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February 8, 1991
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PETES’ TODD WITHDRAWS FROM NATIONAL TEAM POST
Dick Todd would like to make a couple of things perfectly clear—he’s not afraid of pressure and he’s not on his way to the New York Rangers. After deciding not to re-apply for the coaching position with the Cana-Jian national junior team next season. here were reports the Peterborough Petes’ coach-general manager couldn’t cope with the pressure of gunning for a world championship and was considering an assistant coaching position with the Rangers. Todd said the facts are these: The pressure annually placed on Canada to win the junior gold medal had nothing to do with his decision not to seek the head coaching job again; and he has not been offered a position with the Rangers, who are coached by his close friend. Roger Neilson. Todd says he has a commitment to…
RE-BORN SKRIKO FINDS NEW LIFE IN BEANTOWN
The Boston Bruins wore their game sweaters instead of their practice jerseys for the morning skate preceeding a Jan. 22 date at Buffalo. It was a little different for everyone, but most different for Petri Skri-ko: He was wearing a different uniform for the first time in more than six wears. Skriko, the 28-year-old left winger obtained six days earlier from Vancouver for a second-round draft pick, felt understandably odd, but predictably relieved. The trade, which he asked for last summer, ended an uncomfortable ordeal with the Canucks. “Sure it feels different to wear a different sweater,” Skriko said,”but I’ve been waiting so long for the trade that it feels good. I’m lucky; I feel I’m just about bom again.” Skriko played in Vancouver’s first 20 games this season, scoring four goals and eight…
DETROIT PLAYERS GET THEIR WINGS
RED WINGS Redbird One has landed. The Red Wings’ private plane, a remodeled English-built 1968 BAC 1-11, made its maiden voyage Jan. 27, carting its hockey team to and from St. Louis. “It’s really nice,” said Gerard Gallant. “It’s really comfortable. There’s plenty of room to sit back and relax. The guys can play cards on card tables instead of those little trays. The food’s great, everything’s catered. And nobody’s yapping at you all the time to put your seat up and put those tray tables away. It’s so much more relaxing and convenient.” On the return flight, most players and coaches arrived home by 2 a.m.—about an hour sooner than they would have on a normal chartered flight. “Over the haul, it should be a tremendous advantage,” coach and GM…
MODEST BRETT JOINS LEGENDARY HULL OF FAME
Brett Hull joined some select company Jan. 25 at Joe Louis Arena, putting his name in the NHL history books. The Golden Brett did something his Hall-of-Fame father Bobby never could, becoming the fifth player to join the NHL’s exclusive 50-50 club by scoring two goals in the Blues’ 9-4 rout over Detroit. Maurice Richard, Mike Bossy, Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux are the only other players in NHL history to score 50 goals in 50 or fewer games. With 50 goals in 49 games, Hull tied Gretzky for the fourth-quickest trip to 50. Gretzky holds the record with 50 goals in 39 games, but he also scored 50 in 42 games and 50 in 49. Lemieux had 50 in 46 games. “It’s a dream come true,” said Hull, who scored two more the following…