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January 26, 1996
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Roberts nets goal in return 1. Welcome back Calgary’s Gary Roberts returns with goal after year out, two neck operations. 2. Crazy eight Saskatoon’s Mark Deyell gets eight points in Western League game to hit 100-point plateau Jan. 10. 3. Standing tall Rangers’ little Pat Verbeek joins 400-goal club with two goals against San Jose Jan. 10. 4. Mr. Zero Detroit’s Kevin Hodson earns shutout in first NHL start, beating Chicago 3-0 Jan. 6. 5. Player of week Veteran Mike Gartner, 36, breaks NHL record for race around rink-13.375 seconds. Need a victory? Pick on Devils 1. Shark-fodder New Jersey can’t even beat San Jose (2-1 loss Jan. 11), which had lost seven straight. 2. Slava slash Detroit’s Slava Fetisov suspended two games, fined $1,000 for whacking Winnipeg’s Dallas Drake. 3. Cherry pits Don Cherry uses “Coach’s Comer” to…
Maciver sparks power play
When the Winnipeg Jets traded defenseman Neil Wilkinson to the Pittsburgh Penguins’ for rearguard Norm Maciver, they hoped their power play would benefit. It seems the hope was justified. Maciver, 31, was no longer part of the Penguins’ unit that laid waste to teams everywhere, but the Jets were making a huge move upward with his good hands. “I think it’s probably a coincidence,” Maciver said. “The power play was doing fine before I got here. We’ve just got some breaks and the puck has gone in the net for us recently. “I’d never say I was making the difference.” Well, at least he admitted there was one. At the time of the trade Dec. 28, the Jets had the ninth-ranked power play in the NHL at 18.5 per cent. In Maciver’s first seven…
Ron Sutter intent on NHL return
Ron Sutter’s rise from his hockey ashes will begin, fittingly, in Phoenix. Like the mythical creature that enjoyed a second life, the 32-year-old Sutter is hoping to make it back to the NHL by way of the International League’s Roadrunners. “I know I can still play in the NHL,” Sutter told the Arizona Republic, “and I want to play in the NHL again. It’s probably going to take me a while to adjust to the Roadrunners, but I’m here to work hard.” Sutter, signed by Phoenix Jan. 4, was unable to hook on with a big league team this season after a rough 1994-95 campaign with the New York Islanders. The 12-year NHL center sustained an ankle injury and had a difficult time getting back into the Islanders’ lineup when he was healthy.…
THN ALL-STARS WESTERN CONFERENCE
FIRST TEAM G—Chris Osgood, Detroit D—Chris Chelios, Chicago D—Gary Suter, Chicago LW—Keith Tkachuk, Winnipeg C—Joe Sakic, Colorado RW—Alexander Mogilny, Vancouver SECOND TEAM G—Grant Fuhr, St. Louis D—Nicklas Lidstrom, Detroit D—Paul Coffey, Detroit LW—Valeri Kamensky, Colorado C—Peter Forsberg, Colorado RW—Paul Kariya, Anaheim THIRD TEAM G—Felix Potvin, Toronto D—Larry Murphy, Toronto D—AI Maclnnis, St. Louis LW—Zdeno Ciger, Edmonton C—Wayne Gretzky, Los Angeles RW—Teemu Selanne, Winnipeg HART TROPHY 1. Joe Sakic, Colorado 2. Grant Fuhr, St. Louis 3. Chris Osgood, Detroit NORRIS TROPHY 1. Chris Chelios, Chicago 2. Gary Suter, Chicago 3. Nicklas Lidstrom, Detroit VEZINA TROPHY 1. Grant Fuhr, St. Louis 2. Chris Osgood, Detroit 3. Felix Potvin, Toronto CALDER TROPHY 1. Eric Daze, Chicago 2. Vitali Yachmenev, Los Angeles 3. Deron Quint, Winnipeg SELKE TROPHY 1. Sergei Fedorov, Detroit 2. Shayne Corson, St. Louis 3. Trevor Linden, Vancouver LADY BYNG TROPHY 1. Alexander Mogilny, Vancouver 2. Paul Kariya, Anaheim 3. Teemu Selanne, Winnipeg JACK ADAMS TROPHY 1. Scotty Bowman, Detroit 2. Marc Crawford, Colorado 3. Craig Hartsburg, Chicago…
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