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January 13, 1995

January 13, 1995

The Hockey News has been providing the most comprehensive coverage of the world of hockey since 1947. In each issue, you'll find news, features and opinions about the NHL and leagues across North America and the world.

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Hatcher facing double whammy

Most locked-out NHLers are simply players without a league. Kevin Hatcher is in a little deeper. He’s a player without a team or a league. And as of a few days after Christmas, he also lacked hope for the immediate future. There is no guarantee that if the NHL’s labor problems are resolved Hatcher will play this season. The 28-year-old free-agent defenseman has all but closed the door on returning to the Washington Capitals for a 10th season, and is waiting to be traded. The problem is, while the lockout continued, no deals were being made. There was a rumor Hatcher would wind up in Detroit as part of a three-way deal between the Capitals, Red Wings and Montreal Canadiens. That would suit the Michigan native fine, but Washington general manager David Poile said…

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Pollin planning to fit bill for new downtown arena

The Washington Capitals will have a new arena to call home starting with the 1997-98 season-if league play has resumed by then. Abe Pollin, majority owner of the Capitals and the National Basketball Association’s Washington Bullets, said Dec. 28 he would foot the bill for a new state-of-the-art $180 million arena in downtown Washington. The announcement ended months of speculation on where a new home for the two teams might be located. It also appeared to end speculation that Pollin, 71, may have put the two franchises on the market. Both teams have been housed in USAir Arena-formerly the Capital Centre-in suburban Maryland since it was constructed in 1973 for $20 million. But the 21-year-old arena has always been hard to reach due to a lack of public transportation, making traffic jams a…

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NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Players with the same number of games, goals and points are listed alphabetically by team. HOW WINNERS PLAY THE GAME. WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP MONDAY, DEC. 26 UNITED STATES 0 4 0-4 RUSSIA 0 0 3-3 First Period No Scoring. Pen-Koroliouk RUS (hooking) 4:45; Quint USA (slashing) 9:19; Berard USA (hooking) 11:44; Batyr-chine RUS (roughing) 12:50; Bonsignore USA (charging) 17:53. Second Period 1. USA Battaglia 1 (Quint, Berard) 9:05 (pp). 2. USA Bates 1 (Crowley) 14:07., 3. USA Deadmarsh 1 (Park, Haggerty) 17:43 (pp). 4. USA Bates 2 (Grier, Berg). Pen-Haggerty USA (charging) 1:46; Batyrchilne RUS (roughing) 6:21; Tchebaturkin RUS (high sticking) 7:07; Haggarty USA (holding stick) 15:01; Boichenko RUS (interference) 16:56; Tompkins USA (hooking) 18:12. Third Period 5. RUS Melyakow 1 (Vychedikevitch, Charifianov) 10:40. 6. RUS Morozov 1 11:05. 7. RUS Koroliouk 1 (Epantchinsev, Vychedkevitch) (PP) 17:54. Pen-Park USA (tripping) 3:46; Haggerty USA (hooking) 5:31; Halfnight USA (holding) 17:23. Shots…

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PLUS MINUS

Setting up great final 1. World beaters Canadian, Swedish national junior teams each win first three games at WJC. 2. House call On loan from IHL, Bobby House sets Columbus Chill record with five goals in one game. 3. Princeton ECAC Tigers knock off No. 1-ranked Maine Black Bears to win Dexter Shoe Classic. 4. Steve Sullivan Albany’s tiny (5-foot-9, 155 pounds) rookie top scoring River Rat with 37 points. 5. Player of week Devils’ Stephane Richer has courage to take unpopular stand-and back it up. What about face-to-face? 1. They can’t be serious Top | NHL, NHLPA negotiators corre-I spond by FAX and phone. 2. Dough heads Thieves rip off Russian. Czech and German junior team members of cash at WJC. 3. Dog days Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs last in WCHA for second straight season. 4. Home, not so sweet home…