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April 23, 1993
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Seeing NHL players in the press box is nothing new, but the league is considering placing an official there for games. The league recently experimented with the idea, having director of officiating Bryan Lewis on hand to help officiate an East Coast League game between the Knoxville Cherokees and Toledo Storm March 13. Lewis didn’t make any calls, but pointed out potential infractions to referee Bernie DeGrace with the use of a headset. “We’re experimenting all the time,” said NHL vice-president of hockey operations Jim Gregory. “There were a lot of positive aspects to this in terms of helping the referee to see what’s going on, but there also were communication problems like dead spots between upstairs and the ice. We’re hoping to do one more game this year.” One…
Cool (left) hand Luc
Luc Robitaille is the best left winger of his era. This is not a platitude. It is a fact, backed up by heavy-duty numbers. Since joining the NHL in 1986, Robitaille has outscored every other portside player. The Montreal native had amassed 344 goals and 707 points in 553 career games. This season, he broke the Los Angeles Kings’ records for goals and points in a season. He also set a new league mark for goals by a left winger. Robitaille’s 61 goals beat the old mark of 60 set by Steve Shutt of the Montreal Canadiens in 1976-77. But where does he rank among the all-time greats at left wing? He has a long way to go before he’s in the class of Bobby Hull, Frank Mahovlich and Johnny Bucyk, but the 27-year-old…
CANADIENS
Montreal Canadiens’ coach Jacques Demers has banned Montreal newspapers from his team’s dressing room and urged his players not to listen to sports phone-in programs on local radio stations. The one exception is USA Today, which is available in Montreal. Demers won’t go ballistic if a player is found with a copy of that newspaper. “I have nothing against the writers and nothing against the papers,” Demers said. “Some of the players were being distracted by what they read in the papers. There’s pressure with the season coming to an end and the playoffs coming up and I told the guys that if there were things that were going to bother them, they shouldn’t read the papers.” Demers continued his daily vigil of devouring Montreal’s newspapers. “Don’t worry,” he said. “I’m still keeping tabs…
Shutt’s record gives way to Lucky’s charm
Luc Robitaille had just set an NHL record for goals by a left winger and his coach, Barry Melrose, was punching buttons on the remote control unit on a television set in his office. “Basketball,” the Los Angeles Kings’ coach huffed. “I’m looking (at highlights) and all they’re showing is the Lakers losing. ‘Lucky’ doesn’t get his just due here in L.A. If he played in New York or Toronto or Montreal, this would be a phenomenal story.” 1 Robitaille didn’t seem to mind. “Ten years ago 1 didn’t think I’d be playing in the NHL and now I have a record,” Robitaille said after he scored goals Nos. 60 and 61 April 8 to give the Kings a 2-1 win over the San Jose Sharks and break Steve Shutt’s record for…
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