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April 17, 1992
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Injury to St. Jacques seals Hurricanes’ fate
The Lethbridge Hurricanes lost their best player and their inspirational leader when Kevin St. Jacques had to leave the East Division quarterfinal series against the Saskatoon Blades. The Hurricanes, who trailed the best-of-seven series 2-1 when St. Jacques took himself out the lineup, dropped the next two games and were eliminated from the playoffs. St. Jacques, who led the Western League in scoring during the regular season with 65 goals and 140 points in 71 games, aggravated a hernia injury he sustained in late December. “His absence affected us,” Hurricanes’ coach Bob Loucks said. “It took away from our offense, not only on the power play but he killed penalties as well. You don’t replace guys like that.” St. Jacques, 20, was uncertain how he sustained the injury. He first experienced pain when he…
Same old story; fans lose again
Once again a professional sport bites the hand that feeds it. The players complain the owners don’t share the wealth; the owners counter there isn’t a lot of wealth to share. I wish someone would share with those involved the idea that without us, the fans, they wouldn’t be getting paid at all. Fans buy the tickets, keep the concession stands busy and purchase everything from posters to pucks. Those of us who aren’t lucky enough to live in an NHL market or own satellite dishes, pour our money into local sports pubs to support our favorite sport. So, who really loses? The players? Not if they’ve invested their money. The owners? Let’s be realistic. No poor man owns a franchise in any sport. The fans and local tavern owners lose out big time.…
Green’s partnership idea deviates from the Norm
I’s time for hockey players to put their money where their mouths are. That’s how Minnesota North Stars’ owner Norman Green feels. He thinks NHL owners and players should become partners and share profit and loss equally in new ventures. He says players seem more interested in sharing profits or, more precisely, revenue. “There are levels of partnership and areas of partnership that make sense,” Green said. “We’ve always had partnerships with our players in international hockey and we’ve barely scratched the surface. The issue of trading cards is treated as a partnership. “In the kind of partnership I’m talking about, you would need to be a partner in profit and loss. We’re talking about a pure partnership, where we, the owners and the players’ association, make a seed-money investment, both make a…
Distraught Keenan prepared to start over again
The day after NHL players went on strike, Chicago Blackhawks’ coachgeneral manager Mike Keenan was behind his desk at Chicago Stadium making plans for next season. “The position I’ve taken mentally and psychologically is I’m starting to prepare for next year,” Keenan said. “That’s the only way we can pursue our business. The way I see it, we’ve played our last game this season.” Keenan was disappointed because the team he worked so hard to assemble might not get a chance to win the Stanley Cup. Keenan made 16 trades since last July. It was finally looking like things were starting to gel for Keenan and the Hawks when the strike was called. “The team was coming together, and I think we were posturing well,” Keenan said. “With the number of changes we made…
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