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November 8, 2002
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CENTRAL LEAGUE
The Indianapolis Ice hired Darren Pang, the well-known analyst for ESPN and ABC-TV, as goaltending coach. Pang, 38, had a six-year pro career, which included a Turner Cup championship with the Ice in 1990 when the team played in the International League. Despite Pang’s expertise, the Ice dropped its first two games of the season to the Tulsa Oilers, 3-2 in overtime, and to the Memphis RiverKings, 4-3. Pang said it was a pleasure to get back on the ice and coach because goaltenders “all think the same.”…
Notre Dame’s veteran offense delivers early
Notre Dame coach Dave Poulin started the season thinking his defense corps would be his team’s strength. After making the CCHA Super Six quarterfinal last year, the Fighting Irish returned all five of their top defensemen along with workhorse, sophomore goaltender Morgan Cey. But while the defense has played well, the team’s veteran forwards are off to a huge start. Led by senior left winger John Wroblewski and the top line of junior right winger Rob Globke, senior center Connor Dunlop and senior right winger Michael Chin, the Fighting Irish have averaged almost five goals a game and started the season with three wins in four games. “Our offense has been balanced so far and that’s encouraging,” said Poulin, who predicted before the season fans would see a more wide-open style of play…
Veteran-laden Leafs confounded by losses
The Maple Leafs have a lineup that features an average age of 29.7 years and tenure of 586 NHL games, but they weren’t acting their age during the infancy of this season. The Leafs’ 2-51 start to the season, their worst in five years, was not the most troubling aspect of their situation. Nor was the fact they were frittering away points against inferior teams. Most concerning was that coach-GM Pat Quinn seemed to have no idea how to get his veteran squad back on track. “I don’t have a magic answer,” Quinn said after Toronto was defeated 4-1 on home ice by Florida Oct. 23. “There is no magic elixir.” Although the Leafs looked to many as though they lacked passion, Quinn insisted that wasn’t the case. He also insisted the Leafs…
Rookie goalies have different resumes, similar starts
NOTEBOOK The East Coast League’s top goalies were a pair of rookies from New England beginning their pro careers in Georgia. For Mike Morrison of the Columbus Cottonmouths and Geoff Faulkner of the Augusta Lynx, the similarities end there. Morrison measures 6-foot-3, Faulkner just 5-foot-10. Morrison won an NCAA title at Maine, Faulkner played for tiny Division HI Trinity College in Connecticut. Morrison signed an NHL contract with Edmonton, Faulkner was cut by Augusta in camp. But through Oct. 20, they were ranked 1-2–Morrison touting a league-best.961 save percentage, Faulkner second at.960. While Morrison’s success is no surprise, Faulkner’s story reads like a Hollywood script. After his release in camp, he returned as an emergency backup for the Lynx’s opener Oct. 11 after Coyotes prospect Colin Zulianello went down with a groin injury. Faulkner won his…
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