Calgary product will hear his name called early today Oh Dany boy — the bigs, the bigs are calling. Dany Heatley, the Calgary product who turned heads during the world junior hockey championship in Sweden last December, and just completed his rookie college season at the University of Wisconsin, is poised to make local history’ …
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PITTSBURGH — The Boston Bruins don’t envision Joe Thornton as another Wayne Gretzky, even if the 17-year-old threatened some of the Great One’s junior scoring records. They’ll be perfectly satisfied if the first player chosen in Saturday’s NHL draft is another Eric Lindros, a physical presence with a deft scoring touch who revives a floundering …
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Tim Thomas was never the Golden Boy. You kidding? He didn’t start a game in the NHL until he was 28 and he didn’t become anyone’s regular goalie until he was 31. Until very recently, he would have been recognized on the street in Finland more readily than in downtown Boston. …
Toronto makes 4th-ranked defenseman Clark No. 1 draft pick TORONTO – Wendel Clark, a rugged defenseman from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, reacted “with shock” when the Toronto Maple Leafs made him the No. 1 pick in Saturday’s National Hockey League draft. Clark, 18, also plays left wing and said he will gladly “play anywhere and everywhere” for …
DETROIT (AP) — As expected, high-scoring centers Pierre Turgeon and Brendan Shanahan were the top two picks in Saturday’s NHL draft. The selection of Turgeon, by the Buffalo Sabres, and Shanahan, who went to the New Jersey Devils, came as no surprise. They had been rated the top two players available in the draft by …
Panthers ‘scared of Peter,’ says Patrick Roy It is called “the general manager’s game,” and they play it everywhere this time of year, even in the jungle heat of Florida. If you had to pick one player to start a team with, which would it be: Eric Lindros or Peter Forsberg? Two years ago, such …
Lidstrom retires because, without the fire, he can’t meet his standards Parting is such sweet sorrow for legendary leader, Detroit Nicklas Lidstrom knew he was done. He knew it when he went to work out and it felt like a chore, and he knew it when he’d told those around him he would retire and …
DETROIT – The Detroit Red Wings would be in rough shape without Sweden. In fact, their general manager insisted the Western Conference champions would’ve been knocked out of the post-season long ago – if they even made it — without their seven Swedes. Thanks to Nicklas Lidstrom and several countrymen. Detroit is set to meet …
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SUNRISE, Fla. – Ilya Kovalchuk intends to play immediately for the Atlanta Thrashers, who made the muscular and showboating winger the first Russian ever to go No. 1 in the annual draft. “I will do the best I can to make this team a lot better and a lot stronger,” the 6-foot-2 Kovalchuk said through …
