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April 26, 1991
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UNCERTAIN FUTURE MAY HAVE VOIDED SEASON
Once the coach took the fall, spring became the fashionable time to come clean in Winnipeg. After Bob Murdoch’s firing, numerous Jets’ skaters and general manager Mike Smith admitted to at least partial responsibility for April without playoffs. Even Jets’ president Barry Shenkarow said some of the fault is his, since he has been at the center of a big-stakes controversy that has raged at different degrees in the city. “We’ve had turmoil off the ice on almost a constant basis,” Shenkarow said. “That has got to stop. It’s very frustrating to the whole organization. To build an organization in the proper manner, you must build on solid foundation.” And build is the key word. Shenkarow has tried very hard for going on eight years—but especially in the past two—to make his views very clear…
HORNETS WIN HOCKEY NEWS BATTLE OF CHAMPS
The championship final of The Hockey News Classic Cup tournament in Orangeville featured a battle of the titans. Both the Cambridge Hornets and Aurora Highland Chev-Olds previously won tournaments. A goal by Wes Jarvis in a shootout competition gave Cambridge a 4-3 overtime victory and the $ 1,000 purse in the 11-team tournament April 5-7. Cambridge won the Classic Cup tournament in Kitchener Dec. 7-9, and Aurora captured the Newmarket tournament Dec. 2830. John Vandergriendt, Bill Slumskie and Jarvis scored for the Hornets in regulation time, while Mike Sedore, Scott Tyo and Stewart Smith had goals for the Highlands. Cambridge goalie Joe Persia stopped John Kellet and Sedore and surrendered a goal to Roger Gwilliams in the penalty-shot session. Aurora goalie Don Fawcett stopped Phil McKenzie before allowing goals to Vandergriendt and…
HAWKS DIG OWN GRAVE
The Chicago Blackhawks contributed to their early exit from post-season by collecting an extraordinary array of dumb penalties. “Minnesota played with a lot of determination. a lot of intelligence, they were well coached and they deserved to win this series,” Blackhawks’ coach Mike Keenan said. “We lacked discipline and too many penalties led to too many (Minnesota) power plays. Minnesota was more prepared than we were to play playoff hockey.” The Hawks collected 278 penalty minutes in the six-game series and put the North Stars on the power play 54 times. That led to a playoff record 15 power-play goals. “A lot of (the Blackhawks) wounds were self-inflicted,” North Stars’ coach Bob Gainey said. Minnesota scored eight even-strength goals. “We were the most penalized team in the league during the regular season,” Keenan said, “but…
HAWKS, AMERICANS ADVANCE TO SEMIFINALS
The Moncton Hawks and Rochester Americans had little trouble advancing to the American League’s Calder Cup semifinals. The Binghamton Rangers and Fredericton Canadiens were on the verge of joining them. Moncton swept its Northern Division quarterfinal series from the Cape Breton Oilers 4-0, while Rochester rebounded from a Game I loss to win the next four games against the Hershey Bears in the Southern Division. The loss of goalie Mike O’Neill didn’t keep Moncton from eliminating Cape Breton. The Hawks won Game 1’5-4 in overtime April 5 and beat the Oilers 6-4 the next night. O’Neill dislocated his shoulder in a goal-mouth collision in the second period of Game 3 April 8. Francois Gravel, made the best of his tryout contract and took over for O’Neill. Brian Ford, another tryout-contract goalie, came out…
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