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July 1, 2008
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NEW JERSEY
DEFINING MOMENT No announcement was made. Only when Jamie Langenbrunner stepped onto the ice for the pre-game warmup on Dec. 5 with a ‘C’ sewn onto his jersey did it become evident rookie coach Brent Sutter had finally picked a captain. Just as significant, previous captain Patrik Elias wasn’t even given an ‘A.’ Sutter waited two months into the season until Langenbrunner recovered from hernia surgery. It was suggested Elias might be more productive without having captain responsibilities, but he finished with his lowest offensive totals since 1998-99, not including his half-season after contracting hepatitis. Langenbrunner, a respected captain, had his own troubles and was minus-5 in the playoffs.…
Sneak peak at Stanley Cup
Tyler Ennis leads all active WHLers in Stanley Cup experience – albeit as a spectator. Ennis attended games during the 2006 and 2008 NHL finals. This year, Ennis traveled to Detroit to support former Medicine Hat Tigers teammate Darren Helm, now with the Stanley Cup-champion Wings. “It motivates you to want to be where he is and live the life he’s living right now,” said Ennis, who also attended Game 3 of the 2006 final in his native Edmonton. His latest exposure to the Cup underlined the importance of speed, something the 5-foot-9, 160-pounder has. “Just watching the game out there, it looked like speed was such an advantage,” said Ennis, a likely second-rounder in this year’s NHL draft. “It’s exciting that way for me.”…
Should he stay… or Should he go?
IT’S DIFFICULT TO PINPOINT exactly where free agency is going these days. Some hockey people think there will be offer sheets to restricted free agents flying around like crazy on July 1, while others say Thomas Vanek and Dustin Penner proved offer sheets are too much of a crapshoot. Either way, some young men are about to become very rich. Take Washington defenseman Mike Green. It’s almost certain he’ll wait until after July 1 to sign, but Caps owner Ted Leonsis said any team that bothers with an offer sheet is wasting its time. “I think everyone knows we would sign him – we’re not going to let Mike Green go,” Leonsis said. The Caps have the cap room to match almost any offer Green might receive, but that might not be…
HOMETOWN HOCKEY
MACON, GA. Southern hockey has been responsible for some of the most colorful experiments in the sport’s history. Georgia alone can take credit for Manon Rheaume’s pro debut and the golf pun-themed Augusta Lynx. But for the kings of pun hockey names, Macon takes the cake. Bursting on the scene in 1973 with the cheekily named Macon Whoopees (it’s a bird, people), the Southern League team lasted only a year, but returned as the Macon Whoopee of the Central League and ECHL 25 years later. The Macon Trax of the Southern Pro League carried the torch briefly after that.…
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