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June 5, 2007
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Nash buys in and grows up
One of the most interesting ironies surrounding Rick Nash is he became a golden boy when people finally stopped treating him like one. Another is he may never again score 40 goals in the NHL, but he has a chance to be a much better player than when he did. Both those factors were on display as Nash led Canada to its third world championship title in five years this spring. Nash was a force at both ends of the ice, scored some wonderful goals and turned in a tour-de-force performance for a team that lacked star power and experience, but was long on enthusiasm and chemistry. That Nash was named tournament MVP was no surprise to his Columbus coach Ken Hitchcock. “That’s the same player who was there the last two-and-a-half months…
SPEZZA DELIVERY
OTTAWA The Ottawa Senators are one goal away from advancing to the 2003 Stanley Cup final, if only they can get past the pesky New Jersey Devils. It is the third period of a tied game and Ottawa coach Jacques Martin, a graduate of the Roger Neilson School of Coaching – where the first lesson is, it’s better to lose 1-0 than win 7-6 – is being his typically cautious self. Martin looks down his bench time and time again, each time ignoring one of his team’s most creative players. So Jason Spezza sits. And watches. And stews. Although his ice time was limited in the first two periods, Spezza looked good. He was one of only a few Senators to conjure up some creativity against the NHL’s best checking team. In three playoff…
Wacing to finish line
THE VANCOUVER GIANTS didn’t make their second straight Memorial Cup appearance exactly as they envisioned, but it was close. The Giants, given good odds to claim the WHL title a second straight year, lost in overtime of Game 7 in the league final against the Medicine Hat Tigers. But since Vancouver hosted this year’s Memorial Cup, they received automatic entry. Joining the Giants were the QMJHL champion Lewiston Maineiacs, OHL-winning Plymouth Whalers and the Tigers. It was a transition year for the Giants as Gilbert Brule, last year’s playoff MVP and Memorial Cup leading scorer, made the Columbus roster and regular season scoring leader Mitch Bartley graduated. But the offensive hole left by the two was filled from within by Milan Lucic and Michal Repik. But perhaps the biggest boost came from the…
Stampede rumble to Clark Cup victory
This fall, the Sioux Falls Stampede lost their first six games. The organization has come a long way from there. Under second-year coach Kevin Hartzell, who skated for Herb Brooks at Minnesota in the late 1970s, the Stampede completed its turnaround season by defeating the Waterloo Black Hawks 3-0 in the USHL Clark Cup championship game in Waterloo. Michigan State-bound forward Cory Tropp, ranked 150th overall by International Scouting Services for the 2007 draft, put up 13 points in eight post-season games for Sioux Falls…As an experiment, the USHL opted for a ‘Frozen Four’ type format this year. However, the board of governors voted to return to the playoff format used in previous seasons next year.…
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