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October 23, 1992
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First place in Adams within Ricci
You want to talk about going out on a limb. It was the first night of the NHL’s national television deal in the United States, and there was this guy from The Hockey News telling the country to believe this one: The Quebec Nordiques will finish first in the Adams Division. It was a ratings gimmick, right? It was something to get those hockeycrazy Americans to watch from week to week to see the guy who really predicted the Quebec Nordiques would win the division. All right, so it’s a no brainer that they will finish ahead of the Hartford Whalers and the Ottawa Senators. But first place in the Adams Division? Hey, even those Americans in Arizona and North Carolina hadn’t been away from hockey long enough to lose sight of a…
Carson deal falls through but may not be dead
The man who would be a King is still a Wing-for now. Detroit Red Wings’ center Jimmy Carson, who began his NHL career in Los Angeles, was traded to Edmonton, then dealt to his hometown team in Detroit, thought he had made it full circle back to the West Coast as the season opened. It didn’t happen. A deal that would have sent Carson back to L.A. had fallen through by the time the Wings played the Kings Oct. 8 (a 5-3 win). Still, Carson believed it was just a matter of time before something transpired. The proposed deal included Carson and minor-league forwards Marc Potvin and Gary Shuchuk for Marty McSorley, another player and draft picks. “We had something we were trying to do,” Wings’ coach-general manager Bryan Murray said. “They agreed to it,…
Straka sits and waits
A shortage of centers in the organization meant Martin Straka was guaranteed a spot on Pittsburgh’s roster the moment the Penguins chose him in the first round of the 1992 entry draft. Nailing down a spot in the Penguins’ lineup has proven to be a lot tougher, however. That’s not a reflection of any shortcomings on Straka’s part. The problem has been the inability of the Penguins and Czechoslovakian officials to negotiate his release. That snag forced Straka, who had been projected as Pittsburgh’s No. 3 center behind Mario Lemieux and Ron Francis, to sit out the Penguins’ first three games, and there was no assurance when he would get clearance to play. “A couple of games is not a bad situation,” Pittsburgh coach Scott Bowman said. “But a couple of weeks, that would…
Magnificent Michigan
The times are changing in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association-but not at the top. Kent State and Notre Dame join the CCHA as full-time members and Alaska-Fairbanks begins as an affiliate. CCHA teams are not required to play the Nanooks during the regular season, but UAF will be seeded 12th in a revamped CCHA playoff format that includes all 12 teams. The new clubs will battle it out at the bottom with depleted Ohio State. Meanwhile old favorites Michigan, Michigan State and Lake Superior State should have the league’s upper echelon to themselves. The Wolverines, Spartans and Lakers have too much talent and tradition to tumble too far. The following is our prediction of how teams will finish this season. Last year’s overall records, division finishes and playoff fortunes are in narentheses. 1. Michigan…
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