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The Stories Of Aaron Ward
by Paul on 02/07/09 at 09:25 AM ET
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from James Duthie at the Ottawa Citizen,
...you talk to Aaron Ward because, unlike most of the players in this league, Ward actually talks. And he does so without spewing a single cliché or ducking a question, which is a rather religious experience in this column business.
And when a player has three Stanley Cup rings, has been to five finals, was almost destroyed by Scotty Bowman, and once nearly scrapped with teammate Jaromir Jagr on the bench, there is plenty to talk about….
“One night in Chicago, I blocked a shot with my mouth and from the lip to the nose, I was gushing blood everywhere. As I headed to the room, Scotty yelled ‘If you’re not back in five, you don’t play another shift.’ Our doctor was about 80, so I knew there wasn’t a chance that the stitches were going in that fast!” Another night in Colorado, Forsberg and Sakic stepped on the ice, and Detroit assistant Dave Lewis sent Ward and his partner out.
“Scotty came running down the bench, yelling ‘Jesus Dave are you trying to make us lose the game!?!’ I was halfway across the ice, but I could hear it so clearly, I decided to save my career so I did a 180 and went back to the bench.” Ward would leave Detroit with two rings—and zero fear.
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Maybe shep it was an on the fly change.
I thought of that Paul, it just seemed rather unlikely that Ward would abort the change “halfway across the ice” if the puck was in play. It also seems strange that he would notice Scotty “running down the bench” under such circumstances. It’s a nice little anecdote, I guess I should just take it at face value and stop worrying if it doesn’t ring 100% true.
ps. glad to see you back at the helm!
Posted by shep on 02/07/09 at 01:29 PM ET
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Nitpicking here, but if the game was in Colorado, Detroit would not have had last change.
Posted by shep on 02/07/09 at 12:22 PM ET