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April 12, 1991
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McSORLEY, FLEURY SHARE LEAGUE LEAD
KINGS It came down to the final game of the season, but Marty McSorley was able to catch Calgary’s Theoren Fleury for the league’s best plusminus figure. Each finished a plus-48 after McSorley was a plus-one in the Kings’ 5-3 loss to Calgary March 31, a game Fleury sat out. “I thought about it a little bit, but only because the game didn’t mean very much,” McSorley said. “When you’re on a good team, you’re going to have a good plus-minus. I was minus a whole whack when I played for Pittsburgh. “…John Tonelli collected his 500th career assist in that game and kept the puck as a memento…Dave Taylor and Larry Robinson used unconventional means to get updates on Calgary’s 6-5 overtime loss in Edmonton March 29, which clinched the…
SAKIC, SUNDIN BRIGHT SPOTS FOR LAST-PLACE CLUB
Things don’t seem to happen quite the same way in Quebec as they do elsewhere in the NHL. And 1990-91 was no exception. While most teams are now involved in the playoffs, the Nordiques are once again lamenting how some day they might make the post-season party. But despite their inability to reach the playoffs for the third consecutive season, several positive things happened in Quebec this season. The first, believe it or not, was their last-place finish. Quebec’s position in the NHL cellar assured them of the first pick in June’s 1991 entry draft. That will most certainly be the NHL’s next franchise player, Eric Lindros. The 6-foot-5, 228-pound Oshawa (Ontario League) center has been pegged as the 1991 entry draft’s first overall selection since 1988. And with Lindros and possibly Soviet star Valeri…
CITADELS MAKING CASE FOR DEFENSE
It took almost five months, but the Halifax Citadels finally got the message. Defense wins hockey games. For most of the season, the Citadels had the dubious distinction of being the American League’s top-scoring team but also the top scored-against team. “I think we got a little preoccupied in the amount of goals we were scoring,” said assistant coach Dean Hopkins, “and not concentrating in our own end. I think that’s a big reason why we’ve struggled all year.” In 50 of their 77 games this season, the Citadels allowed four goals or more. Six times they’ve allowed six goals in a game and nine times they’ve allowed seven. But the Citadels have tightened up in their end in the final month of the season. In the first 10 games of March, the Citadels…
NHL PRO SET SPOTLIGHT
St. Louis Blues’ goaltender Vincent Riendeau, who registered three straight wins, including his third shutout of the season, a 1.67 goals-against-average and a.942 save percentage, was named NHL Pro Set Player of the Week for the period ending March 31. Riendeau edged two Blues’ teammates, center Adam Oates and right winger Brett Hull, and Boston Bruins’ defenseman Ray Bourque for the honor. Throughout the 1990-91 NHL season, Pro Set, Inc. has donated $500 to the youth hockey organization designated by the Player of the Week. Pro Set has also contributed $1,000 on behalf of the Player of the Month and will contribute $7,500 for the Player of the Year Award. As a first-year sponsor of these NHL awards, Pro Set is contributing over $26,000 to youth hockey organizations across North America. Riendeau began…