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December 2, 2003
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Stevens motors on
When you’ve played more than 1,600 regular season games and another 233 in the playoffs and who knows, a hundred-plus more in the pre-season, you don’t go around analyzing your game & like a day trader poring over the business section. No, Scott Stevens has a far simpler means of gauging his performance. “1 think it goes by how you sleep after the game,” he says. “That’s the way I’ve pretty much been going my whole career.” Play well, team wins, sleep well. Played poorly, team loses, sleep like a wretch. And how much tossing and turning does he actually do? “Lately, not too often.” It makes sense. He probably had a good sleep long ago and played well because he was well-rested and things just rolled on from there. With the Devils looking like…
RETRO REPLAY
THE BIG 5-0… In this 1986 photo, Islanders legend Mike Bossy poses beside a giant symbol of the number that was central to his storied career. Perhaps the NHL’s best pure scorer, Bossy tallied at least 50 goals in the first nine seasons of his 10-year career, including 50 goals in as many games in 1980-81.…
REMEMBER WHEN?
Headlines from The Hockey News archives Week of December 2 7 YEARS AGO 1996 • Former junior hockey coach Graham James charged with two counts of sexual misconduct by Saskatchewan police • Hartford’s Paul Coffey leads vote-getters in all-star balloting • Penguins open season poorly at 6-13-1; Mario Lemieux struggles with worst start offensively since rookie year 14 YEARS AGO 1989 • Former Nordiques bench boss Ron Lapointe returns from battle with cancer to coach IHL’s Milwaukee Admirals • NHL studies potential cities for possible expansion • Wayne Gretzky reported to be among group of investors looking to bring NBA team to Toronto 28 YEARS AGO 1975 • NHL feels aftershocks of trade that sent Phil Esposito, Carol Vadnais to Rangers for Brad Park, Jean Ratelie • Floundering Washington Capitals lose 14 of first 18 games • Bryan Hextall joins brother Dennis…
Roenick considering playing elsewhere during CBA battle
Add Jeremy Roenick’s name to the growing list of players who say they want to play hockey next year, work stoppage or not. Roenick told the Philadelphia Inquirer he’ll consider playing in either Germany (where he played during the 1994-95 lockout) or the new World Hockey Association. “I have to do something,” Roenick said. “I have to keep playing. There is no way I’m going to take a year off and not play. I would first look at options (in North America.)” Roenick admits having friendly chats with Detroit’s Brett Hull about playing in the proposed eight-to-12-team WHA. Hull’s father Bobby is the league’s commissioner. “If they can manage to pull that off, I would definitely be looking to go to one of those cities.” The WHA hopes to have up to 12 teams with…
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