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December 31, 1999
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Showdown in Sweden
Since winning their first World Junior Championship in 1982, Canada has never gone more than three years between titles. The Canadian juniors last won gold three years ago. So if the tradition continues, Canada will return from Sweden with gold medals around their necks. Or a new tradition will start. One that has pundits everywhere questioning why Canada can’t win a tournament it dominated in the mid-1990s, capturing five straight titles from 1993 through 1997. In any case, expect a new champion. Since 1984, no country except Canada has defended the title, meaning Russia, last year’s winner, has a trend to break if they intend on repeating. Here is how we see the WJC shaking down, from top to bottom: 1. SWEDEN The Swedes have played for gold five times in the last 10 years…
Time off just what doctor ordered, Tugnutt makes strong comeback
Not only does Ottawa Senators’ goaltender Ron Tugnutt feel good, he looks good too. Troubled by a sore left knee that forced him to the sidelines for three games, Tugnutt returned Dec. 8 against the Buffalo Sabres and allowed only three goals in a four-game stretch. Forced to leave the crease Nov. 28 against the Philadelphia Flyers because of problems with the same knee that caused him to miss of training camp, Tugnutt is finally back to 100 per cent. “1 think what I needed was just some rest,” said Tugnutt, who helped the Senators stretch their unbeaten streak to four in a 2-1 win over the Vancouver in Vancouver Dec. 16. “The knee had been feeling sore and when 1 got to the rink before the game against Philadelphia, I really didn’t know…
Old pals on same team, rarely get to play as duo
Playmakers and snipers are supposed to go together like bacon and eggs. Milk and cereal. Jerry Springer and trailer trash. Like Gretzky and Kurri. Hull and Oates. Trottier and Bossy. But Doug Weight and Bill Guerin are another story. Best pals off the ice, Weight and Guerin were high-fiving all the way to the dressing room when Guerin joined the Oilers midway through the 1997-98 season. But it seems like the hockey gods are dead set against the union. In the last two seasons Guerin and Weight can probably count on two hands the number of games they’ve played together. “It’s uncanny,” said Weight, who was knocked out of the lineup Dec. 14 when New York Islanders’ tough guy Gino Odjick’s cracked the center’s ribs with his stick. “When Billy first came here…
Government gets involved after player sues for hazing
The governor and the attorney general of the State of Vermont are looking into allegations of hazing involving the University of Vermont hockey team which resulted in a lawsuit being filed against the school. Gov. Howard Dean, a member of the university’s board of trustees, sat in on a meeting of the board Dec. 11, the first time during his eight years as governor he has attended one of the meetings. And Attorney General William Sorrel is conducting his own investigation of the allegations to determine if any criminal laws were broken. Members of the hockey staff can’t discuss details because of the lawsuit brought against the school by Corey LaTulippe, a freshman goalie from Williston, Vt., who left school after failing to make the team. In his lawsuit, LaTulippe alleged he was…
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