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May 5, 1995
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Days of Thunder
WICHITA, Kansas-While teammates huddled around the championship trophy at center ice, Tom Roulston continued to glide around the rink, pumping his arms back and forth. Then he jumped, arms raised high, and yelled. Roulston’s 37-year-old legs still had some spring in them after the Wichita Thunder claimed its second straight Central League title April 18. “I’ve never been so happy in hockey in my life,” Roulston said. “This is a perfect way to end my career.” Roulston, who abandoned hockey five years ago after 195 NHL games with the Edmonton Oilers and Pittsburgh Penguins and four years in Europe, was Thunder coach Doug Shedden’s assistant this season until circumstances led him back to the ice. His full-time job is a stockbroker with Smith Barney Shearson, a function he still performed on occasion throughout…
Manson on an upswing
The Winnipeg Jets’ defensive problems are well-documented in the daily release of NHL statistics. And if there has been a lightning rod for criticism, his name is Dave Manson. Manson’s minus-27 rating was an easy target. His puck-handling gaffes were frequently held up to ridicule. And the pressure from the trade in March 1994 that brought Manson to Winnipeg was not subsiding. There have been some subtle changes with Manson, however, since coach Terry Simpson and assistant Randy Carlyle were put in charge of running the bench April 5. Not only had the Jets sprung back into the playoff hunt, but in eight games, Manson was a plus-eight and had one goal and eight assists. “I know David has not had a great year but I still think he’s a pretty good player,”…
Not using Fuhr a King-sized mistake
The Answer Man is back again as a public service to all thinking fans. If your question is not listed it only means it has been referred to referee Paul Stewart who hopes to turn Fox telecasts into vaudeville-on-ice. Q: If Bob Probert ever plays for the Chicago Blackhawks, what will he add to their lineup? A: One fight-likely with Tie Domi-a couple of headlines and three assists in, maybe, four years. Translated: Probert will be to Chicago what Troy Crowder was to Detroit and Los Angeles. Nothing. Q: What’s the significance of Jim Peplinski’s comeback in Calgary? A: It has all the makings of a Home Improvement-type sitcom with Peplinski playing the clown. Q: Did the New York Islanders err in dealing Pierre Turgeon and Vladimir Malakhov to the Montreal Canadiens? A: It has become…
Ref run-ins must stop
The Pittsburgh Penguins had a checklist of issues to address as the playoffs approached and most of it was standard stuff. Upgrade the special teams. Tighten their defensive play. And, of course, try to keep nasty run-ins with referees to a minimum. “We’re going to have to play solid, disciplined hockey,” Ron Francis said. "We can’t get sidetracked by officials or goal judges or popcorn vendors.” The Penguins’ relationship with referees became an issue April 16, when two controversial calls by Paul Stewart in the final minute of regulation led to two Philadelphia Flyers’ goals during Pittsburgh’s 4-3 overtime loss at the Spectrum. Stewart gave Troy Murray a five-minute major for boarding Ron Brind’Amour at 19:11—the Penguins contend it was a hip-to-hip hit-then called Ulf Samuelsson for high-sticking John LeClair less than a second…
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