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September 24, 1993
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Red Deer gets ’95 World Junior event
The world is coming to Red Deer, Alta., in 1995. That year’s World Junior Championship has been awarded to the city of 60,000. It was selected over Moncton, N.B., Quebec City and Kitchener, Ont. The tournament will be held from Dec. 26, 1994 to Jan. 5, 1995. This year’s WJC will be in Prague. The Red Deer Centrium, which seats 6,000, will be the main venue for the tournament. It is home to the Red Deer Rebels of the Western League. But there is the possibility that some games will be played at the Saddledome in Calgary and Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton. Some games will also be played in smaller rinks in outlying communities. TRIAL RUN: It’s unlikely the lawsuit filed against the NHL by its players’ association will ever go to trial. The union launched…
Clarke on lookout for scorer to come out of the woodwork
Roger Neilson’s reputation of having defense-minded teams won’t change this season with the Florida Panthers. It had better not change, because the Panthers aren’t going to win many high-scoring games. On paper, at least, this team looks paper-thin when it comes to offense. The Panthers don’t have a single player on their training camp roster who scored 20 goals in the NHL last season. The closest is Scott Mellanby, who had 15 for the Edmonton Oilers. Mellanby is the only Panther to score 20 goals in his career-four times-and his 121 career goals represents 16 per cent of the 673 goals scored by the camp’s 52-man roster. The Panthers have only four other players who have scored 15 NHL goals-Randy Gilhen, Mike Hough, Dave Lowry (twice) and Jody Hull. “We could use some snipers,…
Recchi’s future secure
Mark Recchi now has something in common with Eric Lindros besides playing on the same line. He has a contract of the same length. Recchi committed himself to the Philadelphia Flyers until 1991 when he agreed to a six-year deal reportedly worth $15 million Sept. 7. The 25-year-old right winger is coming off his best year, one in which he scored 123 points to eclipse Bob Clarke’s single-season mark (119, 1975-76). Even though he had one year plus an option on his old contract, Recchi was agreeable to the renegotiation and long-term commitment. There has been speculation of a salary cap somewhere in the NHL’s future, so players of Recchi’s stature are thinking ahead. Plus, Recchi sounds as if he is ready to make Philadelphia his permanent home. Since his trade from the Stanley Cup champion…
All’s peachy at Melrose Place as coach predicts Cup triumph
If anything, the off-season enhanced Barry Melrose’s rosy outlook on life in the NHL. The Los Angeles Kings’ second-year coach was talking Stanley Cup even before training camp started. “We didn’t quite reach our goal last year,” Melrose said. “Now we’re expecting to win. There’s a big difference between hoping to win and expecting to win.” Until Melrose came along, there was little reason for the Kings to do either. They spent the previous 25 years missing the playoffs or getting knocked out in the first or second round. “At training camp last year Barry said he wanted to win the Stanley Cup and nobody believed him,” said general manager Nick Beverley. “That goal hasn’t changed.” Melrose’s “us against the world” attitude is a big part of his modus operandi. He has already clipped out…