lumm0x
01-08-2009, 06:36 PM
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=402847
The NHL All-Star game is not traditionally a penalty-filled encounter. That's a lucky reality for the Western Conference All-Stars.
Were it otherwise, the Eastern Conference team would be rolling out one of the most deadly power plays in the history of hockey, especially after the Eastern Conference reserves were announced by the NHL Thursday.
In fact, if one was to outline an "ideal" power-play unit, complete with passers, shooters, set-up men and crease-crashers … well, that list would look a lot like the roster for the 2009 Eastern Conference All-Stars.
Up front, one of the most offensively gifted groups in recent years will be headlined by starters Crosby, Malkin and Kovalev, along with Washington's Alex Ovechkin, Tampa Bay's Vincent Lecavalier, Carolina's Eric Staal, Buffalo's Thomas Vanek, Boston's Marc Savard, New Jersey's Zach Parise, Ottawa's Dany Heatley, Atlanta's Ilya Kovalchuk and Philadelphia's Jeff Carter.
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The NHL All-Star game is not traditionally a penalty-filled encounter. That's a lucky reality for the Western Conference All-Stars.
Were it otherwise, the Eastern Conference team would be rolling out one of the most deadly power plays in the history of hockey, especially after the Eastern Conference reserves were announced by the NHL Thursday.
In fact, if one was to outline an "ideal" power-play unit, complete with passers, shooters, set-up men and crease-crashers … well, that list would look a lot like the roster for the 2009 Eastern Conference All-Stars.
Up front, one of the most offensively gifted groups in recent years will be headlined by starters Crosby, Malkin and Kovalev, along with Washington's Alex Ovechkin, Tampa Bay's Vincent Lecavalier, Carolina's Eric Staal, Buffalo's Thomas Vanek, Boston's Marc Savard, New Jersey's Zach Parise, Ottawa's Dany Heatley, Atlanta's Ilya Kovalchuk and Philadelphia's Jeff Carter.
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