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April 22, 1994
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Thirty-seven years later, Pronovost gets card
Claude Pronovost has Terry Sawchuk’s injured knee and John Henderson’s enormous feet to thank for his only appearance on a hockey card. Pronovost is one of four players whose brief NHL careers will be permanently documented 37 years later by The Missing Link, Parkhurst’s present edition of the 1956-57 set. No hockey cards were produced by the two licensed companies, Parkhurst and Topps for that season. Pronovost, now 59 and living in St-Hippolyte, Que., was the third-string goalie in the Montreal Canadiens’ organization during the 1955-56 season. Those days, teams relied on only one goaltender and for the Boston Bruins, that was future Hall of Famer Sawchuk. When Sawchuk injured his knee, the Bruins called up Henderson from the Hershey Bears of the American League to replace him. Henderson arrived in Montreal to…


Kudelski’s lost scoring touch leaves him pining on the pine
For 73 games, Bob Kudelski was enjoying the most productive season of his six-year NHL career. It looked like he might even double his best season total for goals. But unfortunately for the Florida Panthers, his scoring stopped before the season did. After netting 40 goals in 73 games, Kudelski was held without a goal in 11 straight games. This kind of finish wasn’t what the Panthers had in mind when they sent Scott Levins and Evgeny Davydov and two draft picks to the Ottawa Senators Jan. 6 for Kudelski. It wasn’t what Kudelski had in mind either. “It has been very frustrating,” said Kudelski, whose previous career high was 23 goals. “In the games I haven’t scored, I’ve had some good chances, but haven’t been able to put them in.” Kudelski’s slump couldn’t…


Howe will always be Mr. Hockey to collectors
The room has finally cleared out and Gordie Howe rises from his seat. Then he steps up to the tee and drives an imaginary golf ball into oblivion. Howe has just finished answering a zillion questions on everything from his so-called rift with Wayne Gretzky to whether he thinks players today should be subject to a salary cap. At this moment he wants to talk about indoor-outdoor carpeting. He recently spent an afternoon at his son’s new house, ripping the stuff off a porch. The original carpet had set into fresh concrete and settled in there quite nicely. The carpet, like most of Howe’s opponents, never stood a chance. “You ever tried to get that stuff off?” he asks. “My hands are still red from it.” While most 66-year-old men think of slowing down, Howe…


Superb goaltending helps Toledo weather storm
The scare the Dayton Bombers gave the Toledo Storm in the opening round of the 1994 Riley Cup playoffs could be the wake-up call the defending champions needed. Toledo won the deciding game of the best-of-three series 4-3 March 27 in double overtime. The Storm then swept the Columbus Chill to roll into the East Coast League semifinals against the Wheeling Thunderbirds in a rematch of last year’s final. They dumped the Thunderbirds 5-1 and 6-2 in the first two games of the best-of-five series. A good scare? “It’s good it was only a scare,” a relieved Toledo coach Chris McSorley said. “Jim Playfair did a great job with a team that played us tough the last half of the season.” Toledo shifted into overdrive against Columbus, outscoring the Chill 21-9. “The scores were not indicative…