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February 24, 1995
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Lemaire sorry for ref riding
Jacques Lemaire’s anger may have been fueled by his team’s disappointing start, but the outspoken coach was blunt in his belief referee Lance Roberts held a grudge against the New Jersey Devils. After criticizing Roberts twice within a span of 10 days, Lemaire was called to the league office along with general manager Lou Lamoriello for a Feb. 8 hearing with commissioner Gary Bettman and vice-president Brian Burke. Although no disciplinary action was taken, Lemaire received a warning with a conditional fine if he speaks out again. “l’m glad this is over,” Lemaire said. “I learned a lot from this. I know I made a mistake, but I just had to say it. I thought nobody heard me. “I felt no one would look or listen unless I said what I did. Sometimes you…
Dionne has left building happy about Philly trade
The King might yet regain his throne, but it won’t be in Montreal. Gilbert Dionne finally ran out of chances with the Canadiens. The controversial left winger, who earned the nickname for his Elvis Presley impersonations, was traded Feb. 9 to the Philadelphia Flyers with center John LeClair and defenseman Eric Desjardins for high-scoring right-winger Mark Recchi and a third-round draft choice in 1995. A day later, the Canadiens lost center Jim Montgomery on waivers to the Flyers and acquired Philadelphia center Mark Lamb for cash. A deal involving Dionne had long been anticipated. Although he launched his career impressively, scoring 21 goals in 39 games for the Canadiens in 1991-92, he never repeated that success. Worse, he kept shooting himself in the foot by making contentious statements. Recently, after being benched for the…
Talented Hamrlik blossoms into Tampa’s go-to player
Roman Hamrlik feels an excruciating twinge in his back every time he delivers a bodycheck or draws his arms back to take a shot. The pain is the result of a sharp crosscheck to the back he took during the Lightning’s game against the Buffalo Sabres in January. But there are those who swear that Hamrlik’s back is aching so because he has been carrying his team on it. “He has been carrying us lately, there’s no doubt about that,” Lightning coach Terry Crisp said of Hamrlik, the 20-year-old Czech defenseman. “I mean, he has been our best defenseman by far this year and at times he has been our best player.” Few who have seen the Lightning would try to contest that statement. Throughout February, Hamrlik was a standout at both ends…
ESPN2 chooses NHL over NBA for nightly sports slot
Push the puck or follow the hoop? That was the question facing decision-makers at ESPN2 when an open slot for a nightly, half-hour sports show became available. The NHL bounced the NBA right off the air. ESPN2’s “NHL2Night” debuted Feb. 7 to become North America’s first nightly all-hockey television program. It runs Tuesday through Saturday at 11:3O p.m. EST or after any ESPN2 late-game telecast. Managing editor Vince Doria said the show is part of a strategy to enhance ESPN2’s image as a hockey friendly channel. Host Bill Pidto, studio anchor on ESPN2’s NHL telecasts, provides lively narration for highlights and keeps the tempo upbeat, even though he is still learning hockey nuance and correct pronunciations of some names. From behind his Zamboni-shaped podium, Pidto hands off to announcers Bill Clement, Tom Mees, Darren Pang…
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