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September 20, 2005
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NORTH AMERICAN LEAGUE
Thirty years is a long time, but in many ways, the North American League is starting all over again. As a new season beckons, the NAHL is allowing the Ann Arbor (Mich.)-based U.S. national under-17 team, an affiliate member for some time, to vie for the league’s playoff crown. Additionally, the NAHL will have a record 20 clubs, ranging from Youngstown, Ohio, to Santa Fe, N.M., and two more (Wasilla and Fairbanks) in Alaska. “The NAHL has been through many phases, but this one may be the most exciting as we’ve now created a league with a true national footprint,” said league commissioner Mike Santos. “And we intend to keep expanding that footprint. “We get inquiries almost every day from cities all over the U.S., but the key for our growth is to have…
CROSSWORD
Answers in next issue and @ thehockeynews.com ACROSS 1 Jaromir Jagr spent last season in this remote Russian region 4 Easy goals, usually undeserved 7 Forward line 8 Toronto was last a Cup ___ in 1967 10 Strikes an opponent with one's raised ‘lumber’ 12 The Panthers play near this Florida city 13 Toss out 14 A Calgary team, but not the one that went to the last Cup final 18 Bryan Trottier was one 19 Minor-league teams are known as ___ clubs 20 A 1967 expansion club 21 Craig ___ was taken second in the 1985 draft (Wendel went first) DOWN 1 Tampa Bay belongs to the ___east Division 2 Ex-Flyer dubbed ‘Pell Mel’ was first overall draft pick in 1975 3 Excuse 4 Player 'between the pipes' 5 Kind of pass 6 Doesn’t dress: 2 wds. 9 They help in coaching clubs 11 Bobby Orr’s junior team 12 Canucks’ ___ Ohlund,…
Datsyuk opts for Omsk over Detroit
The Red Wings are bracing for the likelihood that their most exciting and explosive player will remain in Russia this season. Center Pavel Datsyuk signed a one-year deal with Avangard Omsk in Russia after weeks of negotiations with the Wings failed. It’s a huge blow to a team that struggled to score in the 2004 playoffs and didn’t dip into the free agent market because of salary cap constraints. (See pg. 9 for more.) Datsyuk’s deal reportedly includes an out clause enabling him to return to the Wings by the season opener on Oct. 5, but GM Ken Holland was pessimistic. Datsyuk was reportedly seeking more than $6 million a season, telling a Russian newspaper he should be paid like Boston’s Joe Thornton (three years, $20 million). CHECKING IN The projected checking line…
Healthy Hasek has something to prove
The Dominator is ready for action. While goaltender Dominik Hasek has played only 14 games the past three seasons, he showed up in Ottawa for training camp in good shape and prepared for the challenge to lead this club to the promised land. Hasek, 40, who was ready to come out of retirement last year after signing with the Sens, spent 10 days on the ice in the Czech Republic before making the trip to North America. “I feel good. I’m ready to go,” said Hasek, who is coming off surgery to repair a chronic groin problem that forced him to walk away from a comeback attempt with Detroit in 2003-04. The Sens were glad to hear Hasek was feeling good because he had considered retirement if the lockout wasn’t settled by September,…
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