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July 1, 2008
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CHIEFS BREAK WITH GM’S PLAN
FROM THE DROP of the puck to the drop of the Cup, the Spokane Chiefs ruled the CHL’s championship tournament. Spokane, the Western League champion, won the Memorial Cup by defeating the host Kitchener Rangers 4-1 in the final. Although the Chiefs were undefeated, their excellence was overshadowed in some circles by a memorable mishap. After accepting the Cup, Chiefs captain Chris Bruton went to hand the trophy to teammate Trevor Glass. However, the trophy snapped just below the bowl – even though Bruton had both hands on the grail – and crashed to the ice. “I never looked at how the Memorial Cup was raised in the past,” Bruton said. “I never liked watching that because it made me angry that I wasn’t there. The only way I’ve ever looked at raising…
SAN JOSE
DEFINING MOMENT No moment defines San Jose’s season better than the final one: A redirection by Dallas center Brenden Morrow that found the back of the Sharks’ net five hours and 14 minutes after the opening faceoff. End of game, end of dream. Once again it was fair to characterize the talent-rich Sharks as playoff underachievers, eliminated from the Stanley Cup hunt in Game 6 of the second round for the third year in a row. This team showed more competitive spirit than the previous two, but the end result didn’t change. For GM Doug Wilson, something else had to. The first change? A new coach, as Ron Wilson was shown the door. Other changes on the way? A significant trade or two shouldn’t come as a shock.…
CROSSWORD
ACROSS 1 Ranger rearguard Dan ___ 4 Rene ___ is IIHF head (but only 25th on THN’s latest Power List) 7 Spat 8 He’s editor of this magazine, pictured 10 Bobby Orr’s birthplace 12 Alex ___ is with Toronto 13 Patrik ___ is a long-time Devil 14 An NHL official for over 20 years, he boycotted after the Devils’ ‘doughnut game’ 18 One or more extra periods 19 Detroit’s ___ Draper 20 Carolina’s Rod Brind’___ 21 Mike ___ had his No. 35 retired by the Rangers DOWN 1 Energy, ______ and go 2 Kerry Fraser and Don Koharski are the longest-serving current ___ 3 There’s ECHL hockey in this state 4 Struggled 5 The Habs’ ___ Koivu 6 Stoppages 9 He was captain in Washington before Rod Langway took over 11 Symbol of Albany’s AHL team 12 Petr ___ helped Montreal to its only Cup in the 1980s 15 Hall of Famer ___ Lach 16…
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10 BRANKO RADIVOJEVIC will get down to work with Moscow Spartak next year. 9 PETTERI NUMMELIN is ‘Wild’ about Switzerland, so he’s heading back there. 8 The NHL probably doesn’t mind that CHRIS SIMON is heading to Russia. 7 NHL shooters probably do mind that goalie JOHN GRAHAME is going, too. 6 SAMI KAPANEN is heading back to Finland to play for the team he co-owns. 5 NIKO KAPANEN signed in Russia, leaving the NHL Kapanen-free. 4 Two years after GLEN WESLEY got his Cup in Carolina, he’s calling it a career. 3 Citing family first, MATTIAS NORSTROM will now patrol his living room in Sweden. 2 He captured hearts in Vancouver, now TREVOR LINDEN is leaving the game. 1 A sure-fire Hall of Famer, DOMINIK HASEK has made his last improbable save.…
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