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November 9, 1990
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COOL LEFT OUT IN THE COLD
It took the Laval Titan only 15 games to lose its Cool. The Titan, which has a history of firing its coaches early in the season, did so again Oct. 23: relieving Jean-Maurice Cool of his duties. “For him, for us and for the team, it was better to look for a new coach,” said team owner Jean-Claude Morrissette. “It’s a tough time to do this, but you can’t change 25 or 26 players. We all agreed…we needed to make a move.” The two-time defending Quebec League champions were 6-8-1 under Cool. Francois Lacombe, 42, who played four seasons as a defenseman with Oakland, Buffalo and Quebec, signed on for the remainder of the season replacing Cool. Morrissette claims the coaching change was a mutual agreement between Titan vice-president Richard Lafreniere and Cool. Cool…


GREAT EXPECTATIONS
Maybe because everybody knew 2,000 points was a lock for Wayne Gretzky, nobody made too big a deal about it. Two thousand NHL points. Let’s see. That’s 150 more than Gordie Howe scored…229 more than Marcel Dionne…410 more than Phil Esposito. That’s 1,162 ahead of Mario Lemieux, 1,034 ahead of Mark Messier, 957 ahead of Jari Kurri. And Gretzky doesn’t turn 30 until January. And his contract doesn’t expire until 1996. And his son Ty doesn’t turn 18 until 2008 so unless they change the entry draft rules, that’ll be the earliest they can do the Ken Griffey father-and-son thing. With 2,000 points safely in the bank—for the record, it came in a Oct. 26 game against Winnipeg—the logical question is: How high is too high? Is 3,000 points a possibility? Kevin Lowe, his…


HOCKEY CARD MAGAZINE JOINS THN
In two weeks the premier edition of The Hockey News/Collectors World will make its debut in THN. The 24-page hockey card magazine will be a part of THN approximately once a month beginning with the Nov. 23 issue. In addition to an accurate, up-to-date price guide, THN/CW will feature exciting player profiles, hobby news, columns and much more. Also, each weekly issue of THN will contain a two- or three-page hockey card price guide. Three companies have entered the hockey card market this season, bringing to five the number of companies making cards. It’s a breakthrough year in the hobby and THN/CW will help take you through it. As with all THN publications, reader input is crucial to the success of the publication. In addition to any comments or questions you may have,…


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