Lacrosse Skills Helped Shape Nieuwendyk's Goal Scoring
The following article featuring former Cornell standout Joe Nieuwendyk appeared November 14 on the National Hockey League (NHL) Web site.
By Dan Rosen
NHL.com Senior Writer
TORONTO -- When Al
MacInnis would wind up for one of his light-speed slap shots,
almost everyone on the ice and even in the stands would duck or
dive out of the way.
Not Joe Nieuwendyk. He never worried about the flying frozen
disc that was coming fast, hard and heavy off of MacInnis' blade
hitting him, because most of the time he knew what the Hall of Fame
defenseman was aiming for.
"I think a lot of people feared Al's shot, so he was looking for
me in those instances," Nieuwendyk said Monday morning from the
Hockey Hall of Fame, several hours before he officially becomes an
honored member like MacInnis, his former teammate in
Calgary. "Every now and then you'd take one, but the
reward was much greater than the danger in my opinion."
Complete article can be accessed via the NHL Web site by clicking here.
