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November 6, 1998
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Junior key for Colgate to make up scoring loss
Colgate coach Don Vaughan thinks he has come up with a way to make an unselfish player get a little more greedy. He’s going to team him up with a player who is even more unselfish. In an attempt to get more goals out of junior Andy McDonald, Vaughan put him on a line with senior center Jed Whitchurch. Last year, Whitchurch was Colgate’s leading scorer with 29 assists and 35 points and ranked 17th in the nation in assists per game (.82). “We’d like to see Andy finish more,” said Vaughan. “But he’s such an unselfish player, and he has a tendency to dish the puck. So we’ve put him with Jed, and hopefully, he’ll figure out the reason he’s getting the puck so much.” McDonald has followed Whitchurch’s lead before. A 5-foot-ll,…
Quenneville sits struggling veteran Young
The St. Louis Blues lavished a four-year, $6-million contract to lure Scott Young as a free agent, but only five games into the season he was a healthy scratch. Coach Joel Quenneville, who pushed for Young’s signing, sat out Young for the Blues’ game against the Ottawa Senators Oct. 22 at Corel Centre. Initially, he said Young was scratched to get Pascal Rheaume back in the line-up after missing one game as a healthy scratch. But pressed further, Quenneville indicated Young’s play had not been up to par. In the Blues’ first four games, Young had no goals and no points, with eight shots on goal. “In the last game, he played just OK,” said Quenneville in perhaps the strongest language he’ll ever muster about a player. Young has slid down the depth chart…
NHL ROSTERS AND TRANSACTIONS
Semak thinks road to NHL has route through Albany
If Alexander Semak were after money, he certainly wouldn’t be playing on an American League contract with the Albany River Rats. But Semak can live with a deal worth about $40,000 because he has no intention of staying in the minors. The 32-year-old center is intent on playing with the New Jersey Devils. Semak joined Albany just before the AHL season began after being released from a training-camp tryout by the Pittsburgh Penguins. “I played a few exhibition games and saw I can still play,” said Semak, who helped the Chicago Wolves win the International League’s Turner Cup last season. “I can sign for more money in the IHL or even in Russia. But the whole idea is I think I’ve got a chance to play in New Jersey if I play good…