CrashingTheGoalie

“Right now, they’re all messed up, my thoughts,” Giroux said. “A lot of things are coming into my head. It’s kind of hard to come back every year to NHL camp and have some goals to accomplish; my goal is to always prove that I can play good in the AHL to come back in [...]

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All it takes is a picture and a couple of sound bites to creat a three demensional picture for the media.
Take Al Iafrate: The Capitals had him pose on a motorbike; he has that booming slapshot that won the skills competion; and then his comment about open net goals.
A tough hardass who takes no prisoners.
JEFF [...]

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Hello my name its Josef Reisenauer from Frankfurt Germany the story I whant the get e-mail contact to Link Gaetz I have meet Link Gaetz 1998 the first time on a flight from vancouver to angorage canada 3000 flight it whos wonderfull.Befor we going to the customs we have good time in this 2 houers [...]

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Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Graham was chosen 89th overall by the Vancouver Canucks in 1979 after starring with the hometown Pats of the WCJHL.
Forward Dirk Graham spent parts of a dozen NHL seasons with the Minnesota North Stars and Chicago Black Hawks in the 80s and 90s.
Graham played the finest hockey of his career in [...]

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There have been a number of Canucks Killers – players who have played well against the nucks and padded their stats at Vancouver’s expense. Some padded their plus/minus stats.
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The player that I remember the most – besides Gretz – was Teppo Numminen who played against Vancouver first as a Jet and later as [...]

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by Ron Spence
Dave Lewis has played with – and coached – some of the best players in NHL history.
Dave played with the Islanders from 1973-74 until 1979-80, when he was traded to the Kings. He played in L.A. from 1979-80 until 1982-83, then to New Jersey for three years, and finally a season and a [...]

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Mike Gillis has his Jordan Schroeders and Michael Grabners in the system, but he also has some future 3rd and 4th liners.
One of them is former Giant Mario Bliznak.

“Bliz is Bliz and that’s a compliment — he gives you the same thing all the time,” said Scott Arniel. “We saw what he could do last [...]

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Cory Schneider played up to his AHL press clippings in Dallas.
Third on Vancouver’s depth chart, he stopped 45 of 47 Stars’ shots.
Hoping to follow in Schneider’s footsteps is Merrimack College’s Joe Cannata, drafted by Mike Gillis last June, in the 6th round – 173rd overall.
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Merrimack had been a collegiate doormat, but with their [...]

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“Gophers coach Don Lucia said he is not worried that sophomore center Jordan Schroeder has not scored a goal yet this season,” wrote  Roman Augustoviz on November 2nd.
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Schroeder was picked by the WCHA coaches and media to be the conference’s Player of the Year or, in one poll, the co-Player of the Year [...]

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