Tyson Barrie took the puck from behind his own net, gathered up a head of steam and barreled toward
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Nick Schmaltz attacked.
Schmaltz darted across the blue line and into the Avalanche’s zone, steering Barrie toward the boards. He then lunged forward, reached out with his left hand and swatted the puck right off Barrie’s stick — without slashing or tripping him. Schmaltz got the puck, a scoring chance and a
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It looked like a Marian Hossa play. And that’s no coincidence.
“[Hossa is] probably one of the best that’s ever done it,” Schmaltz said. “You definitely learn from him. He’s got that quick stick, and he’s so strong. So if you can do anything the way that guy did it, you’re doing something right. He’s the perfect two-way player, and a lot of guys want to play like that.”
Schmaltz has been one of the biggest bright spots in an otherwise-disastrous season for the Hawks. The sophomore center has 21 goals and 28 assists in 72 games and has
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He’s third in the league in takeaways — a squirrelly stat that’s inconsistently recorded from rink to rink, but an important one, nonetheless — with 82. He trails only Edmonton’s Connor
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