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December 23, 1994
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Staying in top shape helps kill time in Pompano Beach
The Florida Panthers have stepped up their practice schedule at the team’s Goldcoast facility in Pompano Beach from twice a week to three times a week. “It kills (time) three mornings a week is basically why,” said right winger Mike Hough. With a few exceptions, the Panthers have remained in South Florida during the lockout. Their workouts have drawn up to 20 players a day. Defenseman Joe Cirella, a 13-year veteran, said staying fit and preparing for a shortened season is important. “Guys who are finesse players can pretty much concentrate on shooting and playmaking,” said the 31-year-old Cirella. “Each individual is a different case in terms of how much time he needs to prepare for a season. The layoff will hurt some players, but it’s not as drastic as a lot of…
Robitaille-Gretzky story overblown
First things first. Wayne Gretzky is not antiFrench. Luc Robitaille didn’t say he was. There. Hopefully, that straightens everything out. It’s amazing how one off-handed comment can turn into a controversy that ripples through three continents. In case you missed it. it startai when Robitaille was asked on a Montreal radio station why, as a longtime teammate of Gretzky’s, he wasn’t invited to play in the European tour. Robitaille said he never went out of his way to cultivate Gretzky’s friendship. He said he did not play up to Gretzky the way some of his teammates did and thus was not part of Gretzky’s inner circle. This is news? Directly or indirectly, everybody does exactly the same thing in their own lives. There are your close friends, your casual acquaintances and the people you…
$1.5 million refunded
Some Ottawa Senators’ season ticketholders had a little more money to spend on Christmas presents in December. The club had refunded about $1.5 million in season-ticket money for the 11 home games cancelled through the end of November. About 40 per cent of the Senators’ season-ticket subscribers asked for a complete refund, while the remainder asked that their refunds from the cancelled games-with interest-be put towards future ticket purchases. “We haven’t encountered any major problems,” said Senators’ general manager Randy Sexton. If the NHL season is cancelled, Senators’ principal owner and governor Rod Bryden has said the club and its parent company would lose $15 million. NOTEBOOK: Senators’ coach Rick Bowness has been on the telephone with his players telling them to make sure they’re working out. “It’s commonplace,” Bowness said. “The one thing nobody…
It will take two years to fix game
Notes from between a puck and a hard place: Don’t let anyone tell you different: the NHL’s Civil War leaves us with no winners. Damage is reparable, but it will require two years to regain the spring 1994 status. Many magnificent pieces of fiction have been generated during the lockout. One of the best is that unionists are really concerned about young players entering the league now and 10 years in the future. Spare us this sanctimonious drivel. There is one primary concern among the players: get as much money as possible for themselves-now. The NHL caste system works like this: Wayne Gretzky, his friends and his newspaper toadies; then comes the rest of the league. If Marty McSorley is one of the key union negotiators. why couldn’t he tear…
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