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Marty Turco signs with EC Salzburg; has NHL out-clause From Salzburg’s website (via a Google translation): The EC Red Bull Salzburg is pleased to announce the signing of Marty Turco for the remainder of the season known. The 36-year-old former NHL goalie - even in the 2010/2011 season he started 29 times for the Chicago Blackhawks (for details see Statistics ) - had until mid-December 2011 caused a furor when he was with the Red Bulls, the Red Bulls Salute 2011 in Salzburg and Vienna and won it excelled in all three games with a great performance. After that, the Canadians have participated with Team Canada at the Spengler Cup in Davos (SUI) and was subsequently returned to America. Now, Marty Turco has decided to play with the Salzburg also the season in the Erste Bank Hockey League to an end. Marty Turco will arrive tomorrow afternoon in Salzburg and to complete Saturday, his first training session with the Red Bulls. His first assignment at the reigning champion in the Erste Bank Hockey League still depends on a number of formalities and is not expected next week. The Red Bulls have completed the third and final exchange transaction completed, what player in his place from the current squad is logged off, is still open.

Marty Turco signs with EC Salzburg; has NHL out-clause

From Salzburg’s website (via a Google translation):

The EC Red Bull Salzburg is pleased to announce the signing of Marty Turco for the remainder of the season known. The 36-year-old former NHL goalie - even in the 2010/2011 season he started 29 times for the Chicago Blackhawks (for details see Statistics ) - had until mid-December 2011 caused a furor when he was with the Red Bulls, the Red Bulls Salute 2011 in Salzburg and Vienna and won it excelled in all three games with a great performance. After that, the Canadians have participated with Team Canada at the Spengler Cup in Davos (SUI) and was subsequently returned to America. Now, Marty Turco has decided to play with the Salzburg also the season in the Erste Bank Hockey League to an end. Marty Turco will arrive tomorrow afternoon in Salzburg and to complete Saturday, his first training session with the Red Bulls. His first assignment at the reigning champion in the Erste Bank Hockey League still depends on a number of formalities and is not expected next week. The Red Bulls have completed the third and final exchange transaction completed, what player in his place from the current squad is logged off, is still open.

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22 January 2012 – Roof of the recently opened ice rink in Námestovo, Slovakia couldn’t support the weight of snow and collapsed. Young hockey players were training on the ice just before the accident together with former Florida Panthers right wing Richard Zednik.

(Source: liveleak.com)

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When the Boston Bruins visited President Barrack Obama in the White House to celebrate the team’s 2011 Stanley Cup championship, they did so without their all-star goaltender and team MVP Tim Thomas. Thomas declined to meet with the President due to his political stance, and in doing so, has lit the hockey world on fire. Shabby. Immature. Unprofessional. Self-centered. Bush league. Need I go on? All that and more applies to what Thomas did… - Kevin Paul Dupont, The Boston Globe Thomas has to realize that the tradition of bringing the team over to the White House is supposed to be above the political fray instead of generate it. - Scott Mullin, The Rat Trick Opinion on the matter has been pretty split. Some praise Thomas for standing up for his First Amendment right, while others blast him for being selfish and dishonoring his country with the display of disrespect. It’s a very, very, thin line when politics enter the sports world. No matter your beliefs and what you stand for, there’s always going to be fanatics out there to literally crap all over  you and what you stand for.  Whether you disagree or not, Tim Thomas is still one hell of a goaltender, and could very well be on his way to his second straight Stanley Cup.

When the Boston Bruins visited President Barrack Obama in the White House to celebrate the team’s 2011 Stanley Cup championship, they did so without their all-star goaltender and team MVP Tim Thomas.

Thomas declined to meet with the President due to his political stance, and in doing so, has lit the hockey world on fire.

Shabby. Immature. Unprofessional. Self-centered. Bush league. Need I go on? All that and more applies to what Thomas did…

- Kevin Paul Dupont, The Boston Globe

Thomas has to realize that the tradition of bringing the team over to the White House is supposed to be above the political fray instead of generate it.

- Scott Mullin, The Rat Trick

Opinion on the matter has been pretty split. Some praise Thomas for standing up for his First Amendment right, while others blast him for being selfish and dishonoring his country with the display of disrespect.

It’s a very, very, thin line when politics enter the sports world. No matter your beliefs and what you stand for, there’s always going to be fanatics out there to literally crap all over  you and what you stand for. 

Whether you disagree or not, Tim Thomas is still one hell of a goaltender, and could very well be on his way to his second straight Stanley Cup.

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Show here sliding from post to post to prevent a wrap around chance by San Jose’s John McCarthy, Devan Dubnyk of the Edmonton Oilers stopped 44 of 45 shots the Sharks through at him on Jan 23rd. Dubnyk’s performance, along with Taylor Hall’s shootout winning goal, handing San Jose their 4th loss in the last 5 games, pushing the Sharks to the brink of 7th place in the Western Conference.

Show here sliding from post to post to prevent a wrap around chance by San Jose’s John McCarthy, Devan Dubnyk of the Edmonton Oilers stopped 44 of 45 shots the Sharks through at him on Jan 23rd.

Dubnyk’s performance, along with Taylor Hall’s shootout winning goal, handing San Jose their 4th loss in the last 5 games, pushing the Sharks to the brink of 7th place in the Western Conference.