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March 18, 1994
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Commitment to defense will enhance playoff bid
The Philadelphia Flyers finished the 1992-93 season with eight straight wins and didn’t want the party to end. This year, the playoff-hopeful Flyers want to get their stretch-run festivities started a little earlier so the clock doesn’t strike 12 again. The team held a two-day minitraining camp March 1 and 2-practising three hours one day and nearly two hours the next-to drive that point home. They entered the final quarter of the season still in contention for their first playoff spot in five years. Pivotal factors: 1. Defensive play. Only the Ottawa Senators have given up more goals in the Eastern Conference. 2. Performances from veterans, such as Kevin Dineen and Rod Blind’Amour. Both are scoring goals at a pace well below their career averages. 3. Goaltending. Dominic Roussel, prone to inconsistency, has been…
European vocation
New York Rangers’ coach Mike Keenan says it’s a myth. Detroit Red Wings’ general manager Bryan Murray suggests it could be xenophobia. In fact, almost anyone who’s anyone in the NHL agrees European players don’t fade down the stretch. So why does the perception persist? Call it a case of the vocal minority drowning out the silent majority. That minority was out in full force when the Montreal Canadiens managed to win the Stanley Cup last season without a European player on their roster. But what those people failed to point out is that each of the previous 13 Stanley Cup champion teamss had at least two Europeanborn and-trained players on their rosters. The New York Islander and Edmonton Oilers, the dominant teams of the 1980s, had as many as four Euros…
Minor league attendance major league
Marketing 101 is working in Oklahoma City and throughout North America in minor professional leagues. Hockey is selling better than ever in five of the six minor pro leagues and operators say basic marketing principles are the reason why. “It’s our job to sell the game,” said Central League commissioner Monte Miron. “We introduce players with a spotlight, play rock’n roll between whistles, use fireworks after goals.” An average of 6.176 fans have attended CHL games through Feb. 28. an increase of 13 per cent over last season. Attendance has increased in the International, American, East Coast and Colonial Leagues as well. Only the Florida-based Southern League has experienced a decline, according to figures provided by the IHL. The Oklahoma City Blazers led the way with a 10.438 per game. That’s more than the…
THE GRETZLY
Bruce McNall gave Wayne Gretzky 1,851 gold pieces when No. 99 established the NHL points mark. The Los Angeles Kings’ owner wasn’t saying how the team would mark the 802nd goal of Gretzky’s magnificent career. But McNall said he decided on a gift in conjunction with Wayne’s wife. Janet Jones-Gretzky. Gretzky’s pursuit of Gordie Howe’s alltime mark stalled in Boston and Chicago in early March. Below is a list of the Kings’ remaining regular-season games, plus Gretzky’s season and career goal totals. THE CHASE…
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