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October 20, 2000
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Age: Detroit’s friend or foe?
They finished second overall with 108 points last season. They were the league’s highest-scoring team by miles. They boast half-a-dozen future Hall Of Famers in their lineup and they are the only team in the past half-dozen years to win the Stanley Cup in back-to-back seasons. And yet, the overall impression of the Detroit Red Wings is they are yesterday’s news. Their time has passed, the pundits say; they have made the transition from being a great team to a merely good team. Wherever you turn, any analysis that focuses on the Wings’ chances this season begins and ends with birth certificates. Seven of the players on the opening-day roster were born in the 1960s, including one, Larry Murphy, who is old enough to remember when The Beatles were a chart-topping act…
Top NHL draft pick enters Wolves’ den
The Chicago Wolves have welcomed Rick DiPietro, the NHL’s first overall draft pick last June by the New York Islanders. DiPietro’s theatrics in his first game for the Wolves, though, weren’t quite what they had in mind for the highly touted goalie. In an International League exhibition tilt against Manitoba, DiPietro fought Moose goalie Stan Reddick at center ice in the middle of a penalty-filled affair. The incident was sparked by Manitoba center Bruce Richardson, who flattened DiPietro with an illegal check. “The adrenaline got going and I got caught up in the moment, I guess,” DiPietro said. CRACKDOWN IHL president Doug Moss said his league expects to follow the NHL in its vigilance against checks to the head and unacceptable slashing. Though the IHL has tended to deal with most supplementary discipline in a…
Vet Musil makes startling comeback
Frank Musil never set out to become the feel-good story of the season. But that’s what he is. After missing all of last season with what was supposed to be a career-ending neck injury, the 35-year-old veteran stunned the entire organization when he showed up at training camp and promptly won back his job on the blueline. “It’s incredible,” said coach Craig MacTavish. “He came in here and to be honest with you I gave him very little chance to make the hockey club. But he’s been one of our top three or four defensemen in training camp. That’s a tribute to Frankie and his dedication.” Musil slammed head first into the boards in training camp last year and had to be carried off the ice. Months later he still had limited range of…
Yzerman misses season opener
Steve Yzerman began the 200001 season the same way he started the 2000 playoffs — on the sidelines with a sprained medial collateral ligament in his right knee. The longtime Detroit Red Wings’ captain was placed on injured reserve and missed the two-game, sea son-opening road trip to Alberta. But he was hoping to return for the Oct. 11 home opener against Edmonton. “Had it been a playoff game, he would have played, but it’s Game 1 in October,” said GM Ken Holland. “Why take chances.” Yzerman said it’s the same injury he suffered with four games to play in the regular season — he returned during Game 2 of the first round of the playoffs — and it’s susceptible to aggravation. “I think the wiser decision is to stay off and get back…
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