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...showed Brown, Botterill can skate, pass and shoot with anyone in the country. While the Crimson will continue to rely on Shewchuk for goals and aggressive forechecking, Botterill may be the top candidate to replace Mleczko as the first-line center and anchor of the offense...
...that talent will skate into next season riding a 30-game winning streak and the momentum of one of the most dominating teams in college hockey history. Harvard won five games in overtime--including victories over UNH in both the ECAC and AWCHA championship games--and outscored its opponents 218-62. The Crimson will miss the leadership and talent of Mleczko and Asano next season, but there is more than enough experience and ability to give the women's hockey team another shot at being The Crimson Team of the Year...
...line skating is one of the fastest-growing sports in the U.S., with some 32 million devotees. And along with its growing popularity has come an array of new designs and high-tech materials, from carbon-injected plastic to glass-reinforced nylon. But I didn't really care about all that techie mumbo-jumbo. I just wanted a skate that felt fast, light and, above all, comfortable...
...Escapes ($399) seemed more promising. A flexible hinge on the bottom was supposed to let me fully extend my leg for a fast, natural stride. But the skates were downright painful. There was too much padding around the lower leg, and part of the skate dug into my inner ankle. I had another pal, Jillian, test them in her size, and her foot got so badly chafed that she had to wear Band-Aids the next day. "You couldn't give these to me for free," Jillian said, somewhat redundantly...
Hasek is also stubborn. In 1989, playing for Czech's army team, he refused to skate during a key game against his hometown's team. In Buffalo he's already legend enough that the Marine Midland Arena, where the Sabres skate, is flanked by two gargoyle goalies splayed apart in a way that only the double-jointed Hasek can manage. Still, he was booed at the beginning of last year because he schemed to dump the team's popular coach. Last May he sat in his Jeep making calls as 1,500 fans--many of them children...