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Beware Of Youth
by Paul on 05/11/07 at 03:40 PM ET
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from the CP via Canada.com,
Getzlaf, who grew up in Regina, turned 22 on Thursday and went out for dinner with a group of other Ducks.
Perry is from Peterborough, Ont., and turns 22 next Wednesday.
Both were major junior stars — Getzlaf with the WHL’s Calgary Hitmen and Perry with the OHL’s London Knights.
They skate on the Ducks’ No. 2 attacking unit with Justin Penner, 24, who was cut from his hometown Winkler, Man., midget and junior teams. He went off to play college hockey for the Maine Black Bears to get noticed, and everybody notices him now.
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Maybe Dustin has a twin brother? And who says they’re unknown? I had both on my fantasy roster for a while. If Perry could lay of the weak penalties and back check better, he’ll be a stud.
Posted by Puck from San Francisco, CA on 05/11/07 at 03:00 PM ET
By “unknown”, I just meant unknown to the Canadian Press. Another case of an east-coaster discovering hockey is played in the Pacific time zone also, I guess.
Posted by Earl Sleek from Los Angeles, CA on 05/11/07 at 03:39 PM ET
Perry needs to take skating lessons. His butt is on the ice more that the puck is in the net from his stick.
Posted by Itlan on 05/11/07 at 03:40 PM ET
I agree, Perry’s skating is sub par and a bit reckless (hence all the cheap penalties), but Cheechoo is a bad skater as well and he’s developed some game though. Also, Perry managed to collect some decent stats this season for the amount of minutes he was getting.
Posted by Puck from San Francisco, CA on 05/11/07 at 04:05 PM ET
Wow that is kind of embarassing Justin Penner....
Posted by Bethany from Cincinnati on 05/11/07 at 11:30 PM ET
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Justin Penner?
CP--It’s a nice thought to try to feature some “unknown” players. It’s a nicer thought when you bother to look up their actual names.
Posted by Earl Sleek from Los Angeles, CA on 05/11/07 at 02:49 PM ET