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December 25, 2007
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CAPTAIN IN WAITING
MONCTON WILDCATS COACH Danny Flynn isn’t shy to make a prediction. “He’s a future captain of this team,” he said in reference to Mark Barberio. “He’s a very mature young man and you can see he’s already developing as a leader. He probably plays more minutes than any other 17-year-old defenseman in the league. “When you consider his age and the workload we’ve given him, he’s performing remarkably well. He’ll be a cornerstone on this team for the next couple of years.” Barberio, 6-foot-1 and 200 pounds, logs at least 25 minutes per game as Moncton’s No. 1 blueliner. He plays against the opposition’s top line and is a regular on the power play and penalty kill. The Montreal native is No. 63 in International Scouting Services rankings for the 2008 NHL draft. ISS offers…
AN EYE ON THE (DISTANT) FUTURE
JOHN TAVARES AND VICTOR HEDMAN won’t be the main event at the 2008 World Junior Championship, but they will provide an interesting undercard for NHL scouts. Tavares, expected to represent Canada, and Hedman, a member of the Swedish contingent, are the No. 1- and No. 2-ranked prospects for the 2009 NHL entry draft, according to International Scouting Service’s December roll call. Tavares, a 17-year-old center, already has an awe-inspiring 140 goals in 160 career games with the OHL’s Oshawa Generals. Hedman, a 6-foot-6, 220-pound blueliner for MoDo of the Swedish Elite League, plays like a friendlier Chris Pronger. “To determine too much from what happens in this particular tournament might be a mistake, but they’re both very, very good young talents who are going to be heard from,” one scout said. “There aren’t…
MOORE’S LAWSUIT WILL SPAWN MORE
ACCORDING TO REPORTS, Todd Bertuzzi’s assault on Steve Moore may have been directed by former Canucks coach Marc Crawford. In a statement of claim filed by Moore’s lawyer and leaked to the CBC, it is alleged Crawford pointed to Moore’s name and number on a board in Vancouver’s dressing room during the second intermission of the March 8, 2004, game and said the Avalanche winger “must pay the price” for a hard check on Canucks captain Markus Naslund in a previous game. In the third period, Bertuzzi chased Moore from behind and punched him in the side of the head. Moore dropped to the ice, seemingly unconscious, and sustained broken vertebrae in his neck, effectively ending his playing career. An accompanying legal document also obtained by the CBC noted that Crawford’s alleged statement…
MAPLE LEAF FOREVER?
VANNA MIM LOOKS SO UTTERLY tiny next to him. She tries on his helmet and everyone laughs. She stands in the crook of his arm, looking rather confused, but very happy. And there he is smiling back the way he always smiles, asking the group whether there is any ice in Cambodia. “Just in the drinks,” they say, likely unaware how old that joke really is. One afternoon when Vanna was eight, her father sent her out to feed the chickens, while her brother went to the shed to fetch some tools. The story goes that Vanna was busy laughing at the antics of the chickens as they fought for the grains of rice when she took a step to the right, directly on one of the millions of landmines that still…
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