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April 9, 1993
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GREENBERG
Roman wasn’t built in a day. The franchise he plays for, however, practically was. The Tampa Bay Lightning materialized as quickly as a late afternoon Florida rain shower. Phil Esposito, with no money and no chance to get to franchise, went to Japan. “Wanna buy some hockey?” he asked the moneybags there. “Ah yes, sake,” they said. “Uh, right,” Espo said. No need to complicate things by telling them they were investing in Adam Creighton. Nor was there any need for Esposito to prove he, indeed, had the $50 million and a viable plan for an arena. The documents he showed the NHL owners at West Palm Beach in December, 1990 were written in Japanese. Hey, looked good to them. They called for a vote and gave Esposito a franchise. Indeed, next to those…
Wilkinson can rest easy now that deadline has passed
The San Jose Sharks were unable to make any deals before the NHL trade deadline passed March 22 and nobody was happier about that than defenseman Neil Wilkinson. The Sharks listened to serious bids for Wilkinson from the Detroit Red Wings and New York Rangers, but held out for more than either team was willing to pay. And that was a relief to Wilkinson, who insisted he wanted to remain with the Sharks even though the team was challenging the expansion Ottawa Senators for last place overall. “It’s nice to know I’m wanted by this team,” Wilkinson said. “It makes me feel really warm inside to know they turned down offers thinking I could help this team win.” Wilkinson, 25, was so nervous about the possibility of being traded he slept sporadically for four…
ECHL/CHL
Control Trevor Jobe and you stop the Nashville Knights. Unfortunately for the Dayton Bombers, nothing was farther from the truth in the East Coast League’s Western Division playoffs semifinals March 17-20. Jobe, whose 85 goals set a single-season record, scored just three times as the Knights eliminated the Bombers 3-0 in the best-of-five series. Jobe didn’t score as the Knights edged the Bombers 4-3 in the opening game March 17 at Dayton. Troy Mick’s second goal of the game, 7:34 into overtime, was the game-winner. The Knights won the second game by the same score two nights later when Rob Dumas scored with 53 seconds left. The series win was Nashville’s first since 1969. That year, the Nashville Dixie Flyers of the defunct Eastern League eliminated the Greensboro Generals from playoff competition. The turning point of…
Selanne hits new plateau
Rookies and slumps usually go hand-in-hand in the NHL. In Winnipeg, however, Teemu Selanne doesn’t seem to be catching on to that theory. The Finnish Flash continued to pile up the goals, scoring 19 in the first 28 days of March to become the eighth player in NHL history to reach 70. Selanne, the 22-year-old Helsinki native, had a seven-game goal streak alive after potting two in a 3-3 tie with the Los Angeles Kings March 28. Earlier in the week, his two-goal, one-assist performance against the Toronto Maple Leafs vaulted him over Peter Stastny’s NHL rookie points record of 109. The big month put Selanne within three goals of league-leader Alexander Mogilny of the Buffalo Sabres. Selanne had 16 multiple-goal games this season and had scored in 48 of the Winnipeg Jets’ first…
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