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April 8, 1994
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King makes most of March hiatus
The Calgary Flames played 75 games by the third week of March, more than any other NHL team. Their schedule has been a source of grumbling all season, but it did provide one upside. In a nine-day span towards the end of March, the Hames played only one game-a 5-3 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins March 26. The break allowed coach Dave King to conduct a mini training camp of sorts. King gave his players a single day off in that span. The theory? The mini-camp gave the team’s three new players-former Hartford Whalers Michael Nylander, Zarley Zalapski and James Patrick-time to get integrated into the Hames’ system. Moreover, King wanted to work on the team’s conditioning. “The computer spit out this part of the schedule and we’re not complaining,” King said. “The new players didn’t…
Brodeur having Calder season
The best-kept secret in the NHL is slowly leaking out of The Meadowlands. His name is Martin Brodeur, who says of his ambition, “I can’t wait to get my name on a Nintendo game.” Brodeur, barely a glint in the New Jersey Devils’ game plan last fall, is a serious Calder Trophy candidate. And if you don’t believe it, just look at the statistics. With appallingly little fanfare, Brodeur had posted a 2.39 goals-against average, a 24-9-7 won-lost record and a solid.915 save percentage. He was also drawing comparisons to Toronto Maple Leafs’ goalie Felix Potvin, who may have won the Calder last year if it weren’t for a guy named Teemu Selanne. “Felix and I have a lot in common,” says the affable 21-year-old. “We played two years in a row on the…
WCHA
Colorado College coach Don Lucia had planned a small celebration for his players to commemorate the Tigers’ first National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament bid since 1957. But when the seeds for the 12-team event were announced March 20, the Tigers were not included. It is believed to be the first time in Western Collegiate Hockey Association history a first-place team has been passed over for the NCAA tournament. Lucia was stunned and angry. “There was no question in my mind that we were in,” he said. The fact the Tigers (23-11-5) had come out of nowhere to win their first-ever WCHA regular-season title apparently failed to carry enough weight with the four-man selection committee. What ultimately did was the fact CC was upset in the first round of the league playoffs. Last-place Michigan Tech,…
Gartner soldiers on
The good soldier has moved on again. For the third time in five years, 34-year-old Mike Gartner was dealt at the trade deadline, this time from the New York Rangers to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Glenn Anderson, a draft choice and a prospect. It was an abrupt end to a fine tenure on Broadway. Gartner was the Rangers’ top goal-scorer in each of the three full seasons he played there and this season passed Bobby Hull to stand fifth on the all-time goal list. Gartner was preparing for a game in Calgary when he received word of the deal. Before he could tell his wife Colleen and their children Joshua and Natalie, they had heard the news on their car radio. Gartner is making $1.2 million (U.S.) this year and will make the…
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