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josh
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posted 02 March 2007 11:07 AM      Profile for josh     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Move over Ken Dryden.

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U.S. Rep. Chris Shays was one of the few moderate Republicans to survive a body blow by Democrats in November, but he may soon face a check from retired New York Rangers goalie Mike Richter.

Richter, a 40-year-old Democrat who lives in Guilford, said he expects to make a decision in the next few weeks about whether to run for the Fairfield County seat in 2008.

"I've considered entering public office in some form for a long time," Richter told The Associated Press. "I'm getting positive responses."

. . . .

Richter worked last year for U.S. Rep. John Hall, a Democrat and former musician who upset six-term incumbent Republican Sue Kelly in upstate New York. Richter helped Hall, who opposed the Iraq war, win over police officers, fire fighters and other constituents who might not have otherwise voted for him, said Tom Staudter, Hall's spokesman.

"He was hugely popular," Staudter said, describing Richter as bright and friendly. "He'll be great."

A series of concussions forced Richter into early retirement in 2003 after 15 seasons with the Rangers, the club he backstopped to the Stanley Cup title in 1994 after a 54-year drought. Richter was a three-time All-Star and the MVP of the 1996 World Cup, in which he led the United States to a gold medal.

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The 4th Congressional District has 120,000 Democrats, 102,000 Republicans and 148,000 unaffiliated voters and includes the nation's wealthiest towns as well as Bridgeport, a largely impoverished city that is the largest in Connecticut.


http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=2785810


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Fartful Codger
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posted 02 March 2007 11:12 AM      Profile for Fartful Codger     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Um. Goalies. Would you like to be led by people who don't have the good sense to get out of the way of moving objects?

I say this as a former goalie. We're all nuts.

Never mind the part about him retiring after a series of concussions: that's a nice way of saying he's had brain injuries.


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chester the prairie shark
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posted 02 March 2007 01:07 PM      Profile for chester the prairie shark     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
there's actually a TV show (showcase) devoted to goalies..Rent-a-Goalie
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