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September 30, 1994
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Halifax bolts to great start
Talk about making a grand entrance. The expansion Halifax Mooseheads started their inaugural Quebec League season in fine form, beating the Shawinigan Cataractes, the league’s oldest club, 4-3 Sept. 9 in front of 5,932 fans at the Halifax Metro Centre. Captain Brant Blackned, acquired from the Laval Titan in the expansion draft, scored the winning goal with 33 seconds remaining. Rocco Anoia scored the first Mooseheads goal at 19:48 of the first period, while Chris Angione and Derrick Pyke added singles. The following night, the Mooseheads beat Shawinigan again, 4-2 before 3,917 fans. “It’s only two games and it’s a long season,” said coach-GM Clement Jodoin. “But you have to say it’s a good start. “We got more fans than we expected. I think they enjoyed the product and had fun. We had to sell…
Helmet issue rears ugly head
The NHL isn’t prepared to go toe-to-toe with Wayne Gretzky or any other player who continues to wear equipment the league considers unsafe. It’s recommending players wear certified equipment, but won’t force the issue. It prefers the matter be collectively bargained during current negotiations. Gretzky’s trademark helmet, a Jofa 235, is not approved by the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) and considered unsafe for NHL players. “I’ve worn my helmet 17 years and now they’re afraid I’m going to get hurt,” Gretzky told the Los Angeles Daily News. “It’s a big issue to them, but I’m going to wear the helmet I always have. Let’s see if they kick me off the ice.” Chicago Blackhawks’ forward Michel Goulet sustained what may be a career-ending head injury while wearing a Jofa 235…
Hockey’s Joe Fan facing extinction
The species of live, in-the-arena spectator is rapidly dwindling and faces extinction by the next century. That would be genus minimum moolah, otherwise known as the common fan, otherwise known as the poor sap who can’t afford the combined cost of ticket, parking and overpriced-undercooked hot dog. I grieve when I report to you that Joe Fan is rapidly progressing from the realm of Fed Up to the Province of Impoverished. Or to put it in another simpler form of English, the little guy is being priced out of bigleague hockey-if it hasn’t happened already. To give you a rough idea how inperson hockey has rapidly become no longer affordable for Mr. Lunchpail, let’s take the Hartford Whalers as an example. The Whalers’ cheapest seat is $19. Factor in another $10 for parking and…
Team welcomes Mats with contract
The Toronto Maple Leafs gave up their captain and most reliable defenseman last June to acquire Mats Sundin because they believed he could be their next franchise player. Now they’re going to pay him like one. The Leafs decided to honor a promise Sundin believed he was given from the Quebec Nordiques to renegotiate his five-year contract, and on Sept. 16 signed him to a new five-year, $11-million pact. Sundin had two years plus an option left on his old deal, which was scheduled to pay him $950,000 this season. “One of the reasons we were able to get a trade for Mats was that he was having difficulty in Quebec negotiating a new contract,” said Leaf general manager Cliff Fletcher. “So we knew that, logically, part of the trade was negotiating a new…
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