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May 2, 1997
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Predateurs on auction block year after Cup
One year after becoming the first Quebec League team to win the Memorial Cup in 25 years, the Granby Predateurs have been put up for sale and could have a new home by next season. The Predateurs were officially put on the market after being upset by the Vai d’Or Foreurs in the Lebel Division semifinal. Granby finished the regular season with the second best record in the league at 44-20-6. Granby GM Jean-Claude Morrissette, who owns the franchise along with five of his brothers and team president Michel Trudel, put a price tag of $1 million on the Predateurs. The city of Granby has the right of first refusal and if it doesn’t exercise its option, local ownership in Granby will be sought. But if the team isn’t sold by April 30,…
Tkachuk denies gambling charge
Phoenix Coyotes’ captain Keith Tkachuk is threatening a $1 million counter lawsuit against an Edmonton gambler whom the left winger claims has been trying to blackmail him for the past several months. Rajesh Kummer Sabharwal, however, won a $140,(MX) (U.S.) default judgment against Tkachuk, whom he alleges in court documents made illegal bets on professional sporting events between October, 1995 and January, 1996 through an unnamed Boston bookmaker. Tkachuk and his lawyers have denied the allegations and are fighting to overturn the default ruling. An Edmonton court will hear the Tkachuk motion April 23. Sabharwal was awarded the judgment because Tkachuk failed to respond to the lawsuit within the required 15 days after being served papers. Sabharwal contends he was owed the money because he provided “information and services” to Tkachuk in a “verbal…
How to see playoffs and not risk marriage
Let’s be clear on this. The playoffs are a fleeting thing when compared to the intimacy and enduring joy of marriage, the love and attention of children or in those rare cases, both. A sporting event should not, I dare say, come at the expense of the relationships that sustain us. The problem is simple then. How to watch every possible minute of the playoffs without wrecking your life. I know, I know, I just moralized on the importance of family. I meant it, honest. But I also mean this. You deserve to watch the playoffs. It is your right. It has been a long, dark winter. If your family has thrived, it has largely been on your shoulders. For every consoling word after your spouse has a bad day, for every…
DOMINANT HASEK
It’s not like Dominik Hasek doesn’t know of Jacques Plante, but the Buffalo Sabres’ star netminder has a confession. “To be honest, I never heard of him until after I came to the NHL,” Hasek said. “I know now he won many Stanley Cups with Montreal and was the first goalie to wear a mask.” He shouldn’t feel bad. To be honest, not many in pro hockey had heard of Hasek until well after he arrived on the NHL scene in 1990. That’s no longer an issue. Now, the 32-year-old Czech has established himself not only as the No. 1 goalie in the game today, but one of its pre-eminent performers. Period. The first tangible evidence of that is Hasek being named 1996-97 Player of the Year by The Hockey News. In this,…
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