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October 26, 2001
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WCHA celebrates 50th anniversary with top 50 picks
The Western Collegiate Hockey Association is going to considerable lengths to commemorate its 50th anniversary season. From special uniform logos for all 10 member schools, to a line of apparel, to a selection of the top 50 players in league history, WCHA officials are trying to put together a promotion that reflects the unprecedented success the conference has enjoyed since 1951. WCHA clubs have won 31 national championships, produced 17 NHL first round draft picks and had seven players win the Hobey Baker Memorial Award since its inception in 1981. In addition, the WCHA is the only college hockey league to top the one-million mark in attendance, for eight consecutive years. Perhaps the most thought-provoking element of the 50th anniversary celebration is the selection of the top 50 players in history, which is…
Like fathers, like sons
Don’t be surprised if Benoit Mondou and Dominic Deblois eventually end up on the same team. The Quebec League rookies are the sons of former NHLers Pierre Mondou and Lucien Deblois, respectively, and if the fairy tale has a proper ending, the kids will end up wearing the same colors before their hockey careers are finished. Their dads did it during two different stages of their careers. They first teamed up in the QMJHL between 1973-75 with the nowdefunct Sorel Blacks Hawks, then again a decade later with the 1984-85 Montreal Canadiens. Mondou Jr., 16, is the leading rookie scorer in the QMJHL with 15 points in 10 games with Baie-Comeau, while Deblois Jr., 17, has four points in 10 outings with Chicoutimi. Pierre Mondou is a pro scout coordinator for the Habs, while…
Home not so sweet for crippled Cats
Perhaps the answers to the Florida Panthers troubles are in the Seminole Tribe of Florida offices, not far from National Car Rental Center. Maybe teed off Native American spirits are taking their revenge on the white man via the Panthers. Home has been where the hurt is. First, in a pre-season game against Tampa Bay, defenseman Bret Hedican got his jaw broken by a wayward stick the period after having his chin opened by a wayward skate. Less than two weeks later, while freezing a puck against Ottawa, goalie Roberto Luongo suffered a lacerated blocker forearm when teammate Valeri Bure’s skate went over it. This is the second injury below Luongo’s right elbow. He broke his index finger at April’s World Championship. “It could’ve been worse,” Luongo said. “I’m lucky in my bad luck,…
Two-league merger deepens workforce
What had been rumored for years become reality May 30 as the former Western Pro League merged with the Central League under a joint operating agreement. The two rival leagues, which maintained a close working relationship despite competition, kept the Central League name. The CHL now consists of 16 teams in New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Louisiana and Indiana. Six teams from the previous 12-team CHL made the cut into the new league, with 10 of the 15 former WPHL teams surviving. The WPHL began with six teams in the 1996-97 season. Brad Treliving, former WPHL president, assumes the same title with the CHL. On the ice, the league will feature two franchises in search of a dynasty–the three-time defending WPHL champion Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs, and the Oklahoma City Blazers, who have won two CHL titles…
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