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March 8, 1991
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WRITERS EXAMINING PENSION DISPUTE
The militant NHL Alumni Association, which is battling the league over allegedly unpaid pension funds, has inadvertently found allies in Victoria, B.C., authors Alison Griffiths and David Cruise are completing a book on hockey finances to be published next fall. “We’ll have a deeper story that goes far beyond the $26 million surplus they’re fighting about,” says Griffiths. Another publishing insider says the book will shock the NHL, depending on how the alumni legally pursues the issue. Griffiths says a key player in the book is Carl Brewer, who is leading the alumni fight from his Toronto home. “It took me 18 months to get Brewer to return my phone calls,” Griffiths says, “but he has been very informative. One of the main things we’ve discovered is what retired players…
ODDITIES
The theory suggesting defensive teams are better on the road must be true. If percentages through Feb. 25 continue, it will mark the fourth consecutive year the Adams Division has had the best road winning percentage in the league. Over the same time span, an Adams’ team has never had the best home winning percentage. Cam Neely and the Boston Bruins had the best home percentage through Feb. 25—72.6 per cent.…
HEALTHY SKRUDLUND RETURHS JUST IN TIME
Brian Skrudland hesitated for a just moment while arranging his equipment in his stall in the Montreal Canadiens’ dressing room. “Where does this stuff go again, Toup?” he asked equipment assistant Sylvain Toupin. “It has been so long since you practised you don’t remember where your equipment goes?” asked Toupin. Skrudland, who has been sidelined with a broken foot for 15 games, was just kidding. He eventually figured out which piece of equipment went on which hook. And best of all for Montreal, the 27-year-old center returned to the lineup in a 3-3 tie with Toronto Feb. 23. “It’s just a matter of getting in shape and getting some of my blinding speed back,” Skudlund said with a wink. Skrudlund’s return was good news for the struggling Canadiens. After coping remarkably well with key injuries to…
67’S CENTER SIMONIZED AFTER WEIGHT REDUCTION
For a while there, Ottawa 67’s left winger Chris Simon should have beer, called Simon & Simon. He was that bulky. Sidelined with a shoulder injury for the first 45 games of the season, the burly Wawa, Ont., native ballooned to 246 pounds. Nine games into his return with the Ontario League 67’s, Simon was down to 230 and had scored seven goals and 10 points. “It’s not that I have a weight problem,” Simon said. “It’s just an injury and al) those months of inactivity start to weigh on you.” Simon, 19, was chosen 25th overall by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1990 NHL entry draft. He injured his shoulder in a fight during the first week of the Flyers’ training camp. Surgery was required to repair a tom cartilage, tom rotator…
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