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July 1, 1994
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EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK
He has been compared to Bobby Orr, Brian Leetch and Mark Howe. But the best comparison of all is to Vadim Pisarev, a ballet dancer who shares a hometown with Oleg Tver-dovsky. Donetsk, Ukraine, a city of 1 million, has never produced a hockey player of Tverdovsky’s calibre. Pisarev is the only performer of similar renown from Donetsk. They are both dancers: Pisarev on a wooden stage, Tverdovsky on a frozen stage. Tverdovsky, a left-shot defenseman, was the Mighty Ducks of Ana-heim’s second overall choice in the 1994 entry draft. He skates like the wind, shoots bullets, passes wonderfully and fears nobody. “(Tverdovsky) is the best prospect I’ve seen in Europe since Peter Forsberg,” said Detroit Red Wings’ scout Hakan Andersson. Scouts say he can be a 100-point defenseman in the NHL. Ducks’ general manager Jack…
Shopping around key when buying equipment
In-line hockey players don’t have to worry about finding and paying for ice, but when it comes to selecting and paying for skates, equipment and sticks, in-liners face the same issues as their on-ice cousins. Top-notch in-line gear-the stuff used by Roller Hockey International players-can be just as expensive as high-end on-ice equipment. It’s also made by the same companies-such as Canstar, Sport Maska and Karhu-that supply elite ice hockey performers. Consumers might not find the high-end gear in just any store. In the U.S., for the most part, it’s available only in ice hockey pro and specialty shops and a growing number of retailers that cater to in-line skating. As with ice hockey gear, distribution can be different in Canada where some major sporting goods chains may carry both top of the…
Your guide to entry draft statistics, teams, leagues
The 1994 National Hockey League Draft was held June 28-29 at the Hartford Civic Center. Listed on this page is the complete order of selection. Information provided includes: NHL team, player, position, 1993-94 team and league, height, weight and 1993-94 statistics. Statistical abbreviations are as follows: Games (GP), goals (G), assists (A), points (P) and penalty minutes (PIM) for skaters; minutes (MIN), goals against (GA), goals-against average (GAA), and save percentage (SV%) are listed for goaltenders. League, classification and national abbreviations are as follows: Alberta Jr. League (AJHL), British Columbia Jr. League (BCJHL), Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA), Central Ontario Jr. League (COJHL), Central (Ont.) Jr. B League (CJHL), Czech Republic (Cze.), Eastern College Athletic Association (ECAC), Finland (Fin.), Germany (Ger.), Golden Horseshoe Jr. B League (GHJHL), Hockey East (HE), International…
Durability crucial for in-line blades
What makes an in-line hockey stick popular doesn’t necessarily make an ice hockey stick a hot seller…and vice versa. Even old-line ice hockey stick makers have learned that in-line stick blades must be more durable than those used on ice. While ice hockey stick blades can fray, contact with the ice doesn’t punish them nearly the way asphalt or concrete can. And even though ice surfaces vary from rink to rink, that’s nothing compared to the difference between, say a parking lot and the bare surface of a melted-down ice rink. Also, the feel and grip of a ball or puck sliding on a non-ice surface is different than that of a traditional galvanized rubber disk on frozen water. The sense of stickhandling and shooting is much different. “Out here on the West Coast,…
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