Tikkanen hits the ice in South Korea
Jan 17, 2005 21:07:05 GMT -5
Post by M. Beaux-Eaux on Jan 17, 2005 21:07:05 GMT -5
JIM ARMSTRONG, Associated Press Writer
Monday, January 17, 2005
(01-17) 10:07 PST TOKYO (AP) --
Now pushing 40, Esa Tikkanen has found a whole new reason to come to the rink.
The former star of the Edmonton Oilers and New York Rangers spent almost two decades in the NHL. He's a long, long way from the NHL these days, digging in the corners in one of the sport's distant outposts, but at least there's hockey to play.
Tikkanen is a player-coach for the South Korean team Halla in the new Asia League, hoping the experience will lead him back to the NHL, now shut for business because of the lockout.
"I'd like to coach in the NHL someday and this seemed like a good place to get a start," he said.
In the NHL, Tikkanen was an agitator on the ice, goading players into bad penalties. In his new role as player-coach, the five-time Stanley Cup winner spends more time yapping at his teammates than at opponents.
- tinyurl.com/5ajqt
Monday, January 17, 2005
(01-17) 10:07 PST TOKYO (AP) --
Now pushing 40, Esa Tikkanen has found a whole new reason to come to the rink.
The former star of the Edmonton Oilers and New York Rangers spent almost two decades in the NHL. He's a long, long way from the NHL these days, digging in the corners in one of the sport's distant outposts, but at least there's hockey to play.
Tikkanen is a player-coach for the South Korean team Halla in the new Asia League, hoping the experience will lead him back to the NHL, now shut for business because of the lockout.
"I'd like to coach in the NHL someday and this seemed like a good place to get a start," he said.
In the NHL, Tikkanen was an agitator on the ice, goading players into bad penalties. In his new role as player-coach, the five-time Stanley Cup winner spends more time yapping at his teammates than at opponents.
- tinyurl.com/5ajqt
