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February 9, 1990
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BOMBER WILL SOON HIT AIRWAVES
New York Islanders’ defenseman Ken (Bomber) Baumgartner has received a recording contract from Metal Blade Record Co. executive Brian Slagel. Hard-hitting Baumgartner will do the vocal on a tune called “Bomber, Bomber. “ When Ken protested he was no Mick Jagger, Baumgartner was told, “It doesn’t matter.” To avoid conflicts with the hockey season, the recording will be done in Hollywood in May.. .The Tri-City Americans’ furor over Bill LaForge clouded the fact the Western League club is one of the most successful junior teams in North America. The Amerks have 5,600 season ticket-holders. Owner Ron Dixon markets the junior game as a professional sport. “In the States,” says Burnaby, B.C., native Dixon, “the fans expect to get a professional package.” POPULAR RAT Boston Bruin sources say the trading of Ken Linseman…
SPRINGING AHEAD
Most young NHL prospects face a few growing pains, but few have experienced them the way Dean Chynoweth has. Chynoweth is only 21, but is already making a comeback in a two-year pro career that has seen him spend more time on the injury list than on the ice. There was a time last season when Chynoweth, a first-round choice (13th overall) of the New York Islanders in the 1987 entry draft, wondered if he’d ever skate again. “I knew I wouldn’t be able to play through this pain,” the young defenseman says. “This pain” was caused by Osgood-Schlatter disease, an abnormal relationship between the muscles and growing bones. Chynoweth’s body was growing faster than his bones. The disease is common in teenagers, but Chynoweth was 20 then. It took doctors more than a month…
HOWE’S COMEBACK ATTEMPT SET BACK
FLYERS Mark Howe attempted a comeback in Boston Jan. 27, but wound up back on the injury list. He was involved in a second-period collision during the 2-1 loss to the Bruins and was sent back to Philadelphia for an examination while the team continued on for a game the next day in Landover, Md., against the Washington Capitals. “It’s frustrating,” said Howe. “I was just starting to feel better.” Howe had missed three straight games and nine of the past 10, with two herniated discs in his back…Kjell Samuelsson was assessed a gross misconduct penalty for spitting on Buffalo’s Dean Kennedy in a Jan. 23 game at the Spectrum. “When it first hit me,” said Kennedy, “1 thought there was a seagull in the building."…A five-game home losing streak, which…
BOWLING BUDDIES
Mention the names Emerson and Blake to English students at Bowling Green, and they’ll immediately think of the great poets. Mention the same names to hockey fans on the BG campus, however, and it’s likely they’ll conjure up a different kind of image. This season the Falcons have been led by senior center Nelson Emerson and junior defenseman Rob Blake. And while it may be a stretch to say they’ve been poetry in motion, they have helped bring the Falcons back to respectability from a relatively poor start. After getting out of the gate with a 4-7-0 record, the Falcons went 12-4-1 in their next 17 games to move into third spot in Central Collegiate Hockey Association standings. Emerson, the St. Louis Blues’ second choice (44th overall) in the 1985 entry draft, led…
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