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January 9, 2007
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Best in the business I took my 3 1/2 year-old son to his first Bruins game in Boston. Before leaving the hotel to go catch the game, we encountered the officiating crew in the lobby. Linesman Mark Shewchuk noticed my son and me wearing Bruins attire so we started chatting. As we headed outside, referee Stephane Auger came over, opened his bag and handed my son three pucks from different cities. Mr. Shewchuk found this to be an injustice because there were no pucks bearing the Bruins logo. At the end of the game, we watched in amazement as Mr.Shewchuk went over and asked an arena employee for a puck for us. This is living proof that not only the players are out to promote the game, but the officials also.…
2 MINUTES IN THE BOX
WITH Andre Roy Tampa Bay Lightning Pos RW Age 31 Birthplace Port Chester, N.Y. START THE CLOCK What was your ‘welcome to the NHL’ moment? Playing for Ottawa in 1999-2000, I was staying in a hotel and after 10 games, coach Jacques Martin told me to find a place to live because I’d be staying up. Since you’re a kid you dream about that. If you had your own theme song, what would it be? I like Nickelback, they really get me going. Maybe ‘Too Bad’ or something? Or AC/DC, ‘TNT’ because they sing: “T-N-T. Roy, Roy, Roy…” What’s the best thing about your hometown? In Montreal? Great food, great restaurants. I just love it there. Lots of entertainment in the summer, too. Where do you want to go that you haven’t been to before? Hawaii. Seems like a nice spot. Favorite junk…
Owner has full confidence in coach-GM Martin
JACQUES MARTIN He’s the only man in the NHL filling the roles of both coach and GM. In dismissing Florida’s former GM, Mike Keenan, last September, majority owner Alan Cohen turned all the hockey decisions over to Martin, thereby making him responsible for both the present and future success of the organization, which is situated in one of the largest markets in the league. Florida’s inability to ice a .500 team hasn’t swayed Cohen’s confidence in Martin. “Jacques will be here as long as he wants to be here,” he said. DENIS POTVIN The Hall of Fame defenseman has long been a familiar face to hockey fans in South Florida, who have admired his work as an analyst on FSN broadcasts since the team’s inception in 1993. Now the former Islanders…
100 PEOPLE of POWER and INFLUENCE
Not even the Romans had a run of power this long. Or so it seems, anyway. In the eight years The Hockey News has researched and published the game’s top 100 people of power and influence, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman has been the man. Even during the lockout of 2004-05, when it became clear that either Bettman or No. 2 mainstay Bob Goodenow would eventually lose his job going down with the ship, Bettman came out with a sturdier boat. He achieved his much-desired salary cap and revenues keep increasing. But after a great comeback in 2005-06, the game is far from completely healthy this season. The excitement of game-action has passed, scoring is down and attendance is down. Senior writer Mike Brophy had a 1-on-1 chat with Bettman to discuss the league’s…
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