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The Hockey News|October 26, 2015THEY ALWAYS LEAVETHE BARBER WHO CUTS MY HAIR (yes, seriously) has been doing the same job from the same location since 1951 – that’s 64 years and counting. His two-chair establishment is tiny and cozy, decked out like a one-room, deep-woods cabin, replete with rustic knickknacks and quaint chachkies, most of which have probably been there since 1951. The conversation stretches from family to travel to entitled kids to world politics. It’s an array of topics, but there’s always conversation, and it’s always warm. When Jack is asked about his entrenched roots, he replies, “If you’ve found something you like, someplace you like, why move around?”I can relate, having just marked my 26th year at The Hockey News. Most of my co-workers are in similar positions. They’re passionate about this brand, they…2 min
The Hockey News|October 26, 2015FIXING ‘TOPPER’ZELLIO TOPPAZZINI HAD a Hall of Fame career in the AHL. But in 1952-53, trading card company Parkhurst of Canada didn’t foresee his future. Instead they featured his NHL brother, Jerry. Toppazzini’s rookie card in the ’52-53 set had Zellio’s background on the back of the card, but Parkhurst mistakenly placed Jerry’s picture on the front.The Rhode Island Reds Heritage Society has remedied the situation by creating a new trading card for Zellio, who passed away in April 2001. He holds Reds franchise records in games, goals, assists and points.The not-for profit organization is looking to honor the 1955-56 Reds with a trading card set. In 2010, the Society of International Hockey Research anointed them with having “the best minor league season ever.” The ’55-56 club also featured Hall of…1 min
The Hockey News|October 26, 2015THERE IS A JERSEY FOR THATNO TWO DAYS ARE EVER THE same for Scott Gollnick. That’s because no two jerseys his company makes are ever alike.Gollnick is VP of sales and marketing for OT Sports, a Burlington, N.C., company that specializes in producing theme night jerseys for minor league teams. From special children’s hospital charity jerseys that feature the art of a patient, to Game of Thrones jerseys celebrating HBO’s hit TV show, OT has designed and produced those and everything in between.Gollnick founded OT Sports in 1992 with his brother, Chris. At the time, North American customers believed the heavier the jersey the better it was. Traditionally, all crests, lettering and numbers are stitched on after the jersey itself has been put together.OT, however, specialized in sublimated jerseys, in which all the artwork, lettering…3 min
The Hockey News|October 26, 2015HEAVY METAL DETECTORSON THE LIST OF “WHAT’S NEW?” this NHL season, add a new wrinkle fans will notice before they even get to their seats. Each of the league’s buildings will require patrons to pass through airport-style metal detectors to gain entry. About a third of NHL arenas were already equipped with these magnetometers, but new regulations have mandated them for all 30. In the eyes of the league, it’s a move to improve the fan experience, providing a safer environment by using the best technology to make the screening process quicker and more efficient.Leading up to the start of the season, teams began spreading the word though their websites, on social media, in press releases and by providing stories to the media that fans should be prepared for this change. “People…3 min
The Hockey News|October 26, 2015THE TOP 1001 SAN JOSE SHARKS NHL (1991-92)WHAT MAKES A GREAT JERSEY? When the topic comes up, it’s hard not to default to the NHL’s Original Six era. Those sweaters launched the pro game to another level. But does that mean sartorial glory is a given?This was one of the questions when we put our list of the greatest jerseys of all-time together. Just because a team has never won a Stanley Cup doesn’t mean it hasn’t looked darned good trying.The criteria emphasized factors such as boldness, uniqueness, aesthetics and yes, timelessness. To guard against historical biases, we also reached out to a group of graphic designers, some of whom watch little to no hockey.The San Jose Sharks’ original jersey is our winner. Though the logo has been altered in recent years,…15 min
The Hockey News|October 26, 2015MARRIED TO THE GAMEON THE EVE OF TRAINING camp, Jaromir Jagr saunters into a conference room at the Florida Panthers’ arena. Sipping on a Dunkin’ Donuts paper coffee cup while wearing blue workout shorts and a Panthers Tshirt with his No. 68 on the front, Jagr situates his 6-foot-3, 230-pound frame into a office chair and asks, “What do you want to talk about?”With Jagr, you never know where a conversation is headed.In this wide-ranging session, he talks about his legendary workouts as well as spending his summer on the ice in the Czech Republic before heading to Las Vegas and hanging out with the likes of LeBron James, Mike Tyson and pal Charles Barkley. “I like those guys,” Jagr said. “They’re the best.”With the Panthers missing the playoffs, Jagr’s off-season – which…4 min
The Hockey News|October 26, 2015FINALLY TIME TO RUN WILD?EVEN GM CHUCK FLETCHER SAID bluntly the Wild aren’t expecting Mikael Granlund to be an eightgoal, 40-point guy his entire career.The uber-skilled Granlund, 23, is cemented between veteran scorers Zach Parise and Jason Pominville, so the Wild hope the pivot can finally break out this season.It’s been almost four years since Granlund created a stir with a lacrossestyle goal at the World Championship that ended up on a postage stamp in Finland. It’s been years since he took the SM-liiga by storm and three since his long-awaited NHL arrival.Now Wild fans are hoping Granlund, who has shown glimpses of greatness like his diving overtime winner against the Avalanche in the playoffs two years ago, can begin producing more than the 18 goals and 88 points he has amassed in his…5 min
The Hockey News|October 26, 2015TAMPA’S POWER ‘D’ CREATING BUZZMANY AROUND THE HOCKEY WORLD consider the 2015 playoffs a coming-out-party for Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman.Truth is, Hedman was already on the dance floor. He was just performing away from the spotlight. “I think it was just because of being on the national stage that people got to see what he brought to the table,” said Lightning captain Steven Stamkos. “I don’t think anybody was surprised in this room, we’ve seen the development. I’ve been here since Day 1 with him, so it’s exciting to see him continue to develop.”Hedman has blossomed into the player many expected when he was selected second overall in the 2009 draft. The 24-year-old from the hockey factory of Ornskoldsvik, Sweden, enters his seventh season on the short list of this year’s Norris…2 min
The Hockey News|October 26, 2015BOOM BOOM PULOCKGOING HOME TO EDMONTON, EH? That’s awesome Griff! Good luck bud, I’ll miss ya. Hope to see ya in the NHL soon.”That’s a text message received by Griffin Reinhart the evening of Friday, June 26, moments after word got out he was traded on draft day from the New York Islanders to the Edmonton Oilers. It came from a person best described as a friend, a teammate, a roommate, a rival, a kindred spirit. It came from Ryan Pulock, who only saw the good in parting ways with his buddy.Pulock viewed the trade as a great thing for Reinhart and himself. And though he can no longer call Griffin a Bridgeport teammate, he knows the swap moves both guys one step closer to making the NHL.RYAN PULOCKPOSITIONDefensemanAGE 21HEIGHT 6-2WEIGHT 215…3 min
The Hockey News|October 26, 2015CROSSWORDANSWERS AVAILABLE IN THE NEXT ISSUE AND AT THN.com/XWORDLAST ISSUE’S CROSSWORD SOLUTION ACROSS 1. WANDERERS, 8. ARENA, 9. BLOWOUT, 10. ANGELA, 11. BROOKS, 12. SUOMI, 14. BURNS, 17. CLEANS, 19. HUNTER, 20. RANGERS, 21. LOOSE, 22. SHEA WEBER DOWN 2. ABLER, 3. DAWSON, 4. ROUTS, 5. SAINTS, 6. SEMENOV, 7. CANADIENS, 11. BOBBY HULL, 13. BRONCOS, 15. SWEDES, 16. LEAGUE, 17. CHARA, 18. NURSEACROSS1 Vladimir ___ , pictured, is with St. Louis8 Dallas’s ___ Seguin9 Tyler ___ is with the Kings10 Directed the puck to a teammate11 Jacques ___ was coach when the Habs last hoisted the Cup12 A free ___ is no longer under contract14 Carolina’s team, briefly17 ___ Eakins coached in Edmonton19 Montreal’s Alexei ___20 Tape21 Finnish-born goalie Pekka ___22 Where 11 Down played and then coachedDOWN2 Unmarked3…2 min
The Hockey News|October 26, 2015Jersey HOUNDGRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS | 2015-16To be clear, the AHL’s Grand Rapids Griffins had a pretty good logo and uniform already, but this latest iteration is a winner as well. Straight off the hop, that’s an intimidating griffin. Look at the size of that thing. It will crush any other mascot that comes near the city or the arena. On top of that, the new mascot has a unique design to it. By no means a standard cartoon mascot, this look almost lends itself more to a graphic novel. Overall, the jersey has a clean design, with black replacing blue in the Red Wing affiliate’s color scheme.…1 min
The Hockey News|October 26, 2015CHANGE FOR THE BETTER?CONNOR MCDAVIDIN MOST OF THE WORLD, THE team sport linked to Adidas is soccer – or “football” just about everywhere outside the U.S. and Canada. And Adidas’ new seven-year partnership as the NHL’s “authentic outfitter of on-ice uniforms” figures to give the league’s licensed apparel sales and global brand exposure a boost when it kicks in, starting in 2017-18.With the deal, Adidas immediately became a hockey brand in jerseys, the NHL’s signature merchandise category. But its parent Adidas Group didn’t suddenly become a hockey company when the deal was announced this off-season.The German-based corporation owns Reebok, the NHL’s jersey provider the past decade, as well as sister-brand CCM, the century-old maker of skates, sticks and player protective and goalie gear. But the deal means the Adidas name and logo –…6 min
The Hockey News|October 26, 2015THE NHL’S NEW FALL LINEHOCKEY JERSEY FASHION mimics all fashion in that it’s a game of rapidly changing trends.Teams continue to bludgeon the ghosts of the 1990s “Xtreme” era, which yielded asymmetrical angles, predatory creatures and busy piping. New designs from the Yotes, Avs and Isles keep things classy. The Oilers blow us away with a color scheme they should’ve tried years ago, while the Sharks and Capitals follow the fad of reviving defunct sweaters no one wanted to see go in the first place. How long before every team in the league re-adopts its inaugural uniform design?ANAHEIM DUCKSTHIRD JERSEYPerfect marriage of old-era masked duck, new-era orange.ARIZONA COYOTESHOMEBlack arm striping spruces up the Desert Dogs’ look nicely.COLORADO AVALANCHETHIRD JERSEYA gorgeous tribute to the old Colorado Rockies franchise.EDMONTON OILERSTHIRD JERSEYFile this beauty under “Why didn’t…1 min
The Hockey News|October 26, 2015MEET HOCKEY’S JERSEY BOYSCHRIS CREAMER AND CHRIS Smith are the insiders whose names you don’t know but whose websites have broken some of hockey’s most colorful stories. Creamer and Smith – of sportslogos.net and icethetics.info, respectively – are the McKenzie and Dreger of logo and jersey design.But neither Creamer nor Smith sought to become a jersey insider. Both were hockey fans who fell into it through a love of design. “(SportsLogos) was an excuse to learn how to make a website, really,” Creamer said. “Back (in 1997) there was no social media, so the only way to express yourself online would be to make a site that was a random collection of your own personal interests. I was really into computers, sports and team uniforms from a very early age.”Smith, a hockey fan…3 min
The Hockey News|October 26, 2015CORRECTING COURSEGranted, it’s a Sunday afternoon and the weather in Winnipeg is unseasonably spectacular. For a city that has 10 months of winter and two months of bad skating, if you can wear shorts and a Tshirt and run the air conditioner in late September, it’s a day to be outside doing stuff, not sitting in a restaurant. Still, it’s strange to see Tyler Myers, all 6-foot-8 of him, walk into a downtown eatery wearing the standard hockey player’s fashion statement – ball cap on backward, T-shirt, jeans and flip-flops – eat his lunch and leave without being singled out by anyone, including the waitress who’s serving him. The irony is Myers had to go to one of the most hockey-mad cities in the world to get out of the glare.…10 min
The Hockey News|October 26, 2015FIGHT FOR LIFEAT ONE TIME, DON EDWARDS WAS A PROUD CANADIAN, thrilled to represent his country at the 1981 Canada Cup. However, its increasingly soft justice system, in his eyes, has driven the former NHL goalie to leave his homeland and try to start a new life with his family.Born in Hamilton, Ont., Edwards has been living in Florida for the past seven years, where he has worked as the director of sales and marketing at Old Corkscrew Golf Club in Estero. He said dealing with Canada’s legal system had a huge impact on his decision to move to the U.S. It may have put his parents’ murderer in prison for the past 24 years, but he has little faith it’ll keep the killer there as he seeks parole for the third…4 min
The Hockey News|October 26, 2015DOMI FINALLY IN THE DOG HOUSEWHEN HE ARRIVED IN ARIZONA IN August to skate alongside Coyotes players in preparation for the season, winger Max Domi didn’t put down permanent roots.Actually, he was still living out of a hotel in September once training camp rolled around, and he was jostling with the other up-and-comers for the attention of the coach Dave Tippett and his staff. But if the projections and early returns are any indication, Domi won’t need to live like a nomad for long.After wrapping an extremely successful junior career with the London Knights in the OHL, Domi seems to be equipped with all the necessary skills to transition to the Coyotes. “We’ve taken a patient approach with our young players,” said GM Don Maloney. “We continue to do so, but I look at a…5 min
The Hockey News|October 26, 2015LEARNING FROM GENTLEMAN JEANMAX PACIORETTY HAD HIS HANDS full when the telephone rang earlier this month. “I had one kid ready for bed and the other one in the bath when Marc called and told me to go to the front door,” Pacioretty said. “I opened the door and there was nobody there.”Canadiens GM Marc Bergevin and coach Michel Therrien planned to let Pacioretty know he was named captain by showing up at his home with a sweater bearing a ‘C,’ but there was one glitch. “We went to the wrong house,” Bergevin said.The decision to elect a captain ended what Bergevin described as a transition period that saw four players – Pacioretty, P.K. Subban, Andrei Markov and Tomas Plekanec – wear an ‘A’ as alternate captains. Bergevin and Therrien felt there was…2 min
The Hockey News|October 26, 2015HOCKEY’S GREATEST PHOTOS“BRUCE’S EYE FOR IMMORTALIZING MEMORABLE MOMENTS OF THE GAME HAVE MADE HIM ONE OF THE BEST EVER BEHIND THE LENS.” “THERE’S A REASON WHY BRUCE HAS SHOT MORE THAN 5,000 GAMES AND BEEN AROUND FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS. HE’S ONE OF THE BEST EVER AT WHAT HE DOES.”– MARTIN BRODEURIN THE MID-1970S, A TINY HIGH school kid with cropped black hair swept to the side approached us about buying some hockey photos he’d taken. Little did we know he’d go on to become one of the sport’s best shooters and that he’d be recognized as the Albert Einstein of hockey photography, as much for his now wild gray mane as his genius behind the lens. But we’re glad we bought those images. It was the beginning of a four-decades-long…1 min
The Hockey News|October 26, 2015DONE WITH THE GAMEREAD FEATURES FROM RYAN KENNEDY EVERY DAY AT THEHOCKEYNEWS.COMLOST INTEREST Less than a year after being tabbed as a potential first-round draft pick, Pilon is no longer playing hockey.ON PAPER, RYAN PILON’S DRAFT PROFILE didn’t look right. The Brandon Wheat Kings defenseman had size, mobility and an offensive touch that helped him get 11 goals and 52 points in 68 games for one of the best teams in major junior. And yet, he was not considered a first-rounder for 2015. Central Scouting had him 24th among North American skaters (factor in Europeans and goalies and you’re looking at a second-rounder), while TSN’s Bob McKenzie was the most charitable prognosticator, ranking Pilon 55th overall.I had the nephew of former NHLer Rich Pilon at No. 100 in Draft Preview 2015 – and…3 min
The Hockey News|October 26, 2015TIME TO REFLECT, TIME TO REACTSPOILER ALERT: YOU WILL NOT READ anything new in this column. Todd Ewen is still dead. So are Wade Belak, Derek Boogaard, Rick Rypien and Steve Montador. The hockey world has lost these five men in the space of a little more than four years. Given that prodigious rate, it’s fair to assume more men will die, at the hands of their addictions or by their own hands.How many more former players will have to die before this game does something real about the problems it faces?Ewen is dead because he put a gun to his head and pulled the trigger. His family talked of how he’d been depressed, even if his friends and former teammates couldn’t see that in Ewen. The police report pointed out he had mentioned committing…4 min
The Hockey News|October 26, 2015In The CARDSIN 1949, FRANK ZAMBONI of Paramount, Calif., debuted the ice resurfacing machine, known today simply as the Zamboni. It took nine years of trial and error to build the first working prototype, which featured a custom-built chassis, engine parts from an old army truck and a hydraulic cylinder pulled from a Douglas bomber plane. The task of resurfacing the ice, which took an hour and five people to finish, could now be completed by one person in 15 minutes. Upper Deck commemorated Zamboni and his machine on a trading card in 1991.…1 min
The Hockey News|October 26, 2015LINES YOU CAN COUNT ONWITH 67,000 POSSIBLE LINE combinations based on numbers, the stars must align – figuratively and literally – to create a recipe worthy of numeric nickname status.Hockey line nicknames based on jersey numbers, or “numberlines,” are a rare occurrence in the NHL. The most recent popular combination was coined during the 2014 playoffs, when the Los Angeles Kings put Jeff Carter (No. 77) between Tanner Pearson (No. 70) and Tyler Toffoli (No. 73) to create ‘That ’70s Line.’ The name was inspired by the sitcom That ’70s Show, which aired on Fox from 1998 to 2006. While the line didn’t last (Pearson broke an ankle midway through last season), the nickname evolved as Dwight King and his No. 74 took his place, creating ‘That ’70s Line 2.0.’And do you remember 2002’s…3 min
The Hockey News|October 26, 20155 FAVORITE JERSEYSCHRIS SMITH ICETHETICS.COM1. HARTFORD WHALERS (1992-93) Older fans prefer original green and white. I prefer blue with silver trim.2. ST. LOUIS BLUES (1998-99) Two-tone blue color palette and the angular shoulder stripes won me over.3. DALLAS STARS (CURRENT GREEN) I’ve always said NHL needs more green. To see the Stars embrace was a treat.4. PITTSBURGH PENGUINS (1980-81) Today’s bland Vegas gold is depressing next to those uniforms from the 1980s.5. TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING (1996-97 ALTERNATE) Before the Lightning introduced the “storm” jersey in 1997, jerseys weren’t really anything I noticed. My mind was blown.CHRIS CREAMER SPORTSLOGOS.NET1. MONTREAL CANADIENS (CURRENT RED) The uniform people see when they close their eyes and think of hockey.2. DETROIT RED WINGS (CURRENT WHITE) Red pops off the white. Reverse shoulder yoke. Two colors. So simple,…1 min
The Hockey News|October 26, 2015HISTORY OF JERSEYS (1917-PRESENT)THE HOCKEY SWEATER, OR JERSEY, has evolved greatly in the past 100 years. As the NHL came into fruition and grew from a handful of teams to 30 modern squads, so too have the garments of battle been revolutionized. In the following pages, we take a spin through history to find out how hockey’s tops went from being sweaters to jerseys – and where they might go from here.1917Hockey, as is lore, began as an outdoor sport, and you had to have a good, frozen pond to really fly out there. Originally, wool sweaters were worn thanks to the natural fiber’s ability to keep players warm even when they got wet. When the NHL began play in 1917-18, the games were indoors, but the wool still kept players regulated. In…7 min
The Hockey News|October 26, 2015BORN AND BRED TO BE A WINNERMOMENTS AFTER TRADING up to No. 16 overall in the 2010 draft and taking Vladimir Tarasenko, then St. Louis Blues’ director of amateur scouting Jarmo Kekalainen made his way to reporters at Staples Center. The Blues had already selected Jaden Schwartz No. 14 overall and surprised many by jumping up and double dipping in the first round. Schwartz was a tenacious, skilled forward and Tarasenko a thick-bodied goal scorer.But one, Schwartz, was a Canadian kid who dreamt of playing in the NHL. The other, Tarasenko, had all the potential in the world, but with him living on the other side of the planet in Siberia, there were concerns about whether he would ever set foot in St. Louis. “If his name was Walt Smith,” Kekalainen said at the draft, “he…7 min
The Hockey News|October 26, 2015LARGE TARGET ACQUIREDARTEM ANISIMOV HAS A HUGE opportunity and a tough act to follow. The rangy, soft-spoken center is the key player the Blackhawks acquired when they sent Brandon Saad to Columbus in June.Saad’s passionate performances made him a hero in Chicago, but his contract demands put him on the trade block. Enter Anisimov, 27, who was surprised by the swap that sent him and stocky winger Marko Dano, 20, to Chicago.How sure is GM Stan Bowman about Anisimov’s upside? A day after the deal, he signed the Anisimov to an extension through 2020-21 that gives him a raise from $3.2 to $4.5 million per year. “We definitely wanted to get a legitimate center with some size, and I look at our combination now of (captain Jonathan Toews) and Anisimov, and I…2 min
The Hockey News|October 26, 2015SHARK BITES TURN TO SMILESA LOT NEEDS TO BE FIXED BEFORE the San Jose Sharks can regain their status as legitimate NHL playoff contenders.But there is evidence one repair job – healing last spring’s public rift between star center Joe Thornton and GM Doug Wilson – has already occurred.Thornton, for example, praised the moves Wilson made this summer – bringing in defenseman Paul Martin, right winger Joel Ward and goalie Martin Jones – as the Sharks try to rebound from missing the playoffs for the first time since 2003. “I think Doug looked at our team and said, ‘Hey, what do we need?’ Thornton said. “And I think he was bang on.”Back in March, Thornton was far more critical. After the GM told seasonticket holders his former captain was known to lash out at…5 min
The Hockey News|October 26, 2015RUNNING OF THE RED BULLFORMER NHLER BRIAN SAVAGE has never been reticent about taking the road less travelled. After all, during the most formative years of his youth hockey career, Savage packed up his hockey equipment and didn’t skate for two years to concentrate on golf and to play other sports. None of that prevented him from having an 11-year NHL career and making more than $16 million in the process.So it should come as no sur prise that when Savage was presented with a unique opportunity this past summer, he didn’t hesitate to uproot his family (his wife, Debbie, and three hockey-playing boys from Arizona) to join the Red Bull Hockey Academy in Salzburg, Austria. It actually began when the academy tried to recruit his 15-year-old son, Ryan, a bantam draft pick of…5 min
The Hockey News|October 26, 2015BOOTLEGGER’S HEROIC SAVEWILLIAM V. ‘BIG BILL’ DWYER WAS THE LAST MAN YOU’D expect to save the NHL from extinction. Likewise, he was the first man you’d want to meet for the best illegal booze during America’s raucous Prohibition days of the Roarin’ 20s. What’s more, Dwyer’s gangster credentials were evident to everyone, including the six NHL owners who welcomed Big Bill to their fraternity in 1925.According to The New York Herald Tribune, Dwyer was the “biggest single figure in the underworld of bootleg finance.” He also owned race tracks, nightclubs, a fleet of ships, trucks and warehouses for his booze. Justifiably, Big Bill was known as ‘The King of Rum Row,’ and he was backed by a full-fledged gang who helped him with his fortune. “Dwyer was awash in millions of dollars…3 min
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