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May 19, 1995
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MVP Burke rewarded
If the Hartford Whalers had made the NHL playoffs, Sean Burke would have been in the running for the Hart Trophy as NHL most valuable player. Burke was that good. But the Whalers didn’t make the playoffs and Burke will have to be content with having his teammates select him as the Whalers’ MVP and management rewarding him a well-deserved contract extension. Actually, a contract revision. When Burke signed a new deal last summer, it was a two-year and option contract worth $5.4 million, including $1.4 million this season and $2 million in 1995-96 and 199697. The new collective bargaining agreement called for the elimination of option-year deals. So the Whalers improved Burke’s salary to $2.3 million in 1996-97 and $2.5 million in 1997-98. At that point, Burke will be a free agent without…
Dube cleared for Kamloops if Titan advances
The Canadian Hockey League upheld an appeal made by the Quebec League, clearing the way for Yanick Dube to participate in the Memorial Cup should the Laval Titan qualify. Dube, 20, was the QMJHL’s scoring champion in 1993-94 and was a 1994 draft choice of the Vancouver Canucks. He split this season with the Canadian national team and the American League’s Syracuse Crunch. Dube also signed a QMJHL playing card prior to Feb. 10 and played one regular-season game with Laval, which qualified him for post-season play according to league regulations. CHL president Ed Chynoweth originally ruled Dube ineligible for the Memorial Cup because QMJHL guidelines aren’t the same as those of the CHL. The Titan responded by saying if Dube couldn’t play the whole team wouldn’t participate May 13-21 in Kamloops.…
All pain means no gains in Dallas’ hurtin’ season
Good luck has not been in large supply for the Dallas Stars this season. Unless, of course, you consider they were lucky to make the playoffs. Defenseman Derian Hatcher sustained a third grade tear of the medial collateral ligament in his right knee in the final game of the regular season May 1 against the San Jose Sharks. The Stars lost that contest 31 and the loss cost them the seventh seed in the Western Conference. It also cost them Hatcher, one of their top players, for at least three weeks. “It has been a trying year,” Hatcher said. “There has been a lot of ups and downs. It seems like mostly downs.” Hatcher’s injury adds to a long list that have crippled the team this season. Defenseman Richard Matvi-chuk, center Peter Zezel…
Forsberg stats say it all
Peter Forsberg is, by nature, self-effacing. The Quebec Nordiques’ super rookie is also, by nature, very talented. While the 21-year-old Swedish sensation talks in humble tones about his first NHL season, the numbers speak loud and clear: Fifteen goals and 50 points in 47 games and a plus-17 mark. Forsberg finished 11 points ahead of his closest rookie rival in the scoring race. The great season makes Forsberg a leading candidate for the THN Rookie of the Year Award. Still, he downplays his accomplishments. “It was pretty easy to play with guys like Owen Nolan and Bob Bassen,” Forsberg said. “I certainly don’t see myself as a franchise player.” Forsberg’s competition is a projected franchise player and one who turned around a franchise this season. Mighty Ducks of Anaheim left winger Paul Kariya-the NHL’s…
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