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December 25, 2007
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LAST MINUTE OF PLAY
CROSSWORD By Larry Humber Answers available in next issue ACROSS 1 Netminder ___ Backstrom 4 Ralph Backstrom won this trophy in 1959 9 Former Flame ___ Kennedy 10 Causes to fall 11 Some are fond of ___ seats 12 John ___ was with the Isles for their four Cups 13 Buffalo’s ___ Kotalik 15 The Isles’ ___ Hilbert 18 Sergei ___ is now with Pittsburgh 21 A Swedish-born blueliner with Detroit, pictured 23 Pertaining to the nose 24 Frank Mahovlich is one (he sits on a Cdn. gov’t body) 25 Most cagey 26 Veteran center Stu ___ is with Dallas DOWN 1 The Isles play at ___ Coliseum 2 Bobby Orr’s ___ proved his undoing 3 First name of 21 Across 5 One of the hockey-playing Stastnys 6 Shot the puck really hard 7 Sergei Brylin’s homeland 8 Tie 14 ‘Terrible Ted’ ___ is in the Hall of Fame 15 Site of the 2008 All-Star Game 16 Free…
ENDEAVOR TO BE BETTER
A YEAR AGO, when the Phoenix Coyotes decided Enver Lisin wasn’t ready for the NHL, he wasn’t ready to play in the American League. Rather than accept the demotion and report to the San Antonio Rampage, he went home to Russia. But after spending as much time on the bench with Ak Bars Kazan as he did on the ice, Lisin is more than willing to learn the nuances of defensive hockey in San Antonio from Rampage coach Greg Ireland and assistant Ray Edwards. Lisin, 21, is an exceptional offensive talent, but his awareness of defensive responsibilities isn’t nearly what it must be to play in the NHL. Or even in the Russian League. “He and I have had long conversations and he told me, ‘I sat on the bench in the elite league…
MY WAY OR THE HIGHWAY
THIS WEEK WE ASKED TWO NHL COACHES: Have you ever actually put an article up on “the billboard” as motivation? ALAIN VIGNEAULT VANCOUVER CANUCKS When I coached junior I did once or twice, but not in the NHL. The players up here are more aware of what they should or shouldn’t say in the press. JOHN STEVENS PHILADELPHIA FLYERS I have, several times. It never hurts to remind your team and provide extra motivation. When I played in the AHL, we lost the first two games of a series to Rochester and their paper was already planning the parade. We won that series, by the way.…
GLAD YOU COULD JOIN US, SCOTT
IT’S KIND OF FUNNY HOW GUYS GET A free pass in this game sometimes. Because Scott Niedermayer is a soft-spoken, smooth-skating future Hall of Famer who has won everything short of the Nobel Peace Prize, he has apparently “earned the right” to essentially break the terms of his contract and, in doing so, throw the Anaheim Ducks into a state of off-ice disarray. As great as Niedermayer is, no informed debate about his actions can take place without pointing out that what he has done will have future implications on the Ducks, most notably in their attempts to re-sign emerging star Corey Perry. And it most certainly can’t take place without calling into question the implications of a player signing a four-year deal, then deciding to basically honor two-and-ahalf years of…
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