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November 23, 2004
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UNITED STATES LEAGUE
The Chicago Steel has had the injury bug aplenty in the early going-as many as seven starters went down by early November-so the team has had to make due with what it has: 20-year-old forward T.J. Fox, Chicago’s leading scorer with six goals and 10 points in 14 games. Fox’s story is one of those classic tales with someone making the most out of a little. Growing up in a family of very modest means, Fox earned a scholarship to Salisbury (Conn.) Prep three years ago before coming to the USHL. Chicago acquired him from Green Bay in a trade last year and has admired his work ethic. “He’s all blue collar,” says Steel coach Wil Nichol. “He’s a tough two-way center I wouldn’t want to play against.” Fox’s hard work has earned him a…
‘Silver Fox’ lit Cup-champ Flames
BORN Aug. 16, 1935, Montreal CREDENTIALS Flames GM (1970-91); won Cup with Calgary in 1989; Maple Leafs GM (1991-97) QUOTABLE “I owe everything I have to this game.” CURRENT OCCUPATION V.P. Hockey Operations, Coyotes Cliff Fletcher was more than just a GM for the Calgary Flames. He was a builder, an innovator, a father figure. He had the ability to make his point without resorting to bluster. “He has such an aura,” said forward Colin Patterson. “I’ll always remember Cliff coming on the bus after we lost Game 6 against Vancouver in 1989. He came on the bus and all he said was if we lost Game 7 there was going to be major changes. “Nobody said a word until we got to the airport. You could hear your own heartbeat. “When we won the Cup that year, it was that…
No rest for Kaiton, voice of Carolina
FOSTER HEWITTMEMORIAL AWARD CHUCK KAITON CREDENTIALS Hurricanes’ play-by-play man since team’s inception; Former president of NHL Broadcasters’ Association (1986-2003). CURRENT OCCUPATION Carolina play-by-play man It’s tough to get Chuck Kaiton off the job. At a reception during Hall of Fame weekend, when Kaiton should have been collecting the congratulations of others, he pulled aside Ray Bourque to ask him about his miraculous recovery from a hip injury in a 1990 playoff series. Of course, this is a man who missed only one of Ron Francis’s games for the Hartford Whalers and Carolina Hurricanes. He is the only radio announcer the franchise has had in 25 years. This year’s winner of the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award, Kaiton joined the Whalers in 1979 after four years of broadcasting University of Wisconsin hockey and has been with the franchise ever…
Mitchell’s injured neck could be bone of contention
Defenseman Willie Mitchell is rehabilitating a neck injury that could put him at odds with the Wild over who should pay for the therapy. Mitchell is forking over his own money for treatment of a displaced disk, but plans to seek reimbursement from the team, perhaps through a union grievance, when the lockout ends. The injury surfaced Aug. 19, when Mitchell woke up in pain. This summer, Mitchell rehabilitated an undisclosed shoulder injury he suffered in May playing for Team Canada at the world championship. He revisited Wild head trainer Don Fidler for more therapy on his neck before the lockout shut down everything Sept. 15…GM Doug Risebrough, team physician Dr. Sheldon Bums and left winger Matt Johnson attended the Nov. 8 funeral for Sergei Zholtok in his native Latvia.…
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