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March 24, 1995
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Devils’ kingpin MacLean finally feels 10O per cent
The New Jersey Devils are not having the kind of season people expected after coming within a game of making it to the Stanley Cup final last season. There are several reasons for this. John MacLean isn’t one of them. Although he isn’t scoring at his usual pace, the veteran right winger is coming through with his typical solid effort at both ends of the rink. Through 22 games, the 29-year-old MacLean was second in team scoring with eight goals and 15 points. MacLean said it wasn’t until just recently that he felt he was back to where he was before missing the entire 1991-92 season with reconstructive surgery on his right knee. That is bad news for opponents since he had seasons of 42, 41, and 45 goals before the injury that jeopardized…
Craven lands in Chicago before ruling announced
The man without a team Pulford said the deal for Craven finally has a new home. ’ The Chicago Black-hawks acquired the rights to Murray Craven from the Vancouver Canucks March 10 after months of waiting for the 30-year-old left winger. The Canucks received left winger Christian Ruuttu. Chicago then signed Craven for the remainder of this season and three more for $1 million per season. Craven had been waiting for the result of a hearing to determine his status as either an unrestricted Group V or a restricted Group II free agent. The hearing into the average salary concluded March 3. The trade was announced before arbitrator George Nic-olau’s decision and rendered it not necessary in this case. The 12-year NHL veteran earned $570,000 last season. Craven will play his first game March 16…
Gingras hears calling, ends short retirement
It wasn’t long ago Gaston Gingras was telling wife Jocelyne that oldtimers’ games would be his only hockey. He planned to play a sixth consecutive season in Europe this year, but the desire to be at home with his wife and two children brought him home from Italy after three pre-season games. Since then, it had been a life of retirement for the former NHLer, playing with oldtimers and in pick-up games. “But it’s amazing how things change in a week,” Gingras said. With an out-of-the-blue end to his retirement, the 36-year-old defenseman is back in the American League, filling the role of veteran for the Fredericton Canadiens. Gingras was playing in an oldtim-ers game between former Montreal Canadiens and Quebec Nordiques when the Canadiens saw he hadn’t lost his skills. “I was sitting next to…
All bets off for Senators
There were no dice for the Ottawa Senators during a recent four-game road trip, just lots of ice. A furious coach Rick Bowness wiped out plans for a side trip to Atlantic City after the Senators fell 3-2 to the Florida Panthers March 8 at Miami Arena. “All of a sudden they’re going from Atlantic City to boot camp,” said Bowness, screaming mad after his club’s slow start in the game. Bowness’ patience has all but run out as mental errors have cost the Senators dearly. “We’ve got to be able to count on four lines so in the third, we can play our top nine forwards,” Bowness said. “What’s happening is we have a couple of guys, only a couple, not carrying their weight so I have to bench them and make line changes…
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