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April 24, 1992
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Player of the Week
Scott McCulloch’s hockey career to date should be an inspiration to handicapped kids who lack the confidence to play a demanding team sport. The 11-year-old resident of North Gower, Ont., has severe hearing loss in both ears and must use hearing aids. He decided to play without the benefit of aids this season as he felt they were more of a hindrance than help on the ice. That hasn’t affected McCulloch’s effectiveness. The 4-foot-10, 95-pound center recently scored six goals in one game for his Merrickville Royal Bank atom team. The Grade 6 student at Rideau Valley Middle School in Kars, Ont., likes to collect cards and cheers for the Detroit Red Wings and Steve Yzerman. You or someone you know can be a part of Coca-Cola Minor Hockey Showcase. Just send a photograph…
Purridge poised to return
Like other NHL teams, the Washington Capitals fretted about the 10-day players’ strike. But there were immediate on-ice benefits that had little to do with the new collective bargaining agreement. The delay in the regular season and playoffs allowed Randy Burridge extra time to recover from arthroscopic surgery on his left knee. Wurridge was the Capitals’ leading scorer with 23 goals and 67 points when he was hurt March 1. He made significant progress and skated a couple times during the strike. He also took part in the first three post-strike practices. “I’m glad because the strike has given me a chance to get back and we see ourselves as having a legitimate shot at the Stanley Cup. We’re pretty excited,” Burridge said. “I would not have been ready for the start of the…
Short break just what slumping team needed
In the long run, Montreal Canadiens’ coach Pat Bums figures his club will be helped by the 10-day break afforded by the first league-wide strike in NHL history. And with the way the Canadiens’ were playing before the break, it certainly couldn’t have hurt. The Canadiens were suffering through their longest losing streak of the season-they hadn’t won in six games (0-4-2)—and dropped their first game back, 3-1 to the Buffalo Sabres April 12. “The 10 days could give us extra energy somewhere along the way,” Bums said. “It could definitely give us an advantage because we don’t have a big, physical team. We have a small team and the smaller players tend to tire quicker near the end of the season. (The strike) will probably help us.” The Canadiens struggled, Bums believes, because…
Donato misses another chance to rub shoulders with president
Ted Donato has done just about everything this season except meet the president of the United States. The 23-year-old center started the year by making the U.S. Olympic team, had surgery on his ailing right shoulder and played in the grueling pre-Olympic road tour before appearing in the Olympics in February. After the tournament was over, he negotiated his first NHL contract and tried to carve a niche with the Boston Bruins. Finally, he joined his new teammates in the NHL players’ strike. Throughout it all, Donato missed an opportunity to meet the president. He wasn’t with his Olympic teammates when they were invited to meet George Bush at the White House April 7. It wasn’t because he was busy however. Donato, like his NHL brethren, was patiently waiting out the strike, hoping the ordeal would…
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