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March 11, 1994
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Give me former format any time
As the 60-game mark whizzed by, I felt like Grant Jennings trying to stand up at the blueline on Sergei Fedorov. The Florida Panthers were over.500. The San Jose Sharks and Mighty Ducks of Anaheim were ahead of the Los Angeles Kings. The Quebec Nordiques had fewer points than the Tampa Bay Lightning. I must have joined Gordie Roberts in The Twilight Zone. Desperately, I searched the rosters for some form of reality and fortunately, found Marty McSorley still playing for the Kings. Of course, it has long been the theory of casual fans that anything happening through February doesn’t amount to a hill of Wayne McBeans. March 1 is the traditional start of the who-is-going-to-play-whom-in-the-playoffs season, so I checked the standings to figure out how the races were shaping up. Immediately, I…
Canadians prove all that glitters not gold medals
LILLEHAMMER, Norway-Todd Hlushko summed up the feelings of the Canadian Olympic team when faced a throng of reporters with a silver medal around this neck. “Two weeks ago,” Hlushko said, “we were just a bunch of players, but look at how we developed into a team. Just think what this team would have done had it been together for a month or more.” Hlushko had a point. The team that came one shot away from giving Canada its first hockey gold medal since 1952 got better and better with every game. Almost nobody-with the exception of the players themselves-thought the Canadians would be challenging for gold on the last day of the tournament. Canada lived by the shootout with a pivotal victory over Germany in 1992 and died by the shootout two years…
Automobile accident leaves Chiefs shorthanded
Johnstown Chiefs’ general manager John Daley is faced with a shorthanded situation. His team may have to play several men short the rest of the season. Daley and coach Eddie Johnstone intended to spend the final month of the season polishing their lineup for the playoffs. Now they are scrambling to fill a depleted roster. The Chiefs were down to 12 skaters-three below the East Coast League limit-and two goalies for games against the Birmingham Bulls and the Raleigh IceCaps after four players were injured in a two-car crash in Johnstown Feb. 18. The injured players included leading scorer Dennis Purdie. 21, who broke his nose and had a sore ankle; fifth-leading scorer Gord Christian. 24, who sustained lacerations; defenseman Campbell Blair, 27, and defenseman Ben Wyzansky, 23. Blair fractured his cheekbone and…
Nedved circus starts again as Olympics wrap up
As the Winter Olympics wound down in Lillehammer, Norway, the Petr Nedved soap opera began winding up again in Vancouver. The unsigned free agent was rumored to be headed to either the Chicago Blackhawks, New Jersey Devils or Toronto Maple Leafs according to various reports. Canucks’ general manager Pat Quinn claimed it was all news to him. “I’m not any closer to a deal at this point.” Quinn said. Nedved, who played for Team Canada in Lillehammer, is available again with the completion of the Games. The Maple Leafs hinted they were preparing an offer sheet for the Group I free agent, feeling it might be easier than obtaining him via a trade. “I haven’t seen an offer sheet so I don’t know what’s going on there,” said Quinn, who would love to solve…
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