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February 28, 2003
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Templeton’s future depends on final run
The Canadian Hockey League’s second-winningest coach is skating on thin ice. Sudbury’s Bert Templeton, who has 904 career Ontario League wins, was blindsided by recent comments made by team owner Mark Burgess about the pending fate of his coach-GM. “Something of this magnitude you’d think would be done face-to-face,” Templeton said after he read Burgess’s comments in the Sudbury Star. The Wolves were last overall at 13-35-4-1 and Templeton will miss the playoffs for the first time in his coaching career in junior. “Bert has one more year left (on his five-year contract) after this year and will be judged by wins and losses the rest of the way,” Burgess said. “If I don’t see any improvements…we’ll have to sit down at the end of the year and take a hard look at the franchise.…
CALGARY HITMEN
Arena Pengrowth Saddledome Capacity 18,742 GM Kelly Kisio Coach Richard Kromm 8th SEASON IN WHL BEST 1998-99, won WHL title HIGHEST NHL DRAFT PICKS Pavel Brendl, 4th, NYR, ’99 Kris Beech, 7th, Wsh, ’99 Brent Krahn, 9th, Cgy, ’00…
NOTEBOOK
Mark Pederson, the oldest active player in the West Coast League, joined San Diego this season to try to jump-start a coaching career. Pederson, 35, was drafted 15th overall in 1986 by Montreal and played 169 NHL games for four teams. He spent the past seven seasons toiling in Europe. “Being gone so long, I needed to get reacquainted with some people,” Pederson said. “It was a good stepping stone.” Pederson is the Gulls’ top goal-scorer, with 27 in 45 games. In a two-game series against the Idaho Steelheads this year, he scored all four of San Diego’s goals-and the shootout winner.…
Trademark goal puts veteran Hull among NHL’s elite sharp shooters
It was classic. It was history. And in many ways, it was typicval Brett Hull. Hull hid, nearly invisible, along the left boards late in the second period of the Red Wings’ 5-4 victory over the San Jose Sharks Feb. 10. Then he slipped into scoring position in the circle, dropped on his right knee and reaching back with his stick, one-timed a pass past Evgeni Nabokov for his 700th NHL goal. Hull, 38, became only the sixth player to reach the milestone, joining Wayne Gretzky (894 goals), Gordie Howe (801), Marcel Dionne (731), Phil Esposito (717) and Mike Gartner (708), and he did it in 1,157 games. Only Gretzky did it in fewer, 886. “It’s a thrill to be a part of those guys,” Hull said. “It means a lot more that…
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