Hockey Player Magazine

Category: Players

  • At Forward with Trevor Linden

    At forward with Trevor Linden By Bob Cunningham Nov 5, 2001, 20:03   Technique, schmechnique claims Vancouver Canucks’ veteran winger Trevor Linden. The Canucks’ captain and one of the game’s hardest workers, Linden approaches playing in the National Hockey League using the same principles which got him that far to begin with; keep the game…

  • At Forward with Wendel Clark

    At Forward with Wendel Clark

    At forward with Wendel Clark By Bob Cunningham Nov 5, 2001, 20:03   ©BBS Wendel Clark is anything but your typical left wing. A veteran of 11 NHL seasons, and touted as one of the finer players in the game, Clark has reached his lofty status by taking the general characteristics of the NHL forward…

  • Adam Oates: Center of attention

    Adam Oates: Center of attention

    Adam Oates: Center of attention By Stan Fischler Nov 5, 2001, 19:49   ©BBS “Class” comes in assorted shapes and forms in the NHL. There are classy players on the ice whose form lifts them above the masses because of their sheer ability. And there are classy players off the ice who converse and cooperate…

  • At Forward with Claude Lemieux

    At Forward with Claude Lemieux

    At forward with Claude Lemieux By Stan Fischler Oct 31, 2001, 16:44 ©BBS In winning the Conn Smythe Trophy as 1995 playoff MVP, Claude Lemieux, the New Jersey Devils winger, underwent the most dramatic metamorphosis since Hall of Famer Stan Mikita converted himself from troublemaker to Lady Byng Trophy winner for Chicago in the 1960s.…

  • Interview: Martin Brodeur

    Interview: Martin Brodeur

    Interview: Martin Brodeur By Stan Fischler Jun 9, 2006, 13:01   ©BBS Martin Brodeur is the quintessential chip-off-the-old block. His father, Denis Brodeur, was a first-rate professional goaltender who starred on several minor league teams, and also played for Canada’s 1972 bronze-medal Olympic club. After his playing days ended, Denis became the team photographer for…

  • At Forward with Todd Simon

    At forward with Todd Simon By Bob Cunningham Oct 30, 2001, 17:47   Whether you’re progressing from Bantam to Midget or moving from the American Hockey League to the NHL, flourishing among increasingly stiff competition can be a stumbling block for even the best young talents. Todd Simon, a fleet-skating rookie center for the Buffalo…

  • Mats Sundin

    Mats Sundin

    Mats Sundin By Sam Laskaris Oct 30, 2001, 11:49   ©BBS Though he’s a National Hockey League veteran, Mats Sundin has been forced to start proving himself all over again this season. The Swedish native made international headlines when the Quebec Nordiques selected him first over-all in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft. Sundin became the…

  • Kelly Dyer: In Her Own Words

    Kelly Dyer: In Her Own Words

    Kelly Dyer: In her own words By Stan Fischler Oct 30, 2001, 07:58   Although Manon Rheaume has obtained considerable publicity for a relatively minimum amount of goaltending against men, the real goods among female netminders in male leagues is red-headed Kelly Dyer. The Boston native completed a successful season with the West Palm Beach…

  • Roman Hamrlik

    Roman Hamrlik

    Roman Hamrlik By Sam Laskaris Oct 30, 2001, 07:51   ©BBS As is the case with most new franchises, the Tampa Bay Lightning have had their share of growing pains. Tampa Bay failed to qualify for the playoffs in each of their first three National Hockey League seasons, including 1995. But the future provides some…

  • At forward with Joe Nieuwendyk

    At forward with Joe Nieuwendyk

    At forward with Joe Nieuwendyk By Bob Cunningham Oct 30, 2001, 07:23   ©BBS It would not be revealing a big secret to say that any player who reaches, and stays at, the National Hockey League level knows how to play the game. In this column, we routinely share the tangible strategies and techniques of…