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Playing In Sweden
by Paul on 08/06/09 at 12:12 PM ET
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At The Hockey News,
Defenseman Joe DiPenta returns to the NHL for a fifth NHL season after spending 2008-09 with the Frolunda Indians of the Swedish Elite League. The 30-year-old, who won a Stanley Cup with the Anaheim Ducks in 2006-07, will blog throughout the season about his experiences on the Buffalo Sabres blueline.
from Joe DiPenta at The Hockey News,
People say hockey players use too many cliches, but I’m afraid I have to throw another one out there: What a difference a year makes.
I finished the 2007 season playing a limited, but valued, role on the blueline of a Stanley Cup-winning team. After the 2008 campaign, one in which I was a healthy scratch more times than I care to count, my hockey future was a bit uncertain.
At the time I was a 29-year-old defensive defenseman with 174 NHL games on my resume and an Anaheim Ducks Cup ring in my back pocket. I was hoping that would be enough to get me another NHL ride, so when my agent told me there was interest in my services from a Swedish club in May of ’08, I initially dismissed the notion.
But as the weeks passed, I began doing some research and giving it a bit more thought.
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