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December 8, 2000
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Streaky Badgers trying to solve losing riddle
Wisconsin coach Jeff Sauer is a keep it-simple kind of person, which explains his uncomplicated take on what ailed his team as it hit the quarter pole of the regular season. How did the Badgers endure five straight losses on the heels of seven consecutive wins to open the season? How did Wisconsin go from being the No. 1 team in the nation to being on the outside looking in at the top 10? “It’s very evident what’s wrong,” Sauer said. “There are no secrets. We’re not scoring goals and we’re not scoring goals on the power play” The same outfit that averaged 4.42 goals through seven games labored along at a 2.2 clip in the five losses. At the same time, a power play that converted at least once in each of…
PLUS MINUS
The Best of the Hockey World THE LEGEND GROWS Ottawa 67’s coach Brian Kilrea picks up Ontario League career win No. 900 with a 5-2 decision over the Peterborough Petes. FINALLY, A REASON TO SMILE Montreal’s Mathieu Garon earns his first NHL win — and records a shutout — in a 6-0 thrashing of Atlanta. ROY RETURNS With his cancer in remission, Moncton Wildcats’ center Jonathan Roy returns to Quebec League action. The Worst of the Hockey World HOME WOES The Atlanta Thrashers are bombed 8-2 by the Tampa Bay Lightning and 6-0 by the Montreal Canadiens in consecutive games. HAB-NOT Montreal’s Sergei Zholtok is held without a goal through 22 games after leading the Canadiens with 26 last season. HOMER SUSPENDED WCHA linesman Jay Kleven is suspended indefinitely after making two questionable calls against the visiting…
NHL’s coaching machine
After a 5-1 win over the Blues on March 9,1972, the Canadiens were slumbering at the St. Louis Hilton Inn, when the shrill sounds of a fire alarm awoke them. “I opened my door, which was a big mistake, because the flames were in the hallway,” says Scotty Bowman, Montreal’s coach at the time. So Bowman sought refuge on his fourth-floor balcony. “There was a pool, but it didn’t have any water in it,” says Bowman, the second-last person rescued. “I was getting ready to jump. I wasn’t going to burn to death up there.” He wasn’t panicking, simply assessing the situation. Weighing his options. It’s a telling reflection of the man who was set to coach his 2,000th NHL game Nov. 24 against Vancouver. The current Detroit Red Wings’ bench boss never stops thinking,…
POWER PLAY
Koo-koo for Kovalchuk Teenage Russian making waves The hockey world is gushing in its praise of Ilya Kovalchuk, the Russian left winger who has rocketed to the top of draft lists. “If the draft were held tomorrow, he’d go No. 1,” says one NHL GM. “He’s as fast as (Pavel) Bure, he can handle the puck like crazy and he’s 6-foot-2,” says another. “With all due respect to the likes of Jason Spezza, Dan Blackburn and Pascal Leclaire,” says Red Line Report, “Kovalchuk is an absolute game-breaker, the type of player who lifts fans out of their seats and leaves them gasping at his moves and puck wizardry.” Kovalchuk blew away the scouts with his performance at the Five Nations Tournament in Salt Lake City in late summer. He scored four goals and seven points in…
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