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March 10, 1989
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QUARTERLY REPORT: SOME RANDOM OBSERVATIONS
Three-quarters of the way home, and the Toronto Maple Leafs lead the league. In stopping penalty shots. Presenting our third quarterly report of the 1988-89 season—a random, opinionated look at the NHL after each team played its 60th game. Penalty-Shot Stars: Allan Bester and Jeff Reese of Toronto, Clint Malarchuk of Washington. Bester had stopped three penalty shots, Reese and Malarchuk two each. Reese had only appeared in three games. Of the 20 shots taken, only six were successful. Violence On The Wane: The critics should read the fine print. After630 games, NHL statistics showed 150 fewer fighting majors, 15 fewer slashing majors (21-6) and three fewer high-, sticking (68-65) majors than at the same point last season. Match penalties for intent to injure were down, from 13 to six. Living On The Edge: Eighty-four…
PROBERT RETURNS TO RED WINGS… AGAIN
RED WINGS Bad boy Bob Probert returned to the lineup for the first time Feb. 25 in a 5-0 win over the Chicago Blackhawks. The Red Wings suspended him Jan. 26. He played left wing with center John Chabot and right winger Jim Nill. He had a shift in each of the first two periods and five shifts in the third once the Wings opened a commanding lead. Other than some pushing and shoving with Hawk goalie Ed Belfour and defenseman Bob McGill—for which each received roughing penalties—Probert didn’t figure much in the game…S-teve Yzerman set a Red Wing singleseason record for goals with his 56th in a 6-6 tie with Pittsburgh Feb. 23 at Joe Louis Arena. John Ogrodnick scored 55 in 1984-85. Detroit trailed 6-0 in the game at…
SKIDDING BLUES ENDURE FURTHER SETBACK
Not only did the St. Louis Blues tie the team record for consecutive defeats (seven, set in 1967-68) with a 5-3 loss to Edmonton Feb. 25, but they lost perhaps their best player for two to three weeks. Defenseman Paul Cavallini, plus-23 and 4-17-21 in 62 games, suffered a dislocated left shoulder when Edmonton center Mark Messier rammed him into the comer boards midway through the second period. Referee Rob Shick gave Messier a five-minute major for boarding. Cavallini got a free trip to the University of Alberta Hospital. It was grim news for the Blues, 21-31-10 and tied with Minnesota for third in the Norris Division, two points behind second-place Chicago. The Blues entered the all-star break Feb. 6-8 on a five-game unbeaten streak, but since then had lost eight of nine…
THE EAGLE HAS A WATCHDOG IN KAMINSKY
Are hockey players getting hosed? If you believe player agent Art Kaminsky, they are—right between the wallet and the bank vault. But from this viewpoint, NHL players appear to have a darned dandy deal. The average salary has steadily climbed and currently is in the $ 188,000 range. Kaminsky client Mike Liut, for one, is pulling in something like $450,000. But Kaminsky looks at chaps like Orel Hershiser and Dwight Gooden and says, ‘Hey, wait a minute.’ He also looks at the collective bargaining agreement between NHL owners and the union and says, ‘Hey, wait a minute!’ In a Sports Inc. guest editorial, headlined ‘A Wake-Up Call,’ Kaminsky does some drillwork on Alan Eagleson’s stewardship of the players’ union. One of Kaminsky’s targets is the “security package” wrapped up in the most recent collective bargaining…
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