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March 31, 1995
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Goals, goalie Caps’ edge
Jim Carey isn’t perfect anymore. Nor does he have to be for the Washington Capitals to win a game. The goalie lost his first game, March 16 against the Florida Panthers, after going 6-0-1. It was the first game Washington scored just once in a game started by Carey. The Capitals scored a total of 24 goals in his first seven starts. That was twice as many as they scored for goalies Olaf Kolzig and Rick Tabaracci in Washington’s first seven games of the season. The Capitals counted just 11 times-and scored one or no goals in five of the games. In attendance at the Carey’s first loss was big brother Paul, a first baseman in the Baltimore Orioles’ organization. Paul was on the defensive after Jim suffered the first…
Cassels takes a pass over goal-scoring fame
Andrew Cassels scored a goal in his first NHL game. It was not a sign of things to come. In 316 games since launching his career as a Montreal Canadien with a goal in 1989, the Hartford Whalers’ center has scored 57 times. More important to the Whalers is that Cassels was goal-less in his first 25 games. Cassels has hit posts and crossbars, missed breakaways and open nets. The chances were there, the luck was not. Not until March 16, anyway. He scored his first goal in his 26th game on a 45-foot blast three minutes into a 2-2 tie with the New Jersey Devils. “It was definitely one of the best goals of my career,” Cassels said. His inability to score frequently had not been keeping him awake at night. He had…
Price right for Sutter
It’s a formula that’s worked for seven other NHL clubs, so in time of need Cliff Fletcher figured it was time to add a Sutter. Right winger Rich Sutter became the first member of the famous Viking, Alta., clan to skate for the Leafs when he was acquired from Tampa Bay March 13. The price was future considerations, but that will turn out to be nothing. The Lightning simply wanted to dump Sutter’s $380,000 contract after picking it up from Chicago earlier in the month. “I was very surprised and I’m excited,” he said. “I never expected to be playing with the Leafs, the team that I grew up idolizing.” Sutter, who joins his seventh NHL club and will be an unrestricted free agent this summer, said he knows being traded twice in…
Hasek latest to go down with injured rotator cuff
Pat LaFontaine is back. Dominik Hasek is out. Just another day at the doctor’s office for the Buffalo Sabres. On the night one of the top players in the game returned to the lineup for the first time in 16 months, the best goaltender took his place on the injured list with a strained rotator cuff. Hasek left an eventual 6-3 win over the New York Islanders March 16 after the first period. A shoulder problem that had bothered him for several days suddenly became acute. “I had no strength in my arm,” Hasek said. “It was my catching hand. For a goalie, that’s a problem.” Hasek wasn’t even sure when he first suffered the injury, saying it appeared to get worse over time. An MR1 exam March 17 revealed the rotator cuff…
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