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Teaching One-Handed Puck Control
Teaching one-handed puck control By Fred Pletsch Nov 5, 2001, 19:58 Fred Pletsch Conventional hockey wisdom teaches young puck-chasers to always have two hands on your stick. But watch an NHL player on a breakaway or Mario Lemieux making another defenseman look like a neon orange pylon and you realize there are situations where having…
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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…
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Mike Keenan: Controversial but successful
Mike Keenan: Controversial but successful By Stan Fischler Nov 5, 2001, 19:45 ©BBS Controversial to a fault, but ever successful, Mike Keenan has emerged as the King of Hockey Coaches for 1993-94. He guided his New York Rangers to the Presidents Trophy, and has melded one of the most powerful Big Apple hockey clubs…
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The Tretiak clinic
The Tretiak clinic By James Baxter Nov 5, 2001, 19:40 Tretiak On What It Takes to be a Goalie A goalie must be (well) above average in all of these areas: • Coordination of movement, fluidity • Concentration • Thinking, clarity and quickness of thought • Agility, quick up and down A goalie must also be thick-skinned, a…
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Goaltending the Tretiak Way
Goaltending the Tretiak way By James Baxter Nov 5, 2001, 19:34 ©BBS The following article is based on a two videotape series from the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Center for Hockey Excellence. The tapes include an extensive interview with Vladislav Tretiak—the only Soviet player ever elected to the Hall—and excerpts from a Tretiak-run goalie…
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Inside the Trap
Inside the trap By Bob Cunngingham Nov 5, 2001, 19:24 Lemaire’s goal: Frustrate them. ©BBS Some have called it the best coaching job in two decades. Others simply say that good strategy plus execution equals success. Regardless of how or why, the New Jersey Devils were quite a story after capturing the first Stanley…
