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March 15, 1991
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CHEVELDAE WORKING HARD BUT HAVING FUN
When the season began, Tim Cheveldae was just another young goaltender—one of eight at training camp—looking for regular work in the NHL. But with the playoffs approaching, coachgeneral manager Bryan Murray was concerned about the amount of overtime his young goalie had logged in his first full NHL season. Entering the final three weeks of the season, Cheveldae had played in 57 of Detroit’s 68 games, second only to Chicago’s Ed Belfour, who had appeared in all but five of Chicago’s 67 games. Cheveldae’s heavy workload—no goalie has worked as many games under Murray in the NHL—was the reason Murray tried to acquire a goalie before the trade deadline March 5. He wanted to take some pressure off the feisty, 23-year-old, Melville, Sask., native. “When the season started, I was hoping we could get 40…
KNEE PAIN CLAIMS ANOTHER CAREER
The departure of Boston Bruins’ defenseman Michael Thelven from the NHL scene appeared as little more than a note in most daily newspapers across North America. When chronic right knee pain finally drove the classy Swede into premature retirement Feb. 26, even the Boston media gave it lighter treatment than it deserved. One local television station, for example, covered the story just in passing reference. But among the Bruins themselves, there was no diminishing the loss—the latest for a franchise accustomed to seeing great talents struck down in their prime. “I tried my best, what can I do?” said the 30-year-old Thelven as he announced his decision. “I got so close to coming back. There was still some pain, but I knew my knee would never be 100 per cent again. I believed…
ODDITIES
Edmonton center Adam Graves was set to emerge as an impact player this season after shining in the playoffs last year. But things haven’t worked out. On Feb. 22 against Detroit, he had two goals in a 5-5 tie. Two nights later, he scored twice against Quebec in a 6-3 win. In those two games, Graves had twice as many goals (four) as he did in his first 57 games (two).…
NHL SHOULD STRESS STABILTY, NOT MOBILITY
My biggest worry about my favorite league is its initials may soon change from the NHL to the NCL—the National Carpetbaggers League. What’s going on here? Every time I turn around, it seems like another rumor has popped up about a team threatening to move. I was just getting comfortable with president John Ziegler assuring us the NHL was so stable it could afford to expand into such uncharted territories as San Jose and Tampa Bay. And now, even the filthy-rich Pittsburgh Penguins are reportedly on the block. But don’t get me wrong. There’s nothing wrong with unloading a team. Half of my least-favorite football club—the National Football League’s New York Giants—was recently sold for almost $100 million. It’s a free country, isn’t it? What scares me, though, is all the talk about moving franchises. For…
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