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February 21, 1997
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Suddenly long road trip doesn’t look so bad for slumping Bruins
It’s a stretch that would make any team cringe and one the Boston Bruins have complained about since their schedule was released last summer. But after losing the first two games of a three-game homestand in the first week of February, a month on the road never looked so good. Boston fell to 10-16-5 at FleetCenter-two more home losses than all of last season (22-14-5)-after dropping key Eastern Conference contests to the Ottawa Senators and Hartford Whalers. That left the Bruins with just one more home game to endure before playing 12 of their next 14 on the road. Overall, Boston was scheduled to play 19 of its final 28 games on the road, where it was 10-11-1 before leaving town. “Maybe it’s good that we’re going on the road for pretty much the…
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; Dec-decision, charges to goaltenders of record when winning goal is scored. FRIDAY, JAN. 31 SATURDAY, FEB. 1 SUNDAY, FEB. 2 MONDAY, FEB. 3 TUESDAY, FEB. 4 WEDNESDAY, FEB. 5 THURSDAY, FEB. 6…
SCOREBOARD
Fayetteville, Topeka in line to join Central loop?
Central League commissioner Monte Miron always speaks carefully when talking about expansion. He says he wants to expand slowly and not make the mistakes of other leagues. But there is nothing slow about the growth of the CHL. The league will add Fayetteville, N.C., for next season and also likely will add Topeka, Kansas. The 10-team league added four expansion teams this season and announced it will add an expansion team near St. Louis for the 1999-2000 season. “It appears it’s going to happen (in Fayetteville),” Miron said. “There are some loose ends to be tied up. I would say it’s in the 90 per-cent range as far as being complete.” The Fayetteville franchise will play at the Cumberland County Complex, which seats 15,000. Arena officials already have announced the city will become…