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June 27, 1997
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Red Alert: Wings Tough Failures didn’t dim desire
DETROIT-The Detroit Red Wings’ Stanley Cup win was a story not of mice, but men. Brendan Shanahan would have it no other way. “A field mouse?” Shanahan said incredulously amid the Cup-winning celebrations. “I was never called a field mouse. Never.” A little bird had suggested otherwise, that Red Wing coach Scott Bowman, just prior to Game 6 of the Western Conference final against the Colorado Avalanche, challenged Shanahan and Sergei Fedorov in front of their mates. Bowman’s general theme that night was imploring every player to seize the opportunity before them or regret it for the rest of their lives. His specific message was to light a fire under Shanahan and Fedorov. One version of the story goes that Bowman mentioned something about Shanahan’s ample size and strength, but that he’d been playing…
Inspiring post-season run brings fans hank for more
The Ottawa Senators’ success in the playoffs has begun to pay dividends at the box office. Senators’ president Roy Mlakar confirmed Ottawa’s season ticket sales for next season surpassed the 9,000 mark. That put the Senators more than 1.000 seats ahead of last year’s 8,100 season ticket holders at this time and it bodes well for the club’s future in the 18,500-seat Corel Centre. Ottawa was knocked out of the Eastern Conference quarterfinal in seven games, but by early-June, 93 per cent of last year’s subscribers had renewed. “I’m happy with the way it’s going,” Mlakar said. “I think people are recognizing the fact of the matter that there was difficulty getting seats for some games and that the team has progressed.” Owner Rod Bryden told reporters last winter the franchise could be moved…
Safe bet Carbonneau signs on with Stars for 16th NHL season
It might be one of the great comeback stories of the NHL season, except those who know him best say Guy Carbonneau never went away. Carbonneau, who was available in the waiver draft last season and looked at 1997 as his summer of retirement before last season, signed a one-year contract with the Dallas Stars June 6. “Had you asked me last August if we would have had him back, I would have said no,” said Stars’ coach Ken Hitchcock. “But what Carbo did for us this year was terrific. And he has shown no sign that he won’t continue to do the same things.” That was the biggest question for the 37-year-old center-can he continue to perform consistently at his age? Carbonneau has been protected to some degree-first by Stars’ GM Bob Gainey…
Wilson finds employment, replacement still up in air
While former MightyDucks of Anaheim coach Ron Wilson had already found another job, his former team was not even close to finding a replacement for him. The Ducks talked with ex-Boston Bruins’ coach Steve Kasper, former Buffalo Sabres’ GM John Muckier, former Phoenix Coyotes’ coach Don Hay and Ducks’ assistant coach Walt Kyle in the two weeks after firing Wilson, but had yet to choose finalists or rule out other candidates. Meanwhile, Wilson was hired to replace Jim Schoenfeld as coach of the Washington Capitals, in part because of his relationship with new Capitals’ GM George McPhee. Wilson and McPhee, the Vancouver Canucks’ director of hockey operations, worked together from 1990 to 1993 when Wilson was an assistant coach for the Canucks. The unpopular and widely criticized decision not to re-sign Wilson after…
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