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March 11, 1994
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Restless Maciver ices bad thoughts
Hank Gathers and Reggie Lewis. The names of the two basketball stars who died of heart problems on the court have rattled around the mind of Ottawa Senators’ defenseman Norm Maciver this season. Maciver, 29, has battled and defeated a heart problem which started when he was struck in the chest by a stick in a pre-season game. While his problem-it was diagnosed as a bruised heart-was nothing like the congenital conditions which cost Gathers and Lewis their lives, Maciver wondered at times if the same ending could have been lurking in a rink somewhere, waiting for him. “I thought ‘Holy smokes, If I got hit in the same spot again, what would happen?’” Maciver said. “Sometimes you get those thoughts in your head and can’t get them out.” The only thoughts in Maciver’s head…
Costly Nedved may be added for March drive
March promises to be an eventful month for the Toronto Maple Leafs. First, they’re involved in a competitive playoff race in the Western Conference that had them sitting two points out of first and five points out of fifth at the start of the month. Second, the club was set to add up to five players after the conclusion of the Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. Team USA center David Sacco, winger Darby Hendrickson and defenseman Matt Martin, Canadian rearguard David Harlock and Russian center Alexei Kudashov were all made available when the Games concluded Feb. 27. Hendrickson had not signed a contract, while only Sacco and Kudashov were expected to proceed directly to Toronto when the Games ended. Finally, the Leafs were poised to make a pitch to free-agent center Petr Nedved. The Leafs almost…
Fernandez responds to trade
When the Quebec Nordiques traded the NHL rights of Laval Titan goalie Manny Fernandez to the Dallas Stars, he said “this is a new way for me to motivate myself.” Well, it has worked. The day after the Feb. 13 trade, Fernandez stopped 27 shots in a 4-0 shutout victory over the Hull Olympiques. Then Fernandez picked up his league-leading fifth shutout of the season Feb. 20 when he stopped 30 shots in a 3-0 win over the Granby Bisons. The following day, Fernandez was named the Quebec League’s player of the week after posting a 3-1-0 record and 1.25 goals-against average in four games after the trade. The hot week improved Fernandez’s season record to 26-12-1 with a 3.12 GAA, second best in the league behind College Français’ Philippe DeRouville at 3.07. DeRouville…
Nieuwendyk latest add to sick bay
Each year the Calgary Flames distribute a poster in aid of charity, a series of limited edition prints called The Quintology Collection. The first showed players and coaches doing their biker bit, straddling Harleys and dressed in black leather. This year’s edition, called Fire On Ice, saw them perched atop a fire truck. Next year’s poster should more accurately reflect their predicament: Maybe photograph the players stuffed inside, say, an ambulance. Captain Joe Nieuwendyk, unquestionably the club’s MVP through 63 games, became the latest casualty. A sprained right knee will sideline him at least until late March, perhaps bringing the Vancouver Canucks clearly back into the Pacific Division title picture. Through 63 starts, the Flames lost 319 mangames to injury, already a franchise record. “I was trying to cut through the middle,” said Nieuwendyk of…
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