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February 14, 2006
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Marshall matters
Willie Marshall and a host of other American League legends are now a part of a virtual Hall of Fame. Marshall was joined by Johnny Bower, Fred Glover, Frank Mathers, Jody Gage, Eddie Shore and Jack Butterfield in the charter class inducted into the AHL Hall of Fame Feb. 1 during All-Star Classic festivities in Winnipeg. “There are an awful lot of players who made great contributions and probably can’t get into the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, but that should be honored for their careers,” said AHL president Dave Andrews. Marshall’s career was the impetus for the Hall’s creation. He played only 16 NHL games for the Toronto Maple Leafs during his 20-year pro career in the 1950s, but is the AHL’s all-time leader in goals (523), assists (852), points (1,375)…
Letters
CHICAGO BLUES CHANGE ‘DOLLAR’ BILL What is Bill Wirtz’s problem? This guy doesn't know anything about putting fans in the stands. Not letting the home games be televised is no solution to selling tickets. He needs to invest his money wisely by getting rid of a few players to get one or two players that will score goals and play smart. Look at what Lou Lamoriello did: he sent Alex Mogilny down to the minors to make room for Patrik Elias, who has totally changed the Devils upon his return. Why punish the fans for something they didn't do? I can understand where he’s coming from about ticket sales, but there has to be another way. Stasiu Sigda, Freehold, N.Y. NOW HEAR THIS OLDTIMERS HAD CHARACTER I enjoyed Jason Kay’s column about the quality of play-by-play broadcasting…
Last Minute of Play
CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 He will tend net for Canada in Turin 4 Montreal’s Michael ___, pictured 7 Spoil 8 Fearless 10 This OHL club is based in Pennsylvania 12 Brett Hull won a Cup with this club 13 Go in 14 A Quebec League city, it’s home of the Cataractes 18 They wear the ‘C’ 19 Tampa Bay edged Philadelphia in the last Stanley Cup __-final 20 Arenas 21 Harold ___ played 17 NHL seasons, 10 with Vancouver DOWN 1 There’s AHL hockey in Wilkes-___ 2 The Bruins were one of hockey’s “___ Six” 3 Charge: 2 wds. 4 Officiating 5 Shane ___ is another who will play in Turin 6 Where Brent Sutter is coach 9 Nickname of the Halifax team in the Quebec League 11 Shocks 12 ‘Spinner’ was a Leaf and Sabre 15 ‘The Joe’ is home to the Red ___ 16 Hits hard 17 Not covered Answers in next issue LAST WEEK’S CROSSWORD SOLUTION ACROSS…
Olympic Notes
Teams, players setting sights on Turin test OLYMPIC NOTES Everyone has been talking about it for months and now the time has finally arrived. The Olympic Games in Turin are upon us! We asked our correspondents to tell us about the Olympians from their team: how they’re looking going into the games, they’re memories from Salt Lake City and who isn’t going but likely should. Nashville’s Tomas Vokoun is easily good enough to be a starting netminder on any Olympic squad, but thanks to the return of Dominik Hasek he’ll go to Turin as a backup. Detroit’s Tomas Holmstrom – typically a staple on Swedish national teams – won’t be this time around because, well, management apparently didn’t think he was good enough. Niedermayer’s knee could be the key OLYMPIC NOTES Bothered by a small…
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