CrashingTheGoalie

IT WAS THE BRAWL TO END ALL BRAWLS
SO BAD-THEY THOUGHT-THAT THEY TURNED OUT THE LIGHTS-DIDN’T THINK THAT PEOPLE COULD PUNCH IN THE DARK
IT WAS 12 YEARS AGO-January 4, 1987
YOUNG PROSPECTS-ONLY ONE LEFT IN THE NHL-Brendan Shanahan
Sergei Fedorov BACK TO RUSSIA
The brawl resulted in the disqualification of both nations, which caused the Canadians to lose a [...]

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by Ron Spence
Vancouver’s 1st and 2nd Round Draft Picks last June played well at the recent World Juniors.
Minnesota sophomore Jordan Schroeder, playing in his third WJC, had three assists to surpass Jeremy Roenick as the all-time career points leader for Team USA at the WJC. Schroeder has 7 goals and 20 assists for 27 points, [...]

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in Rockford.
“Together again….”

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by Ron Spence
The kid broke his foot in a freak accident on November 1st.
Michael Grabner, 22, had played in nine games with the Canucks – after his recall to Vancouver on Oct. 14th. In that span, he had two goals and three assists.
He had started his season in Manitoba where he had 4 goals and [...]

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by Ron Spence
I see that nucks centre/winger Ryan Kessler has been selected to play in the 2010 Olympics. It’s not a surpise. He’s a great two-way player.
What is a surprise, however, is that R.J. Umberger was excluded.

But, now that I remember it, U.S.A. GM Brian Burke said that Kesler was a better player and worth [...]

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By Bill Heintz
Well, the truth is: not yet.
But there’s been lots of positive signs as we hit the halfway point. Bob Luongo’s been steady. The Sedins have been magic. Mason Raymond has emerged. Kesler and Burrows have continued to produce points and antagonize enemies. And we’ve shown we can be one of the tougher teams [...]

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by Ron Spence
I was curious about the Team Canada selections – how many of them were 1st or 2nd round picks when they were drafted by NHL teams.

All of the goalies were drafted in the 1st round, and only one forward wasn’t. It was Patrice Bergeron, who was drafted in the 2nd round in 2003.
Dan [...]

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