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May 27, 1988
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Supplemental Draft Embarrassment To NHL
THE NHL IS hopeful the embarrassment of last year’s supplemental draft is behind them for good. But to be safe, it’s minimizing the risk of public humiliation. The league is moving the controversial and confusing draft behind closed doors. Two Septembers ago the first draft of collegiate free agents was conducted by conference call. The first pick—Ian Kidd, chosen by Detroit—was ruled ineligible. Last summer the second supplemental draft took place after the entry draft. Six of 27 claims were ruled invalid. The problem centers on the fourth condition players must meet to be eligible for the draft. They must be 18, 19 or 20 during their first college seasons. Now, here’s the rub. A season, under supplemental draft bylaws, is made up of two entire years. The 1986-87 college season, for the purpose of determining…
Can Lemieux Break Gretzky’s Grip?
The champion and the No. 1 contender. Or king and heir apparent. Call them what you will. Hockey’s two most familiar names—Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux—are finalists for THE HOCKEY NEWS-Hiram Walker Special Old NHL Player of the Year. The award, along with 11 others, will be presented at the fifth annual THN Awards Banquet June 16 in Toronto. The three THN-Jofa-Titan all-star teams, chosen in fan balloting, will also be revealed at the luncheon. Gretzky has been player of the year light consecutive seasons but faces his roughest challenge yet from Lemieux, 21. The Pittsburgh Penguin superstar center (70-98-168) ended Gretzky’s seven-year reign as NHL scoring champion and dazzled a North America-wide television audience with his record-setting six-point (three goals, three assists) All-Star Game performance. Though he missed 16 games with eye and…
Whale Pulls Camp From Civic Center
HARTFORD—Who loves ya, Whale? Apparently not the Hartford Civic Center. The Hartford Whalers have, in essence, been driven out of town for next fall’s training camp. Or so general manager Emile Francis feels. For one week in September, the Whalers will head to Lake Placid, N.Y., to hold their camp at the Olympic Ice Center. The move was necessiated by the Civic Center’s decision to ok a pair of concerts for the week of ept. 10, the Whalers’ first week of camp. “We really had no other choice,” Francis said. “The decision to schedule these events by the Civic Center was a total surprise and a disappointment to us.” Although the Whalers play 45 games a year at the Civic Center, they do not receive preferential treatment, Francis said. “We aren’t the prime tenants, or at…
By Jobe, Wilson Is Talking About Being Ready To Go
CHICAGO—Doug Wilson is ready to put his shoulder to the test. “I’m confident I’ll be ready for the first game of the season,” said Wilson, the Chicago Blackhawks’ former Norris Trophy winner. He missed 53 games last season with a damaged left shoulder. Wilson underwent major surgery in January, with the operation performed in Los Angeles by shoulder specialist Dr. Frank Jobe. The operation involved scraping the rotator cuff, but that was just the beginning. Jobe had to reconstruct the outer casing of the shoulder, as well as tighten the ligaments. “It will be stronger than it has been for years,” Wilson said. “I’m 99 per cent sure it’s going to be fine. Dr. Jobe feels it’s a little lower percentage than that, but he felt there was no reason I couldn’t come back…
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