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November 3, 1995
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St. Catherine St. Blitz
It will be remembered for its swiftness, unexpectedness and the number of casualties in its wake. Montreal Canadiens’ president Ronald Corey dropped the guillotine on the afternoon of Oct. 17. When he was done, four heads had rolled in one of the greatest front-office purges in NHL history. Fired were GM Serge Savard, coach Jacques Demers, Savard’s assistant Andre Boudrias-who also was the Canadiens’ director of scouting and GM of their American League affiliate in Fredericton-and pro scout Carol Vadnais. Demers, with two years remaining on a contract paying $800,000 annually, will remain with the organization, likely in a scouting capacity. No successors were named when the Canadiens returned for an Oct. 20 game against the New York Islanders. The team was handled by Demers’ four assistants-Jacques Laperierre, Steve Shutt, Francois Allaire and…
Two good to be true
Batman and Robin. Rosencrantz and Guildenstem. Trammell and Whitaker. Michayluk and Callander. Eternal heroes, soul mates, teammates and linemates. Dave Michayluk and Jock Callander are not be as superhuman as Batman and Robin, as whimsical as Rosencrantz and Guildenstem or as well known in sports as Trammell and Whitaker, but for more than a decade they’ve been the most dynamic duo in minor pro hockey. Michayluk and Callander were teenage teammates for the Western League’s Regina Pats in 1980. They’re teammates and best friends today as 33-and 34-year-old senior citizens on the International League’s Cleveland Lumberjacks. “The first time I met (Michayluk) I was 18,” Callander recalled, “I was sitting out a game with Regina and they called him up from Prince Albert to replace me.” “I had no idea we’d still be together 16…
EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK
Leafs’ Domi deserves what he got Two thumbs up for the NHL slapping Tie Domi with an eight-game suspension. Two thumbs down for Domi sucker punching Ulf Samuelsson. One for each time an unconscious Samuelsson’s head bounced off the ice. Some think an eight-game suspension is too stiff because Samuelsson egged Domi on and is, himself, one of the league’s dirtiest players. Neither circumstance is relevant. Everybody knows Samuelsson seldom fights and even if Domi believed a fight was about to break out, NHL etiquette demands players first face each other before squaring off. Sucker punching is against the code. Samuelsson is lucky he suffered no more than a concussion. Still, he had to miss at least two games. That Domi is serving a sentence only four times as great puts the suspension in perspective.…
Wheat Kings still flying despite loss of all-stars
The Brandon Wheat Kings have bid adieu to some impact players. But you wouldn’t know it looking at the Western League standings. Brandon won 10 of 11 games to begin the season. Brandon has thrived without center Marty Murray, right winger Darren Ritchie and defenseman Bryan McCabe-all of whom graduated to the pro ranks. “We’re losing great players,” said Brandon GM Kelly McCrimmon, “but we felt confident we were returning good players.” Take Wade Redden, for example. The New York Islanders selected the year-old defenseman second overall in NHL’s 1995 entry draft. Redden has returned to Brandon. “He’s probably going to be the best defenseman in the league,” McCrimmon said. “If he’s not the best, he’s in the top handful.” Murray, 20, was a handful for opposing checkers, being named the league’s MVP after a 128-point season.…
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