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March 30, 2009
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Crowd Shots
The camaraderie in hockey is something that separates it from other sports No party for Marty I think comparing Terry Sawchuk’s shutout record to what Martin Brodeur is about to achieve is insulting to the memory of Sawchuk. I have been a hockey fan since Sawchuk was stopping guys like Jean Beliveau, Doug Harvey and other greats of the old six-team league. He was an awesome goalie in a league where some of today’s players couldn’t even be the waterboy; the equipment was much smaller and goalies didn’t wear masks. I think Brodeur is in the top three of post expansion-era goalies, but let’s just enjoy his stardom and not compare him to the old time hockey players who played in different universes. George Kassai, Edison, N.J. Energy in Florida Most fans might name Ottawa’s Pizza Line…
Head check
IT WAS EARLY IN HER SON’S RECOVERY WHEN Christine Kostuch began to come to grips with the severity of his injury. She began taking down notes during his darkest hours when Matthew said things that concerned her. One day he said: “I used to have hope, but now my hopes are lost.” On another occasion, he said: “I have nothing to look forward to. Sometimes I wish a new day wasn’t even going to come, because it is going to be the same for me.” And finally: “I just want to be a normal kid.” But it was one afternoon when Christine was trying to help Matthew with his homework that she broke down. Matthew had missed more than a month of school to that point, but at least he was…
ASK Adam
Hey Adam, I know you journalist types are supposed to be fair and balanced and not pick a favorite, but I want to know what team you cheer for now and what your favorite team was when you were growing up. Sean O’Reilly, Riverview, N.B. Hey Sean, I’m a born-and-bred Toronto guy, so as a kid I watched a whole lot of Maple Leafs games and could rhyme off just about any Buds player employed by former owner Harold Ballard in the 1970s and ’80s. (Mike Kaszycki, anyone? Rick St. Croix? I’ve got loads more where they came from.) Now that I’m paid to observe the game, I don’t cheer for any particular team. Rather, I root for players, coaches and team personnel I’ve come to admire and appreciate through various dealings over…
NHL Team Reports
Stretch Drive Report The Flyers added Daniel Carcillo at the trade deadline, but what they really need is consistency from their goaltenders Philadelphia PEOPLE TEND TO FORGET the Flyers, who advanced to the 2007-08 Eastern Conference final, had to go 12-4-4 over the final 40 days of the regular season just to make the playoffs. Martin Biron won 10 of those games, allowing a miniscule 13 goals in the process. Can you see where this is going? Philadelphia has enough firepower (they’re the only NHL team with six 20-goal scorers in early March), enough defense (with the return of phenom prospect Ryan Parent from preseason shoulder surgery) and enough special teams (top 10 in power play and penalty kill) to make another deep run. But there’s that seemingly eternal question regarding the Flyers’ goaltending (raise your…
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