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September 20, 1996
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Cup champion Predateurs face challenge to repeat
Nobody in the Quebec League seems to think the Granby Predateurs have a chance of repeating as Memorial Cup champions this season. After all, they lost nine players from last year’s formidable squad. But don’t count Granby coach Michel Therrien among those who feel Granby can’t repeat. In three seasons as a coach in the QMJHL. Therrien has compiled a 141-52-4 record, won three straight regular-season championships (last season with Granby and the two previous years with the Laval Titan) and brought a Quebecbased team its first Memorial Cup since 1971. “We want to finish on top again,” Therrien said during training camp. “That’s always my goal and it’s no different this year. It’s not like I’ll be happy just making the playoffs. “The guys we lost were key factors, but I still think…
Don’t expect Detroit to make big changes
Detroit Red Wing fans looking for big changes after two years of disappointment will probably be in for even more disappointment this season. The Red Wings have finished first overall two straight years, but many observers feel there’s no way they’ll win a Stanley Cup unless they make alterations to a team that has not made the grade in the playoffs. But the Wings have responded by doing nothing of consequence to improve their team and have given every indication they don’t intend to make any significant changes. “We won 12 playoff games and lost six; we won 62 of 82 regular season games,” said Wings’ coach and director of player personnel Scotty Bowman. “We won’t add anything from outside the organization unless it’s a necessity. We don’t feel we have any necessities…
Toronto group vying to join new Majors in big city
Is metropolitan Toronto big enough for two Ontario League teams? Gary Medwid thinks so. Medwid, a director and shareholder with International Wood Industries, is preparing a formal application to be presented to the OHL expansion committee before Oct. 1. Medwid met twice with the committee, once during the draft in late May and again in August. OHL governors awarded an expansion franchise to Toronto St. Michael’s College Majors in August. The Majors begin play in 1997-98. Medwid’s proposal is also for next season in a 6,700-seat arena within a multi-purpose complex to be built through private funding in Scarborough, a Toronto suburb. The arena would include private boxes. The rest of the complex would contain retail and office components. A Scarborough entry would require the Majors and Oshawa Generals to waive their 50-mile territorial rights. Medwid…
NHL ROSTERS
The World Cup was not yet over when NHL training camps opened, many as early as Sept. 7. Here are the training camp rosters of all 26 teams, as of Sept. 6. Positions have been assigned by NHL teams. Listed are each player’s 1995-96 team(s). Also listed are training camp opening dates and sites. Potential omissions are veteran unrestricted free agents, such as defenseman Kevin Lowe, who played last season with the New York Rangers, but whose 1996-97 status had not yet been settled. Abbreviations of leagues: Minor Pro-AHL. American League: ECHL. East Coast League: IHL. International League. Major Jr.-OHL. Ontario League; QMJHL, Quebec League: WHL, Western League. U.S. College-CCHA. Central Collegiate Hockey Association: ECAC. Eastern College Athletic Conference: WCHA, Western Conference Hockey Association. MIGHTY DUCKS OF ANAHEIM Disney ICE, Anaheim, Sept.…
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