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Quick Shifts: Kyle Beach is no bust — he’s a blessing

A quick mix of the things we gleaned from the week of hockey, serious and less so, and rolling four lines deep. We stand with Kyle Beach. 1. Inside a buzzing United Center Wednesday night, as rowdy folks in KANE and TOEWS sweaters filled the seats, I sat down underneath the Chicago Blackhawks 2010 championship banner, flipped open my laptop, and clicked play on the Kyle Beach interview . Courageous and selfless, what Beach told Rick Westhead over those 26 minutes stirred this furious knot of anger and pride, sympathy and disgust, sadness and admiration. I’ve seen a guy hobble around in the D-zone with a broken leg and keep blocking shots. I’ve seen another guy play through a playoff series with a broken rib and separated shoulder. And another skate half a series on a torn ACL. But I’ve never seen a hockey player do anything as brave as what the left winger for the TecArt BlackDragons did this week. Sometime between learning that Joel Quenneville was, indeed, stepping behind the...