Marian Hossa still among NHL’s best entering 1,000th game

By The Sports Xchange
POSTED: 05:22 AM PST Mar 03, 2013    UPDATED: 05:22 AM PST Mar 03, 2013 

Jonathan Toews was 9 years old when Marian Hossa made his NHL debut for the Ottawa Senators. Not surprisingly, the offensively gifted yet defensively responsible two-way star quickly became one of Toews’ favorite players. To Toews, Hossa was no Marty Havlat, but he was close. So the first time Toews played against Hossa — Oct. 27, 2007, at the United Center against the Atlanta Thrashers — it was a big deal. And when Hossa walked into the Blackhawks’ dressing room as a teammate for the first time in 2009, that was a big deal to Toews, too.

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