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Getting a handle on it: Martin Brodeur and Marty Turco are two of a kind--star goaltenders who shoot and move the puck well. But is that always a good thing? (NHL).
Stars goaltender Marty Turco moved behind the net to play the puck, as he has hundreds of times before. This time, however, his skate caught a rut in the ice, and he sprained his ankle. Turco, a key player on a team with Stanley Cup hopes, missed 18 games with the injury. He returned last week and as he continued to stray from his net to play the puck, it was obvious the wanderlust had not been lost in rehabilitation. Turco will be Turco.
"On more than one occasion I've found myself out past the blue line," Turco says, laughing.
It may be nerve-racking for the Stars' coaching staff, but Turco is good in large part because of his puck-handling abilities, ...