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October 19, 2001
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Berard earns raves in return to action
How long did it take for defenseman Bryan Berard to prove to the New York Rangers that he belongs in the NHL despite having lost most of the vision in his right eye? “First shift,” said Rangers’ GM-president Glen Sather. Sather signed Berard Oct. 4 to a four-year, $11.75-million contract, the last three years at the team’s option. It’s worth $2 million this season. Berard went to the Rangers’ camp on a seven-day tryout contract and won a job in just two pre-season games against Boston. “There aren’t many guys that can pass the puck like that,” Sather said. “He made three or four passes in that game, you know, there aren’t many people that can play the transition game like he can and that’s exactly what we’re looking for. “It seems like he…
Ice could face year without Blackburn
The Kootenay Ice could end up saying “Bye-bye, Blackburn.” Dan Blackburn, who was named the Western League’s top goaltender last season, signed a three-year contract with the New York Rangers Oct. 1. The deal is worth a reported $3,525 million. Blackburn, 18, was set to begin the season in New York even though he has two seasons of junior eligibility remaining. “I’m not surprised,” said Kootenay GM Jeff Chynoweth. “He has played at a higher level everywhere he has gone in his development. He’s that good of a goaltender.” At 16, Blackburn backstopped the Ice to the WHL championship while earning playoff MVP honors in the spring of 2000. New York picked him 10th overall in the 2001 entry draft. “It’s not frustrating,” Chynoweth said. “Our job is to move them up to that level.” In…
FROM THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS LOCKER ROOM:
You are what you eat, they say. You find hockey players are getting better at walking by a hamburger or pizza place for a quick fix $4.99 meal, and putting something healthy in their body. Especially kids at NHL training camps, who know any little edge they can get they’ll take. “More kids are becoming educated about nutrition because there’s a lot of literature in sports magazines,” said Vancouver trainer Mike Burnstein, “but we still try to push them in the right direction. In the morning, we have fruit and bagels in our dressing room so the kids have some fuel in their system. We’ve also got powerbars for the kids to eat and Boost nutritional shakes for pre or post exercise.” “In our training camp manual we also put in what…
It has been a sweet 16 years, but it’s time to say good-bye
77th Heaven Phil Esposito joins in the celebrations as Ray Bourque’s No. 77 is retired by the Bruins. Fourteen years earlier, Bourque gave up No. 7 in a ceremony to retire Esposito’s number. The Bible of Hockey has long preached it’s better to turn the other cheek. Now it’s time to turn the page. After 16 years with the best hockey publication in the world, I am taking my leave to join TSN and the new NHL Network. I do so with a deep sense of nostalgia and even deeper sense of gratitude to the readers of The Hockey News. I feel a special kinship with you…because I have been one myself since age 12 when my brother and sister gave me a subscription to THN as a birthday present. It would be an annual event…
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