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April 26, 1991
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ROTATING WINGS SLOWING YZERMAN
The Detroit Red Wings’ big guns couldn’t have picked a worse time to start shooting blanks. After kicking off what appeared to be the start of a stunning upset with a hat trick in the series opener against the St. Louis Blues, Wings’ captain Steve Yzerman went goal-less the next five games in which he managed only three assists. And Sergei Fedorov, who chipped in a goal in the first game while centering Detroit’s top checking line, also went without a goal the next five games in which the Blues were able to overcome a three-games-to-one deficit and force a seventh game at St. Louis. “For us to win, certain guys have to do well,” Yzerman said after a 3-0 loss in Game 6 at Detroit. “Tonight, I didn’t.” But it wasn’t as though…
REVITALIZED GLYNN SHINES AGAINST ALL ODDS
Before Brian Glynn came to the Minnesota North Stars, the odds were heavily stacked against him. The 6-foot-4, 215-pound defenseman, was a second-round pick (37th overall) of the Calgary Flames in 1986. He played his first pro season with the Flames in 1987-88, but spent most of the next two years with the Flames’ International League farm team in Salt Lake. Last season, he was named top defenseman in the IHL, scoring 61 points in 80 games. “With Calgary, it had almost gotten to the point where I felt I might become a career minor league player,” Glynn said. “The Flames’ roster is a tough one to crack. “Even though it was a tough adjustment to come to a new team with the season already started, it was nice to get a chance…
SAKIC’S SEASON SPLENDID DESPITE MISSING 50
Quebec center Joe Sakic scored 48 goals and 109 points in 80 games this season, estab- lishing himself as one of the NHL’s most talented offensive players. But the 5-foot-l1, 185-pound Burnaby, B.C. native wasn’t completely satisfied with his performance. The main reason? He failed to break the exclusive 50-goal barrier, the NHL’s elite measure of goal-scoring prowess. “I’m a little miffed because I missed so many chances over the last few weeks of the season,” said Sakic. “It’s maddening to come so close. But on the other hand, there really isn’t much I can do about it. So why complain? “I now know I can do it because I’ve come so close. So it makes me all the more eager to get 50 next season. “ Sakic’s late season quest didn’t go unnoticed by…
CAPITALS ENJOY WORKING OVERTIME
CAPITALS Overtime has been a good time for the Washington Capitals in playoff series of late. The Patrick Division series against New York was tied at two games apiece when the Capitals visited Madison Square Garden for Game 5. They left with a 5-4 victory in OT, thanks to a goal by Dino Ciccarelli. Though that was the only OT game of the series, the Capitals had similar good luck in last season’s divisional finals against the Rangers. The Capitals won the last two games of that series with OT goals, by Rod Langway and John Druce. The Capitals are 8-5-0 in playoff OT games, but have won six in a row-…Soviet rookie Dimitri Khristich, who is from Kiev, plans to spend the summer in Northern California after a short trip…
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