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January 12, 1996
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Contenders not content with ‘D’
The Colorado Avalanche has been anything but dull so far, both on and off the ice. After going through a tumultuous move from Quebec to Denver over the summer, Avalanche GM Pierre Lacroix kept busy by shuffling off several players and bringing in some high-profile names. First he acquired 1995 playoff MVP Claude Lemieux, then picked up potential star defenseman Sandis Ozolinsh and most recently netted fivetime all-star goaltender Patrick Roy. Colorado stands as one of the most talented and highest-profile teams in the league, one which some have already anointed as the next winners of the Stanley Cup. Strength Offense, offense and offense. Centers Peter Forsberg and Joe Sakic are a formidable one-two punch. The rest of the offense features solid contributors such as Lemieux, Valeri Kamensky and Scott Young. What they need The…
Minutemen struggle while Regan shines
All-rookie team goalie Brian Regan would be gunning for the all-sophomore team this season-if there were such a thing. The University of Massachusetts-Amherst stopper is showing why he was named Hockey East’s top freshman goalie last season. Regan was Hockey East’s player of the week for the period ending Dec. 17 and had a 3.53 goals-against average and 88.7 save percentage. He stopped 71 of 73 shots in a pair of non-league victories over RPI and Princeton Dec. 9 and 12. “He has been pretty consistent all year,” said UMass-Amherst coach Joe Mallen. “He has always been good on the initial shot, but he has become better on the second shots this year.” The Minutemen went 6-28-2 a year ago, 321-0 in their first season in Hockey East. Against Hockey East competition this season, the…
THE FELINE LINE
Enough with the rats already. The Florida Panthers-astonishing in their muted ascendancy, remarkable in their architecture-have gone from missing the playoffs by a point in each of the past two seasons to leading the NHL in points at Christmas. A team Las Vegas odds makers three months ago listed at 100:1 to win the Stanley Cup was posted at 20:1 at the Stardust Casino just prior to the new year. Next to L’affaire Roy, the Panthers are the biggest story of tire first third of 1995-96. So why the obsession with the rat? In case you’ve been scouting juniors in the Ukraine since September, you should know that minutes before the Panthers’ Oct. 8 home opener against the Calgary Flames, a rat (probably displaced from the recently closed Boston Garden) wandered…
Quick facts on the Zamboni
How it works: 1. Large blade shaves off thin layer from ice surface; 2. Long screw-like device deposits those shavings into a tank, which is later dumped; 3. Cold water is sprayed on the ice and sucked up again; 4. Hot water is applied and smoothed by a squeegee. It freezes into a smooth surface. Water used: Ice-making tank holds 192 U.S. gallons; wash tank holds 72 U.S. gallons. Top speed: 10 miles an hour Vehicle weight: 6,580 pounds empty, 8,780 pounds with water (Model 520, the company’s most popular).…
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