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March 9, 2001
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Mohawk Valley suspended
MINOR LEAGUE NOTEBOOK The United League’s Mohawk Valley Prowlers have suspended operations, after the team iced replacement players and lost 18-4 to the B. C. Icemen Feb. 11. The regulars had gone on strike and were declared free agents when the club filed for bankruptcy, citing assets of only $1.7 million and liabilities of $3.94 million. The New Haven Knights will receive two points for a Feb. 7 game against the Prowlers which was postponed…The Central League’s Border City Bandits and Topeka ScareCrows are finished for the season, after the league said their owners breached multiple financial obligations under their sanction agreements with the CHL. The Bandits were based in Texarkana, Tex…Indianapolis Ice winger Yvan Corbin could break the CHL scoring record of 74 for a season. He had 62 goals…
Cycling keeps Wing man ready to roll
If you tagged along with Jiri Fischer during the summer, or at least tried to, you’d wonder if he was training for the hockey season or the Tour de France. Each day, the Detroit Red Wings’ defensive star-of-the-future endured a three-hour workout. And three times a week, for up to two hours, he and a group of friends biked cross-country along the winding roads of the Czech Republic. They covered between 30 and 40 miles, over hilly terrain. “There’s no flat anything back home,” Fischer said. When the group ride was over, Fischer and a friend would grab their mountain bikes and head for the hills, pedaling for about another hour. But the 20-year-old first round choice of the Wings in 1998 (25th overall) isn’t thinking about switching sports. “I have a few friends…
2000-01 NHL STATISTICS
2000-01 STANDINGS NHL Standings through games of Feb. 22 (82-game regular season). GP-games played; W-wins; L-losses; T-ties; OTL-overtime losses; GF-goals for; GA-goals against; Diff.-difference between goals for and against; P-points; Pct.- percentage of actual points versus possible points. Below is a comparison between games played through Feb. 24/00 versus games played through Feb. 22/01. The top eight teams in each conference qualify for the playoffs. Division leaders are seeded No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3. Otherwise, seeding is determined by: 1. point total; 2. wins; 3. points obtained in games against tied teams; 4. goal differential. The regular season ends April 8. DIVISIONAL STANDINGS OVERALL RESULTS GOALS-AGAINST AVE. GP-games played; Min.-total minutes: GA-goals against; SO-shutouts; GAA-goals-against average; League average is average GAA of all goalies who have played a minimum of 900 minutes. SAVE PERCENTAGE GP-games played; Min.-total…
Canada crazy to bypass Bowman
There’s a danger in second-guessing the selection process of a team before a single player has even been named. If the team wins, you risk looking like an idiot. I’ll chance it. So why the hell was Scotty Bowman not named coach of Canada’s 2002 Olympic team? That’s Scotty Bowman, the dean of NHL coaches, the guy who has guided eight teams to the Stanley Cup and was director of player personnel with Pittsburgh for another championship. The guy who has more NHL coaching wins-1,179 and counting through Feb. 21, plus another 205 in the playoffs - than anybody who ever stood behind a bench. Instead, Pat Quinn, the warm and fuzzy coach-GM of the Toronto Maple Leafs, will lead Canada in Salt Lake City Wayne Gretzky, the man given the responsibility of forming…
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