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October 20, 1995
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Diet leaves Recchi hungry for success
Mark Recchi made a decision in the off-season to alter his eating habits. It had nothing to do with having been fed a steady diet of John LeClair press clippings. Recchi and LeClair were part of a major trade last February that turned around the fortunes of the Philadelphia Flyers and did nothing to halt the Montreal Canadiens’ slide out of the playoffs for the first time in 25 years. “My numbers were decent last year, but I simply didn’t think I played that well,” said Recchi, who was traded to the Canadiens from the Flyers Feb. 9, for left wingers LeClair and Gilbert Dionne and defenseman Eric Desjardins. “One thing I concentrated on learning in the off-season was nutrition. I got home from watching the Memorial Cup and I felt lousy because 1…
Keep your program handy
A flurry of transactions prior to the start of the regular season left the Buffalo Sabres a much different hockey team. No one is certain it will be any better. “It’s going to be a frustrating year,” said winger Rob Ray. “We’re all going to have to pull together. We’re not going to be able to conquer the world.” The Sabres signed Wayne Primeau and Curtis Brown, the team’s firstand second-round picks in the 1994 entry draft, just prior to the Oct. 6 deadline for junior players. They also picked up right winger Rob Conn from the New Jersey Devils and left winger Brent Hughes from the Boston Bruins in the waiver draft, demoted goalie Robb Stauber to Rochester of the American League in favor of Andrei Trefilov and made room for centers Mike…
Spirited center St. Louis jumps out to Swift start
Swift Current Broncos’ fans are enjoying the spirit of St. Louis. Sophomore center Josh St Louis got off to a flying start with the Western League team, with three goals and 10 points in five games. “I see myself as an offensive player,” St. Louis said. “If the chances are there, I’m not sure what kind of numbers I could put up.” His number was not called at the NHL’s entry draft last July. St. Louis attended the proceedings in Edmonton, only to sit through all nine rounds. He is using the snub as a motivational tool. “That’s the way you have to take it,” said St. Louis, 19. “It was a tough time at the draft. It was an experience 111 never forget. “What you have to do is learn from why you didn’t…
Ozolinsh in Sharks’ den
After missing training camp because of a contract squabble, San Jose Sharks’ defenseman Sandis Ozolinsh found 4.4 million reasons to rejoin the team. Four days before the season opener, Ozolinsh agreed to a three-year contract worth $4.4 million. The deal is identical to one signed by New Jersey Devils’ defenseman Scott Nie-dermayer and will pay Ozolinsh $1.4 million this season and $1.5 million in each of the next two seasons. “He says he is as good as Nieder-mayer and I told him he could have the same deal,” said Dean Lombardi, the Sharks’ director of hockey operations. The Niedermayer contract was one of three options the Sharks presented to Ozolinsh, who turned down a four-year offer worth an average of $1.4 million per season and a one-year proposal worth $850,000. Ozolinsh was paid $500…