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January 17, 2003
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Tallon made Team Canada as 21-year-old
All things considered, Dale Tallon is happy to be a talking head. “Working in television isn’t as easy as it might seem,” said Tallon, TV analyst for the Chicago Blackhawks. “Your timing has to be impeccable and it took me a while to get completely comfortable, but it’s a lot of fun.” A 6-foot-2, 200-pound defenseman, Tallon’s junior career in the Ontario League included one season with the Oshawa Generals and two with the Toronto Marlboros. The first-ever amateur draft pick of the Vancouver Canucks (second overall in 1970), Tallon began his decade-long NHL career in 1970-71, finishing his rookie season with 14 goals and 56 points. When he retired in 1980, Tallon had also worn Chicago Blackhawk and Pittsburgh Penguin uniforms and amassed 98 goals and 336 points in 642 regular season…
Here’s hoping second half is better
When Dave Scatchard scored 11 goals and 22 points for the New York Islanders in his final 41 games last season, it understandably didn’t garner a lot of press outside of Long Island. Not nearly as much as, say, Vancouver’s Todd Bertuzzi firing 26 goals and 60 points during the same span. For Scatchard, though, 22 points in the second half salvaged his year. He appeared to be on the road to nowhere after managing just one goal and five points in his first 39 games. Here are 10 players, listed alphabetically, who could salvage their 2002-03 season–and really help their team–with a strong second half: Tony Amonte, Phoenix Surely Phoenix figured Amonte would bring more to the table than 11 goals and 27 points through 39 games. He (like all Coyotes) was…
Kallio joins Flyers, avoids joorney home
One minute Tomi Kallio was heading home to Helsinki. The next, he was diverting his flight plans to Los Angeles to join his new team, the Flyers. As fast as you can say,”If I cleared waivers, I wasn’t going to the minors,” Kallio scored a goal to help produce a 4-1 win over the Kings Jan. 2. With John LeClair (shoulder surgery) and Simon Gagne (concussion-like symptoms) sidelined and the Flyers not getting much offensive production from their American League Phantom call-ups, Kallio, 24, was claimed from the Columbus Blue Jackets. Given a reprieve from deciding between the minors or his native country in Europe, the journeyman right winger stepped right in. “It’s a new year and I hope everything goes well,” said Kallio, who was drafted 81st overall by Colorado in 1995 before being…
Chiefs turn into brother act with deal for another Lynch
The Spokane Chiefs are quickly becoming one big, happy family. By season’s end, it is likely four Lynch brothers–Doug, Scott, Jeff and Jason–will suit up for the Western League team. That became a distinct possibility when Spokane GM Tim Speltz acquired 18-year-old defenseman Scott Lynch and a sixth round pick in the 2003 bantam draft from Prince George Dec. 17 for defenseman Ryan Blatchford, 17, and a third-rounder. Blatchford also figured in a Nov. 14 deal, in which he and defenseman Doug Lynch were traded to Spokane by the Red Deer Rebels, who received center Matt Keith and defenseman Stuart Kerr. Doug and Scott Lynch joined brother Jeff (a 17-year-old left winger) on the Chiefs’ roster. A fourth Lynch–Jason, 15–was Spokane’s second-rounder in the 2002 bantam draft. The Chiefs are likely to call up Jason…
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