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Those Rookie Mistakes

by Paul on 11/19/08 at 11:19 AM ET
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from Viktor Tikhonov of the Phoenix Coyotes at the Hockey News,

The road is also a good place for practical jokes. The other day we were at a team dinner and everyone was sitting at one big table. Players started clinking their glasses as if someone was going to make a toast, but when I saw a couple of them looking at me, I knew something was going on. Sure enough, I looked down at my shoes and they were covered in ketchup. I got shoe-checked.

After that I was given a mission to shoe-check Turris and Mikkel Boedker. I crawled under the table to get Boedker, but he was sitting next to defenseman Keith Yandle and I got Yandle by accident instead.

Rookie mistake, I guess!

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Dude’s A Russian

by Paul on 06/19/08 at 07:35 PM ET
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from Eric Duhatschek of the Globe and Mail,

Perhaps the most compelling and unusual story of the NHL entry draft is unfolding on a Friday afternoon, at a downtown restaurant, as Viktor Tikhonov – the 20-year-old grandson of the legendary Russian hockey coach – is talking about his goals and dreams, in fluent English, without a trace of an accent.

Or if there is an accent, it tends to be from northern California, falling somewhere between Stanford undergrad and radical surfer dude.

This is because the younger Tikhonov – despite his surname and hockey pedigree – is about as American as apple pie.

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