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April 13, 1990
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HURTING SQUAD LIMPS INTO THE POST-SEASON
The New York Rangers didn’t end their season the way they had hoped, but that didn’t bother right winger Chris Nilan. He feels momentum carried into the playoffs is a vastly overrated concept. “It would have been nice to win a couple of these games,” said Nilan whose team was on a three-game losing streak after a 3-2 loss to Washington April 1, “but, believe me, it doesn’t matter. Once the playoffs begin, none of what has happened is going to mean anything.” The Rangers completed the 1989-90 season in first place for the first time since 1941-42 but they also limped into a best-of-seven series against the New York Islanders, with defensemen Brian Leetch (fractured ankle), David Shaw (shoulder surgery) and Mark Hardy (sprained ankle) on the injured list. There were at least…
BLUES’ TAKEOVER BID ENDED
BLUES William D. Hassett Jr., a developer from New York City, has ended his unsolicited bid to buy the St. Louis Blues, a bid that caused much controversy in St. Louis. Blues’ chairman Michael F. Shanahan termed the bid “some kind of raider approach,” and president Jack Quinn accused Hassett of conflict of interest because he has business ties with Jay and Ed Snider, owners of the Philadelphia Flyers. The Sniders apparently were unaware of Hassett’s bid. “The only sensible thing for us to do was to say we withdraw any offer to acquire any interest in the Blues and to apologize to the community if we disrupted or affected or upset anybody,” Hassett said. Shanahan took no comfort in the apology, saying: “I’m still very upset…They had a three-day fling.…
TEAMMATES SURVIVE DUO’S MEDIOCRE SEASON
Rav Ferraro dropped from 41 goals in 1988-89 to 25 this season. Kevin Dineen dropped from 45 to 25. When the Hartford Whalers’ long trail started at training camp in Lake Placid, N.Y., in September, one haunting question was asked repeatedly: How could the team improve from 79 points if Dineen and Ferraro didn’t again produce 86 goals for an inconsistent offense? The thinly veiled implication all along was the two wouldn’t do it again. And they didn’t. Yet the Whalers finished 38-33-9, with 85 points. They were fourth in the Adams Division, but had their second best record since joining the NHL in 1979. They also finished seventh overall in the league. How did they do it? ▪ Ron Francis finished with career-best totals of 32 goals and 101 points. It marked the first…
WISCONSIN ROLLS PAST COLGATE IN NCAA FINAL
The Wisconsin Badgers capped their “Drive for Five” with a cruise down Easy Street in the National Collegiate Athletic Association championship game. The Badgers, on the strength of four power-play goals and a hat trick by senior center John Byce, beat the underdog Colgate Red Raiders 7-3 before 15,034 at Detroit’s Joe Louis Arena April 1. It was Wisconsin’s fifth national title and first since 1983, coach Jeff Sauer’s first year with the team. Overall this season, the Badgers were 36-9-1. “There’s no comparison between (this win) and the one in ’83,” said Sauer. “You have no idea how this feels. “There’s such a lot of pressure at Wisconsin and there was so much pressure coming into the season. I can’t explain how I feel.” The pressure to win at Wisconsin stems from a rich…
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