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Friday, January 5, 2007
Hedberg in goal tonight
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Bob Hartley must have heard the fans calling for Johan Hedberg, because he’s getting the start in goal tonight against the Coyotes. Hedberg hasn’t played since a 6-0 loss to the Islanders on Dec. 16th.
The move makes sense - the Thrashers are playing back-to-back games, and are about to start a tough road trip that includes Washington, Montreal, New Jersey and Carolina. Plus, as Hartley pointed out this morning, Hedberg may be a little more familiar with a Western Conference team after playing for Dallas last year.
Hedberg said he was ready to go.
“[The Coyotes] have a lot of talent in that lineup… they got a big win last night, we have to be prepared to play a solid game and take it to them,” he said.
Phoenix coach Wayne Gretzky has been juggling a pair of hot goalies and spent a large portion of his morning talk with reporters chatting about his goalie situation. Curtis Joseph is starting tonight for the Coyotes. CuJo has two consecutive shutouts, while Mikael Tellqvist had 30 saves in the Coyotes win over Washington on Monday.
It didn’t seem like Gretzky minded a potential goalie controversy brewing out west.
“Listen, it’s not a controversy in a lot of ways, but maybe in some ways it is,” he said. “They both want to play every night. That’s okay, I would expect them both to want to play every night.”
Between Hedberg getting his first start in a while, and CuJo going for a third consecutive shutout, it should be an interesting game.
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