Melrose On Gretzky
02/09/06 at 07:52 PM ET | Comments (0)
Melrose on ESPN News said he talked to Wayne today and Gretzky told him he is guilty of nothing, he has been trying to protect his wife. Barry said Gretzky is expected to release a statement after the Phoenix game tonight. Melrose did state if it comes out anyone affiliated with hockey bet on a hockey game, they should be banned for life from the game. update 5:03pm, from the AP via the Globe and Mail,
Wayne Gretzky was recorded on a wiretap talking to the alleged financier of a gambling ring, discussing how the hockey great's wife could avoid being implicated, a person with knowledge of the investigation told The Associated Press on Thursday. Gretzky, coach and part-owner of the Phoenix Coyotes, can be heard on wiretaps made within the past month talking about his wife with assistant coach Rick Tocchet, the person said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing.more update 5:05pm, from the CP via TSN,
Wayne Gretzky is still expected to come to the Olympics in the wake of the NHL's gambling scandal and investigation into Rick Tocchet, Gretzky's friend and assistant coach on the Phoenix Coyotes. Sources close to the Coyotes said Thursday that Gretzky, Team Canada's executive director and Coyotes head coach, will make the trek overseas.read on
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Forsberg Still Hurting
02/09/06 at 07:41 PM ET | Comments (0)
from the Centre Daily Times,
Peter Forsberg still isn't ready to return to the Philadelphia Flyers' lineup, decreasing the star center's chances of playing in the Turin Olympics. Forsberg, the Flyers' leading scorer, didn't participate in all the drills during practice Thursday and will miss his seventh straight game Friday night against Washington. He plans to make a decision this weekend on whether he will play for Sweden in the Olympics.read on
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Report- Phoenix GM Made Bet Through Tocchet
02/09/06 at 06:57 PM ET | Comments (0)
from the Arizona Republic,
Multiple NHL sources confirmed Thursday that Coyotes General Manager Mike Barnett made a financial wager on Sunday's Super Bowl through Coyotes associate coach Rick Tocchet, but that Barnett's wager was a one-time bet.more added 4:07pm, Tocchet arrainment date is Feb. 21st.
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The Government Does It…
02/09/06 at 06:18 PM ET | Comments (0)
from the Toronto Star,
The burning question for Team Canada, hockey division, is crystal: who will be team croupier? A strong scent of illegal gambling has hit the NHL, allegedly involving a half-dozen unnamed players plus Janet Jones, Wayne Gretzky's wife. Rick Tocchet, Gretzky's assistant coach in Phoenix and a star in the league recently, is accused of financing a bookmaking ring. If that indeed turns out to be the case, then shame on Rick Tocchet for swiping the role usually played by our governments. Who books more bets than a state or a province? No one. Who decides which bets are legal and illegal? Our governments.continued
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NHLer Tests Positive
02/09/06 at 06:06 PM ET | Comments (0)
from Bob McKenzie of TSN,
A Canadian-born NHL player who was on Canada's preliminary 81-man Olympic eligibility list but who is not on the final Olympic team 23-man roster or three-man taxi squad has tested positive for a prohibited substance, TSN has learned. But unlike the Bryan Berard situation – the American-born NHLer who last month received a two-year international hockey ban as a result of a positive test for an anabolic steroid – this case involving a Canadian-born player has yet to fully work its way through the procedural system and, in fact, the unidentified player in question has yet to have his appeal heard by an arbitrator.read on update 5:53pm,
The Montreal Canadiens have called a news conference for tonight at 6pm where Head Team Physician, Dr. David Mulder, will provide details on the results of an anti-doping test taken by a Canadiens player.update 6:04pm, Watched the presser and the player is Jose Theodore. Dr. going through a whole timeline and I had to go, I am sure a release will be out soon. Basically the drug was recommended by a Dr. to help him grow hair. update 6:41pm, from TSN,
The Montreal Canadiens announced that goaltender Jose Theodore tested positive for a substance on the WADA banned substance list, at a Thursday evening news conference. Head Team Physician, Dr. David Mulder, discussed details of the test.
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Gretzky All Class
02/09/06 at 04:08 PM ET | Comments (0)
from Mike Downey of the Chicago Tribune,
Wayne Gretzky is one of the classiest men I have met. If there is a superstar in sports I could nominate as a decent, humble, standup guy, it is he. I don't normally go boohoo for individuals of his stature when things go wrong, but let me take a minute here to review for you what has been going on in Gretzky's life of late. ...Gretzky sounds devastated and confused. He was scheduled to leave for Turin with the Team Canada hockey delegation, but suddenly, if you'll pardon the expression, all bets are off. Typically, he refused to duck for cover or hide.read on added 1:27pm, from Michael Farber of Sports Illustrated,
With the fallout from Rick Tocchet's alleged involvement in a gambling ring cascading upon him, Wayne Gretzky -- who rarely took a misstep on the ice -- should seek cover. He could be making the worst move of his storied career if he gets on an airplane for Turin.more added 3:24pm, from Kara Yorio of the Sporting News,
If he's lucky, Gretzky will do the right thing and step down before Bettman has to say anything. Gretzky must say that, while he didn't place any bets and while he doesn't believe Tocchet or Janet bet on hockey, he cannot compromise the league in this way until the investigation has been completed. This is not an admission of any guilt other than by association and the guilt of tarnishing the league's image by that association.more
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What’s Up With The Blues?
02/09/06 at 02:54 PM ET | Comments (0)
from Jeff Gordon of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
It could be so much worse for the Blues. The team could have packed it in, just as the Lauries packed it in as owners. The Blues could have written off the rest of the season. Knowing that most of the veteran players are being offered around the league, they could have quit exerting themselves. They had every excuse to bail. We would have understood. But they keep playing hard and, against all odds, they have actually started winning games again. So what’s going on here?more
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Talking Changes
02/09/06 at 09:54 AM ET | Comments (0)
from Al Strachan of the Toronto Sun,
For the most part, the National Hockey League's game is where the general managers want it to be. But that doesn't mean that it's perfect. Far from it. Radical changes were introduced to start the season and need some fine-tuning. Other matters had been allowed to slide while the league devoted itself to economic issues. They, too, need attention.read on...looks like new uniforms are a lock, plus more exhibition games...
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Every Game Is A ‘Must’ One
02/09/06 at 08:25 AM ET | Comments (0)
from the Edmonton Sun,
Since when do stretch drives begin in mid-February? The NHL season is barely past the halfway mark and the tension is already turning stomachs into knots and coaches into nervous wrecks. With must-win game after must-win game on the schedule and barely a gasp of breathing room in the standings, it's like everyone's in the middle of a three-month playoff series.continued
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Other Athletes Would Not Do This
02/09/06 at 08:07 AM ET | Comments (0)
from Reuters via Yahoo,
Even before their Olympic experience begins, the National Hockey League players will have endured a journey many coaches in such Summer Games sports as soccer, basketball and baseball would call "Mission Impossible!" In less than four days' span, the more than 150 NHL Olympians will have played a weekend league game, flown to Europe, donned national colours and performed in the first round of the Olympic tournament due to start on Wednesday.read on
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