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Fully Loaded 2009
The Hockey News has been providing the most comprehensive coverage of the world of hockey since 1947. In each issue, you'll find news, features and opinions about the NHL and leagues across North America and the world.
NHL 10 BRINGS HOCKEY VIDEO GAMING TO LIFE
TRAILING ONLY THE OPENING of the actual NHL season in anticipation from fans is a new installment of EA’s NHL video game series. And NHL 10 is here. But there’s a reason the popular series gets snapped up year after year and that’s the constant evolution of the game. With past incarnations, the creators felt they had worked out all the kinks they needed to, so NHL 10 comes with the promise of lots of bonus goodies. “All the unique things that make hockey great are what we focused on this year,” said David Littman, a producer on the game and former NHL goalie. So what can we expect from the EA crew this time? Fists Matter: “There’s a reason to fight,” Littman said. As in real life, the crowd and your team gets amped…
ALL THE GEAR THAT'S FIT TO PRINT
Bauer Hockey has been the biggest name in skates for decades. Now the iconic brand is sizzling and bulldozing to greater popularity across many other equipment categories. Bauer products consistently surfaced at the top in a poll of retailers and elite players (from NHLers without endorsement deals to midget players drafted into major junior) conducted by The Hockey News. “Bauer products are just so good and they’re consistent,” said Greg Evtushevski, owner of Chevy’s Source for Sports in Kelowna, B.C. For 2009-10, Bauer is poised to strengthen its skate dominance with a new Vapor line, topped by the X:60 model that debuted in the NHL last season. “I thought the X:60 skate from Bauer was hot,” said Paul Boyer, the Detroit Red Wings equipment manager and president of the Society of Professional Hockey Equipment…
young money
HOW DO YOU STOP an offensive juggernaut such as Alex Ovechkin in the East or Ryan Getzlaf in the West? And if you’re an opposing coach, how do you get any sleep knowing both players are under 25 and will be plaguing you for years? When either gets the puck on their stick, they’re money and so are the other players in this collection. From point shot cannons to deadly danglers, they’re all bank. But how do you spend that hard-earned dough when you’re one of the NHL’s finest youngsters? We needed answers and these guys responded. We’re giving you the inside scoop on how these kids arm themselves off the ice, from clothes and jewelry to cars and vacations. Their games are flashy and in-your-face, so their gear should be, too, right? COROY PeRRY ICE Vestal…
THE SECRETS TO EUROPEAN DRY-LAND WORK
PETRI MATIKAINEN will be the first to tell you that he, and many other European players, benefited greatly from their off-season dry-land training regimen during the 1980s and early ’90s. Now coach of the Finnish League’s Espoo Blues, Matikainen played for the Ontario League’s Oshawa Generals between 1985 and 1987, losing out on the Memorial Cup to the WHL’s Medicine Hat Tigers in his final season. He said the dry-land training done during his junior days gave him a bit of an advantage over the North American teenagers he was competing with 20-plus years ago. But a lot has changed since then and Matikainen, who never played in the NHL but spent 11 seasons skating in Europe, knows first-hand how much players on this side of the Atlantic have embraced off-season training. “I know…
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