World Champion Figure Skater: The Leafs

Paul Martini Dept: Canada s former world champion figure skater in pairs, with Paul Martini has worked all summer on skating skills and drills with the top prospects in the Leafs system, according to The Star. She s very easy to talk to. A lot of her techniques, she ll demonstrate and we ll sit back and analyze and talk things over, and what works and what doesn t. It s very easy having a coach when you can break things down in such a way. It helps us move forward and if there is one thing that could be the difference between Mark Fraser spending the year with the Marlies or giving himself a chance at making the NHL with the Maple Leafs, it comes in the form of a 4-foot-11 blonde dynamo on skates named Barb Underhill. She s fantastic, says Fraser, a defenceman. She understands we re all professional athletes. It doesn t take us too long to pick things up. We re here in the summertime because we want to learn. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.