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September 4, 1998
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Nelson loves his days at the Beach
Chris Nelson is one of the most out-going of all professional in-line hockey players. His chiseled physique has graced magazine covers, while his handsome smile has been spotted in several movies, television shows and commercials. To say the least, Nelson’s life has not run the same course as most; how many people have appeared in hit movies such as Batman and Robin, or television shows like Baywatch. But even with his celebrity status, Nelson has never been afraid of the hard-hitting hockey grind and has proven this fact while in his role of captain of team Dawg Pac in Pro Beach Hockey. “PBH is a radical sport which doesn’t try to have a lot of conservative elements, meaning, guys like the Hammer are types of players with very radical personalities that are not quite…
Injuries have taken toll on stars over years
Pat LaFontaine is not the first elite player to have his career cut short due to injury. Here’s a list of other allstars whose bodies gave out before their talent. The player’s age as of retirement appears beside his name. Toe Blake, 35 At the time of a career-ending broken leg in 1948, Blake was 21 points from tying Bill Cowley for the NHL’s career point lead of 548. He was the left winger on one of the top units of hockey’s Original Six era-the Montreal Canadiens Punch Line with right winger Maurice Richard and center Elmer Lach. Mike Bossy, 30 One of greatest goalscorers ever, Bossy had an NHL record nine consecutive 50-goal sea sons (1977-78 to 1985-86) in his first nine years with the New York Islanders and reached 100…
Changes should benefit Verbeek and linemates
In a game of inches, how much difference will a couple of feet make? The Dallas Stars are hoping a lot. With the NHL moving the net two feet out from the end boards and shaving the crease down two feet on each side, offense-minded players should get the opportunity to make more plays around the net and also be able to get in the face of opposing goalies more often. And for players such as Stars’ right winger Pat Verbeek, that can only help. “Beeker is the kind of player that should benefit from the rule changes,” said coach Ken Hitchcock. ’1 think anyone who is willing to charge the net hard is going to be helped by this.” And that should include Verbeek’s projected linemates, Joe Nieuwendyk and Jamie Langenbrunner. “I think a…
Volume of Kurri’s career louder than mere words
Jari Kum has left the NHL and continent with the same understated dignity that was the trademark of his Hall of Fame career and was so richly captured one summer day in 1990. Scant weeks after helping lead the Edmonton Oilers to their fifth Stanley Cup, Kurri was greeted by spontaneous applause as he walked down a cafe-filled boulevard in his native Helsinki. Groups of people would suddenly begin clapping as they realized the greatest player in Finnish hockey history was passing by. For the ever-stoic Finns, it was the equivalent of a ticker-tape parade. Some believe that Cup, Kurri’s fifth, and the preceding 102-point season, were his most significant individual achievements because they were accomplished in the absence of Wayne Gretzky. Kurri was never just Gretzky’s highly accomplished sidekick. But the…
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