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Season Preview 2017-18
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BIG WHEEL KEEP ON TURNING
IT’S AUGUST 2016, and Winnipeg Jets fans, with numbers creeping into the thousands, have flooded the city’s famed Portage and Main intersection. The Heritage Classic jersey unveiling is on the docket, and Blake Wheeler, fresh off a careerbest 2015-16 season, is on hand to showcase the new duds. When Wheeler hits the stage, he’s met with thunderous cheers, but it’s the chant that breaks out, a cry of “Captain Wheeler” taken up by the Jets faithful, that’s most telling about Winnipeg’s appreciation of No. 26. It wasn’t until weeks later that Wheeler would officially be crowned captain, but the message sent by the team’s fans was clear: he was their choice, the right choice, for the job. “Since we came to Winnipeg, I’ve felt a good connection with our fans…
CROSSWORD
ACROSS 1 Calgary’s WHA team 4 Pat Quinn often enjoyed one 7 Non-contenders, ___-rans 8 Uses one’s stick illegally 10 Brantford’s old OHL team 12 Drafted first overall by the Habs in 1969, he later became their GM 13 Harry ___ coached in the NCAA, WHA and NHL 14 ‘Foxy’ coached Gordie and his sons 18 According to GM George McPhee, ‘Las Vegas will be a ___ hockey town’ 19 Molson makes it 20 The first Finnish goalie to hoist the Cup 21 Does what the NHL did in 1967 DOWN 1 Pictured, he wears the ‘C’ in Beantown 2 No longer effective: 2 words 3 Owen ___ is home to the OHL’s Attack 4 Emile ‘The ___’ ___ coached the Rangers and Blues 5 Skin rash that ended some careers 6 Backup 9 He’s penned several hockey books, including Tropic of Hockey 11 Leafs great who was the subject of another…
NEW YORK STATE OF MIND
MAKE NO MISTAKE, Kevin Shattenkirk’s homecoming isn’t the stuff of Greek mythology. On Shattenkirk’s NHL odyssey, there were no sea monsters in St. Louis, no Cyclops in Colorado, no dangerous sirens in Washington. Just battle-tested players and coaches with their own histories of victories and defeats. Now back in New York, where he was born and raised, the 28-year-old star defenseman has perhaps his biggest challenge: helping the Rangers, the team he adored as a youngster, win a championship. “I envisioned myself being a Ranger from the moment I stepped on the ice as a kid,” said the native of New Rochelle, N.Y., who was the top prize in the summer’s free agenct market and signed a fouryear, $26.6-million contract that he proposed. “The comfort factor was huge. Maybe money…
7 COLORADO> AVALANCHE
CENTRAL BEST-CASE SCENARIO ONLY THE MOST optimistic of Avs fans can envision a happy 2017- 18 season in Colorado. A successful year won’t mean making the playoffs but could mean certain things go right. Rookie center Tyson Jost profiles as a high-impact player if he can stick with the team. Maybe he does and challenges for the Calder Trophy. Mikko Rantanen led Colorado with 20 goals last season and will push for at least 25 this year. General manager Joe Sakic signed Nail Yakupov and acquired Colin Wilson for relatively cheap, so maybe each player realizes some untapped potential. If enough of the forwards make strides, we can finally see Nathan MacKinnon play to the ability that made him the No. 1 draft pick in 2013. He hasn’t had much help, but…
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