipation as the…
YOUR SAY
Three reasons your top 10 stinks Are you guys out of your minds? Your expansion logo ranking (Top 10, Jan. 23) is just as bad as your 100 People of Power and Influence choices. First of all, let’s not forget the enormous fame and popularity the Mighty Ducks logo had in 1993-94 and years after. Second, holy h-e-double hockey sticks, the Sharks logo is No. 2? Third, the Panthers logo could easily be in discussion for a top three spot. The Vegas logo is terrible just like their team will be. The writer of this article needs to blow ice and jump off the Zamboni wagon. BRAD CHARTIER, LIGONIER, PA. A whale of a song I know Matt Larkin was just rating the goal songs of the current teams (The Countdown, Jan. 23), but…
UNMASK ED
IT TAKES SOMEWHERE in the neighborhood of five centuries for aluminum to decompose. That means there are 490-odd years left for some archaeologically inclined Finnish hockey fans to get their hands on some precious pieces of memorabilia. The dig site is a backyard in Tampere, Finland, and soda can shrapnel is the treasure. Those fragments of old aluminum cans, bashed, battered and burst to bits by six ounces of hard-charging vulcanized rubber, are a reminder of where Patrik Laine began his path to becoming one of the most fearsome rookie scorers ever. Laine’s shot, used to blast soda cans apart years ago, has been the talk of the NHL this season. It’s lethal, both in strength and accuracy, and it didn’t get that way overnight, which is to say it’s not…
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