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September 19, 1997
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Taylor brings Robitaille home, now aimina at Russian Rocket
After making a pair of late-summer deals that made the Los Angeles Kings bigger and potentially more potent offensively, rookie GM Dave Taylor is still not willing to rest. Taylor, who acquired ex-Kings’ left winger Luc Robitaille from the New York Rangers fot underachieving left winger Kevin Stevens Aug. 28 and a day later got center Jozef Stumpel, right winger Sandy Moger and a 1998 fourth round draft pick from the Boston Bruins for goaltendei Byron Dafoe and center-left winger Dimitri Khristich, was still talking to fellow GMs in are effort to grab another goal scorer. In Stumpel, who led the Bruins in scoring with 76 points last season, Taylor feels the Kings now have “a great, young playmaking center, which we have lacked the past couple of seasons,” bui he was…
Hawerchuk’s feats largely unnoticed
Since the early 1980s, my favorite player hasn’t been Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, Patrick Roy or Brett Hull. I’ve always told people that Dale Hawerchuk was my favorite. Upon telling others of this, the response they usually return to me is, “Who?” It saddens me that a player who ranks as the 1 Oth-highest scoring player in NHL history is unknown outside Canada and the cities in which he has played. When Hawerchuk retired recently, the NHL lost a true hero and one of the few players you never heard whining about salary and playing time. He came to the rink and got his job done and had an intense joy of the game. To Dale, from a household that has collected his sports cards and a jersey collection from each of…
Team Canada plans V25th anniversary intrasquad game
This time when red meets white, the red team won’t stand tall in the name of communism. That’s because communism is dead in the former Soviet Union and the players from the Soviet team won’t be on hand in Toronto for the 25th anniversary celebrations of the Summit Series. The celebration of Canada’s dramatic series win over the Soviet Union will culminate with a Red and White intrasquad game at Maple Leaf Gardens Sept. 28 at 2:30 p.m.-exactly 25 years after Canada’s come-from-behind win in Game 8. The game is part of a celebration weekend Sept. 25-28. Thirty players who were involved with Canada’s ‘72 team will take part. A two-hour documentary, September 1972, will air Sept. 28 al 9 p.m. (EST)onCTV. IZVESTIA NO MORE: After 30 year; known as the Izvestia Cup,…
PLUS MINUS
Thornton helps save old team 1. Giving back Boston rookie Joe Thornton helps raise $20,000 to get his St. Thomas, Ont., Jr. B team out of debt. 2. Lucky Luc in La-La Land Left winger Luc Robitaille returns to Los Angeles where his talent is appreciated. 3. Speak Out! Canadian Hockey Association takes steps to combat child abuse, hazing, racism. 4. Jason Ward Montreal’s top pick helps Whitby Warriors claim Canadian Jr. A lacrosse title. 5. Moving forward Boston’s has top two draft picks, Joe Thornton, Sergei Samsonov signed, sealed, set to deliver. Say it ain’t so, Gordie Howe 1. Here we go again Gordie Howe’s proposed comeback at age 69 with IHL’s Detroit Vipers taints Mr. Hockey’s legend. 2. What’s a contract, anyway? Boo, hiss to all NHLers with contract considering holding out of training camp for…
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