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November 3, 1995
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Fake Outbreak
The NHL has an enemy lurking in its midst. He is The Faker. He can be seen rolling around the ice clutching at a body part or laying motionless like he has passed on to that big rink in the sky. His goal is to to draw a penalty. He is worse than the player who dives hoping to draw a penalty, then gets up and rejoins the play when he realizes his tactic was unsuccessful. Fakers are a referee’s nightmare, an eyesore for the game and pose a frustrating dilemma. The same people who hate it admit they are the ones encouraging it. “Faking (injury) is a serious problem and I don’t know what we can do to get it out of the game,”’said New York Rangers’ coach Colin Campbell. “A lot of…
Enforcer Simon ends holdout
It was like any other NHL pre-game atmosphere on the night of Oct. 17, two hours before the Colorado Avalanche hosted the Washington Capitals. But the normality of the atmosphere was disrupted when, all of a sudden, an imposing 6-foot-3, 220-pound man with a long pony tail and a menacing-looking goatee came sauntering into the Avalanche dressing room. Chris Simon was back. Simon, the team’s enforcer, ended a protracted holdout by agreeing to a one-year contract with the Avalanche Oct. 17. No terms of the deal were disclosed, but it’s believed Simon will earn in the neighborhood of $500,000 (U.S). The signing ended the holdout sagas of four Avalanche players (one, Wen-del Clark, was traded) and the team was finally together. Simon, who spent a lot of his idle time hunting and trapping with his grandfather,…
Coach suspended after challenging ref to fight
Granby Predateurs’ coach Michel Therrien has some time to rethink some controversial postgame comments. Therrien was suspended seven games and fined $1,000 by the Quebec League for derogatory comments and actions directed at referee Luc Lachapelle following a 5-3 victory over the Sherbrooke Faucons Oct. 13. “(Lachapelle) is as a thief, a double-crosser, a liar and a man who perjured himself in the witness stand,” Therrien told reporters after the game in which the referee called 114 minutes in penalties, including 32 minors. Sherbrooke was given 16 power-play opportunities (including three 5-on-3s) and scored two goals while Granby was shorthanded. The Predateurs scored one goal on nine power-play chances. After the game, Therrien took off his jacket and challenged Lachapelle to a fight. He then put on a pair of sunglasses and grabbed…
ELSTON
Arnott injury should make NHL take heed We were overcome with trauma and shock at the sight of Jason Arnott lying on the ice seriously injured with a concussion and a 26-stitch cut caused by a deflected puck. It would be difficult to argue that a visor or facemask would not have prevented that serious eye injury. A safer environment for all NHL players must move to the top of the agenda in the NHL. Intelligent and articulate leadership is now leading the NHL into the next century and beyond. I am sure the complete safety of the league’s most valuable assets, the players, will become their common objective and priority. The players, who are also important role models, must abandon their macho, outdated attitudes that visors and facemasks aren’t cool. They are critical…
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