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February 15, 2005
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TWO MINUTES IN THE BOX
BINGHAMTON SENATORS POS. Center AGE 24 BIRTHPLACE Toronto, Ont. CHRIS KELLY Start the clock… Last song you want to hear at an arena again? “That SpongeBob SquarePants song. We played an 11 a.m. game in Philly this year in front of 7,000 kids - and let me tell you, hearing that many children screaming for joy when they played that song was no treat to the ears.” What are three things you can’t live without? “Diet Pepsi, hamburgers and TV.” Strangest fan mail you’ve received? “I don’t get strange fan mail, but Joe Murphy, a guy I used to play with, got a lot. People thought he was the Joe Murphy who played for the Oilers, so almost every week he’d get letters asking him to sign playing cards that weren’t his.” Do you have any superstitions? “I eat a Wegman’s chocolate chip…
Hockey tradition takes a beating
Steeling years ago for the high-stakes labor battle to come, the NHLPA created its own private website for players. The NHL instituted its own private gag order for owners. Not wanting to be left out, we at The Hockey News introduced our own high-stakes CBA pool. In mid-January, a few of the boys scribbled a crystal-ball date on the dry erase board, put down ‘C’ or ‘S’ for ‘cancellation’ or ‘settlement’ and laid a dollar on the table. A player agent even got in on the action, via email. His line was “Feb. 1 - S.” The agent’s day came and went. “Let me know when and where to send the loonie,” he wrote back two days later. “I’ll see my banker today and I’ll hit him for a loan.” The members of…
UNITED STATES LEAGUE
Sitting pretty atop their perch in the USHL standings, the Cedar Rapids Rough Riders haven’t met expectations. They’ve exceeded them. And to what do they attribute their success? Balance. “We’re definitely a team without a star,” said Rough Riders coach Mark Carlson. “But I think that has been a plus. We’ve had different guys on different nights make plays to help us win.” Cedar Rapids, with just five losses in 36 games, is getting contributions from several performers. Goalie Dan Tonney was 14-1-1 with a 1.86 goals-against average and. 934 save percentage, while Matt Vokes led the offense with 20 goals. Vokes will play at Brown next year, while three others recently made college commitments: goalie Alex Stalock wilt play for Minnesota-Duluth in 2006-07, forward Billy Loupee will head to Miami of Ohio, while…
EYE ON EUROPE
Future and former NHLers are playing in Europe this season. Here are four such players with NHL rights in parentheses: • Vaclav Prospal, 29, C (Tampa Bay). Leads all scorers in the Czech second division with 27 goals and 80 points in 35 games (plus nine missed) with hometown team Ceske Budejovice. • Brandon Reid, 23, C (free agent). Former QMJHL all-star played 10 games in two seasons with Vancouver before signing with Hamburg in Germany. He’s second in scoring with 16 goals and 39 points in 37 games. • Evgeni Malkin, 18, C (Pittsburgh). Second pick in 2004 is flourishing in Russian league. He surpassed Alexander Ovechkin in scoring with 10 goals and 25 points in 41 games with Metallurg Magnitogorsk. • Brian Campbell, 25, D (Buffalo). Sabres blueliner found haven in Finland…
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