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January 31, 1992
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Raleigh rallies after trades reshape team
A tip from Bob Johnson’s book, several shrewd trades and a goaltender looking for a second chance have provided a winning formula behind the rapid rise of the Raleigh IceCaps. A team-record six-game winning streak in January enabled the IceCaps to emerge from the East Division basement and establish themselves as a playoff threat. The expansion team got off to a tough start, winning four of its first 14 games. But coach Kurt Kleinendorst never gave up on his players. “All along I thought we’d be okay,” Kleinendorst said. “I really believed we’d eventually start winning once we learned to put a couple of wins together.” Kleinendorst credits the late Bob Johnson for setting a positive example for coaches to follow. “Through the tough times, I took a chapter out of Bob’s book,” he said.…
Funny thing happened on way to Coliseum
It hasn’t exactly been a barrel of laughs inside the New York Islanders’ dressing room this season but don’t try to lay the blame for that on Patrick Flatley or Glenn Healy. The team’s captain and No. 1 goaltender have teamed up for a unique TV comedy show. Depending on who you talk to, it’s called either, The Heals and Flats Show or The Flats and Heals Show. Whatever the title, the pair is funny enough to have persuaded SportsChannel New York producer Kevin Meininger to run its act through the season. The five-minute program runs between periods during televised Islander away games. “I was looking for a way of showing that there is personality among NHL players, apart from the Gretzkys and Lemieuxs,” Meininger says. “The show is completely ad libbed,…
Captain Fantastic
Peer pressure and responsibility. They aren’t new concepts. After hearing these phrases so often, it’s obvious they’re the fresh focal points of the Winnipeg Jets, an organization undergoing an image evolution. A big part of the image change has involved new occupants in the dressing room, Troy Murray in particular. “He has come in and given us real strong leadership, something that we really needed,” said Jets’ general manager Mike Smith, who acquired Murray in a July trade with Chicago. “He’s very demanding of the players. “He demands that the players are accountable and responsible and I think Troy has had a lot to do with the year we’re having.” Smith gave up Bryan Marchment and Chris Norton for Murray and Warren Rychel. He made the deal because he felt the team needed a player…
Oates stays… for now
It took a meeting that never took place to keep Adam Oates in a St. Louis uniform. Blues’ chairman Mike Shanahan agreed to meet Oates at the All-Star Game to discuss the disgruntled center’s demands for a new contract. The meeting never took place, as Shanahan left the game early. But the fact Shanahan organized the meeting was enough to delay Oates’ threatened walkout. Oates attended practice Jan. 20, the day the Blues returned from the all-star break. His contract dispute, though, remained at a standoff. Oates still wants to restructure the four-year, $3.2-million contract extension he agreed to last summer. The Blues have refused, but the two sides have had enough dialogue to keep Oates around. “They told me (Shanahan) would talk to me, and I’ll give them a grace period, I guess,” Oates…
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