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March 2, 2001
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Blues’ injuries hurt so good
Chuck Carlton If they continue playing like this, the St. Louis Blues may finally fulfill their championship promise. And at this rate, they may have to the exhaust the rosters of Worcester IceCats and the Peoria Rivermen to get there. Every push to the top of the Western Conference is greeted with another player going down. They’re trading players for points with almost every game and still thriving. Life has become a Merle Haggard soundtrack, with one misfortune following another. On a team powered by backliners Chris Pronger and Al Maclnnis, Jeff Finley has become the indispensable 25-minute defenseman. Reclamation project Darren Rumble went a mere seven years between NHL points. The forwards are Pierre Turgeon, Scott Young and, well, they did go out and trade for Scott Mellanby Pavol Demitra is out for…
Canes need more from backup Moss
Tyler Moss would like to be a reliable backup goalie. Easier said than done. Moss has struggled in limited opportunities. When Arturs Irbe isn’t playing, there’s an uneasy feeling among many Carolina Hurricane observers. “The guys shouldn’t notice a difference no matter who’s in the net,” Moss said. Irbe made 40 consecutive starts, during which time the 25-year-old Moss spent a few weeks with the International League’s Cincinnati Cyclones. Overall this season, Moss was 1-5-0, with a 4.21 goals-against average and .850 save percentage. He went two months between NHL appearances, finally getting into a game Feb. 8 against Los Angeles. In that game, he stopped 22 shots in a 2-2 tie. Moss could get a chance to prove himself prior to the trading deadline as the Canes play 14 games in a 25-day stretch,…
After 18 years, Detroit’s fearless leader Steve Yzerman still has it
As he crosses the Maple Leaf blueline on a forechecking foray, Steve Yzerman takes a split-second peak over his left shoulder, just to be safe. Sure enough, Igor Larionov is hanging back with the defensemen in leftwing lock formation, a line of three red shirts spread across center ice. Yzerman refocuses, digs in and takes up the pursuit. It’s hardly jaw-dropping stuff, though Yzerman creates plenty of that this February night in Toronto as well. He stops abruptly, corrals a bouncing puck and sends in his other linemate, Martin Lapointe, for a back-door chance. He carries the puck into the Leafs’ zone, goes wide and then pulls up, Gretzky-like, as an ice sheet of possibilities opens up before him. In his 18th NHL season, Steve Yzerman has still got it. He has…
Roy accepts honor from former team
Avalanche goalie Patrick Roy, who played the first 10-plus seasons with Montreal, was honored for the time he spent with the Canadiens and for becoming the all-time winningest NHL goalie. Former teammates Benoit Brunet, Patrice Brisebois and Guy Carbonneau presented Roy with a montage painting by Quebec artist Andre Lapensee during a pre-game ceremony Feb. 13 in Montreal. “It was a great moment and I was really touched by it,” Roy said. “It showed that part of the past is behind us now.” On Dec. 2,1995, then coach Mario Tremblay left him in net for nine goals in an 11-1 trouncing by Detroit and after he was finally taken out, Roy said “that was my last game in Montreal.” He was traded to Colorado four days later. Roy made 16 saves as Colorado defeated…
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