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November 23, 1990
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RANDOM THOUGHTS
Thank you, Kevin McClelland. Less than a year ago, I ran into the Detroit Red Wings’ right winger in the visitors’ dressing room at Maple Leaf Gardens. The Wings had rallied from a 7-3 deficit to tie Toronto, largely on the strength of a Jimmy Carson hat trick. After the game, I walked into the dressing room to interview Carson. I saw Steve Yzerman. Shawn Burr. Gerard Gallant. But no Carson. A player I didn’t recognize asked me who I was looking for. Jimmy Carson, I said. I was told Carson was in the trainer’s room being attended to. I was about to leave when McClelland, who observed the exchange, piped up. “Why don’t you go look at a hockey card,” McClelland said. “He (Carson) is right over there.” Actually, he did say something else,…
HULL A HIT ALL OVER THE WORLD
The scene could have occurred anywhere in North America, youngsters crowding around members of the St. Louis Blues for autographs. But this wasn’t just anywhere. It was Dusseldorf, West Germany, where the Blues were making new friends on the NHL’s Friendship Tour. “Kids are the same everywhere,” says St. Louis Blues’ superstar right winger Brett Hull. They know the value of a puck, particularly one signed by you-knowwho. With German newspapers hyping the “eishockey-millionare,” and public address announcers introducing him as “der superstar,” Hull was a popular target of German collectors and autograph seekers. Never mind that they seemed a little confused at times. One group of kids let Hull walk by unnoticed while they cornered Herb Raglan. Another kid asked Kelly Chase to sign Hull’s picture, noticing they had similar haircuts. They didn’t have…
THEY DON’T MAKE ‘EM LIKE THEY USED TO
The investment value of hockey cards today points to a growing business orientation. The hobby of card collecting, however, is based on images of sports heroes, sentimentality and the beauty of the card. For more than a few collectors, the investment consideration is a convenient rationale to justify spending money on what is considered by many to be a child’s pursuit. But for those collectors who got their start in hockey cards as children, there’s a different reason why they continue to collect as adults. Each generation of collectors identifies with their cards as a sentimental tie with childhood. Each generation can say they don’t make ‘em like they used to. That’s the way 1 feel about hockey cards from the late 1950s and early ‘60s. My young collecting days ran from 1955…
THIN ICE
There may not be a more precarious profession than to be an NHL coach. At the best of times, it’s almost a thankless task. But in recent years, coaches have become scapegoats when things go bad. It is staggering to consider that Bob McCammon. in just his fourth year with the Vancouver Canucks, is the greybeard among coaches in terms of continuous service with one team. “It’s scary isn’t it? And of all the coaches, 1 probably could have been replaced easier than anybody,” says McCammon. Of the league’s 21 coaches, only five started the 1988-89 season with their respective teams. Clearly, GMs have taken to heart the adage that its easier to fire the coach than 20 players. “That’s the easy way out,” McCammon’s boss, general manager Pat Quinn says. “We’re trying to get…
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