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March 10, 1995
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Young stars get message
It looks like they got the message. One week after Ottawa Senators’ coach Rick Bowness publicly embarrassed them by scratching them from the lineup, Alexei Yashin and Alexandre Daigle combined for five points in a 5-5 tie with the Washington Capitals Feb. 23. Bowness took the unprecedented step of scratching the club’s two top prospects after a lackluster performance against the Florida Panthers. After the game, the club’s captains-Randy Cunneyworth, Troy Murray and Chris Dahlquist-tore into Yashin for being selfish and Daigle for his unwillingness to take a hit. The pair sat out a 2-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning Feb. 17. “It was the right decision,” Bowness said. “If your coaching instincts tell you to do something, then you do that regardless of what anybody else thinks. If you don’t have the courage…
Sizing up Cullimore
First-round picks make the headlines, but second-round picks, at least in Vancouver, seem to make the lineup more often. Defenseman Jassen Cullimore became the third second-rounder from the 1990s to crack the big club when he was promoted from the American League’s Syracuse Crunch. Cullimore, a 1991 selection, joins Jiri Slegr (1990) and Mike Peca (1992). First-rounders? There isn’t one from the ‘90s in sight due to trades, injuries and lack of development. “We’ve been happy with Jassen,” said coach Rick Ley. “He is finishing his checks and not letting people go to the net. He’s doing the things you expect a big defenseman to do.” At 6-foot-5 and 225 pounds, the 22-year-old Cullimore is a behemoth. Although not particularly tough, he is mobile. In four games, he earned one assist and was plus-1. Cullimore…
Weighting for No. 1
There is no guarantee that one goal will transform Doug Weight’s season of discontent. But it would at least be a start for the frustrated Weight, who had gone 17 games without one after scoring four times on four shots in the first two games a year ago. “Everybody is looking at me like I have some kind of sickness,” Weight said. “If you can put tears in the paper, that’s what 1 have now when I go home tonight. It’s getting ridiculous. I want to start helping the team. I want to make the damn playoffs. I’m sick of not making them. I’m sick of losing.” Weight led the Oilers in scoring last season with 24 goals and 74 points in 84 games. Over and over he stresses the frustration stems from his…
Wildcats’ nomadic life brings out best in team
They have been the Hockey East gypsies this season. The University of New Hampshire Wildcats have played home games in Manchester, N.H.. and Portland, Me., while their new arena is being built. They have practised in Rochester, N.H. But Dick Umile’s Wildcats never let their situation get in the way of their aspirations to qualify for the national finals. UNH’s sweep of Northeastern Feb. 17-18 gave the Wildcats a 13-6-3 record. “This is my most satisfying season,” said the 46-year-old Umile. “I knew this would be my best team. I was hoping we’d get great leadership and we have. The seniors have been excellent. Unfortunately, they won’t even receive the benefit of playing in the new arena next year.” The fact they have been winning has softened the hardship of their transient existence. UNH was the…
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