Pens Feel Finns Have The Skills

PITTSBURGH—The Penguins finally have joined virtually all of the 20 other National Hockey League clubs in signing European players. General manager Eddie Johnston has signed right winger Arto Javanainen to a regular NHL contract and defenseman Petteri Lehto to a tryout agreement. Both Javanainen and Lehto played on the Finnish Olympic team during the 1984 Winter Games. Javanainen, 25, was picked by Pittsburgh in the fifth round of the June entry draft. He had been selected in the sixth round of the 1983 entry draft by Montreal at the urging of then-coach Bob Berry, but the Canadiens were unable to sign him. Berry, the new Penguin coach, recommended Javanainen to Johnston and the 6-foot, 185-pound forward became the answer to a trivia question: Who was the first Penguin player to be picked in…

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Rangers Will Be Crowded At Training Camp

NEW YORK—A familiar refrain began surface among New York Rangerwatchers this summer in anticipation of another training camp that is sure to be characterized by the “competition from within” of which coach Herb Brooks and general manager Craig Patrick are so fond. • That’s a nice way of saying that the roster, as of late August, was as crowded it was last spring, with the status of re than half-a-dozen players in doubt and an excess of players at many positions. Any speculation about a multi-player leal that could relieve the congestion was met with silence—at least for public consumption—from Patrick’s Madison Square Garden office. But most observers’ depth-charts indicated that the team could have about six more players on board than they are allowed to protect going into October’s equalization draft.…

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Buying Skates? Consult Our Buyers’ Guide—Page 25 CANADA CUP UPDATE Can Team USA Or Team Canada Go All The Way? TEAM USA’S BRYAN TROTTIER TEAM CANADA’S GRANT FUHR…