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May 11, 2009
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CHANGE AT THE TOP
THE AVERAGE AGE IN THE NHL was 27.5 this season, just the 18th youngest in history. But the top-five scorers were the second-youngest group ever; even with relative greybeard Pavel Datsyuk, who is 30 years old, finishing fourth. Washington is prominent throughout the season-ending stats. Young Capitals Alexander Semin and Mike Green were their positions’ most consistent scorers. Washington was the second-fastest to score from the start of a game, spent the fourth-most time winning and was No. 8 in team plus-minus. And speaking of No. 8, Alex Ovechkin tied for the lead in multi-point games, scored the highest percentage of his team’s goals, was on the ice for 60.4 percent of his team’s tallies and led two of the four NHL quarters in scoring.…
EUROPE CROWNS CHAMPS
Eisbaren Berlin’s Nathan Robinson secured the DEL title with his fifth goal of the post-season, giving the regular season champs their fourth playoff title in five years and second in a row. The night before, Jyvaskyla JYP’s captain Juha-Pekka Hytonen sent the puck into Oulu Karpat’s empty net, making it 5-2 in Game 4 of the Finnish League’s best-of-seven final, giving JYP its first national title in franchise history. In the Czech Republic, Karlovy Vary fans celebrated after waiting 79 years for their team’s first Czech title. Karlovy got close last season, but Slavia Prague won the championship in seven games. In the rematch, Milan Prochzka made it 4-2 Karlovy in Game 6, too much for regular season champs Prague to overcome. Two nights earlier in Slovakia, regular season winners HC Kosice beat…
2 MINUTES IN THE BOX with ZACH PARISE
What was your ‘welcome to the NHL’ moment? My first game we were playing the Penguins and I was playing center. I looked back and saw Mario Lemieux and realized ‘I’m finally here.’ It was a good feeling. What is your favorite movie? And what was the last one you saw? My favorite flick is Gladiator and the last one I saw was Valkyrie. It was only pretty good. What was your last job before hockey? I was a caddie at a golf course. What’s the best vacation you’ve been on? Cabo San Lucas in Mexico was nice. Vegas is a great spot, too. Which player currently in the NHL is a lock for the Hall of Fame? Easy. Martin Brodeur. He’s the best. Which fans boo you the most? None, really. I haven’t got the individual boos, yet. What is your…
DOGS HAVE THEIR DAY
WHEN DID BOSTON UNIVERSITY coach Jack Parker know he would have a team capable of making an NCAA championship run? “I think it was May or June,” said Parker, whose Terriers took their first NCAA title since 1995 with a remarkable 4-3 come-from-behind overtime victory over Miami of Ohio. “That’s when I knew Matt Gilroy and Colin Wilson were coming back. That’s like landing the two best recruits.” BU, with the goalie pulled in favor of the extra attacker, scored twice in the final minute of regulation to force overtime before sophomore defenseman Colby Cohen won it with a deflected slap shot off sliding RedHawk defenseman Kevin Roeder that fluttered into the net. Winning it in such dramatic fashion “just made it that much better,” said senior defenseman Gilroy, 24, who won the…
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