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[DropThePuck]

Lots of great and wonderful Penner history in this article ...

“One time we got in from Providence at 1 a.m., and Kevin told me I had a 10 a.m. flight to make,” Penner said.

But he never looked incongruous on NHL ice, with seven points in 19 games.

“He was doing some of these same things in camp,” Coach Randy Carlyle said. “But he was also making mistakes out of inexperience. You see the maturing process he’s gone through.”

“I never wondered what was going on when I got sent back down,” Penner said. “The way I looked at it, I got valuable experience every time, and I was a better player for it.”
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“I kept at it because I saw other players in high leagues that I knew weren’t better than me,” he said. “But I don’t regret coming up this way. I didn’t have all the expectations and the publicity. It probably made me work harder and learn more. It was a blessing in disguise.”

<link to OCR article posted in Media Roundup>

[Dark Knight]

Great article DTP! He seems to be quite a young man with a huge future ahead of him.

[MrsBevo]

Link to TSN

Penner gets a thumbs up in this weekly recap. Interesting take on Latvian hockey fans in the first section of the article linked.

"Steve Simmons, Toronto Sun: Steve Simmons - My thumb is up to Dustin Penner of the Anaheim Mighty Ducks. Here's a lesson for every hockey player in the country who wants or dreams of making it in the NHL. This guy has been cut by everybody. He was cut in midget twice, cut in Triple-A, cut again in Junior-A and he didn't even get a college scholarship. He was a walk-on at Minot State University-Bottineau and ended up driving eight hours to a prospects camp in Saskatoon where he got a chance to go to Maine and somehow has made his way to the NHL, while half of the guys drafted in the first round of his draft year have not made it yet."

[Aeryn]

....while half of the guys drafted in the first round of his draft year have not made it yet.

Interesting little tidbit.

Thanks for the link Mrs B!

[Ducksfreak93]

That good that Dustin got cut from all of those teams or else he would of been drafted by another team.

[Aeryn]

Penner making waves with Mighty Ducks
AHL On-The-Beat

He played the last four games in a first-round series win over Calgary, but didn't record a point.

Then came the first game against Colorado, his most shaky effort of the playoffs, and what turned out to be a critical meeting with Ducks head coach Randy Carlyle.

"It wasn't a rant-and-rave," Penner began. "And it wasn't coffee talk, either. It was time to either put up or shut up, type of thing. It sunk in, or hit home, whatever you want to say.

LINK

That boy sure does have a masterful grip on the cliches, does he not?

[Dark Knight]

He's still a big fish, regardless of the pond's size

[Aeryn]

LOL - I was thinking the same thing...

[Ducksforcup]

He played the last four games in a first-round series win over Calgary, but didn't record a point.

Then came the first game against Colorado, his most shaky effort of the playoffs, and what turned out to be a critical meeting with Ducks head coach Randy Carlyle.

"It wasn't a rant-and-rave," Penner began. "And it wasn't coffee talk, either. It was time to either put up or shut up, type of thing. It sunk in, or hit home, whatever you want to say.

LINK

That boy sure does have a masterful grip on the cliches, does he not?

[GLOVESAVE35]

He played the last four games in a first-round series win over Calgary, but didn't record a point.

Then came the first game against Colorado, his most shaky effort of the playoffs, and what turned out to be a critical meeting with Ducks head coach Randy Carlyle.

"It wasn't a rant-and-rave," Penner began. "And it wasn't coffee talk, either. It was time to either put up or shut up, type of thing. It sunk in, or hit home, whatever you want to say.

LINK

That boy sure does have a masterful grip on the cliches, does he not?

Huh?. . . .Wha?. . .I didn't get what you said. . .was too busy being hypnotized by those eyes in your sig.

[GLOVESAVE35]

Oh yeah. . .nice article!

[jigglypuff]

How cool is what Sakic said? amazing, Go Teemu go get that ring

[Aeryn]

That boy sure does have a masterful grip on the cliches, does he not?

Huh?. . . .Wha?. . .I didn't get what you said. . .was too busy being hypnotized by those eyes in your sig.

Great, does this mean you won't hear anything I have to say until I change my sig?

[GLOVESAVE35]

That boy sure does have a masterful grip on the cliches, does he not?

Huh?. . . .Wha?. . .I didn't get what you said. . .was too busy being hypnotized by those eyes in your sig.

Great, does this mean you won't hear anything I have to say until I change my sig?

Huh? Wha?

[Aeryn]

Yeah, that's what I thought....

[DropThePuck]

Here's another Penner article tracked down and paid for by Aeryn:

"To this day," Linda said, "when he (Dustin) phones home and asks for his father, I know he's asking his dad to critique his game for him.

"I'll say, 'Oh, you looked so handsome on TV!' and he'll say, 'Yeah, OK, mom. Put dad on the phone."

<link to WFP article posted in Media Roundup>

[Duckette]

Here's another Penner article tracked down and paid for by Aeryn:

"To this day," Linda said, "when he (Dustin) phones home and asks for his father, I know he's asking his dad to critique his game for him.

"I'll say, 'Oh, you looked so handsome on TV!' and he'll say, 'Yeah, OK, mom. Put dad on the phone."

<link to WFP article posted in Media Roundup>

Thats great

[Aeryn]

DTP, did you change the title of this thread...or am I losing it?

Thanks for tacking on this new article

[Duckette]

DTP, did you change the title of this thread...or am I losing it?

Thanks for tacking on this new article

If you're losin it, I've lost it too

[Aeryn]

LOL - I just don't see myself calling it "Mighty nice Penner articles"....that's just not Aeryn's style.

[Dark Knight]

LOL - I just don't see myself calling it "Mighty nice Penner articles"....that's just not Aeryn's style.

Yup. It would be more of Aeryn's style to title it "Mighty Nice... Penner"

[Aeryn]

Hey now.....

[Dark Knight]

Hey now.....

What???

[Barmy Army]

Well it wasn't me, I didn't edit the title. I'm not guilty on that charge.

[DropThePuck]

DTP, did you change the title of this thread...or am I losing it?

Thanks for tacking on this new article

If you're losin it, I've lost it too

Guilty as charged.

I figured instead of having Penner articles from Aeryn all over the place, it makes more sense to have all the Penner drool located in one area.

You have a better suggestion for an Aeryn-style title??