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March 3, 2000
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NHL to blame for mess on Long Island
Once over lightly, but not politely: □ When it comes to the wounded New York Islanders, the smoking gun can be found at the NHL head office. The demise of a once-great club began when the league’s board of governors approved phony owner John Spano and the NHL did a two-bit fact check. □ The campaign to get Mark Howe into the Hall of Fame begins here. Gordie’s kid was a latter-day Brad Park. If Mark Howe doesn’t belong, neither does Paul Coffey, Harry Howell, Marcel Pronovost or Bill Gadsby. □ Once Ivan Hlinka gets good and comfortable behind the Penguins’ bench, Jaromir Jagr will become hockey’s highest-paid player-coach. □ With one exception, there isn’t a more efficient GM than Larry Pleau of the St. Louis Blues. The exception? New Jersey’s Lou Lamoriello. □ I’m…
HIT PARADE
Los Angeles defenseman Rob Blake NHL’s King of Ding When asked what makes Rob Blake the game’s most dangerous hitter, Brendan Shanahan gets right to the bottom of it. “Robbie Blake’s a great open ice hitter because he has a really high bum,” said the cheeky Detroit Red Wing. “And he hits with his bum. His bum hits you in the chest somehow. I don’t know how it happens.” Blake replied that his bum isn’t in the wrong spot; he just has long legs which give him leverage and allow him to ‘butt’ into the stomach of most players. Good timing, solid footwork and balance, excellent anticipation and a desire to wreak havoc are the key factors to being a great hitter. The NHL keeps track of hits, but the definition may vary depending on…
Trades could be in works if lack of offense persists
The Nashville Predators limped out of the all-star break minus an offense for the stretch run. The Predators scored just four goals in as many games after the break and were shut out by the Dallas Stars Feb. 16. And that, according to GM David Poile, could take the team “in another direction” as the March 14 trade deadline closes in. Poile said he would be inclined to play for the present if the team were in the playoff race as February drew to a close, but if the Predators remain in the funk they have been in since the break, then deals are imminent. “We’ll just have to see how we play,” Poile said. The only trade the team made before the deadline last season was to send forward Blair Atcheynum to the St.…
Maverick bench boss Brose moving on at season’s end
WCHA Worn out from nearly four decades of coaching and secure in the knowledge he has finally built Minnesota State-Mankato into a stable NCAA Division I entity, Don Brose announced he will retire at the end of the season. Brose, 59, has spent the last 30 years taking the Mavericks from a club team to NCAA Division II national champions (1979-80) to full-time members of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. “I started to add up the years I was coaching and it all adds up to 38 years,” said Brose at a news conference Feb. 14. “There’s tremendous wear and tear on you and you don’t recover as fast. I think you have to know when to say when. And you have to think about the kids. They call me a relic now.” Brose…
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