Last year at this time, Winnipeg Jets’ top prospect Mark Scheifele was making the big bucks with the big club.
Today, the Kitchener native is one of the many casualties of the National Hockey League lockout, biding his time with the Ontario Hockey League’s Barrie Colts while anticipating a repeat appearance for the Canadian world junior team.
Karolina Urban remembers most of the game. It was the last of her 2008-09 season. As captain of the University of Toronto women’s hockey team, she followed the puck on the ice. “The puck popped out and I got it,” she said. “The girl … just smoked me so hard that I twisted in the air before I landed.” That was Urban’s first concussion. She has suffered two since. They haven’t discouraged her.
Coach Mike Babcock claimed that in order to beat the Russians, Ryan Getzlaf, Dan Boyle, Corey Perry, and Chris Pronger needed to be more productive. Those players responded by contributing nine points in Canada’s 7-3…