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November 13, 1998
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Each game a close shave with rookie Braun in goal
The question facing Bruce Crowder’s Northeastern’s Huskies this season was who will replace NCAA East first all-America team goalie Marc Robitaille? Robitaille left Northeastern after his sophomore season to sign with the Toronto Maple Leafs’ organization. The 22-year-old native of Gloucester, Ont., is playing with the St. John’s Maple Leafs of the American League. Freshman goalie Jason Braun has stepped into the crease and looked right at home. The Fruitport, Mich., native played for Green Bay in the United States League last season. Braun’s home debut was a 28-save shutout of Colgate 2-0 Oct. 23. That gave him a 2-1 record, 2.33 goals-against average and. 922 save percentage in three games. “He has played pretty consistently,” Crowder said. “He’s an athletic kid. He’s unflappable. He doesn’t get too high and doesn’t get too low.…
Last season’s whiz Kidd off to bad start, too
Trevor Kidd takes comfort, cold as it may be, in having his sub-standard play early this season critically assessed. It is, he said, a sign he has arrived as a frontline NHL netminder, even if he has, for now anyway, lost his starter’s job to Arturs Irbe. “Part of the fun of playing is being measured against your peers,” said the Carolina Hurricanes’ goalie. “Last year, for the first time in my career, I was competing against Dominik Hasek for save percentage, against Martin Brodeur and Hasek for goals-against (average). I really enjoyed that.” What wasn’t to enjoy? He finished with a 2.17 GAA (tied for 5th) and. 922 save percentage (tied for 2nd). And now that his play in just three games (0-2-1, 4.38 GAA and. 828 save percentage) this season has…
Mayasich first to have Gopher number retired
For the first time in the storied history of Minnesota hockey, a former Gopher will have his number retired. John Mayasich, the all-time leading scorer in school history and a member of the gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic team in 1960, will have his No. 8 retired during a pre-game ceremony Nov. 14 when the Gophers host two-time defending Western Collegiate Hockey Association-champion North Dakota. “John is arguably the greatest hockey player ever to don the maroon and gold,” said Minnesota athletic director Mark Dienhart. Mayasich played 111 games from 1951-52 through 1954-55, accounting for 144 goals and 298 points. A native of Eveleth, Minn., Mayasich also had a 23-game scoring streak, the second-longest in school history. Retiring the sweater will be the third event honoring Mayasich this season. On Oct. 7, a 30-foot mural…
Trick of payroll tale
If it’s true you can’t tell the players without a program, then it must be said you can’t rank NHL team payroll fluctuations without an explanation. For example, how is it possible the Detroit Red Wing payroll skyrocketed by $19.9 million from last season to this season while the Colorado Avalanche payroll went down by $12.3 million in the same period? And so it goes now that player contracts, especially those of superstar free agents, are heavily frontend loaded with mega-signing bonuses. According to official figures from the NHL Players’ Association, Joe Sakic’s compensation last season from Colorado was $17 million-$2 million in salary and $15 million in signing bonus, courtesy of the New York Rangers’ offer sheet. This season, it’s merely $2 million in salary and, therefore, the Avs’ payroll posted the single…
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