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October 7, 1994
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ON THE COVER
GAMES IN JEOPAEDY…P.6 DETROIT’S YEAR………… FORSBERG ARRIVES………P. 9 BERNIE’S HAWK TALK………P. 22 QUOTABLE “If we win the Stanley Cup this season, it won’t be because The Hockey News picked us, it will he because we worked damn hard. “ -Detroit Red Wings’ coach Scotty Bowman on his team’s chances, Page 7. “I sure as hell don’t want to go on strike for a kid who has never played a game in this league and is asking for a million dollars. “ -Chicago Blackhawk Bernie Nicholls on the prospect of a rookie salary cap. Page 22 NOTE TO READERS For NHL training camp transactions, please see Page 33…
Ontario bus miles ‘snap’ for Westerner Fedorko
Mike Fedorko walked to his seat at the back of the bus, sat down, loosened his tie and proclaimed: “This is a snap.” Fedorko was embarking on a five-hour trip to North Bay for his first game as coach-general manager of the Ontario League’s London Knights. The team would also play in Sudbury and Sault Ste. Marie. Five hours on the iron lung is easy when you’ve coached in the Western League, where teams bus for 22 hours and play seven games in 10 days. Those gruelling all-night trips aren’t seen in the OHL and Quebec League. Fedorko coached the Prince Albert Raiders for two seasons, beginning in 1991-92 when they won 50 games, and handled the Spokane Chiefs for the final 20 games plus playoffs last season. “Our bus in P.A. had…
Naslund goes from prospect to suspect quickly
Markus Naslund was widely regarded as a Calder Trophy candidate at this time last year. Today, he is just another 21-year-old prospect struggling to stick. Pittsburgh Penguins’ coach Ed Johnston made it clear from the earliest days of camp that Naslund, who had four goals and seven assists in 71 games with the Penguins last season, wasn’t guaranteed a spot. “He’s going to have a chance in the exhibition games to play himself on or off the club.” Johnston said. “He’s going to have to work and get himself a spot.” Naslund dressed for four of the Penguins’ first five pre-season games-center Martin Straka was the only other player used so frequently-and had one goal and one assist. That goal matched Naslund’s total from his first 26 games in the NHL. He had come…
Introducing hockey’s Rubberlick IQ test
Recently a major national publication-we’ll call it Arnold so it won’t recall my football phone-took another rip at hockey. In its Sept. 5 issue, the magazine presented a story on the IQ tests given to National Football League prospects. It offered an easy sample question, then went on to make this statement: “If you can’t answer that, you should probably stop reading here. The NFL doesn’t want you and. moreover, (Arnold) doesn’t want you. You may continue to buy swimsuit issues and hockey previews at the newsstand.” Ouch! As an avid collector of swimsuit issues and hockey previews, I was a outraged by that shot. As best as I can tell, after my wife read the passage to me twice, that sentence questioned the intelligence of hockey lovers. The stereotyping of hockey fans as…
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