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    der newesletter von heute 22. 11.:

    After a long day of turkey eating this Thursday, ESPN2
    comes through with the perfect evening entertainment --
    Los Angeles at Edmonton at 9 p.m. ET.

    If sweating off those calories doesn't sound like a
    good Idea, then watching the likes of Jason Allison,
    Ziggy Palffy, Anson Carter and Janne Niinimaa skate
    like the wind on the Oilers' fast sheet of ice will
    certainly raise your heart rate.

    Also this weekend, ESPN2 will show Chicago at Detroit
    in a matchup of two Original Six teams at 6 p.m. ET on
    Sunday. The Red Wings have the highest scoring offense
    in the League and also sport the NHL's best record.
    The Blackhawks have kept pace, however, and are riding
    goalie Jocelyn Thibault to stay lodged just behind
    Detroit in the Central Division.

    The complete schedule of games on ESPN, ESPN2, Center
    Ice and International TV can be found on NHL.com's
    schedules page.

    (http://nhl.com/onthefly/schedules/index.html)

    Ben Jennings
    Editor -- NHL.com Newsletter

    LUNCH PAILERS: KRIS DRAPER -
    http://nhl.com/intheslot/read/lunchpailers/index.html
    The label of "Small man ... big heart" can be applied
    to several small players who serve as the engines of
    their respective teams' offenses. The Detroit Red Wings
    have a contingent of small players forming the nucleus
    of their team, including Steve Yzerman, Igor Larionov
    and Pavel Datsyuk, but none have been more instrumental
    in the team's quick start in 2001-02 than Kris Draper.

    PICARELLO: ROY IS AVS' CALMING INFLUENCE -
    http://nhl.com/columns/picarello/avs112101.html
    Believe it or not, Patrick Roy is the calming influence
    in the Colorado Avalanche dressing room these days. If
    you would have told that to NHL.com columnist Rob
    Picarello two years ago, he would have never believed it.
    But Roy has changed his attitude towards hockey by putting
    less pressure on himself to perform and the result has
    been simply amazing.

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    IN THE SYSTEM: JEFF JILLSON -
    http://nhl.com/intheslot/read/system/index.html
    Rookie defenseman Jeff Jillson knows he has a lot to
    learn. But, NHL.com's Shawn P. Roarke wrote that Jillson
    would just as soon do it at the NHL level with the San
    Jose Sharks as anywhere else. Flying charters, eating
    room service at top-end hotels and earning NHL money
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    has to keep learning or he will find himself in
    Cleveland, riding buses and eating fast food.

    AHL REPORT: DETROIT RED WINGS PROSPECT JASON WILLIAMS -
    http://nhl.com/intheslot/read/ahl/ahl112001.html
    Jason Williams was a nobody last season, now he is a
    marked man. After averaging more than a point per game in
    his last two OHL seasons, Williams was passed by during
    the NHL Entry Draft. Motivated by the snub, Williams
    worked to get invited to Detroit's training camp and
    performed so well that he was one of the Red Wings' final
    cuts. After rising to the top line of the AHL's Cincinnati
    Mighty Ducks, Williams was called up for the NHL playoffs.

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    Fill out the NHL All-Star Ballot, presented by POWERade,
    and enter the 2002 NHL All-Star game sweepstakes for a
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    centers, defensemen and goaltenders for the North America
    and World teams and help choose the 2002 NHL All-Stars.

    QUOTE SHEET -
    "Obviously to have a chance to represent your country is
    always a big thrill. That was always something I thought
    about when I was younger and I was raised in an atmosphere
    where the Olympics were the biggest event in the world for
    an athlete. It wasn't just about hockey, it was about
    representing your country at the biggest sporting event in
    the world."
    -- Czech Republic's Milan Hnilicka, who hopes to
    represent his country in goal for the 2002 Winter
    Olympics.