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March 1, 2002
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NHL lacks Olympic spirit
An open letter to the NHL and commissioner Gary Bettman and the NHL Players’ Association and its boss, Bob Goodenow: The Olympics are not just for the U.S., Canada, Russia, Sweden, Finland and the Czech Republic. It is for all countries. So I think it’s terrible that players like Latvia’s Arturs Irbe and Slovakia’s Ziggy Palffy - to name just a couple - were prevented from playing the whole tournament. First of all, the NHL should shut down for the entire Olympics, not just part of it. Second, don’t hold the All-Star Game during an Olympic year and save the four-day all-star break for the Olympics. The bottom line is let them all play. No matter what rules you use, make it fair for everyone not just the ‘Big Six.’ Teddy Sapp, Woodbridge, Va. League needs…
Engineers find splitting up scoring line results in offense from other sources
All good things must come to an end. The players on one of the most potent lines in NCAA hockey found that out when they were separated. Needing to get more players involved in the offense, RPI coach Dan Fridgen broke up his top line of Matt Murley, Marc Cavosie and Carson Butterwick and the results were amazing. With the trio playing on separate units for the first time this season, the Engineers swept a home series with St. Lawrence and Clarkson, staying in the hunt for home ice for the first round of the playoffs. The victory over Clarkson will go down as one of the greatest comebacks in Engineers history. With a packed house watching on RPI’s annual “Big Red Freakout Night,” the Engineers battled back from a 3-0 deficit in…
Blues save money in swap of checkers
Having never quite discovered his role with the Blues, veteran Mike Keane happily headed back to Colorado in a swap of penalty-killers just before the Feb. 13 Olympic trade freeze. Keane, a right winger who won a Stanley Cup with the Avs in 1996, was exchanged for left winger Shjon Podein. “I played poorly in St. Louis, there’s no doubt about it,” said Keane after assisting on the shorthanded game-winner for the Avs against the Blues Feb. 13. “I didn’t play poorly all the time, but it’s tough to figure out why it didn’t work out there. I come here and it’s familiar.” Shipping Keane out and bringing Podein in saved the Blues some money, cutting Keane s three-year, $5-million deal into Podein’s two-year, $2.6million contract. It also added a dash of speed…
Colorado College recovering from deplorable start
When Colorado College was named the pre-season choice of Western Collegiate Hockey Association coaches to win the regular season title, it was as if someone signed its death warrant. The Tigers responded to the hype by losing their first five league games, effectively silencing any talk of winning the MacNaughton Cup. “The pre-season stuff killed us,” said Colorado coach Scott Owens. “Because what it does is give you a sense of false security, it gives you kind of a subconscious feeling that you don’t have to work quite as hard as you need to.” The turnaround began after the Badger Showdown tournament in Milwaukee where the Tigers lost to New Hampshire and host Wisconsin in a shootout for third place. Since then, Colorado is 10-1-1, including an eightgame unbeaten streak (7-0-1) that moved…
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