BlackMetalNinja
01-21-2007, 06:56 PM
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="headline" colspan="2">Sabres delighted Miller stuck to his guns on goaltending</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding-bottom: 4px;"> Larry Wigge | NHL.com columnist </td> <td style="padding-bottom: 4px;" align="right" valign="bottom">Jan 21, 2007, 9:23 AM EST</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="blckTopBord" style="padding-top: 2px;" colspan="2"> <table style="padding-right: 5px;" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="40"> <tbody> <tr> <td>http://cdn.nhl.com/images/upload/2007/01/miller_ryan_194x270.jpg</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding: 3px;">Sabres' goaltender Ryan Miller (http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?service=page&page=PlayerDetail&playerId=8468011) will be making his first All-Star appearance.
</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> It was 1987 in a Mite League game in San Jose, California ... hardly the setting where you would expect to find the story of a future NHL All-Star, especially since this was some four years before the San Jose Sharks (http://www.sjsharks.com/) came into existence.
But here was 8-year-old Ryan Miller (http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?service=page&page=PlayerDetail&playerId=8468011), then a forward, trying to bribe his coach, Dean Miller, Ryan’s dad and a former player at Michigan State University. Ryan’s team was losing by a couple goals, when the kid threatened to go on strike.
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Rest of story is HERE (http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=287674)
</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> It was 1987 in a Mite League game in San Jose, California ... hardly the setting where you would expect to find the story of a future NHL All-Star, especially since this was some four years before the San Jose Sharks (http://www.sjsharks.com/) came into existence.
But here was 8-year-old Ryan Miller (http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?service=page&page=PlayerDetail&playerId=8468011), then a forward, trying to bribe his coach, Dean Miller, Ryan’s dad and a former player at Michigan State University. Ryan’s team was losing by a couple goals, when the kid threatened to go on strike.
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Rest of story is HERE (http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=287674)