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November 21, 2006
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St. Louis Blues Pos D Age 30 Birthplace Brandon, Man. What was your ‘Welcome to the NHL’ moment? Playing on a pairing with Al MacInnis. Best thing about your hometown? Being with family. Funniest encounter with a fan? When I was in the minors I got into a fight and I got a black eye. The next game a fan came with a puck taped to his eye. What was your favorite video game when you were growing up? Frogger. Who are you listening to right now? Ludacris. Favorite junk food? Swedish fishes. Which player in the NHL do you admire the most? Mattias Norstrom of the Los Angeles Kings. He’s just an iron man. How many games has he missed in the past 10 years? Where would you like to go that you haven’t gone yet? Europe. If you could be any fictional character, who would it be? Wesley…
Captain Video’s enduring mark
The legacy of Roger Neilson remains intact and as strong as ever three years after the death of the legendary Hall of Fame coach. The Roger Neilson Coaches Clinic and Roger Neilson Hockey School continue to be financially viable business operations and both look to carry on indefinitely. The clinic and school both are looked after by camp and clinic director, Marshall Starkman and operations manager Mike Shiner, two longtime Neilson associates. The school is run as a not-for-profit business by a directorship, while the clinic is operated under the guidance of the four executors of Neilson’s estate. While the man known as ‘Captain Video’ is no longer with us, his impact on the game remains. “Those contributions that he made to the game…carry on today,” Starkman said. “The fact that literally thousands of…
Frozen Cherry?
Growing up in Arctic Bay, Nunavut, we’ve been watching hockey on CBC since the mid-1970s, and it has been part of our lives as we grew up watching Hockey Night in Canada. We had our arena built and finished in 1996 and I think we are the most northern community in Canada with a rink. A few years ago Ron MacLean came to our arena and signed autographs. A few weeks ago Don Cherry called Ron something like ‘sissy boy.’ I wouldn’t call him that since Ron has been in a colder climate than Don has ever been in. If you want to know where Arctic Bay is, look on a map – it’s on the tip of Baffin Island. I hope you can make it here too, Don, like Ron did. JIMMY…
Coyle back in good books, leading Union’s attack
Union junior right winger Josh Coyle has always made the grade on the ice. Now, after learning a harsh lesson, he’s making the grade in the classroom, too. Coyle, 22, was ruled academically ineligible and suspended from school for the second trimester last year. “It was very hard for him,” said Union coach Nate Leaman. “But he stayed in the area, got a job at the local YMCA working with underprivileged people and I think he learned more about the value of a good education there than he had learned in school.” The undrafted Coyle, a 5-foot-10, 185-pound native of Brooklyn, Ohio, is now back in good standing academically. He’s also averaging a point per game for the Skating Dutchmen, anchoring the right side of Union’s most potent line. “Josh…
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