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October 25, 1991
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Nicholls and dimes another reason in holdout
Holdout Bernie Nicholls keeps changing his tune. But they all sound the same. The former New York Ranger obtained by the Oilers in the Mark Messier trade has been suspended for not reporting and loses about $9,000 of his $700,000 U.S. salary for every game he misses. He appeared to soften his stance when he came out with a salary request. But a day later he told a Los Angeles reporter that he’d like to play with the Kings again. “I’m not getting paid what Mark Messier was getting paid. If they were willing to pay me what Mark Messier was making ($1,159 million in Canadian funds last year), that would help my wife decide to move. “They say they’re not rebuilding and want to win. They’ve got to fill Mark Messier’s shoes and…
Quiet unbeaten streak team’s best start ever
There was a buzz about Washington the second week in October. The U.S. Senate was trying to confirm the appointment of a justice to the Supreme Court amid charges that he sexually harrassed a former employee. The Redskins remained undefeated. Oh. and so were the Capitals—or at least, longer than they had ever been undefeated before. Through their first 17 seasons in the NHL there were some very lean years. But even when the team had 107 points, it did not burst from the gate like a thoroughbred aching to run. The Capitals never managed to even win the first two games—until this season. The Capitals won their first four, in fact. They opened with a 5-2 win over Philadelphia Oct. 4 followed by a 3-1 victory the next night at home…
Sharing the wealth a priority
Though speculation on whether Brett Hull can score 100 goals has been all the rage, the St. Louis Blues have geared their offense around him as a 50- or 60-goal scorer. They want to spread the scoring wealth around to avert the disaster that befell the team last season in the Norris Division finals. Minnesota placed its defensive emphasis on stopping Hull and the Blues’ pop-gun attack couldn’t cut it. “Do we want to see happen what happened against Minnesota again?” coach Brian Sutter said. “If we had put the puck in the net, we’d have been very happy, but we didn’t. Everybody puts pressure on Brett, but we added other guys to take pressure off him. If Hullie’s not there, other people can do the job.” Hull ascribed to this theory in…
Net loss, Knights’ gain
There’s no truth to the rumor that required equipment for Eastern College Athletic Conference goaltenders this season will be tags that read, “Hello, My Name Is…” But it wouldn’t hurt. The ECAC was hit by a mass exodus of goaltenders last spring; half of the league’s 12 teams will be using goalies who have little or no college experience. “It’s just part of the four-year cycle,” says RPI coach Buddy Powers. Easy for him to say. He has a pair (Sean Kennedy, Neil Little) of returning netminders. But look at the teams that will be using unproven goalies: At Cornell, coach Brian McCutcheon lost currie D’Alessio and Jim Crozier. Sophomore Parris Duffus, who played just 37 minutes last year, inherits the No. 1 job. At Vermont, the Catamounts lost Mike Millham and Glenn…
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