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August 26, 2003
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The scoop on your NHL stars
Did you know Geoff Sanderson’s favorite TV show is Turkey Call? No fooling. The Columbus Blue Jackets winger is an ardent fan of this fowl series, which is self-described as “a fast-paced, magazine-style program with the most popular North American game bird as the star…This season the show will feature turkey-hunting adventures from all over North America.” This is the kind of insight that - if you dig deeply enough and chisel your way past the statistics, career achievements and all other relevant material - can be found in NHL team media guides. Here are other tasty gems from the 2002-03 crop: • Anaheim defenseman Nidas Havelid, when asked the one person he’d like to meet, said McGyver, “because he can do anything with anything.” If he’s so brilliant, why’d the show get canceled? •…
McKenzie gives Preds surely needed grit
Once again Nashville has tried to add bona fide toughness to the lineup, this time with the acquisition of free agent Jim McKenzie. Since 1998-99, when Patrick Cote led the NHL in fighting majors and Denny Lambert provided suitable backup, Nashville has been either unable to find, or coach Barry Trotz has been unwilling to use a true rugged forward. The closest candidate has been Stu Grimson, who was signed two years ago, but played just 30 games before his career was ended by post-concussion syndrome. “I like a challenge,” McKenzie said. “This is a young, exciting team and I’m going to do everything I can to help…Plus, I think this will give me a chance to have an impact on the game in different ways.” KEY QUESTION How will the Predators generate…
MacPherson family dealing with closure
Duncan MacPherson’s family waited almost 14 years for definitive answers regarding his disappearance. When the undisputed truth became evident, it was heart-wrenching. The frozen body of the 1984 New York Islanders’ first round draft pick was discovered in mid-July by an employee of a summer ski resort in Austria. MacPherson had disappeared in August of 1989, while snowboarding in the Stubaier Alps mountain region at Neustift, Austria, which is about 25 miles southwest of Innsbruck near the Italian border. “We feel very sad,” Lynda MacPherson, Duncan’s mother, said from the family’s home in Saskatoon. “There are mixed feelings, for sure. At least now we have the answer and that helps to bring closure.” PARENTS HAO EXTENSIVE MANHUNT Bob and Lynda MacPherson made several trips to Austria with the objective of finding out what had happened…
Habscheid will lead Kelowna’s Cup run
Kelowna Rockets coach Marc Habscheid is thrilled about a recent contract extension and even more excited to coach once again in the Memorial Cup tournament. Although Habscheid’s contract wasn’t due to expire until after the 2004-05 Western League season, he signed a new deal which will take him beyond that point. Habscheid, who has coached the Rockets since 1999, guided Kelowna to its first WHL title last season. Habscheid is looking forward to coaching in a second successive Memorial Cup. Kelowna will be the host team for the Canadian Hockey League’s 2004 championship tournament. “I knew I was coming back, basically, in November of last year,” said Habscheid, who coached Canada to a silver medal at the 2003 World Junior Championship. “I gave them my word at the (Memorial Cup bid) presentation that I…
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