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November 27, 1992
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Primeau soars after L.A. deal
The Detroit Red Wings got a pleasant surprise after the trade which brought Paul Coffey from the Los Angeles Kings: Keith Primeau showed signs of playing up to his enormous potential. It seemed like a bit of a gamble when the Wings traded Jimmy Carson for Coffey Jan. 29, but it began paying bigger dividends when Primeau assumed Carson’s job as the third-line center. “We found a new player in Keith Primeau,” said coach-general manager Bryan Murray. “I don’t think there’s any question about that.” The 6-foot-4, 220-pound Primeau has been a disappointment after being drafted third overall in the 1990 entry draft. He had just 11 goals and 21 points in 54 games this season and six goals and 16 points in 35 games last year. But in the best game of his…
Mr. Smith goes to dressing room to reassure team
Mike Smith prides himself on being a general manager who doesn’t meddle in the daily affairs of his hockey team. But with the Winnipeg Jets off to a miserable start to the season, Smith made a dramatic departure from his style and went to the dressing room Nov. 9, the day after the club had lost its fifth straight game to fall to 4-11-0. It was the first time in his four-year tenure as Jets’ GM that he called for such a crisis conference and it was not held to raise the roof. Rather, Smith gave an emotional 10minute address to his players and coach John Paddock to make it clear he’s interested only in seeing them succeed and that they can count on his support as they try to pull out…
League planning all-star festivities for next season
The American League’s annual mid-winter meeting took place in Montreal during the NHL’s all-star weekend and the surrounding hoopla apparently sparked creative thinking. With NHL festivities as the backdrop, the AHL’s board of governors initiated plans for its own All-Star Game beginning next season. For years the AHL resisted offers from the International League for an inter-league All-Star Game. Many AHL owners were also against a game within their own league. “There was a group that remembers when the AHL used to do an All-Star Game (in the 1960s) and it wasn’t successful financially,” said league marketing director Bob Ohrablo. The IHL’s success with an all-star contest apparently has changed their thinking, though there has been no official announcement on the matter. “It’s still in the discussion stages,” Ohrablo said. “If it can be a…
Lightning strikes Tampa Bay confounds the experts by making strong case for defense
It isn’t entirely Greek to us how the Tampa Bay Lightning have enjoyed so much success as an expansion team. But it doesn’t hurt that Chris Kontos, whose father comes from Athens, was scoring a goal per game through mid-November. Just as remarkable as Kontos’ sudden offensive explosion is that the defensemen have also averaged about a goal per game. In fact through games of Nov. 14, no team had more goals from their defense than the 19 scored by Lightning rearguards. (See accompanying table.) It was obvious right from the June expansion draft the Lightning would be strong on the blueline. But no one could have expected the defense to be so offensive. “When we get the puck back to the defensemen the second time on the power play, we shoot the…
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