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January 31, 2006
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HOCKEY WORLD IN BRIEF
CAUSE OF POTVIN DEATH UNCERTAIN A toxicology report on the body of former NHLer Marc Potvin is expected to be released in late January. The Adirondack Frostbite coach was found dead Jan. 13 in a Kalamazoo hotel room hours before his United League team was scheduled to play the Kalamazoo Wings. He was 38. Potvin, who was in his third season behind the Adirondack bench, was found by a hotel staff member about 10:30 a.m. Concerned players alerted the hotel there might be a problem when Potvin failed to show up for the Frostbite’s morning skate. Kalamazoo police said Potvin was found alone. They ruled out foul play and said they believed they knew how he died. The Frostbite’s game against Kalamazoo and a game the next night in Muskegon were…
Making progress
Quietly, ever so quietly, Jay Bouwmeester’s maturation into a No. 1 defenseman has continued this season in Florida. Part of the lack of attention is due to Bouwmeester being one of the most soft-spoken and media-shy players in the NHL. Another part, of course, is the Panthers, whose inability to make the playoffs the past four seasons has them far removed from the South Florida sports spotlight. Bouwmeester’s improvement hasn’t been about numbers. He had yet to score a goal through 47 games and was on track for about 33 assists – an improvement on the 12 and 18 of his first two seasons, but nothing like the kind of production, say, L.A.’s Lubomir Visnovsky is putting up. He was also minus-10, worst on the team, not something you’d expect from a…
PLUS MINUS
ZUPER DUPER ZUBOV One reason the Stars are enjoying a good year is defenseman Sergei Zubov, who has 32 assists in 44 games. SEE IT TO BELIEVE IT Alexander Ovechkin’s one-handed, behind-the-neck goal while on his back is one for the ages. JOHN MADE HIS MARKS Former Chicago Blackhawk John Marks sets the ECHL mark for most games coached at 879. WHY ARE WE HERE? The Penguins wouldn’t have had to trade for Eric Cairns if Andre Roy and Ryan VandenBussche had done their job. IN TROUBLE…AGAIN Peterborough’s Steve Downie, suspended earlier for hazing, gets five games for “bullying” Belleville opponent. LIGHTNING THUNDERSTRUCK Who would have guessed the star-laden Lightning would win the Cup, then possibly miss the playoffs this season?…
MacLean eases pain
When Donald MacLean went into the operating room three years ago to have surgery on the herniated disc in his back, his doctor made no guarantees. “My right arm was numb and I had lost all strength in it,” MacLean recalled. “The doctor said ‘Don’t expect the surgery to cure everything.’ Any time you have a serious injury, your doctor doesn’t sugarcoat it. They tell you everything that could go wrong.” But the alternative was worse. Without surgery, MacLean would be forced to retire. “The size of the herniated disc was so large, if I was to get hit hard, I could have been paralyzed,” he said. Now playing his third season since the operation – and ninth as a pro – MacLean is having his best year ever with the Grand Rapids…
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