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May 25, 2009
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BACK IN ADIRONDACK
After a 10-year hiatus, the AHL is back in Glens Falls, N.Y. The league approved the sale and relocation to northern New York State of the Philadelphia Phantoms to buyers Rob and Jim Brooks. The move became a must with the Wachovia Spectrum’s demolition, home to the Phantoms since their inception in 1996. Glens Falls has been without a team since the Adirondack Red Wings departed in 1999. The Brooks Group purchased majority interest in the Phantoms from Comcast-Spectacor, whose management group, Global Spectrum, operates the Glens Falls Civic Center. The 4,806-seat arena was built in 1979 to house the Red Wings, Calder Cup winners in 1981, ’86, ’89 and ’92. As the Philadelphia Flyers’ farm team, the Phantoms captured the Calder Cup in 1998 and 2005. In Adirondack, the Phantoms will provide a…
SMILE SCOTT, IT’S IN THE CARDS
SCOTT GLENNIE IS KNOWN for his acceleration – even though it took him 15 years to reach anything approaching peak speed. “I never really had been that fast of a player until I was about 15,” recalled Glennie, a right winger with the Western League’s Brandon Wheat Kings. “I don’t really know what happened, to be honest with you. It just happened.” The timing was perfect. The season after gaining several steps, Glennie made the transition from the midget AAA Winnipeg Wild to major junior, registering 26 goals and 58 points in 61 games as a 16-year-old. This season, Glennie had 28 goals and 70 points in 55 games. NHL Central Scouting took notice, listing him seventh in its final rankings of North American-based skaters for the 2009 draft; linemate Brayden Schenn is…
MARCHAND MAKES GOOD
FROM ONE PEST TO ANOTHER, Providence Bruins first year coach Rob Murray can appreciate more than most the way rookie right winger Brad Marchand plays. A hard-working and gritty sort, Murray retired in 2003 as the AHL’s all-time penalty-minute king, a title now held by Dennis Bonvie. In the 20-year-old Marchand, Murray sees a similar player with good hands and a bigger offensive upside who needed little time to adjust to the pro game. “He’s a very feisty player, a real competitive kid,” Murray said. “His competitive level is unsurpassed. He brings it every game and every practice, for that matter. He just works his tail off. He doesn’t want to fail.” A 5-foot-9, 190-pound native of Halifax, N.S., Marchand was Boston’s third round pick, 71st overall, in 2006, before winning back-to-back gold medals…
THIRD DEGREE BURNER
SEEN DUCHENE? The phrase isn’t as catchy, nor the hype as grand as the promotional campaign that surrounded Steven Stamkos, but Matt Duchene – who THN ranks No. 3 for the 2009 draft – has a style similar to last year’s No. 1 pick. “I think it’s fair to compare the two,” said one NHL scout. “He’s got great speed, a nice shot and he’s defensively responsible for a player that age.” Playing in the Ontario League with the Brampton Battalion, Duchene has suited up alongside two dynamos on the verge of cracking NHL rosters – hot Russian prospect Evgeni Grachev (New York Rangers) and Future Watch ’09 cover boy Cody Hodgson (Vancouver), who has acted as a mentor for the youngster. “I see the path you end up taking to be good,”…
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