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April 2, 1993
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Gosselin solid after emergence from minors
Nearly three years have gone by since Mario Gosselin was last an NHL goalie. It wasn’t easy to keep hoping he would be back. Somewhere along the line, Gosselin admits, he had his doubts. “Maybe I just gave up on that for a while,” Gosselin said. “If you want to play the game, you have to keep fighting and hope things turn out all right.” Injuries to goalies Frank Pietrangelo (bruised ribs) and Sean Burke (back spasms) gave Gosselin his chance with the Hartford Whalers. He started his first game since April 1, 1990-when he played for the Los Angeles Kings-facing the Buffalo Sabres at the Civic Center March 13 after Burke’s back problems acted up. Gosselin allowed three goals in the first period, but finished with 36 saves as the Whalers rallied for…
Indy puts Marks on Ice
The Chicago Blackhawks reached down into the International League and fired Indianapolis Ice coach John Marks and assistant Jim Playfair. Getting fired in a developmental league used to be unthinkable-NHL executives used to explain to fans of minor-league teams their (club’s goal was to develop players, not win. But winning does assist in player development-positive attitude and atmosphere-and minor-league coaches are headed into an era of accountability for their records. “I knew we had to do well after not making the playoffs last year,” said Marks, who was on the final weeks of a two-year contract before getting canned March 16. “The heat was on from Day 1. We’ve had new players here, but I guess Chicago expected more.” Marks was the second coach of an NHL-affiliated team to get fired by a parent…
Ex-Soviet republics win pool medals
The new world order was reflected in the C pool World Championships as former Soviet republics swept the medals. Playing under its own flag for the first time, Latvia defeated the Ukraine 2-0 in the gold-medal game March 21 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Kazakhstan defeated Slovenia 7-3 in the bronze-medal game. Other countries taking part in the tournament were Hungary, South Korea, Australia, Belgium, North Korea, Spain, Israel and South Africa. The Latvians, coached by former Soviet star Helmut Balderis, move up to the B pool next season. Latvia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan were the only former Soviet republics to qualify in a series of tournaments in November. The Slovaks did not qualify because the former Czechoslovakia was still one country when the qualifying tournaments were held. DOWN TO THE WIRE: One of the greatest playoff races…
Clarkson goaltender tastes sweet revenge
Given some extra incentive by the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute players, Clarkson senior goalie Chris Rogles put together superb back-to-back performances to carry the Golden Knights to the Eastern College Athletic Conference championship March 20 in Lake Placid, N.Y. Rogles made 29 saves to lead the Knights past RPI 5-3 in the semifinal and then made 24 stops in the championship game as the Knights beat Brown 3-1. The championship was the second in three years for Clarkson and completed an amazing comeback by the Knights. After winning just two ECAC games in January, Clarkson was 14-1-1 in its last 16 games. The victory gave Clarkson (20-9-5) an automatic NCAA tournament bid. Rogles said comments the RP1 players had made following Clarkson’s 3-1 regular season win over the Engineers in Potsdam, N.Y., gave him…
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