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November 29, 1991
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He’s King for a day, a week, maybe even for all season
The one constant during the New York Islanders’ change-filled early season has been the scoring touch of Derek King. That in itself is an achievement for a player who always has found consistency elusive. King, a 24-year-old left winger, had 12 goals and eight assists in 17 games, showing the form that made him a 106-point scorer in junior hockey and a first-round draft pick in 1985. “He has always had the knack around the net,” coach Al Arbour said. “But he has to do it game in and game out.” While Arbour was guarded in praising King’s good start, he did say the left winger has been more focused in every part of the game. King’s goals have not occurred during meaningless stretches of routs. He averaged a goal a game in the…
Black out plan: Yeah that’s the ticket
Leave it to the New York Rangers to come up with the most creative marketing scheme to sell tickets. The Rangers put together a Mark Messier plan, in which they’ve used Messier’s No. 11 to sell an 11-game season-ticket plan. You could argue the Rangers missed the boat on this one. After all, wasn’t it more natural to market a Stanley Cup season-ticket plan which would be good for one ticket to a game every 52 years? Or how about the Brian Leetch plan, where your seat is changed every period and you’re never seated in the Rangers’ defensive zone. The Rangers have stumbled onto something here, and the concept is too good to be limited to just Broadway. The possibilities are endless, and stretch from Vancouver to Long Island. For example, the…
Cougars roaring with league’s best offense
The Regina Cougars have given a lot of credence to the theory the best defense is a good offense. The Cougars led the Canada West Universities Athletic Association with a 6-1-1 record and 51 goals in their first eight games. The Cougars’ latest victims were the Calgary Dinosaurs, who had allowed only 15 goals in five games leading up to their two games against Regina Nov. 9 and 10. Led by Darrin McKechnie, Len Nielsenand Troy Edwards, Regina beat the previously-unbeaten Dinos 7-4 and 8-4. McKechnie led all CWUAA scorers with five goals and 18 points, while Nielsen and Edwards moved into a tie for second with 16 points. ADAM’S HOT: Alberta’s Adam Morrisonled the league with 11 goals in his first seven games. The fifth-year senior is in 10th place in CWUAA career…
Mr. Consistency has been consistently bad
Many players would be thrilled with a point-per-game pace after a quarter of a season. But for Steve Larmer it was considered a sluggish start. Larmer’s numbers weren’t bad (12 goals and 22 points in 22 games), but at his pace the right winger would end up with 80 points, his lowest output since he had 76 points in 1984-85. Larmer finished with a career-high 101 points on 44 goals and 57 assists last season. “I haven’t played a good game all year,” Larmer said. “I’ve been terrible. I’m making too many mental mistakes. I’m trying to force plays and hit home runs instead of singles.” Larmer was almost believing people who said he was suffering a let down following the high of playing for Team Canada in the Canada Cup.-Larmer was one…
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