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Meet The New Guys 2024
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.
MEET THE NEW GEORGIA HOCKEY GUY
THIS ISSUE, MEET THE New Guys, is where we feature some of the new players on their new NHL teams and provide some analysis of what difference they might make in their teams’ chase for the Cup. Drawing on this theme, I would like you to meet the new guy, a former season-ticket holder for the Atlanta Thrashers, who, in my opinion, will make the difference in bringing the NHL back to Georgia. Vernon Krause is a successful businessman who owns dozens of car dealerships and other investments, but that is not what defines Vernon as a true success. First and foremost, he is successful because he is a dedicated family man who is religious and extremely generous. Vernon and I have a mutual friend who called me up this summer and…
COYOTES’ LASTING IMPACT
WHILE THE COYOTES NEVER enjoyed the success of other teams in the U.S. Sun Belt during their 28 years in Arizona, having an NHL franchise in the state did spark people’s interest in playing the game and create a burgeoning hockey market. Hockey participation in the desert rose dramatically since the original Winnipeg Jets relocated to Arizona in 1996. Street-hockey clinics run by the Coyotes’ hockey-development department through schools’ physical-education classes, and affordable on-ice learn-to-play programs hosted in cooperation with the Coyotes, NHL, USA Hockey and local rinks helped spur the increase. In 1998-99, there were 3,382 registered amateur hockey players in Arizona. Since then, that number has nearly tripled to 9,524 in 2023-24. That’s higher than other southern markets that got NHL clubs around the same time, such as North Carolina…
FROM FIERCE ‘FOE’ TO FRIEND
SAVE THE PAY, PROMINENCE and athletic ability, a major difference between big-leaguers and us regular folk is that, for us, changing employers doesn’t necessarily mean walking into enemy territory. Alas, in the rough-and-tumble world of the NHL, it’s not uncommon that enemies become friends overnight. Such is the case for Warren Foegele. Over the past three seasons as a member of the Edmonton Oilers, Foegele has had a hand in breaking the collective hearts of the Los Angeles Kings, meeting and defeating the club in three consecutive first-round playoff affairs. When the 28-year-old hit the open market as an unrestricted free agent this summer, though, the Kings were among the first clubs to come calling, and with a three-year, $10.5-million offer, Foegele couldn’t refuse. And wouldn’t you know it? Somehow, swapping uniforms…
UNDERSTANDING THE WHY
IF YOU WERE TO highlight a player past or present for off-ice greatness in the world of hockey, Manny Malhotra would undoubtedly make the short list. During his 16-year NHL career, Malhotra suited up for the New York Rangers, Dallas, Columbus, San Jose, Carolina, Montreal and, perhaps most notably, Vancouver. And in that time, the native of Mississauga, Ont., proved himself one of the league’s top two-way players, earning Selke Trophy votes in five seasons and finishing as high as fifth in 2010-11. Now, one of the 2000s’ ultimate team players is, in the best possible way, a players’ coach. After seven years as an NHL assistant, first under Travis Green in Vancouver, then under Sheldon Keefe in Toronto, Malhotra now has the chance to write his own story. And as the…
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