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December 1, 1995
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Hamilton to host World Cup
Hamilton has replaced Boston as a site for the 1996 World Cup. World Cup organizers decided on an eight-team format, but haven’t finalized where and when the successor to the Canada Cup will be played. “The sites, venues and dates will be decided (in early December),” said Rene Fasel, president of the International Ice Hockey Federation. Sources say Canada will get two more games than originally planned, bringing the total to eight. Vancouver, Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto are potential sites, but renovations to Maple Leaf Gardens may send the games to Hamilton, which played host to the 1987 and 1991 Canada Cup finals. Organizers are considering three games for Montreal, two for Ottawa and Hamilton and one for Vancouver, which would also be the site of the training camp. In the U.S., Detroit, Pittsburgh and St.…
Will NHL see through visors by Year 2000?
Eric Weinrich felt the pressure to conform as soon as he was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks in the fall of 1993. None of his new teammates, nor coach Darryl Sutter, ever said it explicitly, but it was clear that by playing with a visor he was violating the team’s code of honor. “In the past in Chicago, I don’t know how to say this, it was just kind of a taboo,” said Weinrich, a seven-year NHL defenseman. “It just kind of got around the room pretty quick that the Hawks didn’t wear visors. I didn’t want to cause any flak with the coach.” Safety was of importance to Wein-rich-he wore a visor the previous season with the Hartford Whalers-but not as important as acceptance or playing time. A newspaper story pointed…
MAJOR JUNIOR REPORT
It was one small tie in the Ontario League standings; one giant leap for the London Knights. The Knights ended the longest futility streak to begin an OHL season with a 3-3 tie Nov. 11 against the Owen Sound Platers. Rookie Todd Crane scored with just over 10 minutes left in the third period, giving London its first point of the season. The Knights lost their first 17 games, eclipsing the previous season-beginning record of 11 straight losses by the 1976-77 Oshawa Generals. “We’re trying to start over. We have a whole new attitude,” Crane said. The Knights fired coach-GM Mike Fedorko after 13 losses and elevated assistant coach Murray Nystrom. “We have a new system, a new outlook,” said captain Kevin Boyd. “We can’t do anything about the 17 losses. What happened, happened.” Nystrom…
Penalty killers powerful, too
Nobody paid much attention to the Pittsburgh Penguins’ penalty killing during the first five-plus weeks of this season and that oversight was easy to understand. When the conversation turned to special-teams play by the Penguins, the natural inclination was to focus on the performance of the power play. After all, it averaged two goals per game during Pittsburgh’s first 15 games and, with 30 goals in 75 tries, led the NHL with a staggering conversion rate of 40 per cent. Still, the Penguins’ play while short-handed has been dramatically upgraded from last season, when it was the fourth-worst in the league and had a success rate of just 79.9 per cent. Through 15 games, Pittsburgh had survived 79 of 92 shorthanded situations, a kill rate of 85.9 per cent. That earned the Penguins a place…
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