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December 15, 1995
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Lightning winning games, but losing troops to injury
As the victories finally began mounting for the Tampa Bay Lightning, so too did the losses-personnel losses, that is. The Lightning set a franchise record by winning its fifth straight game Nov. 27 and tied another club mark two days later when it extended its unbeaten string to six games in a 1-1 tie with the Hartford Whalers. In the process, it lost three players to injury-goalie Daren Puppa, defenseman Michel Petit and right winger Mikael Andersson. Fortunately, none of the injuries were considered serious; all three were out day-to-day. Puppa, who allowed just seven goals during the five-game winning streak and was named NHL player of the week for the period ending Nov. 26, left the Hartford game with a bruised knee. J.C. Bergeron, whose previous action came when he allowed all…
NHL STATISTICAL REPORT
NHL GOALTENDING STATISTICS NHL SUMMARIES NOTE Unofficial game summaries provided by National Hockey League; (shots on goal/plus-minus); SA-shots against; GA-goals against; ENG-empty net goals; Decdecision, charges to goaltenders of record when winning goal is scored. FRIDAY, NOV. 24 LOS ANGELES 0 0 1—1 BOSTON 2 0 0—2 LA: Conacher (0/0) Crowder (2/0) Druce (1/1-) Finn (1/0) Granato (1/0) Gretzky (1/0) Khristich (2/0) Kurri (1/1+) McSorley (2/0) Tocchet (2/1+) Sydor (0/1+) Perreault (0/1-) O’Donnell (0/1-) Cowie (4/1+) Brown (1/0) Tsygurov (0/1-) Tsyplakov (1/0) Yachmenev (0/0). BOS: Bourque (5/1-) Elik (1/0) Kasatonov (0/0) Leach (0/0) Mullen (0/0) Neely (5/1-) Reid (1/1+) Stevens (2/0) Sweeney (2/0) Zombo (0/1+) Donato (1/0) Heinze (3/1+) McEachern (7/1-) Moger (1/1+) Rohloff (0/0) Stumpel (1/1-) Czerkawski (3/0) Mclaren (0/0). First Period 1. BOS Neely 10 (Bourque Stumpel) (pp) 3:59 2. BOS Moger 3 (Reid Heinze) 10:16 Pen-Cowie LA (cross-checking) 3:34;…
Small-packaged Briere made of hard cast iron
Drummondville Voltigeurs’ center Daniel Briere is the Quebec League’s top sniper, but he has also become its little iron man. As a rookie last season, the 5-foot-8, 163-pounder was one of only 17 players in the league to play all 72 games. He was also in the lineup for Drummondville’s first 32 games this season, scoring 39 goals and 85 points to open a 15-point lead in the league scoring race. The 18-year-old celebrated his 100th game in the league Nov. 15 by collecting his 200th point (87 goals, 113 assists) with an assist in a 4-3 victory over the Vai d’Or Foreurs. “He’s extremely resilient… it’s not very often he’ll get hit with a solid check,” said Voltigeurs’ coach Blair Mackasey. “He’s just so bloody competitive. Everyone said he’s too small to…
Bettman joins Panthers’ fight
With Florida Panthers’ owner H. Wayne Huizenga still unable to secure a new arena deal and with the Panthers future in South Florida looking grim, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman flew to Miami Nov. 29 to talk with local politicians. Bettman, who spent much of the third period of the Florida-Philadelphia Flyers’ game meeting with Panthers’ president Bill Torrey in a conference room under the arena, had met earlier in the day with county officials from Dade (Miami) and Broward. But despite constructive meetings, Bettman said he was frustrated by South Florida’s inability to build a new arena. “The fact is, of the meetings I had today, nobody could offer me a realistic timetable that said by ‘X’ date we are going to know that there is a new building,” Bettman said. “At…
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