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February 14, 2003
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Tricks of the match game
People always used to ask me what was going through my mind behind the bench. Usually I was thinking about the next line or sequence of lines I’d put on the ice. Goaltending is the most important part of a winning team, but the ability to make smooth line changes with the right people at the right times isn’t far behind. I’ve always had the theory that if the other team is well-run, you can’t stop them from getting the match-ups they want. Some stubborn coaches never understand this. They want every match-up and spend all night trying to get them and end up hurting their team’s momentum. When Jacques Lemaire was in New Jersey, he always managed to get Scott Stevens on the ice against the right people. If I…
NOTEBOOK
Oklahoma City right winger Joe Burton, the Central League’s all-time leading scorer, made the starting lineup for the 2003 CHL All-Star Game Jan. 23 after all-albeit as a defenseman. Burton, in his 11th and final season, had not been named to the starting lineup, to the objection of many around the league. However, a shoulder injury to Blazers blueliner Hardy Sauter and a relaxing of the rules by CHL officials put Burton in the starting lineup. Burton scored two goals in the final six minutes of a losing effort, as the Southern Conference beat the North 10-6.…
Iginla aims for hot finish
The price of gasoline in Calgary has skyrocketed. It has been two months since a chinook blew through. And a heavy snowfall has shut down the Deerfoot Trail. It is all Jarome Iginla’s fault. In fact, everything that goes wrong in Calgary is Iginla’s fault. We’re joking, of course. Sometimes, though, it seems that way. Iginla is not having an MVP season. A team MVP season, perhaps, but he won’t be in the running for the Hart Trophy as he was last year when he actually tied with winner Jose Theodore of the Montreal Canadiens, but ended up the runner-up because he had fewer first-place votes. EARLY FLAMEOUT When the Flames opened with 16 losses in 25 games (including seven in a row and 10 in 11 games) and it became evident they probably wouldn’t make…
Soaring Tigers give power play credit for record
According to Colorado College coach Scott Owens, there are three reasons why the Tigers have the best power play in college. Colorado College, which was 12-1-5 in the conference and 19-2-5 overall in late January, was converting manadvantage opportunities at a .341 rate (47-for-138) through 26 games. The first factor was senior defenseman Tom Preissing, who scored 13 of his 17 goals on the power play. “I don’t know if it’s different sticks or finding the seams, but he has really been solid,” Owens told the Denver Post. The second factor was an unselfish attitude by a No. 1 power play unit that included blueliners Preissing and Andrew Canzanello and forwards Peter Segna, Noah Clarke and Brett Sterling. “Nobody cares who scores,” Owens said. “The puck gets moved around better.” The third factor is…
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