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October 20, 1995
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PLUS MINUS
A pre-season to remember 1. Say what? Ottawa Senators allow just 19 goals in nine pre-season games. 2. Hnat’s off Kamloops’ Hnat Domenichelli scores eight goals, 15 points in four WHL games. 3. Michel Therrien Granby coach records 100th QMJHLwin in only 142 games. 4. Shape up Islanders’ Zigmund Palffy reports out of shape, leads team with seven goals, 11 points. 5. THN top player Pittsburgh’s Mario Lemieux serves notice he’s back with seven goals. Original Six clubs bomb 1. Hawks, Rangers Chicago, New York manage just one win each in pre-season. 2. John Badduke Syracuse right winger jumps from one penalty box to other to fight. 3. Waiver draft Much ado about nothing as eight fringe players swap teams. 4. Do they want hockey? Just 4,017 show up for QMJHL game at Quebec Colisee. 5. Endless Knights London loses first…
Jovanovski’s NHL debut on hold after fight injury
The long-anticipated NHL debut of Ed Jo-vanovski will be delayed until November. The No. 1 overall pick in the 1994 NHL entry draft broke the index finger on his right hand Sept. 29 during a pre-season fight with Brendan Shanahan of the Hartford Whalers at the Miami Arena. Jovanovski, who had surgery Sept. 30, is expected to miss about six weeks. “It’s a big loss,” said coach Doug MacLean. “We were counting on Eddie. It would have been nice to have him from the start to ease him in. But Ed says he thinks he can be back quicker than the doctors say. I hope so.” Jovanovski isn’t sure at what point during the altercation he suffered the injury. “I was just concentrating on the fight,” Jovanovski said. “So I don’t know what time of…
Can Markus make mark?
Markus Naslund learned at least one valuable lesson during his first twc seasons in the NHL. No matter how bad things are, they can always get worse. Naslund has a firm grasp of that reality because he has lived it. After two winters that could charitably be called disastrous, Naslund will try again to make his mark in North America. Considering his contract expires after this season, there couldn’t be a better time. “I’ve got to step up,” Naslund said. “I feel I’ve had two real bad seasons, and I don’t know what I can do (to compensate), so I’m not worried about it. I feel good now.” The Penguins will feel a lot better about their chances if Naslund gets off to a productive start this season. He’s penciled in on a line…
ETC
NEW YORK-On the day after a triumph of Olympian proportions, Gary Bettman stretches out on a chair in his office, spies two tape recorders and asks, “Are we doing this in stereo?” Bettman allows himself a smile at the quip. He does a better job of concealing any selfsatisfaction over the Oct. 2 deal that officially puts NHL players in the Olympics on a full-scale basis for the first time. (See pg. 5 for story on Olympics.) Bettman has consistently resisted the urge to dwell on the past-perhaps because he has so little of it in the NHL. It’s easy to forget the commissioner has been in office for only 32 months because the league has been through so much-good and bad-in so little time since Feb. 1, 1993. It has re-fashioned and enlarged…
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