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April 28, 2000
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AMERICAN LEAGUE 2000 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP The 2000 IIHF World Senior Championship will take place in St. Petersburg, Russia from April 29 to May 14. Sixteen teams are divided into four groups and play play each team in their group during a round-robin preliminary round. The groups are as follows: Group A: Belarus, Latvia, Sweden, Ukraine; Group B: Austria, Finland, Italy, Slovakia; Group C: Canada, Czech Republic, Japan, Norway; Group D: France, Russia, Switzerland, United States. Listed below is the preliminary roster for Team Canada including player name and NHL team. The tournament schedule includes date, teams, local game time and arena. Arena abbreviations are as follows: PTG-Peter the Great Arena; Yub-Yubeleiny. ROSTERS Canada Goaltender: Jose Theodore, Montreal Defensemen: Adrien Aucoin, Vancouver; Patrice Brisebois, Montreal; Ed Jovanovski, Vanvouverl Robyn Regehr, Calgary. Forwards: Todd Bertuzzi, Vancouver; Andrew…
Redden injury hurts Sens’ Cup chances
It was a nothing game, but Ottawa Senators’ defenseman Wade Redden paid a high price. As the Senators opened their Eastern Conference quarterfinal against Toronto April 12, the club was forced to play without Redden after he suffered what appeared to be a cracked bone in his right foot. While the Senators listed Redden as day-to-day with a deep bruise, he was hobbling around the Ottawa dressing room in a cast and on crutches. Sources told the Ottawa Sun Redden was informed he’d be out for at least three weeks. Redden was hit with a shot in the foot during the second period of a meaningless 5-2 victory over Tampa Bay April 9. “This is tough to take at this time of year,” Redden said. “I’ve only missed one game all year and that…
Ramsay may stay main man when Neilson returns
A tumultuous season became even more bizarre when Philadelphia Flyers’ GM-president Bob Clarke confirmed interim coach Craig Ramsay might remain at the helm after coach Roger Neilson returned from his medical leave for bone marrow cancer. Under Ramsay (an assistant until Neilson fell ill), the Flyers finished the regular season 16-8-12, including four straight wins to close the schedule and win the Eastern Conference. They won their playoff opener 3-2 over Buffalo April 13. Neilson, sidelined since Feb. 19 and not scheduled to resume coaching duties until the second round of the playoffs, walked into Clarke’s office April 10 and said, “I’ve come back to take over the team.” Clarke’s response: “I said, ‘Wait a minute. You have to be checked by the doctors.’ “ When asked if Ramsay might continue coaching indefinitely, Clarke…
Laraque gets confidence in post-season
Playoffs are normally a time when NHL tough guys are watching from the press box or stapled to the bench. It’s strange, then, that Oiler policeman Georges Laraque picked last year’s playoffs-a first round series against the Dallas Stars—to establish himself as a full-time NHLer. “That’s when I started to really have confidence in myself,” said Laraque, who was a big, nervous kid playing sparingly as a rookie last season. But when the post-season rolled around and the Oilers needed more grit in their forecheck, Laraque got the call. He took a regular shift, played tough and played disciplined. So the Oilers kept playing him. “I was just starting out with the team, so being able to average more time in the playoffs than I was averaging during the regular season, that’s when I really…
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