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February 21, 2003
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Best of the Hockey World MONSTER NASH Columbus’s teenage sensation scores two goals in the YoungStars Game and is challenging for the rookie scoring title. JAGR HITS MILESTONE Washington’s Jaromir Jagr fires three goals, including career goal No. 500, in a 5-1 romp over Tampa Bay. STARS SHINE Two thumbs up for MVP Dany Heatley (four goals) and an exciting NHL All-Star Game that is decided in a shootout. Worst of the Hockey World BAD TIMING Is there no way Florida could have held off trading Sandis Ozolinsh so he could have played in the All-Star Game as a Panther? NOT A GREAT START New Ranger coach Glen Sather guarantees his team will make the playoffs, then loses his first two games. PETTY PLOY The NHL is being forced to keep real time stats again–like hits and…
Lemieux back from injury, powering Pens’ playoff push
Mario Lemieux’s three-week absence hurt the Penguins, but it might have helped Lemieux, who pronounced himself rested and ready for the season’s final 30 games. He missed the better part of 11 games–including eight in a row–and the AllStar Game because of a strained groin before returning to the lineup Feb. 4 against the Vancouver Canucks. Lemieux logged a team-high 26:35 in a 3-2 loss that night and recorded an assist to run his league-leading point total to 69 (in 42 games). The performance supported his notion he wouldn’t take long to reach top form; he usually doesn’t when he is making one of his patented comebacks. “I’m a young 37,” said Lemieux, smiling. “If this was October or November, (missing so much time) would make a big difference, but I’ve played…
Jagr’s milestone goal sign more yet to come
Jaromir Jagr continues to run down the record books, steadily solidifying his legacy as one of the game’s all-time greats. The Washington Capitals right winger scored his 500th NHL goal Feb. 4 in a 6-1 win at Tampa Bay. The milestone marker was his third goal of a hat trick, the 11th of his career. “I knew I was pretty close,” said Jagr after the game. “But on the other hand, if I stay healthy I feel like I got a lot more years to play and I was telling myself I was going to score at least two goals.” Jagr took only three shots in the game. He also assisted on a fourth score. “He’s showing he’s the best,” said Kip Miller. Jagr is the 33rd NHLer–and second European-trained player, after Jari Kurri–to…
Rebuilding on Broadway
The Rangers have a long tradition of eating their young, from the time in 1971 when Syl Apps was sent to Pittsburgh for Glen Sather, to 1973 when Mike Murphy, Tom Williams and Sheldon Kanneigeisser were dispatched to Los Angeles for Gilles Marotte and Real Lemieux. From the time in 1996 when Mattias Norstrom, among others, was sacrificed to the Kings for Jari Kurri, Marty McSorley and Shane Churla, to two summers ago, when Kim Johnsson, Pavel Brendl and Jan Hlavac were moved to the Flyers for Eric Lindros. One after another they have gone, whether the GM be named Emile Francis, Neil Smith or the aforementioned Sather, who 32 years later is attempting to stock a system that had been fallow immediately prior to his taking command. Here are the top…
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