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March 9, 2004
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Woywitka eager to return home
Six years ago, a brokenhearted Jeff Woywitka almost quit hockey after he was overlooked in the Western League’s bantam draft. Following what he considered a solid performance at a prospects tournament featuring Alberta’s top 15-year-olds, Woywitka was confident he had shown enough to make a couple of WHL teams take notice. Apparently not. “I was home that day (of the draft), kind of excited I’d get a call,” he recalled. “But it never came. I remember being upset for the longest while and you start thinking about your future in the game. “But when the next year came around, I sucked it up and said, ’If I’m going to do anything, I have to bear down and get a tryout somewhere.’ “ After a year of midget AA in Wainwright, Alta., as a bantam-aged…
NHL TEAM REPORTS
Roberto Luongo feces more I shots on a nightly basis than any other NHL goal-tender about 35 per game, give “or take a breakaway or two. The Florida Panthers netminder, who’s in his fifth NHL season M at age 24, has been mentioned as a candidate for the Hart and Vezina I Trophies high praise considering I his club is below 500. See pg. 18 (and pgs. 31,34,37 in the Goalie I Special) for more on Luongo. NEEDS A AVAILABLE With the March 9 trade deadline looming, what are teams looking to acquire? ’ And what do they have to offer? See team reports on pgs. 11-24 for the direction each dub is heading; in as deadline day nears. NO. 1 GOALIES IN SPOTLIGHT The’Spotlight’ boxes in the NHL team reports show each…
TWO MINUTES IN THE BOX
BOSTON BRUINS POS. Defense AGE 28 BIRTHPLACE Concord, Mass. HAL GILL Start the dock… If you were NHL commissioner, what would your first act be? “I’d bring back holding, clutching and grabbing. We don’t have enough of that stuff.” Worst injury you’ve suffered? “Getting hit on the tip of the finger and watching your nail blow up all purple and nasty isn’t one of my favorite memories.” Who has hit you with the hardest check? “Mike Knuble. I tried to line him up, but he has a very steady frame and most of it went through my chest.” Who would play you in a movie? “If Will Smith was white, he’d be the guy.” Worst third uniform in the league? “Am I allowed to say my own team’s? I just can’t believe Pooh Bear strikes fear into the hearts of our opponents.” All-time favorite TV…
WORTH NOTING
MILESTONES Sean Burke G, 37 Philadelphia, Feb. 14 vs NY Rangers Becomes the 20th goaltender in NHL history to reach 300 wins. NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS Mika Nonmen G, 24 Buffalo, Feb. 14 at Toronto Becomes the eighth NHL goalie credited with scoring a goaL Martin Brodeur G, 31 New Jersey, Feb. 25 vs. Buffalo Becomes first NHL goalie to win 30 games nine straight seasons. NHL DEBUTS Rob Scuderi 0, 25 Pittsburgh, Feb. 12 at Florida Fifth-rounder from 1998 pick was even in 16:21 of ice in 5-1 loss. Fedor Tyutin 0, 20 NY Rangers, Feb. 14 at Philadelphia No. 19 prospect in Future Watch played with poise and effectiveness. Cory Larose C, 28 NY Rangers, Feb. 16 vs. Ottawa Grinding center played a handful of competent shifts on the fourth line. Andy Chiodo G, 20 Pittsburgh, Feb. 18 at NY Islanders Islander sixth-rounder in 2001 stopped 30 of 34…
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