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NHL Weekly: Dynamic duos
The Starting LineupFrom Laverne and Shirley to Wayne and Garth, pop culture is filled with dynamic duos who teamed up to tackle life’s challenges (or to simply just rock on). Hockey is no different. Whether it was Detroit’s Gordie Howe and Ted Lindsay or Boston’s Bobby Orr and Phil Esposito, chemistry between two teammates is essential to winning championships. Here are five pairs who perfectly complement one another:1 Alex Ovechkin and Mike Green, Washington Not since the days of Wayne Gretzky and Paul Coffey have teammates led their respective positions in scoring. Ovechkin tops all players with 36 goals, while Green is first amongst defencemen with 17 goals and 44 points. 2 Tim Thomas and Manny Fernandez, BostonThe two Bruins appear to be a lock for the Jennings Trophy, awarded to the goalkeeper(s) who have allowed the fewest goals. Fernandez is ranked first with a 2.07 goals-against average, while Thomas is third with a 2.10 GAA.3 Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, PittsburghIt was 13 years ago that teammates Mario Lemieux and Jaromir Jagr finished one-two in scoring. Malkin, who has a league-leading 79 points, and Crosby, who is second with 69 points, are in a similar battle for this season’s Art Ross Trophy. 4 Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau, San JoseThornton, who is ranked third with 44 assists, is the set-up man. And Marleau, who has 26 goals, is the triggerman.5 Riley Cote and Arron Asham, PhiladelphiaThe Broad Street Bullies are back thanks to these two enforcers, who have fought a combined 29 times and collected 241 penalty minutes this season. Asham is the sniper with three goals and seven points, while Cote is still searching for a goal.
(Mike Green, left, and Alexander Ovechkin have been an unstoppable pair for the Capitals this year. Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
The LineCraig Hartsburg, former coach, Ottawa SenatorsGames - 48W - 17L - 24OTL - 7Goals for (rank) - 115 (30th)It is a question nobody, including Hartsburg, the coach the Senators fired on Monday, has the answer to: How can a team with Jason Spezza, Dany Heatley and Daniel Alfredsson be so abysmally bad? Hartsburg did not say. He simply fell on his sword, and joined Denis Savard (Chicago), Barry Melrose (Tampa Bay) and Peter Laviolette (Carolina) ? the three other bench bosses to receive a pink slip this season ? in the NHL’s unemployment line. “I leave here knowing I did my best,” Hartsburg said, after the axe fell. “I guess my best just wasn’t good enough.”The OutlandishNHL spin-doctor, er, commissioner, Gary Bettman has been on the stump this week, preaching to a Toronto business crowd and then a Fox sports television audience about how all is financially well in the NHL. Right then, if Bettman actually believes what he says, what else, we wondered, might he believe?1. Hockey was actually invented in the Sunbelt, by Neanderthal man, during the Pleistocene Ice Age.2. Maurice (The Rocket) Richard’s birth name was Morris Richards. The son of Tennessee dirt farmers, Morris was put up for adoption, and embraced by a loving couple from Quebec.3. Jay Bouwmeester bolting from the Panthers is what hockey in south Florida needs. The Lip“I was the worst player in the league tonight by far. We should have won that game 3-0.” ? St. Louis goaltender, Manny Legace, after allowing three goals on eight shots ? and being pulled midway through the second period ? in a 4-3 shootout loss to Detroit. He was placed on waivers by the Blues yesterday.
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