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June 9, 1995

June 9, 1995

The Hockey News has been providing the most comprehensive coverage of the world of hockey since 1947. In each issue, you'll find news, features and opinions about the NHL and leagues across North America and the world.

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INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE

PLAYOFF RESULTS First Round (Best of five) Peoria vs. Fort Wayne. April 13: Fort Wayne 10, Peoria 4; April 17: Peoria 4, Fort Wayne 3; April 21: Peoria 5, Fort Wayne 2; April 23: Peoria 5, Fort Wayne 2 (Peoria wins series 3-1). Detroit vs. Kansas City: April 13: Detroit 3, Kansas City 1; April 17: Kansas City 3, Detroit 2 (OT); April 21: Detroit 2, Kansas City 1 (OT); April 22: Kansas City 5, Detroit 1; April 25: Kansas City 4, Detroit 3 (Kansas City wins series 3-2). Cincinnati vs. Cleveland: April 14: Cincinnati 5, Cleveland 4 (OT); April 15: Cleveland 3, Cincinnati 2 (OT); April 20: Cincinnati 5, Cleveland 3; April 23: Cincinnati 6, Cleveland 5 (OT) (Cincinnati wins series 3-1). Kalamazoo vs. Chicago: April 12: Kalamazoo 4, Chicago 2; April 15: Kalamazoo…

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Cujo’s scary performance leaves Keenan wondering

St. Louis Blues’ captain Brett Hull urged the media to not “point the poison pen at anyone.” And Brendan Shanahan said it was “silly” to blame goalie Curtis Joseph for the Blues’ demise in the playoffs. Still, Joseph left Kiel Center after the Blues lost to the Vancouver Canucks in the seventh game of the Western Conference quarterfinal with his future uncertain. Joseph, 28, has a disappointing series to be sure. He finished with a 3.76 goals-against average and a dismal .856 save percentage. In the three victories he had a 1.67 GAA and .935 SP. Blues’ coach-GM Mike Keenan said he was reserving judgement on Joseph’s future until he has time for the “emotional pain” of the Blues elimination to go away. “I need to get over the pain that I’m feeling and that…

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Toe Blake: One of all-time greats

Throughout the winters of the 1980s, the greatest coach of the most successful team in NHL history would fix himself breakfast at his west Montreal house, tinker about and wait for his ride downtown. Every day the driver would be sent to bring Toe Blake to his real home, the Montreal Forum. Blake, who coached the Montreal Canadiens to eight Stanley Cups, died May 17 in a Montreal nursing home at the age of 82, but the long goodbye that is Alzheimer’s Disease was first noticed in and around the Forum in the late 1980s. It was during meals at the Texan restaurant across the street that friends–and Blake had a legion of them-began noticing his difficulty in remembering names and anecdotes that before he delivered rapid-fire. “It used to frustrate him,” said…

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NHL GAME-BY-GAME PLAYOFF SYNOPSES

EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALS New York Rangers 4 Quebec Nordiques 2 Game 1 Quebec 5 Rangers 4: Joe Sakic’s third goal, scored with 38 seconds left in regulation time, completes a three-goal comeback against the defending Stanley Cup champions. Game 2 Rangers 8 Quebec 3: Leading the way are captain Mark Messier with a goal and an assist and Alexei Kovalev with three assists and exceptional penalty-killing. Glenn Healy gets the start over Mike Richter and plays well for the Rangers. Wendel Clark earns a $1,000 fine for elbowing Kovalev in the face. Game 3 Rangers 4 Quebec 3: Adam Graves, Mark Messier, Sergei Zubov and Brian Leetch guide the Rangers past Quebec, which finished the regular season with 18 more points. Graves scores a goal in his third consecutive game. Messier and Zubov extend…