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December 7, 2004
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Halpin: Saluting a THN icon
The Hockey News family is saddened to hear of the deteriorating health of one of its original members, editor Charlie Halpin. Halpin, 82, was a vital figure in the launch of The Hockey News in 1947 and a key contributor for more than four decades. He’s now battling cancer and is resting in the palliative care center of Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto. “I’m working really hard at resting so I can get better and get back home,” said Halpin, the consummate team player during the formative years of hockey’s top weekly publication. The Montreal native was a cub reporter at the Montreal Gazette when he was approached by Ken McKenzie, co-founder of The Hockey News with Will Cote, to help start up a hockey paper. “They were looking for some volunteers to help out,”…
HOCKEY WORLD IN BRIEF
UNION LOCKOUT PAY More than 700 members of the NHL Players’ Association will receive lockout payments of between $40,000 and $60,000 this season if a collective bargaining agreement is not reached. First payment of $10,000 was issued in November with future monthly stipends of between $5,000 and $10,000 to 730 locked out players. That adds up to almost $44 million for the season. The fund comes from union dues and licensing fees. BENNETT PASSES AWAY Harvey A. Bennett, a former pro goalie and the father of five hockey playing sons, died at age 79. The Edmonton native played one season for the Boston Bruins in 1944-45, then 10 years for the AHL Providence Reds. He was a big promoter of hockey in Rhode Island. His five sons all played pro hockey, including Curt,…
The Hockey News CROSSWORD
Answers in next issue and thehockeynews.com ACROSS 1 Mississauga’s OHL club, it was once coached by Don Cherry 4 Poile was once the Caps GM 7 Former Maple Leaf and Blue Hammarstrom 8 Abusing 10 ‘Mr. Hockey’, pictured 12 Hamilton was home of the OHL’s hawks 13 The AHL’s are in St. John’; 14 Recent Hockey Hall of Fame inductee 18 Bernie Geoffrion’s nickname 19 Barry was captain in New York in the 1980s 20 Discourage 21 Doug scored 35 times for Pittsburgh in 1984-85 DOWN 1 Sending the puck the length the rink 2 Congested with blood 3 He’s captain in Edmonton 4 Former Blackhawk who is now GM in San Jose 5 Eric was the NHL’s top rookie in 1975 6 Cornermen 9 NHL’s top coach in 2001, now he’s in charge of Tampa’s players 11 Vic was a 50-goal man in 1971-72 12 Speared 15 Vancouver team, but not Trevor Linden’s 16…
EYE ON EUROPE
Future and former NHLers are playing in Europe this season. Here are four such players with NHL rights in parentheses: • Ladislav Kohn, 29, RW (free agent). A veteran of 176 NHL games and a Stanley Cup winner with Detroit in 2001-02, Kohn leads all scorers on Espoo of the Finnish league with nine goals and 23 points in 22 games. • Martin Gelinas, 34, LW (Calgary). Gelinas, who has played 1,052 NHL games, is with Morges of the Swiss second league, where he leads the team with 18 goals as well as 28 points in 16 games. • Yan Stastny, 22, C (Boston). The son of legendary Slovak center Peter Stastny and picked 259th overall in 2002 by Boston, Yan Stastny has a team-high 19 points in 18 games with Nurnberg of…
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