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February 26, 1993
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DIGEST
The boys of winter could come within a week of becoming the boys of summer. If one conference championship and the Stanley Cup finals go seven games, the last game will be played June 14, the latest in NHL history. Because of the strike, the NHL season concluded June 1 last season, the first time in league history it has stretched into the sixth month of the year. The playoffs begin April 18 with Game 1 of the Wales Conference semifinals. The Campbell Conference semifinals begin the next night. Division finals start May 2 in the Wales and May 3 in the Campbell. The Wales championship is set for May 16, with the Campbell final starting the next night. The Stanley Cup finals are scheduled to begin June 1, but could begin earlier if both…
Show must go on
Scratch the veneer off any question regarding the NHL and prepare to find television. The influence of television has touched plans for the entry draft, the Stanley Cup playoffs, the Olympic Dream Team and everything in between. Officials from both the hockey and administrative arms of the league are weighing the merits of convening this year’s NHL entry draft, scheduled for June 26 in Quebec City, over two days. The idea came from the league’s event marketing department and general managers. Governors are expected to study the proposal this month. By holding the initial two rounds on the night of Friday, June 25, the NHL could deliver the most interesting part of the draft to a prime-time Friday night audience. ESPN, the most likely American broadcaster, is not scheduled to carry the draft, but…
Controlling beast within solution to consistency
Distinguishing what the Buffalo Sabres are and what they can be is a difficult undertaking. What is it that makes them so enjoyable and then disappointing, often in the same week? Such was the case when the Sabres lost 4-2 in Ottawa Feb. 8, won 6-2 in Winnipeg Feb. 10, lost 3-1 at home to Vancouver Feb. 12 and beat defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh 7-4 Feb. 14 at Memorial Auditorium. In the Ottawa and Vancouver games, the Sabres were listless and were it not for Grant Fuhr’s goaltending, the scores would have been blowouts. Against Winnipeg and Pittsburgh, the Sabres skated with intensity. beating the Jets going away. They then rallied from a 3-0 deficit against Pittsburgh. If only the Sabres could bottle their magic one game and use it to fight off…
CANADIENS
Like the great fighter who picks himself off the canvas at the count of nine and recovers to knock out his opponent, Andre Racicot continues to give the Montreal Canadiens a solid one-two punch in goal. Racicot appeared dead and buried as an adequate backup a couple of—juries this season. He allowed 10 ^oals to the New York Rangers in mid-December and in late January surrendered six to the New Jersey Devils. But he has been dazzling ever since. The nickname ‘Red light’, given by some because of the goal light behind him, doesn’t apply any more. The backup netminder started his roll Jan. 30, when he allowed one goal in 35 minutes against the Ottawa Senators after replacing Patrick Roy, who developed back spasms. The following day against the Philadelphia Flyers, Racicot…
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