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January 26, 2001
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Bettman, Bowman, Poile win Lester Patrick Award
A lawyer, a mentor and a Predator are the latest recipients of the Lester Patrick Award for outstanding service to hockey in the United States. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, Detroit Red Wings’ coach Scotty Bowman and Nashville Predators’ GM and executive vice-president David Poile were named 2001 winners Jan. 10. They will be honored at a luncheon in New York March 23. Bettman, 48, is in his ninth season running the NHL. A lawyer by schooling, he’s the most powerful man in hockey, ranked No. 1 on THN’s list of 100 People of Power and Influence (THN, Jan. 5). Since joining the NHL in 1993, Bettman has enlarged significantly the league’s presence in the U.S. Under his direction, the NHL has grown from 24 teams to 30, including 21 in the U.S., seven…
Hadfield still a New York regular, but for golf, not goals
One of Vic Hadfield’s biggest thrills was wearing a New York Rangers’ jersey, so it should be no surprise that he still frequently visits the Big Apple. The owner of a golf center north of Toronto, where he lives with Myrna, his wife of 40 years, the 60-year-old Hadfield travels to New York often because it’s home to several charities that he supports, including the Arturi Foundation for Leukemia Research, which he founded three years ago. “I have a golf tournament every year in New York,” said Hadfield. “We raised a lot of money for the foundation and for research. We’ve raised over $300,000 in three years and 100 per cent goes to research.” Speaking of money, Hadfield - who also skated for Pittsburgh and scored 323 goals and 712 points in 1,002…
Hot goalie, road prowess keys for surging Sharks
The San Jose Sharks completed the first 41 games of the schedule with a franchise-best 25-10-6 record, a pace that would net the franchise its first winning season and a probable division title to boot. Coach Darryl Sutter said he could count on just one hand the number of times his team rolled out a stinker in the first half. His list includ ed a 5-2 loss in Columbus Nov. 9, a 4-1 loss in Detroit Nov. 15 (both on second nights of back-to-back games when traveling) and a pair of home setbacks to improved Vancouver (6-1 Dec. 8 and 6-3 Dec. 30). Sutter pointed to the team’s road play — at 13-5-3, San Jose led the league in road wins at mid-season — and its ability to stick with the game…
CENTRAL LEAGUE
Needing four goals in his 37th game to tie Paul Jackson’s and Trevor Jobe’s pro hockey record for the fastest 50 goals, Indianapolis’ Yves Corbin came up just short, scoring twice in the Ice’s 4-1 win over Macon. He had 48 goals in 37 games…Cory Cyrenne of Memphis scored hat tricks in three consecutive games…Oklahoma’s Doug Sauter and Memphis’ Doug Shedden earned cocoaching honors for the 2001 CHL all-star team in the second annual All-Star Game against the West Coast League, Jan. 24 in San Diego. - Bob Stratton…
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