Crosby, Ovechkin set to make returns
The two top scorers in fantasy return to action in Monday's nine-game slate. Penguins star center Sidney Crosby (29 games, 19-17-36, owned in 99 percent of all Yahoo! leagues), the third leading scorer in the NHL, sat out his first game of the season on Saturday with a sore groin. But not to worry, Crosby owners, the superstar will be back for Monday's home game against Carolina.
"I'm in," Crosby told Pittsburgh's team Web site. "I've had a good couple days of rest and got it worked on. There's no more pain. That's all I really wanted to get rid of. I can deal with it right now." "With the speed and the pace and what other teams have to bring to the table, when he's out there playing his game 5-on-5 and on the power play it's a different level than your average player coming back to the lineup. We'll gladly insert him in his spot," coach Dan Bylsma said.
Also on Monday, Chris Kunitz (19, 3-9-12, 53 percent) and Alex Goligoski (21, 6-10-16, 67 percent) returned to practice for the first time following their injuries (lower-body and undisclosed, respectively), but neither is expected to play. "I'm feeling better and better so ... when they let me go out and do different things and start practicing with the team, we'll know from there," Kunitz told the Post-Gazette. "Until we get to that point, I don't really have an idea."
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Алексей Мишин, тренер олимпийского чемпиона Евгения Плющенко, надеется увидеть выступление своего воспитанника на Олимпиаде в Сочи в 2014 году. Хотя этот вопрос вызывает у Мишина большие сомнения. Но сомнения были и сейчас: никто не думал, что Плющенко сможет вернуться к соревнованиям после трехлетнего перерыва. Когда в августе Евгений приехал на сборы, он поразил всех своим мастерством в тройных прыжках (так говорит тренер). Но сейчас давать какую-то гарантию, по крайней мере, неразумно, считает А. Мишин. Евгений Плющенко – единственный спортсмен в одиночном катании, вернувшийся в большой спорт после трехлетнего перерыва. После завоевания олимпийского золота в Турине в 2006 году, Плющенко не принимал участия в соревнованиях до 2009 года. Тогда он вернулся в любительское фигурное катание. В этом году 27-летний российский фигурист завоевал серебро на зимних Олимпийских играх в Ванкувере.
