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November 20, 1992
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Canadian amateur hockey bodies sever ties
The Canadian Amateur Hockey Association and Hockey Canada have severed their relationship. The split occurred because of a disagreement over which body controls the International Hockey Centre of Excellence. The center, which is funded primarily by the Calgary Flames, is located in the Saddledome and is a resource center with an extensive video library open to amateur teams and coaches in Canada. Hockey Canada, which is also based in the Saddledome, announced recently it considers itself the sole owner and operator of the center. The center was established in 1986. “We agreed in January of 1986 when the center came into existence, no one entity should control it,” said Murray Costello, president of the CAHA. “That way no one would make gains at the expense of others.” Hockey Canada president Ron Robison disagreed with…
Oh, Mi-ami! Redskins scalp Spartans at Munn
The Miami Redskins are serving notice that last season’s surprising fifth-place finish was not an accident. After splitting a season-opening series at Alaska-Fairbanks Oct. 23-24, the Redskins scalped the Michigan State Spartans, taking a two-game set Oct. 30-31 at Munn Arena. It was the first time the Spartans had been swept at home since Feb. 24-25, 1989, when Lake Superior State took four points in East Lansing. The Redskins (3-1-0) were one game behind defending Central Collegiate Hockey Association champion Lake Superior (4-0-0) after the first two weekends of play. “I don’t look at it as an upset,” said Miami head coach George Gwozdecky, a former assistant at MSU. “We didn’t play well in the first and second period of the first game, but (goaltender) Rich Shulmistra kept use close. We played much better…
But can anyone in China play hockey?
We return you now to Montreal, June 21, 1992, and the NHL entry draft is in progress. But first, a word of warning: ignore that background chatter you’re hearing about Marcel Aubut dealing Eric Lindros to Philadelphia, then to the New York Rangers, then to the guy who offered The Three Stooges $1,000 (U.S.) for their junk car. Really, what’s the worry? John Ziegler is president, he’ll just have to fix the glut d’Aubut, won’t he? Yeah, that’s it, just like the Pavel Bure thing. Not to worry. Ah, well, back to the draft, down to the floor of the Montreal Forum. Just listen to all those phonetic fender-benders piling up into the microphone in the first round. Yashin, Kasparaitis and Nazarov. Krivokrasov, Gonchar, Kvartalnov and Bautin. Pick a name, repeat it three…
Capital Collapse
They are not Senators so much as foot soldiers, the cannon fodder on which all future gains, both great and small, will be built. The expansion Ottawa Senators are a particularly untalented collection of journeymen and discards earning a major-league salary and a chance to stay in the game. They are not paid to win, they are paid to play hard. They are supposed to be disappointed when they lose, but they can’t be too remorseful because, despite their honest efforts they will lose often-probably in record numbers. “We’re professionals,” said goalie Peter Sidorkiewicz,”and we have to try to make the best of it. But no one likes to lose.” The 1974-75 Washington Capitals are the worst team in modem NHL history thanks to a record of eight wins, 67 losses and five ties…
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