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November 2023
In the November issue of The Hockey News: we celebrate the Boston Bruins centennial by counting down their top 100 players, reliving 20 memorable moments, and we ask six legends to tell us "what it means to be a B?" Also, we find out why Brad Marchand is the perfect fit for the Bruins captaincy, and we travel to Switzerland with Nico Hischier to get a glimpse into where the Devils star was born and raised.
A PEACHY PLACE TO PLAY
SOME SAY IT WAS the greatest collection of hockey talent ever assembled on a small-town ice surface. When the Montreal Canadiens took on the Saskatoon Sheiks in an exhibition game in Grimsby, Ont., on Nov. 19, 1924, more than half of the 18 players were future Hall of Famers. The Sheiks, who played in the Western Canada League, won the game 4-2 over the Canadiens, who played in the NHL and had won the Stanley Cup the previous season. In goal for the Sheiks was George Hainsworth, who later played for both the Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs during his Hall of Fame career. Former Habs star Newsy Lalonde, the Cook brothers – Bill and Bun – and Harry Cameron also were in the Saskatoon lineup. Many Sheiks players formed the core of…
THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS
THE ONLY TEAM THAT ever drafted Torey Krug was the OHL’s Plymouth Whalers – let’s bow our heads in a moment of silence, please – who took him in the 13th round of the 2007 proceedings. Clearly, they were not scared off by the fact that he was 5-foot-3 and 125 pounds. A year later, Krug and his father made the almost five-hour drive from their home in suburban Detroit to Indianapolis with the express purpose of getting cut from a USHL team so he could return home to play high-school hockey. Krug instead made the Indiana Ice at 17, and then really good things started to happen. But all the way through his days leading up to the NHL – where he was never drafted, either – he had to…
IN THE CARDS
DUE TO DELAYS CAUSED by the pandemic, Upper Deck is still playing catch-up. The late summer finally saw the release of 2022-23 Skybox Metal Universe Hockey. The cards picture 150 of the top NHL veterans plus 50 rookies, superimposed in front of cosmic backgrounds and printed on metallic cardstock – hence the name “Metal Universe.” The set also includes a bevy of eye-catching extras. The “1998-99 Retro” inserts pay homage to the Metal Universe Baseball card designs from the late 1990s, and the “2013 Universe” inserts feature original illustrations of popular NHLers as anime-inspired characters. “Aspects” cards combine a player with the skyline of the city they play for, while “All-Starring” cards riff on old movie posters from the golden age of Hollywood. A hobby box contains 15 seven-card packs…
FROM MADDENING TO MENTOR
JUST 31 DAYS AFTER Toronto Maple Leafs assistant GM Ryan Hardy reached out to gauge his interest in the organization’s ECHL coaching vacancy, Matt Cooke was guiding the Newfoundland Growlers in their 2023-24 season debut. It has been a whirlwind of a month, to say the least. The seeds were planted in July when Cooke sent his resume off to Hardy after seeing the AHL’s Toronto Marlies had fired their entire coaching staff. Cooke wasn’t interviewed for any of those positions, but Hardy circled back when it became time to hire a coach for the Growlers. “I felt like I made a connection with Ryan,” Cooke said. “He was someone that was willing to get on a Zoom with me and learn about Matt Cooke and not just go off the…
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