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September 3, 1993
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Hockey helped save my son’s life
By its very nature hockey is cold. It also is mean and harsh. But don’t try telling that to my 15-year-old-son, Simon. To him, hockey is aces and its people are the warmest in the world. Simon speaks firsthand because hockey people played a significant part in helping save his life. Mike Keenan, Alexei Kasatonov, Mick Vukota, Paul Stewart, Sean Burke, Jim McKenzie, Kerry Fraser, Lou Vairo, Derek King, Peter McNab and Mike Richter will deny they did anything, but the facts say otherwise. On June 28, a perfectly normal, healthy young goalie collapsed in a doctor’s office of what later was diagnosed as heart failure. Doctors said a virus from a flu he contracted last February at Northwood School in Lake Placid may have attacked his heart and caused the irreversible damage. Simon…
Potvin demands still stand
After a one month cooling off period, the controversial Felix Potvin poker game has resumed. The Leafs were stunned before the entry draft in June by the young goalie’s $2-million-per-season contract demand. And after both the Leafs and Potvin’s agent Gilles Lupien failed to negotiate during the month of July, August arrived and neither side had budged. Lupien reiterated his client’s wish to receive more than a 1,000 per cent pay hike from the $150,000 Potvin took home in 1992-93, and said Potvin would play out his option and head for free agency next summer if the Leafs did not capitulate. Lupien did not rule out the possibility of a training camp holdout by the second-year netminder. “The price is going to get a lot higher a year from now,” Lupien said. Leafs’ general manager…
NHL camp guide
The New York Rangers and Toronto Maple Leafs will have a jolly good time at training camp this season. The Rangers and Maple Leafs conduct five days of training camp in London, England before their regular camp. The teams will play a pair of exhibition games Sept. 11-12 at the 9,500-seat Wembley Arena. The Chicago Blackhawks and Montreal Canadiens made the tour last season. Here’s a look at each team’s training camp locations and starting dates. ANAHEIM MIGHTY DUCKS Duck Pond; Anaheim Sept. 10 BOSTON BRUINS Ristuccia Center; Wilmington, Mass. Sept. 10 BUFFALO SABRES Sabreland; Wheatfield, N.Y. Sept. 11 CALGARY FLAMES Max Bell Arena; Calgary Sept. 10 CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS Chicago Stadium; Chicago Sept. 12 DALLAS STARS North Texas Arena; Irving, Tex. Sept. 12 DETROIT RED WINGS Joe Louis Arena; Detroit Sept. 10 EDMONTON OILERS Northlands Coliseum; Edmonton Sept. 10 FLORIDA PANTHERS Gold Coast Arena; Pompano Beach, Fla. Sept. 10 HARTFORD WHALERS Gutterson…
The anatomy of Stein’s Hall of Fame shame
Here is a chronology of events connected with the Gil Stein affair: October, 1992: Former NHL vice-president and Hall director Brian O’Neill nominated as builder. November, 1992: League president Stein meets with Hall lawyer Rosanne Rocchi and Larry Bertuzzi, an NHL arbitration specialist. Bertuzzi agrees to serve on Hall’s board of directors. Bertuzzi recommends former Canadian prime minister John Turner be named. Rocchi, Bertuzzi, and Turner are all members of Toronto’s Miller Thomson law firm. Stein says he intends to press for rule change that prevents current or recent board members from being elected to Hall. That change makes O’Neill ineligible. December, 1992: Stein asks NHL board of governors’ chairman Bruce McNall to nominate him to Hall and prepares a letter McNall later signs and forwards to Hall president David Taylor. February, 1993: Stein…
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