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August 14, 2017
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GOODS | GEAR | LIFE
AVOIDING GREEK TRAGEDIES ERIK KARLSSON AND Matt Cooke were tangled up along the boards in February 2013 when Cooke’s skate sliced Karlsson’s Achilles. The Ottawa Senators’ star blueliner required surgery and missed 31 games. Injuries like this, and others sustained by the likes of Tyler Seguin and Claude Giroux, inspired Peter Mehdizadeh, Speed Hockey’s president and CEO, to create The Savior Pro, a carbon-fiber guard that sits on the calf underneath the skate. It shields the calf from pucks, slashes and skate blades. There’s also an alternate version, trading the carbon fiber for plastic, but the concept stays the same. “The idea is to protect the player,” Mehdizadeh said. The NHL cleared both versions for in-game use in 2016 and, according to Mehdizadeh, it’s already being used by several players. (speedhockeyinc.com) – ALEX DEBETS BLUE…
MEET THE NEW GUY WESTERN CONFERENCE
RYAN MILLER had more reasons than just hockey to choose the Ducks as a free agent. The 37-year-old stopper is married to actress Noureen DeWulf, whose career has her in southern California more often than not. Miller signed a reasonable two-year, $4-million deal to back up injury-prone John Gibson. It was a good family move. It was just seven years ago DEREK STEPAN stepped into the Rangers lineup after two years at Wisconsin and scored 21 goals. There was no pressure back then and, as it turned out, he topped that total just once in the next six seasons. Now he’ll be an offensive horse and seasoned leader for a young Arizona team – and he just turned 27. The Flames took a calculated risk going with 35-yearold Mike Smith as their…
CROSSWORD
ACROSS 1 Prepare to fight, ___ off 4 Team with a broken stick in its crest 9 The season’s first month 10 Mark Messier Award winner in 2016 11 Runner-up to Mario and Jaromir for Art Ross 12 Jabbed 13 Like second-hand skates 15 Bill or Bun ___ 18 One of five Red Wings to win Conn Smythe 21 Colorado’s ___ Center 23 He steered both the Habs and Leafs to Cups 24 Cartoonist ___ Schulz was a huge hockey fan 25 Duck previously a Canuck 26 Stick fights DOWN 1 Pictured, he’s father of the Hawks GM 2 Loosen one’s skates 3 Bounce back 5 ___ Morenz or Meeker 6 ‘Bobby Lou’s’ first name 7 A step on skates 8 ___ Russell has seen both sides of the ‘Battle of Alberta’ 14 Sidelines 15 Replaced by Doug Weight as Isles coach 16 Tom ___ captained the Flames in Atlanta 17 Fans on a shot, ___…
MEET THE NEW GUY EASTERN CONFERENCE
RYAN PULOCK may finally get a real chance. The big blueliner with the booming shot has been marinating in the AHL for what seems like an eternity (really just three seasons), but now the NHL roster needs him. With Travis Hamonic off to Calgary, Pulock has the opportunity to jump in and make an impact. Look for him on the power play. It pays to know the local kid. New York landed the most coveted free agent on the market in New Rochelle’s KEVIN SHATTENKIRK, who took less money and term than he could’ve gotten elsewhere to play for the team he grew up cheering for. Now captain Ryan McDonagh gets an elite right-shot ‘D’ partner. If Guy Boucher isn’t Ottawa’s coach, there’s a good chance NATE THOMPSON doesn’t sign with the…
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