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November 23, 2004
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WHERE TO GET YOUR HOCKEY FIX
Worried about where you’re going to get your hockey fix this winter? Have no fear-we’ve got you covered. Throughout the season, THN will be running TV listings for leagues that are actually playing games. Games denoted with an asterisk (*) will be shown on tape delay. AMERICAN LEAGUE ECHL ONTARIO LEAGUE WESTERN LEAGUE QUEBEC LEAGUE NCAA…


St-Louis vents on Bettman; calls commish ‘a dictator’
Martin St-Louis is a quiet sort. The 200304 Hart Trophy winner says little off the ice and saves most of his emotion for on the ice. But the NHL lockout has St-Louis seeing red and the subject of his ire is Gary Bettman. “He’s trying to be a dictator,” said St-Louis of the NHL commissioner. “He won’t negotiate anything else but a salary cap and that, to me, is a dictator. I mean, if somebody doesn’t want to do anything else but what he thinks is right, that’s like negotiating with a dictator.”…The nucleus of the Tampa Bay’s championship team is headed to Europe. Goalie Nikolai Khabibulin, Conn Smythe winner Brad Richards and World Cup MVP Vinny Lecavalier have all agreed to play for Ak Bars Kazan of the Russian…


Kobasew finds scoring touch playing for Lock Monsters
A return to New England has helped right winger Chuck Kobasew regain his goal scoring prowess. Kobasew, who struggled offen-sively for the Flames last season, didn’t take long to light it up while playing with the American League’s Lowell Lock Monsters during the NHL lockout. After being held off the scoresheet in the first two games, Kobasew scored five times in the next six outings…Center Byron Ritchie will miss more than a month after suffering a broken ankle in Sweden. Ritchie, who was expected to be Calgary’s fourth line center, was in the Swedish Second Division with Rogle and had amassed nine goals and 20 points in 15 games. He joins an injured brigade that includes left winger Ville Nieminen, who suffered a broken wrist in Finland…Blueliner Jordan Leopold and…


EYE ON EUROPE
Future and former NHLers are playing in Europe this season. Here are four such players with NHL rights in parentheses: • Peter Forsberg, 31, C (Colorado). Forsberg, who will stay with MoDo even if the NHL and NHLPA agree on a new CBA, Leads all Swedish league scorers with six goals and 21 points in 16 games. • Pascal Trepanier, 31, D (free agent). Trepanier played 229 NHL games with Colorado, Anaheim and Nashville. He is the leading scorer among German league blueliners with 18 points in 15 games for Nurnberg. • Aleksey Morozov, 27, RW (Pittsburgh). Morozov leads Ak Bars Kazan in scoring and is third overall in the Russian league with eight goals and 19 points in 23 games. • Krys Kolanos, 23, C (Phoenix). Kolanos, who played 100 NHL games in…