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March 15, 2002
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Canada’s gold: The Great Win
They should put Wayne Gretzky’s face on a loonie. As executive director of Team Canada’s gold medal-winning men’s hockey team, Gretzky has earned the honor. Not to take anything away from the skate soldiers he recruited to go to war, but the 2002 Winter Olympics men’s hockey tournament was clearly Gretzky’s time to shine once again. Utah was Wayne’s World. “First of all, I’m really happy for Canadians,” said Gretzky after the gold medal game. “I’m very proud of our players and coaches. They deserve all the credit.” Oh yeah? Don’t forget, it was Gretzky’s butt on the line if Canada settled for anything less than gold. It was Gretzky who elected to hire a coach (Pat Quinn) who lacked a championship pedigree. It was No. 99 who pieced together a team that included mostly…
Phantoms’ defense depleted by injuries
Philadelphia Phantoms defensemen Brad Tiley and John Slaney have a lot in common. Both won the Eddie Shore Award as the American League’s outstanding defenseman - Tiley two years ago and Slaney last season. Both were first-team all-star selections and played in the mid-season AHL All-Star Classic, something Slaney did for the third straight season. But as fate would have it, Tiley and Slaney have something else in common these days: a whole lot of free time. The two mainstays on Philadelphia’s defense both sustained leg injuries during the Phantoms’ 4-2 home-ice win over the Houston Aeros Feb. 18. Slaney took a slapshot off his skate and broke his right ankle, which will keep him sidelined until April. Tiley’s luck was even worse. A knee-to-knee hit resulted in a broken tibia in his left leg,…
No gold medal around neck, but Roy happy to be rested
Colorado goalie Patrick Roy is re-energized to complete the NHL season and has no regrets about not playing for the gold medal-winning Canadian Olympic team. Roy, having one of his best NHL seasons ever, informed Team Canada he didn’t want to be considered for a spot on the Canadian Olympic roster. He said he wanted to use the 12-day break in the NHL schedule to rest. In 1998 at the Nagano Games, Roy played every game for Canada, which finished fourth. While Canada was winning gold in Salt Lake City, the 36-year-old Roy was watching his sons play in hockey tournaments. “I have no regrets,” Roy said. “It was a decision I thought about and to be honest I had a great break and got to see my kids play hockey in Quebec and…
Q: What’s black and white and right all over? A: THN
That horn you can hear isn’t signalling the end of a period, but the beginning of shameless self-promotion. The Hockey News is sounding its own trumpet following senior writer Mike Brophy’s golden prediction performance. Clean living paid off for Brophy - yes, he passed his drug test as he nailed the gold, silver and bronze medal prognostications in our Olympic preview issue last month. Brophy claims his savvy Salt Lake City soothsaying didn’t stop there (just ignore his fourth-, fifth- and sixth place finishers). “The funny thing is, before the gold medal game, I turned to (radio broadcaster) Paul Romanuk and said, ‘Canada by three,’”Brophy says. In case you’re wondering, Brophy pegged the Philadelphia Flyers as this year’s Stanley Cup champs prior to the start of the season. Now, if only he could divine the…
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