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May 2, 2006
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Peeking at past performances and potential heroes
PLAYOFF TEAMS For the 16 NHL teams that qualified for the play-offs, the team reports in this issue look at ‘Recent Playoff History’ and consider a potential ‘Post-season Sleeper’ for each club. The efforts of each team in the past five springs are highlighted, as well as a player who, for various reasons, may be primed for a post-season breakout. Nashville’s Adam Hall and Carolina’s Josef Vasicek both were pegged to come through as big playoff performers. NON-PLAYOFF TEAMS For the NHL’s 14 non-playoff teams, the team reports look back at ‘The Good’, ‘The Bad’ and ‘The Ugly’ from the 2005-06 campaign. What were the highlights? The lowlights? And the oh-so-lowlights?…
Return of Rucinsky will bolster Rangers
RECENT PLAYOFF HISTORY If 1997 qualifies as “recent,” the Rangers could go into their first round matchup against New Jersey infused with confidence, given that their second round, five-game upset win over the Devils that year was the Blueshirts’ last appearance in the playoffs. The 2005-06 Rangers insist that ending the franchise’s seven-season playoff drought is only a first step. They say they’re not happy just to be at the dance, although the season-ending five-game losing streak that cost them first place in the Atlantic indicates otherwise. POST-SEASON SLEEPER Martin Rucinsky began the playoffs in street clothes, still recovering from the broken finger that sidelined him for the final 12 games of the year. But the veteran winger will provide a big lift to the team upon his return. A stabilizing…
Captain continues charitable actions
Memphis didn’t make the playoffs, but captain Don Parsons accomplished another goal, raising $22,994 for local charities. It is the fourth straight year Parsons’ Pledge, a goals-for-charity program, raised more than $20,000 for organizations like the Memphis Oral School for the Deaf, the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Parsons started the program in honor of his father, who was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and his daughter, who was born severely deaf…Three Laredo Bucks won CHL awards: Terry Ruskowski was named coach of the year; Serge Dube most outstanding defenseman; and owner Glenn Hart received the Rick Kozuback Award for “dedication and commitment to hockey.”…
JERSEY HOUND
Uniform fans, we work for you. That’s why we called the good people at Sotheby’s to get a color picture of the Boston Bruins’ first jersey, so rare the B’s don’t even have one. Sold for $19,200, it was the first of many incarnations of Boston sweaters, but the full bear logo was a classic only surpassed by the spoked-B. This logo was supposed to be used on an Original Six vintage jersey back in the 1990s, but was deemed ‘too complex’ by manufacturers, hence the square ‘B’ that was used instead. Note the brown base, and the fact it’s a turtleneck.…
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