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LaCouture Picks Russia; Boychuk Leads Canada

Dan LaCouture's back-and-forth flirtation with the Kontinental Hockey League is over, with the veteran forward deciding to leave the Albany River Rats and head to Russia. There are comments here from Albany GM/coach Jeff Daniels courtesy the Schenectady Daily Gazette, and also Jim Rutherford's take at LSB (soon to be Canes Now).

Pete Dougherty at the Times-Union also has some Rats news, most notably an injury to Tim Conboy.

Finally, prospect Zach Boychuk potted two more goals for Canada last night in a 5-1 win over Germany at the World Juniors in Ottawa. He now has three goals and three assists in three games, with the much-anticipated Group A matchup between Canada (3-0) and Team USA (2-0) set for New Year's Eve at 7:30 p.m. (available on the NHL Network in the States, TSN in Canada). Boychuk will face fellow Canes draft pick Drayson Bowman, who has two goals in two games for the United States. The winner of the game will likely win Group A (which also consists of the Czech Republic, Kazakahstan and the Germans) and get a bye into the tournament seminfinals. The much stronger Group B is still wide open, with Russia and Sweden both 2-0, Slovakia 1-1, and Finland and Latvia at 0-2.

Bowman recently got some love in this article by Kevin Allen of USA Today while Boychuk is getting his due in this game recap by the Canadian Press. There is another article about Boychuk and the bond he has with his talented twin sister here.

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I can understand how and why JR feels pissed….

But reading the article (and understanding some things about Dan’s past troubles) I sort of feel bad for Dan… Sure it was a disingenuous and disloyal thing for him to do to his team… But nobody could blame him for wanting to pay off his debts and take care of his family…

I hope it works out for him and his family….

I also hope Conboy heals properly!

-M.

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Zach Boychuk 11 C 10/4/1989 185 5-10
Rod Brind`Amour 17 C 8/9/1970 205 6-1
Brett Carson 27 D 11/29/1985 210 6-4
Erik Cole 26 LW 11/6/1978 205 6-2
Patrick Dwyer 39 RW 6/22/1983 175 5-11
Tim Gleason 6 D 1/29/1983 217 6-0
Jay Harrison 44 D 11/3/1982 211 6-4
Jussi Jokinen 36 LW 4/1/1983 198 5-11
Tom Kostopoulos 29 RW 1/24/1979 200 6-0
Chad LaRose 59 LW 3/27/1982 181 5-10
Manny Legace 34 G 2/4/1973 200 5-10
Jamie McBain 28 D 2/25/1988 200 6-2
Justin Peters 60 G 8/30/1986 205 6-1
Alexandre Picard 45 D 7/5/1985 215 6-3
Joni Pitkanen 25 D 9/19/1983 210 6-3
Brian Pothier 5 D 4/15/1977 204 6-0
Tuomo Ruutu 15 LW 2/16/1983 200 6-0
Sergei Samsonov 14 LW 10/27/1978 188 5-8
Eric Staal 12 C 10/29/1984 205 6-4
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Cam Ward 30 G 2/29/1984 200 6-1
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