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September 19, 1997
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EAGLE & ESPO
’Nobody can TAKE ‘72 AWAY FROM ME’ Two pivotal players in the 1972 Summit Series-Alan Eagleson and Phil Esposito-are profiled in Part II of our three-part 25th anniversary retrospective on the series. Part III appears in the Sept. 26 issue. Sitting behind a large desk in his spacious downtown Toronto office, Alan Eagleson beams with pride when he talks about his baby. It has been 25 years since Eagleson orchestrated the 1972 Summit Series that changed the game. Once the most powerful man in hockey, Eagleson is now a fugitive from the U.S. justice system and has been charged in Canada with numerous counts of fraud, racketeering and theft relating to previous Canada Cup tournaments and his tenure as executive director of the NHL Players’ Association. He also faces a disciplinary hearing with…
New Orleans franchise ready to work its Brass off
New Orleans is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the United States, if not the world. East Coast League president and CEO Richard Adams believes the new franchise in the city will help boost the image of the nineyear-old league. “We’ve had tremendous success in that region already,” Adams said. “Two teams (Louisiana IceGators and Baton Rouge Kingfish) are the envy of minor-league hockey. Certainly adding New Orleans to that is a perfect fit.” The New Orleans Brass will begin play in October and it has a couple of high-profile people to get the franchise kick-started in a big way. Larry Kish, who has over 30 years of experiencein hockey-including a brief stint as coach of the Hartford whalers-is me Brass vice-president and GM. Kish recently named former NHL coach Ted Sator to…
Bullfrogs again!
The winning tradition continues on in 1997 for Roller Hockey International’s Anaheim Bullfrogs. By beating the New Jersey Rockin’ Rollers 12-4 and 9-5 in this year’s final, Anaheim became the first team in RHI history to win a second league championship. The Bullfrogs have always boasted they’re the team to beat in RHI. It has been that way ever since Year 1, 1993, when they swept their way through both the regular season and the inau-gural Murphy Cup championship. With this year’s two-game sweep of New Jersey, Anaheim has picked up two Murphy Cups in five seasons. “Unfortunately for New Jersey, their whole game plan was to play physical,” said Anaheim GM Bob De-stocki. “They went for size, that’s the kind of team they built. We built our team around skill and we…
Berehowsky gets chance
The Edmonton Oilers haven’t spent much on defenseman Drake Berehowsky-just a plane ticket to Edmonton and training camp per diem-but it’s their interest that has already paid off in his mind. And he’s ready to justify their investment, no matter how small. “I feel great,” he said. “I’m in the best shape I’ve ever been in. I’ve worked hard all summer with (Olympic bronze medal) cyclist Curt Harnett and I think I’m stronger than ever. I think I’m ready to go.” The Toronto Maple Leafs thought that years ago. They drafted him 10th overall in 1990, but the smooth-skating, mobile blueliner could never put it together. He has played just 129 NHL games. Injuries and inconsistency dogged his career and he has spent his past two seasons in the minors. Now he’s on the…
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