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October 26, 2001

October 26, 2001

The Hockey News has been providing the most comprehensive coverage of the world of hockey since 1947. In each issue, you'll find news, features and opinions about the NHL and leagues across North America and the world.

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Chadwick made sparkling debut against Montreal

Facing arguably the greatest team of the century in his NHL debut with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Ed Chadwick stopped Rocket Richard on a breakaway and held the Montreal Canadiens to a 1-1 tie in the 1955-56 season. The Fergus, Ont., native played every minute of all 140 games for the Maple Leafs over the next two seasons, but when Toronto signed Johnny Bower for the 1958-59 campaign, he was replaced and farmed out to Rochester (AHL) the next season. “With only six teams in the NHL, it was difficult to make it back,” Chadwick said. “And Johnny was playing well, you couldn’t take that away from him.” The Toronto St. Michael’s junior grad spent most of the rest of his career in the AHL with Hershey and Buffalo. After retiring as a player, Chadwick…

NHL TEAM REPORTS

St. Louis playing ‘fall as a leader’

The St. Louis Blues are doing their part to make this the Year of the Comeback. Only this storyline isn’t about players battling back to play in the NHL; it’s about opponents battling back to grab points from the Blues. A team that prides itself on protecting leads, St. Louis blew one in each of its first three games. Each time, their opponent stormed back in the third period. The most shocking blown lead came Oct. 11, when the Los Angeles Kings scored four times in the final frame to beat the Blues 6-5. “We have to stop this trend before it runs us over the cliff,” said captain Chris Pronger. Call it sloppiness or complacency, but the Blues have shown a remarkable consistency in their lackadasical play with the lead. “The overall desperation of…

NHL TEAM REPORTS

Mighty Ducks float on first road trip

Coach Bryan Murray hoped the Mighty Ducks would have three scoring lines. Less than three games into the season, Murray was willing to settle for two. But the real question is whether he will wind up with any. Anaheim scored four times to win 4-2 at Pittsburgh Oct. 6, but couldn’t manage more than two goals on any other stop during a season-opening, four-game road trip that resulted in three losses. The Ducks closed the swing with back-to-back 6-1 and 3-1 defeats in Toronto and Montreal. Murray opened the season teaming rookie left winger Timo Parssinen and second-year center Samuel Pahlsson with captain Paul Kariya, who skated on the right wing. That experiment lasted only seven periods, with Kariya eventually shifting to a unit with center Steve Rucchin and left winger Mike…

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CENTRAL LEAGUE

Only those who make the grade will attend the Oct. 30 Central League game between the Amarillo Rattlers and the Odessa Jackalopes. In what is billed as a private game, 3,500 Amarillo students, along with Rattlers’ season ticket holders, will be the only fans permitted to watch the game as part of ‘Children’s Day.’ The game begins at 11 a.m. at the Amarillo Civic Center, and only Amarillo students with perfect attendance or on the academic honor roll are eligible for this hockey field trip. “Knowing hockey is not the most predominant sport in the Texas Panhandle, we wanted to expose the game of hockey to as many children as possible at one single time,” said Amarillo vice-president of sales and marketing Grant Buckborough.…