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October 30, 2007
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Lowdown
→ Hartley takes the bullet in Atlanta → Devils discard Matvichuk → Sedins continue to torch Edmonton After a four-game sweep in last year’s playoffs and an 0-6 start to this season, the Thrashers fired coach Bob Hartley. While a replacement is found, GM Don Waddell will take over bench duties. Hartley, who won a Stanley Cup as coach of the Avalanche, oversaw a squad which had scored just nine goals in six games, while giving up 27 and not registering a single point in the standings. NORTHEAST DIVISION BOSTON Center Marc Savard had a goal and five points in an 8-6 win at Los Angeles Oct. 12…Winger Chuck Kobasew scored a goal in three straight games Oct. 6-12. BUFFALO Darcy Regier and Lindy Ruff became the longest-tenured GM-coach combination in the four major pro sports…
Stop, drop and block
PITTSBURGH ASSISTANT COACH Mike Yeo admits he cringes just about every time Sidney Crosby drops down to block a shot. “Yeah,” says Yeo with a chuckle, “You wish he’d do the flamingo.” The flamingo, of course, is when the defending player, at the last second, lifts one leg to avoid being hit by the puck. You rarely see that nowadays. In fact, shot-blocking has become a staple of just about every player’s game, including superstars such as Crosby. The young Pens captain sustained a foot injury in the first game of the season when he blocked a shot by Anaheim’s Francois Beauchemin; last year, Crosby played the final two months with a hairline fracture in his foot after being hit by teammate Brooks Orpik’s shot and then blocking a shot by Montreal’s…
FAN SHOOTOUT WITH Wade Redden
D6 Ben Fisher from Montreal, asks How do you steal the puck from a guy when he has his back turned away from you? You usually try to sneak up. You know he has his momentum going one way, but then you can sneak your stick between his legs and kind of poke the puck up. Alex Read from St. John’s, Nfld., asks Do you think the NHL will ever return some franchises to Canada? It sure doesn’t look like that’s the clear intention, but I hope so. There’s no place like playing in Canada. I’ve been playing my whole career here so I haven’t seen the other side of it, but the excitement and attention that it gets makes it a lot of fun to play here. Ross Sherman from West Chester, Pa., asks…
Plus/Minus
VINNY GIVES BACK Lightning star Vincent Lecavalier’s foundation is raising $3 million for the creation of a new cancer center at a St. Petersburg children’s hospital. FINAL FOUR BEST EVER Hall of Fame elect an unparalleled class of players this year in Mark Messier, Scott Stevens, Ron Francis and Al MacInnis. No botching this one. NHL BRASS GET SERIOUS The League puts Philadelphia’s Jesse Boulerice on ice for 25 games for his dirty deed on Ryan Kesler, signalling there will be no letup in discipline. ATLANTA THRASHED Bob Hartley is sacrificied as Thrashers go 0-6 to start season. GM Don Waddell could be next; how could he not get a No. 1 center this summer? OLD SCHOOL OR JUST OLD? Veteran goalies Martin Brodeur and Miikka Kiprusoff start the year cold, while Roberto Luongo hasn’t exactly torn it up,…
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