March 13, 2009
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Mitchell Opts for Optional Skates
The following article featuring former Clarkson standout
Willie Mitchell appeared in the March 12 issue of the Vancouver
Province.
By Gordon McIntyre
The Province
If Willie Mitchell isn't taking part in an optional morning
skate on a game day, it can only mean one of two things: Upper-body
injury or lower-body injury.
Rare is the day he skips an optional game-day skate, Monday at Los
Angeles being an exception because the team's hotel was a bus ride
of an hour or more away from the Staples Center.
"I didn't feel good the first period, the first
period-and-a-half," Mitchell said of Monday's 3-2 loss to L.A. "I
found my groove after that.
Complete article can be accessed via the Province Web site by clicking here.
