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March 15, 2002
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NHL TRANSACTIONS
Transactions include NHL personnel moves from Feb. 15-Marcb 1. Injuries include projected return dale. MGL indicates man-games lost to injury tor this season. ANAHEIM TRANSACTIONS None INJURIES (MGL—104) Jason Yoric. D. right shoulder tendinitis, day-to-day. ATLANTA TRANSACTIONS None. INJURIES (MGL—192) Adam Burt. D. herniated disc, indefinite. Damian Rhodes. G, torn groin, indefinite. BOSTON TRANSACTIONS Feb. 23 Gord Murphy, 0, assigned to Providence (AHL).Feb. 25 Murphy and Dennis Bonvie, RW. recalled from Providence. Feb. 26 Andrew Raycroft. G, recalled from Providence. Feb. 27 Raycroft assigned to Providence. Feb. 28 Andy Hilbert, C, recalled from Providence. INJURIES (MGL-125) Kyle McLaren D, right wrist surgery, indefinite. Martin Lapointe. RW. strained hamstring, day-to-day. P.J. Stock. C. facial surgery, day-to-day. BUFFALO TRANSACTIONS None INJURIES (MGL—73) Slava Kozlov. LW, severed achiltes, indefinite. CALGARY TRANSACTIONS None INJURIES (MGL—144) Rob Niedermayer C, sprained ankle and knee, indefinite. Brad Werenka D, concussion, indefinite Scott…
NHLers in Olympics is way to go
SALT LAKE CITY - The big question now is, should the pros go to Italy in 2006? The first inclination is to say yes, absolutely they should. The 2002 Olympics provided the best hockey we’ve seen in years. And I dare suggest the tired pros who had to jump through hoops to get there, especially the 23 lucky Canadians who left here with gold medals, would agree the experience was worth the hassle. Certainly the 2002 Games were a dream come true for both the NHL and television. The league got its dream Canada-U.S. matchup - and just about everybody watched. TV ratings in Canada were the highest ever for a hockey game - officially, about 10 million people tuned in - and were highest in the U.S. -with roughly 38 million…
Rating hockey history
The question is whether the NHL’s dream final in Salt Lake City was the climax to hockey’s best-ever international competition. There’s an argument to be made on both sides of the puck, depending on how short your memory is. The 2002 Games now represent a benchmark for a generation, that much is beyond doubt, but does the largest television audience in hockey history necessarily make it the most significant hockey event? Nope. The 1972 Canada-Soviet Union Summit Series still takes that prize. As for where the others get slotted, let this list serve as a starting point for discussion. As it is for patriotic figure skating judges, the correct answer may depend on what country you’re from. 1. 1972 SUMMIT SERIES Canada withdrew from international competition in 1970 in protest of the Soviets retaining…
Christian will never forget 1980 Miracle on Ice
As the last seconds ticked down in the biggest game of Dave Christian’s life, he couldn’t believe what was happening. “It wasn’t until the final seconds, when we cleared the puck out of our zone that I finally realized we had a chance to win,” said the 42-year-old. “It was euphoric - a dream come true.” The dream, in fact, was a miracle. The Miracle on Ice. That 4-3 semifinal win by Christian and his Team USA teammates over the powerful Soviets at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y., paved the way for American gold. Christian, a right winger, went on to play 15 seasons in the NHL with Winnipeg, Washington, Boston, St. Louis and Chicago, scoring 340 goals and 773 points in 1,009 games before retiring in 1996. But he said…
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