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April 28, 1995
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Lexington, Baltimore join, Greensboro to come next
As vice-president of the International Ice Hockey Federation and president of USA Hockey, Walter Bush is in constant contact with team owners and executives. But since retiring as president of the Minnesota North Stars in 1984, he hasn’t had a team to call his own. “Everybody’s always talking about their team and I didn’t have one,” Bush said. So he bought into one, in a place where pro hockey has never been. Bush is the principal owner of an American League expansion franchise that begins play next season in Lexington, Ky., and his partners include former Boston Bruins’ defenseman and coach Mike Milbury and Boston-area businessman Ron DeGregorio. The board of governors also awarded a franchise to Baltimore, where the AHL has failed twice in the past 15 years. Greensboro’s move from the East Coast League…
Fighting for job with Panthers
Last fall. Rhett Trombley contemplated selling his skates to cash in on a failed hockey career. Today, the Las Vegas Thunder heavyweight has visions of playing in the NHL. In between was the most unlikely bidding skirmish of the year as the Florida Panthers and Calgary Flames both offered contracts to the 20-year-old fighter who started the year with the Humboldt Broncos of the Saskatchewan Junior League. Trombley’s father, Brian, told him it was time to give up the game. “He was telling me to get rid of my skates, go back to school and get a job,” Trombley said. Instead, the 6-foot-3,230-pound right winger kept his equipment and the investment paid off handsomely. Trombley received a $25,000 signing bonus when he signed a two-year, two-way deal with the Panthers.…
Domi’s toughness, spark welcomed shot in arm
Why Tie? Some Toronto hockey observers were asking that after the Maple Leafs dealt for Winnipeg Jets’ tough guy Tie Domi April 7, a trade deadline deal that cost center Mike Eastwood and a third-round draft pick. “The key to Tie Domi is he can arouse a crowd,” said GM Cliff Fletcher. “He can get your team into a game. He can be a tremendous spark and he can play the game.” To the Leafs, Domi was the final piece of a trading puzzle that coach Pat Bums and Fletcher hope will help the club duplicate the playoff success of the past two years. Benoit Hogue came from the New York Islanders for added scoring, Paul DiPietro came from the Montreal Canadiens to add feistiness and defenseman Grant Jennings was added from the Pittsburgh…
GM denies tampering
Quebec Nordiques’ GM Pierre Lacroix claims he didn’t want to tamper with his lineup at the trade deadline, so there’s no way he could have been guilty of tampering. New York Rangers’ GM Neil Smith was threatening to file tampering charges with the league after Rangers’ defenseman Sergei Zubov allegedly received a call in his hotel room 30 minutes before the deadline. It was rumored Zubov was asked if he would play in Quebec and that Mike Ricci would be going to the Rangers for Zubov. “My, my,” Ricci said. “Haven’t I picked up some value all of a sudden.” Lacroix and Smith resolved the dispute in a breakfast meeting in New York April 12, but Lacroix denied ever speaking to Zubov. “Now where did that come from?” Lacroix said. “We never spoke with Zubov.…
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