BUFFALO, N.Y.—When Troy Terry beat Carter Hart in the shootout last January, allowing the Americans to celebrate gold on Canadian ice at the world junior hockey championship, Hart was understandably down. Philadelphia Flyers general manager Ron Hextall, the former all-star netminder who drafted Hart 48th overall in 2016, wasn’t as concerned about the loss as he was with how the goalie would handle it. “You look at the National Hockey League, one team wins,” says Hextall. “Every other team had disappointments and ended the year other than the way they wanted to end the year. “If you can’t get over disappointments as a player, it’s not going to do you well.

Source: thestar December 31, 2017 22:56 UTC