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February 7, 2006
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Go west, young Bullies
After the Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies migrated west, coach Matt Thomas soon followed. But unlike the Bullies, who relocated to Stockton, Calif., Thomas settled about 135 miles east in Fresno with the Falcons. The 30-year-old coach wasn’t alone. An assistant coach, equipment manager and eight of his former Atlantic City players eventually joined Thomas in Fresno. Fresno entered the all-star break leading the Pacific Division with 54 points. The Falcons won 13 of 17 games leading up to the ECHL All-Star Game held in Fresno’s Save Mart Center Jan. 25. “I pride myself as a coach on making sure I have good relationships with my players,” said Thomas, who had 42 wins in his only season with Atlantic City. “I think it transforms into good performance on the ice and loyalty off the ice.” The Atlantic…
What ‘mistake’ did he make?
Dear Bryan, Sounds like you had a dog of a day back there, kid. This is just a little note to say we’re sort of feeling for you. The scrum after practice Jan. 20 when you talked about getting caught taking steroids, that couldn’t have been too much fun. Was it like the dream when you’re back in high school and it’s phys ed class and you head out of the change room without putting your shorts on and you feel all, like, exposed? That’s an awful dream, isn’t it? You probably never had this dream, though. When you grow up a young defenseman hockey player, you might imagine one day getting burned by 19-Yzerman, not 19-norandrosterone. They say it reduces weight and builds muscle mass and stamina, but you must have had…
Mario leaves Penguins’ nest
He never played goal, but Mario Lemieux sure did make some spectacular saves. The first occurred in 1984, when he joined the pathetic Pittsburgh Penguins and thus prevented their certain demise. Fifteen years later, he saved them again, this time fishing the team out of bankruptcy. Some labeled it a Mario Money Grab, and, to be sure, recouping the $25 million owed to him was the major factor in his becoming an unlikely owner. But let’s not forget he was actually owed $32 million and forgave the first $7 million. What’s more, he could have easily made up his losses by playing a year or two with the New York Rangers. Either another group would have bought and relocated the Penguins, or the NHL would have carried out a plan to disband them. Instead,…
SEPARATED AT BIRTH
Have you spotted these two personalities in the same room at the same time? Submitted by Leo Goodstein of Brooklyn, N.Y. Red Wings star played doctor to NHL during lockout. Grey’s Anatomy star plays a doctor on TV. Submit ideas for Seperated at Birth to separated@thehockeynews.com…
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