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March 28, 1997
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Super-scorer Selanne puts emphasis on post-season
Game after game, Teemu Selanne has been there for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, a scorer so consistent his only slump of the season lasted three games. With the Mighty Ducks on a roll and Jaromir Jagr of the Pittsburgh Penguins out because of a groin injury, Selanne moved into second in the NHL scoring race with 43 goals and 91 points. That left the right winger 13 points behind Pittsburgh’s Mario Lemieux with 14 games left. But Selanne said the scoring race wasn’t on his mind. “I know when I’m playing well, the points and the goals come,” Selanne said. “Nothing is as important right now as the playoff race.” It’s hard to overestimate Selanne’s importance to the Ducks. He had been in on 91 of their 197 goals (46 per cent). Selanne…
NHL ROSTERS AND TRANSACTIONS
Transactions include player moves from March 7 to 14. Rosters and injuries are as of March 14. Players in roster are listed in sequence of latest line combinations and defense pairings (i.e. first center plays on line with first left winger and first right winger). Next to injured players are projected return dates. Day-to-day means possibly as soon as next game, indefinite indicates an extended period. ANAHEIM TRANSACTIONS March 8: Ruslan Salei, D. assigned to Las Vegas (IHL). Nikolai Tsulygin, D, assigned to Baltimore (AHL). ROSTER C-Steve Rucchin, Kevin Todd, Sean Pronger, Ted Drury. LW-Paul Kariya, Brian Bellows, Warren Rychel, Ken Baumgartner. RW-Teemu Selanne, Jari Kurri, Joe Sacco, Peter LeBoutillier, Roman Oksiuta. LD-Bobby Dollas, Dave Karpa, Darren Van Impe. RD-Dan Trebil, Dmitri Mironov, Jason Marshall. G-Guy Hebert, Mikhail Shtalenkov. INJURIES Shawn Antoski, LW, abdominal surgery, indefinite. J.F.…
Brodeur two good to ignore
The net result cannot be overlooked in this, the year of the goaltender. And no, this is not yet another tribute to The Dominator. New Jersey’s Martin Brodeur, with a 1.95 goals-against average in 57 games this season, was on course to do only what Dominik Hasek has done since the days of Bernie Parent. That is, post a GAA under 2.00. Hasek did it in 1993-94 (1.95), when he finished as runner-up in Hart Trophy balloting to Detroit’s Sergei Fedorov. The irony is Hasek will quite likely cop the MVP award this season with a GAA in the 2.30 to 2.40 neighborhood. Go figure. Which begs the question, why not Brodeur for MVP? His 31-12-11 record wasn’t too shabby. The Devils were steamrolling their way towards first place in the Eastern Conference. Of course, Brodeur’s…
Hayley’s helping hand
RICHMOND, B.C.-The final of the 1997 Canadian women’s hockey championship proved to be more than just another east-west confrontation. The Edmonton Chimos’ 3-2 victory over an all-star team from Quebec put to rest a two-year controversy about the fairness of entering an allstar team against what were largely club representatives from other provinces. “We last won the nationals in 1992, but this one is extra special because I think we’re the first club team to actually beat an all-star team for the title,” said Chimos’ coach Shirley Cameron after her team ended Quebec’s three-year reign as national champion March 9. “For us, that’s huge. Our province continues to do the club thing because we feel it’s the basis of senior hockey and if you go to an all-star concept, there isn’t anything left…
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