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January 26, 1996
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New Cap-gunslinger
Steve Konowalchuk is not like a lot of NHL players who are living out their dream. That’s because growing up in Salt Lake City, Utah, the Washington Capitals’ left winger didn’t feel he had a legitimate shot at making the big leagues. Even when he moved to Prince Albert, Sask., at 15 to pursue a higher calibre of hockey, the NHL remained a long-shot. “I was a pretty good player for Salt Lake City, but then again Salt Lake City isn’t exactly a hockey hotbed,” said Kono-walchuk, who was a surprising second on the Capitals with 16 goals after 37 games. “When 1 moved to Prince Albert I got cut from a bantam team one year and a midget team the next. It didn’t make me very happy, but I didn’t give…
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, JAN. 5 OTT: Chorske (1/0) Cunneyworth (1/2-) Duchesne (7/1-) Musil (1/1-) Mallette (0/0) Vial (1/0) Drury (1/1-) Hill (1/2-) Modry (1/1-) Pitlick (1/1+) Yashin (2/1-) Straka (4/2-) McCleary (2/0) Daigle (2/2-) Bonk (2/0) Neckar (0/2-) Alfredsson (1/1-) Tormanen (1/1-). HFD: Brown (4/0) Burt (1/0) Cassels (1/0) Chase (0/0) Diduck (0/3+) Dineen (3/2+) Emerson (2/0) Featherstone (3/3+) Janssens (1/3+) Kron (2/2+) McCrimmon (1/0) Ranheim (2/2+) Shanahan (9/1+) Wesley (1/0) Daniels (1/0) Sanderson (1/0) Martins (2/1-) Kapanen (0/0). First Period 1. HFD Janssens 2 (Ranheim Burke) 3:57 2. HFD Ranheim 5 (Dineen) 10:29 Pen- Alfredsson OTT (ob. - interference) 5:47; Janssens HFD (ob. - hooking) 8:26; Wesley HFD (tripping)…
New home, new luck?
When the Ottawa Senators practised for the first time at their new home, the Palladium, tough guy defenseman Dennis Vial was the first to skate on and check out the ice. What was he thinking on such a momentous occasion, as his skates glided over the huge Senators logo at centre ice on Jan. 8? “I was just thinking I hope I’m here for a long time,” Vial said. “It’s such a nice place, I don’t want to go home. I just want to stay here all day.” The Palladium is indeed a dream palace, looking like it will live up to all the hype and hope it has inspired since it was first mentioned seven years ago. Back then, however, it was envisioned as the centerpiece of an entire community, West Terrace,…
Nike making giant strides
How does the Nike Hockey League sound? The Oregon-based shoe and sportswear Goliath takes another giant-sized step into the consciousness of hockey fans at the Jan. 20 NHL All-Star Game in Boston. The game will be hyped as the debut of a new Nike skate that will be worn by all-stars Brian Leetch of the New York Rangers, New Jersey Devils’ kingpin defenseman Scott Stevens, Bruins’ scoring ace Cam Neely and Detroit Red Wings’ superstar Sergei Fedorov. Two more Nike players, Jeremy Roenick of the Chicago Blackhawks and Washington Capitals’ netminder Jim Carey, were set to wear their new skates in Boston, but didn’t make the team. Fedorov and Stevens will also wear helmets and gloves bearing the familiar “Swoosh” logo and a new television ad featuring Roenick, Fedorov, Carey and Leetch, shot…