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April 30, 1993
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SABRES
The 1992-93 season was neither the best of times nor the worst of times for the Buffalo Sabres. Just another one of those seasons somewhere in between. The Sabres completed another “around.500 season,” closing with a franchise record-tying seven straight losses to finish at 38-36-10. It marked the third straight year the Sabres were around the.500 mark and the fifth time in the last six seasons. Except for the 1989-90 season when the team went 45-27-8 under coach Rick Dudley, you have to go back to 198485 to find a Sabres’ team that was 10 games above.500. Despite the mediocre record there were some substantial gains. Pat LaFontaine electrified fans with the finest season of his career. Alexander Mogilny broke through to become the dynamic goalscorer his talent long predicted. And goaltender Grant…
McCammon remains after Amerk uprise
The Tri-City Americans did a little spring cleaning. The Americans didn’t renew the contracts of co-coach Mike Busniuk and assistant coach Mike Collins and fired their entire marketing staff. But coach-general manager-president Bob McCammon has been retained. Director of player personnel Roger Johannson and head scout Scott Bonner were also kept on. “It’s nothing different from what most clubs go through,” said owner Ron Toigo. Toigo has enjoyed little success since purchasing the Americans two years ago. The Amerks made the playoffs both years, but were ousted in the first round. Toigo, however, remains confident TriCity will house a winner in the future. “We’ve got one of the best player lists in junior,” Toigo said. “We should be contenders, if not next year, then the year after.” LONG SUMMER: One year after the fact, Saskatoon Blades’ coach…
LETTERS
I had a relationship with a girl from New York City. How she loved to toy with my emotions. She’d tear my heart out, spike it to the ground and tap dance on it. Then she’d swear up and down that it would never happen again. Well, it happened again and again and again. What a sucker I was to be with such a heartless loser. Then one day, I decided I could no longer stand the abuse. I got wise, got some pride, dumped her for good and never looked back. So what does this pathetic little tale have to do with hockey? You figure it out. P.S. 1940. Michael Sorrentino, Nonh Arlington, N.J. Canada shafted It was bad enough to see the NHL expand to South Florida and Anaheim-will it be Hockey Night in Mexico next? Once…
BRUINS
A long, strange trip it was, but in the end, the Boston Bruins enjoyed their finest campaign in 10 years. In his first year as Bruins’ coach, Brian Sutter often compared an NHL season to a footrace: “If you start fast and finish fast, what comes between tends to take care of itself,” Sutter said. Sutter’s club opened 13-3-2 and closed with one of the great comebacks in franchise history. Trailing the Adams Division-leading Montreal Canadiens by 15 points, the Bruins won 18 of their final 21 games to claim the division title. Sandwiched between the terrific start and finish were some difficult times, notably a 1-6-0 stretch in late-December and early-January. What turned things around-aside from great seasons from Ray Bourque, Andy Moog and the return of Cam Neely-was the team’s acceptance…
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