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November 10, 2000
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The inside word on Santa Claus & his hockey offerings
What better way to figure out what to give the hockey fan in your life for Christmas than to go to the source himself Santa Claus? Unfortunately, when reached for comment at his home in the North Pole, jolly old St. Nick was busy playing a hockey video game and asked The Hockey News to call again later. You would have thought Santa would be a little more understanding of deadlines. After all, he’s got a pretty tight one to meet every Dec. 25. Fortunately, his charming wife Mrs. Claus graciously agreed to step in and give us the scoop — and she shattered some Santa Claus’ myths along the way. Here’s what she had to say about her husband and the hockey gift season: BOOKS The hardcover edition of The Hockey News’ Century of Hockey…
Increased heat cool with Fedorov
The Detroit Red Wings held their breath. Already missing captain Steve Yzerman and defenseman Chris Chelios because of knee injuries, they couldn’t stand the sight of center Sergei Fedorov clutching his left knee Oct. 21 after he had collided with Buffalo’s Jay McKee. The Wings exhaled the next night. Fedorov played at Columbus and joked about the incident. “I got a knee, I got an elbow and my helmet was on my nose,” Fedorov said. “I was like, ‘Shoot, I must be playing hockey.’” With Yzerman out, no Wing is more valuable than Fedorov, the team leader in points (11) through Oct. 25. He won the Hart Trophy in 1993-94 when Yzerman was injured and he sees similarities between then and now. “This pressure doesn’t bother me at all,” Fedorov said. “I see this…
PLUS MINUS
Best of the Hockey World HOSSA HOT Marian Hossa gets on the scoresheet in each of Ottawa’s first eight games to reside among the NHL’s top point-producers. YOUNG GUN St. Louis Blues’ veteran Scott Young is off to the best start of his career with a league-leading 10 goals in nine games. MINOR LEAGUE MOXY East Coast League defense man Jon Sorg is granted his trade demand to a coastal city so he can sail his boat on off-days. Worst of the Hockey World PANTHER MELTDOWN Florida is the NHL’s final team without a victory, failing to win in their first seven games (0-3-2-2). COLDER THAN ALASKA Anchorage-born Scott Gomez, last year’s rookie of the year, registers just two assists in New Jersey’s first seven games. OVER AND OUT Alexandre Volchkov, the fourth overall pick by Washington…
Ziggy plays the star again
For Ziggy Palffy, the stardust is back and the Los Angeles Kings are rocking because of it. After making the transition to a new home in southern California and then suffering through a lower back injury last season, Palffy has regained the scoring touch that made him one of the NHL’s top right wingers for five seasons with the New York Islanders. “When you see him every day in practise, you marval at all the skill he has. Kings’ caption Rob Blake During the first month of the regular sea son, Palffy was among the league leaders in goals (eight) and points (16) and he scored the 200th goal of his career Oct 15 versus Phoenix. He has become the focal point of the Kings’ reconfigured first line, which has welcomed back newly re-signed center…
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