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February 13, 1998
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Unsung Francis piles up points 1. Ron can roll Pittsburgh’s veteran center Ron Francis hits 1,400-point plateau. 2. Bulls eye Jamey Hicks of ECHL’s Birmingham Bulls registers natural hat trick of shorthanded goals. 3. Grand milestone Los Angeles Kings’ Luc Robitaille becomes sixth NHL left winger to get 1,000 points. 4. 50/50 winner Swift Current’s Sergei Varlamov scores 50th goal in 50th Western League game this season. 5. Savage scorer Montreal’s Brian Savage goes on tear with seven goals, 12 points in seven games. What has got into this guy? 1. Wounded knees Rick Tocchet of Phoenix out seven games for injuring Ryan Smyth, Steve Yzerman with cheap shots. 2. Full moon? Choir boys Paul Kariya of Anaheim and Ray Bourque of Boston get major penalties in same week. 3. A head of his time New Jersey’s Scott Daniels…
Drury’s 99th goal makes him No. 1 all-time at BU
Senior center Chris Drury became Boston University’s all-time leading goal scorer when he broke a drought with a second-period goal in a 4-3 win over Maine Jan. 23. It was the 99th goal of his career and enabled him to surpass previous record-holders John Cullen (1983-87) and Bob Marquis (1957-60). “It’s a great honor,” said Drury after the Terriers completed a weekend sweep of the Bears with a 3-2 win the following night. “I haven’t really thought about it that much. Maybe when I’m older. If it’s still standing in a few years. I’ll probably reflect on it a lot more.” Drury’s 185 career points put him sixth alltime in that category. He also said he considered the goal a relief because the team hadn’t been scoring and he was mired in a…
Hopes rest with The nominator
When he’s at home in his native Czech Republic, Dominik Hasek is rarely asked by friends about his exploits in the NHL. They talk mostly about the Olympics. “I know the Stanley Cup is very important and certainly I would like to win one, but at home and all over Europe, the most important thing is the Olympics,” said Hasek, the Buffalo Sabres’ star goaltender and one of the primary hopes for the Czech national team. “When I grew up it was always the Olympics. We knew nothing of the NHL; my heroes were always from my country and when they went to the Olympics it was a very big thing.” It will be no less a “thing” when Hasek, a three-time Vezina Trophy winner and the reigning NHL most valuable player, sets foot…
JAPAN KAZAKHSTAN
Hockey History Hockey has been played in Japan for nearly 100 years, mostly in the northern part of the country. Most homegrown players are developed in Hokkaido. There are more than 10,000 registered players in Japan and a six-team pro league. Japan last competed in hockey in the Olympics in 1980. Strengths What the Japanese team lacks in size and experience, it hopes to partially make up for with its fine-tuned conditioning and heart. The team includes six players who were bom and trained in Canada. Weaknesses With few exceptions, the Japanese are a very small team. The team also lacks depth along the blueline as well as international experience. Most of the players have only competed in the B and C pools. Best Player Defenseman Takayuki Kobori is the team’s captain and…
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