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December 22, 1995
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Johnson shows Wings he can contribute, too
Early this season, Greg Johnson told reporters he was spending so much time riding the staionary bike to stay in shape, he felt like he was training for the Tour de France. The seldom-used center for the Detroit Red Wings appeared to be training for a tour of duty in another NHL city. A trade seemed to be the only way Johnson would be able to prove he could play regularly in the NHL and it came oh-so-close to happening. But then the hockey fates intervened. Johnson’s break came in the form of a rib injury to Keith Primeau in early November. Inserted into the lineup and placed on a line with rugged Darren McCarty and Martin Lapointe, Johnson drew an assist in his first game and then went on a tear, scoring…
Content Flyers saw no need for Roy
When the Patrick Roy episode unfolded in Montreal, there was a rush order placed on professional guessing as to which teams in addition to the Colorado Avalanche would be interested in getting the future Hall of Fame goaltender. The Philadelphia Flyers were on just about every list. Normally, Flyers’ GM Bob Clarke does not get too excited about trade rumors, but this one almost made him take out those front teeth and start slashing the messengers. “Patrick Roy? Here?” Clarke said. “Not a snowball’s chance in hell. That’s crazy, people should be calling us for goalies, not the other way around.” Although Roy has looked like Hardy Astrom in recent seasons against the Flyers, Clarke wasn’t denigrating the goaltending icon. No, he was making an emphatic point about his own netminders. “Has anybody taken…
Driven to success
Alexander Selivanov’s NHL learning curve is right on track. The 24-year-old sophomore right winger has fantastic balance, good hands, courage in front of the net and a comical take on life in North America that has endeared him to his Tampa Bay Lightning teammates. The curves on the road, though, are driving him around the bend and into the poorhouse. Selivanov’s year-old Cadillac STS sports coup, black as night with tinted windows, sits alone at his home in St. Petersburg Beach, Fla., as its owner waits longingly for the day he can drive it again. The police-they must be so bored, Selivanov complains-have suspended his driver’s license. In early November he got five traffic tickets in one week and two within a span of 20 minutes, both team records. He had more tickets than goals…
Smith optimistic about back after long visit with top doc
Steve Smith has had days when he felt his hockey career was over because of the nagging disc problem in his lower back. But now the Chicago Blackhawks’ veteran defenseman is more encouraged than ever he’ll be able to play a few more years after visiting noted back specialist Dr. Robert Watkins in Los Angeles. Smith spent four days with Watkins and his staff and came away armed with a new set of exercises that have him pain free for the first time in months. “For the last 18 months, when I woke up in the morning, for the first half-hour, I’d think my career was over,” Smith said. “But for the last four days (after seeing Watkins), I’ve woke up absolutely pain free. It has got me pretty optimistic.” Smith is on what’s…
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