CrashingTheGoalie

by Drew Baird
Over the last two weeks I have been observing the final stages of evolution, evolution transforming the city of Vancouver from an everyday city into a destination playing host to the world’s finest. From the opening ceremonies to Canada winning its first gold medal on home soil, Canadians have a lot to be [...]

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by Drew Baird
When discussing the favorites to win a gold medal at winter games this year, the conversation usually creeps toward Team Canada and Team Russia. Mostly everything I’ve read has had them stacked up pretty even, but I think that a lot of experts are underrating the Russian defense.
Now I’m not saying it is [...]

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by Drew Baird
Wednesday December 30th, a day most Canadian hockey fans have been looking forward to for a few years. Thirteen forwards, seven defenseman and three goalies will be lucky enough to wear red and represent our nation at the 2010 Olympic games and we all find out who they are today. I took the [...]

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by Drew Baird
Just fourty-six days remain until the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games hosted this year in beautiful Vancouver. Just fourty-six days until we play host to the arguably the best hockey Vancouver has played host too. My name is Drew Baird, I’m 22 years old and that is about how long I’ve  lived [...]

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Born in Johannesburg, he lived in Denmark, moved to Canada as a tot, and spent the next few years going from Edmonton to the Northwest Territories to Toronto to Halifax. When his parents, whose work in the hotel business necessitated the vagabond life, picked up again to finally settle and retire in Union Bay on [...]

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Rumours that Jordan Schroeder will be leaving Minnesota for Everett are greatly exaggerated – in fact, they’re not true, according to Vancouver’s Number One 2009 Draft Pick.
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“Minnesota forward Jordan Schroeder says all the speculation about his departure from the Golden Gophers is false.
In a rare response to Internet rumors that he was planning to leave [...]

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“…the debate rages on about blows to the head and respect among players.
It is most-heard in the NHL, but is most probably a bigger problem in the AHL, where one referee cannot see everything and young, brash players are willing to do just about anything to make the big time.”

The preceding was written by Winnipeg [...]

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by Ron Spence
The Canucks were playing a depleted Avalanche team last season – a squad of mostly AHL callups – and I couldn’t get over their great positional play.
So, I looked up their minor league coach – Joe Sacco of the Lake Eerie Monsters.
He is – of course – Colorado’s new coach this season, and [...]

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Many who watched the Stars vs. Canucks game last sunday were impressed by the play of 20-year-old Victoria rookie Jamie Benn.

“Benn, who grew up playing hockey and baseball on the Saanich Peninsula,” wrote Cleve Dheensaw, “was just a fifth-round draft selection taken 129th overall in 2007 out of the Victoria Grizzlies of the B.C. [...]

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by Ron Spence
I have always been a Wayne Gretzky – but never an Oilers – fan.
I thought that he was the best ambassador and player that the NHL – and the game of hockey – ever had.
But, he wasn’t much of a coach.
Of the 327 gentleman who coached one or more NHL games, the Great [...]

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