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December 29, 2008
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Meeting Medvedev
THE MAN WITH the designer glasses and tailored suit sitting at the end of the long conference table at a downtown Toronto hotel doesn’t exactly portray himself as an everyday working stiff. But Alexander Medvedev does take umbrage with the common description of him as a Russian billionaire. “I am not a billionaire, maybe people have me mixed up with another Russian,” Medvedev jokes. “You should not forget that I am working for a company whose majority of its shares belong to the Russian state. There are no billionaires in that company. I don’t know why people say that. I guess they think if you are not a billionaire, you cannot manage such a project.” Well, gee, it is a little difficult to fathom, isn’t it? Medvedev is the deputy chairman of…


Just about Miller time
DURING HOLIDAY BREAKS at Michigan State, Drew Miller sometimes visited his brother, Ryan, and watched him play goal for the Rochester Americans. He got a first-hand look at life in the American League and absorbed from his brother how pro hockey’s ups and downs would feel. And then, as a rookie himself, life in hockey seemed so easy. The quick and skilled left winger enjoyed a solid rookie pro season with the AHL’s Portland Pirates (16 goals, 36 points in 79 games) and, in June of 2007, Miller was part of Anaheim’s march to a Stanley Cup. Miller played in three NHL playoff games and had his named etched on the Cup, right there with Chris Pronger and Teemu Selanne. And now here he is, a third-year pro at age 24, still in the…


Starting from 5
FIVE Before becoming an NHL star, Esa Tikkanen scored 35 points for Finland in three tournaments. FOUR Vladimir Ruzicka’s total of 35 points for Czechoslovakia is highlighted by 25 goals. THREE Pavel Bure scored 12 goals in 1991 and a record 27 total. His 39 points are the most by a Russian. TWO Robert Reichel totaled 40 points, including 21 in 1990 playing with Jaromir Jagr and Ruzicka. ONE In 1993, Peter Forsberg tallied a tournament-record 31 points and scored 42 overall.…


Parenteau plucking away
IN THE FIVE YEARS since he played his first pro game, Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau’s career has been one steady progression. The 25-year-old journeyman right winger has evolved from role player to star player in the AHL, with one last stop to make. “I’m one of the older guys on the team, but my dream is still to play in the NHL,” said Parenteau, who’s capable of scoring both pretty and greasy goals. “If I can keep playing like this, I think it’s going to come soon.” Anaheim’s ninth round pick, 264th overall, in 2001, Parenteau played his first two pro seasons for the Ducks’ former affiliate in Cincinnati, scoring 30 and 41 points coming off back-to-back 100-point junior seasons. Parenteau moved with Anaheim’s prospects to Portland in 2005-06, where he had 22 goals and 49…