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December 2, 1994
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Goalie Heller in heaven after hit performance
Ben Heller passed his first major test. The sophomore goalie at Dartmouth College went into two of the most hostile venues in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference in the first week of league play and came away with three points. He stopped 66 of 73 shots as the Big Green battled Cornell to a 5-5 tie at Lynah Rink and then defeated Colgate 3-2 in Starr Rink. The weekend was significant for two reasons. First, Heller was the question mark in the Dartmouth lineup coming into the season, after posting a 6.17 goals-against average and.803 save percentage in eight games as a freshman. Second, Dartmouth won just one road game last year and was 0-10-1 in EC AC road games. “You always have a question in your mind, if a kid is ready for Division…
FEATURE
Sweet vindication? “No way,” said Brian O’Neill, who was inducted in the Hockey Hall of Fame Nov. 15 in the builders’ category. “I’m not a vindictive person. That doesn’t mean I’m not thrilled to be in the Hall.” O’Neill, who joined the NHL in 1961 as the league’s director of administration, left under difficult circumstances in 1992. The 65-year-old O’Neill was pushed out the door and had an earlier bid for induction into the Hall halted by then-NHL president Gil Stein, but handled both situations quietly and with class. “There was already so much being said about it, I didn’t need to fuel the fire,” said O’Neill, who handled NHL discipline beginning in 1977. “(Stein’s) the one who suffered the most, not me. I’m in the Hall; he’s not.” An independent investigation concluded Stein…
FISCHLER
Gut feelings as the lockout hits the make-or-break point. Here’s the last optimistic scenario for 1994-95: A deal is cut by Dec. 15. A 50-game schedule begins Jan. 1. For the first time in memory, every contest will have tremendous importance and we’ll have a homestretch from the start of the season to its conclusion. Dec. 16 is the 10th anniversary of Glenn Anderson’s annual declaration he’s tired of the NHL and wants to play in Europe. Two Coreys who’ll be NHL-calibre goalies next season: Schwab with the Albany River Rats and Hirsch with the Binghamton Rangers. If the lockout lasts long enough, the Boston Bruins actually may find themselves a goalie and Bob Probert may have found the straight-and-narrow path. It’s fine for players to talk about forming a…
THE FINAL WORD
War-history buff Sinden fights tooth and nail for the cause “I will close in on the flank and help all I can when the ball opens.” -J.E.B. Stuart, Confederate Calvary Officer, before the Battle of Chacellorsville A metal statue about five inches high stands on the far right comer of Boston Bruins’ president and general manager Harry Sin-den’s desk in his cavernous office on the ninth floor of a grungy office building beside grungy Boston Garden. The statue is of a mounted grey-clad cavalry officer wearing a red-lined cape and plumed hat, his saber raised as if to lead a charge. “That’s Jeb Stuart.” says Sinden, reaching across the desk and picking up the statue. “My wife gave it to mt because of my interest in the Civi War.” Nice choice, Eleanor, because il there’s one…
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