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March 26, 1999
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Modest Drury sets self apart from rest of NHL rookie pack
For a guy who was nearly sent to the minors after the first day of Colorado Avalanche training camp, Chris Drury has done pretty well for himself in his rookie season. So well, in fact, it may earn the former Boston University star the Calder Trophy. Drury, 22, took over the NHL rookie scoring lead with two goals in the Avalanche's 5-3 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers March 11. The pair of goals gave him 17 on the season, along with 20 assists. It vaulted him two points past Vancouver Canucks' Bill Muckalt for the rookie scoring lead, and established Drury as the leading contender for the Calder-one year after winning the Hobey Baker Trophy as college hockey's best player in 1998. The 72nd pick in the 1994 entry draft had 28 goals…
Surging Sergei Gonchar
Michael Jordan is gone from basketball, but his influence lives on in the most unexpected places. Like in Sergei Gonchar's living room. Gonchar keeps a few tapes of the ex-Chicago Bulls' star by his home VCR. Every once in a while he pops them in just to take a look. He knows how Jordan disappeared into the maze of players, then surfaced and struck in an instant. Gonchar has taken to doing much the same thing on the Washington Capitals power play. You can learn plenty by watching the best. Said countryman and teammate Andrei Nikolishin,"He's every time in the right spot at the right time.” By mid-March, Gonchar was on a breathtaking run of 17 goals in 28 games-more than Paul Kariya or Mike Modano, for example, over the same time. The…
Stars surprise by signing little-known winger Sloan
Dallas Stars' coach Ken Hitchcock said Blake Sloan is a “diamond in the rough.” If that's so, the Stars are the only NHL team to see Sloan's full potential. The 23-year-old was signed to a one-year contract by the Stars March 10-the first offer of any kind he has received from any NHL team. “I was pretty shocked,” Sloan said. Sloan had been playing with the Houston Aeros of the International League and had recently been converted to a winger from a defenseman. With the Aeros so close in proximity and Houston playing the Michigan K-Wings three times in a one-month span, Stars' scouts liked what they saw in Sloan, a scrappy third or fourth liner. “We've seen a lot of improvement and a lot of potential since the move (to right wing),” said…
Offense comes through as Wildcats claim title
The letters UNH no longer stands for the University of No Hardware. The University of New Hampshire's Wildcats, energized by a pair of frenzied sellout crowds, swept Maine convincingly 6-1 and 4-1 March 5 and 6 to win its first outright Hockey East title. UNH finished three points ahead of runner-up Maine. Senior center and Hobey Baker Award candidate Jason Krog and junior defenseman Jayme Filipowicz led the way for the Wildcats. Krog had three goals and six points and Filipowicz produced a goal and five points. Krog and Filipowicz also sparked the UNH special teams. UNH went 5-for-9 on the power play, including 3-for-4 in the second game, and killed off all 12 Maine power plays. Krog was chosen the league's player of the week and Filipowicz was the defensive player of the…
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