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October 27, 1989
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DIONNE LOST IN THE SHADOWS OF HOCKEY’S GREAT ONES
While Gordie Howe gets the publicity and Wayne Gretzky gets the points, the No. 3 scorer in NHL history toils in his new dry-cleaning establishment, starting the rest of his life and collecting money owed him by the New York Rangers. Marcel Elphege Dionne, 38, ex-center, selfstyled entrepreneur and future Hall-of-Famer, has undoubtedly played his last NHL game. But he has not retired. Oh, no. To retire would be to voluntarily forfeit half of his estimated $600,000 salary, as per his contract with the Rangers. That’s the one he signed with former GM Phil Esposito after the controversial trade with the Los Angeles Kings on March 10, 1987. And Dionne’s too shrewd of a businessman to do that. New Ranger GM Neil Smith and new coach Roger Neilson inherited the dilemma: ‘What to do…
WITTY WORDS FROM MEN OF HOCKEY’S AIRWAVES
Hockey broadcasters are funny people. Like Wayne Gretzky and his unerring knack for making the proper pass, play-by-play guys have an exquisite nose for the amusing and absurd. And if you don’t believe me, check out some of Brian MacFarlane’s, Mike Emrick’s and Jiggs McDonald’s observations. MacFarlane’s bizarre and unusual. 1. Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto: “My favorite delay was when a game was held up for almost an hour because they forgot to put water in the Zamboni machine…Another time there was a near-cancellation because of the chocolate-brown ice color. Turned out there had been a rodeo the previous night and the horsedroppings were still present…One night Bobby Hull’s rising slapshot flew into owner Harold Ballard’s private box. It broke Harold’s nose.” 2. The Forum, Montreal: “We were always hearing about bomb threats in…
WANTED: ULTIMATE SUCCESSOR TO NHLPA BOSS ALAN EAGLESON
Alan Eagleson, the only man who has run the NHL Players’ Association since its inception in 1967, is looking for a replacement. Eagleson, 56, said Oct. 13 the NHLPA is conducting a search for a deputy executive director. The successful applicant, said Eagleson, will be groomed as his ultimate successor. “Ideally, it will be a situation where I’m the chief executive officer and he’ll be chief operating officer,” said Eagleson. “Then my hope is that he’ll ultimately become the No. 1 man, Sam (Simpson, director of operations) will be No. 2 and I’ll be on the outside as an oldtimer to give advice.” The moves follows a summer of discontent when NHLPA membership challenged Eagleson’s authority. Finding his own successor was a priority insisted upon by the membership. The strain on Eagleson’s personal life—he…
THEN & NOW
The New York Rangers’ all-time leader in games played (1,160) and penalty minutes (1,147), Harry Howell now scouts the AHL, IHL and NHL for the Edmonton Oilers. Howell, 56, played 24 seasons in the NHL and WHA. A Hall-of-Fame inductee in 1979, Howell says today’s players are generally “much bigger, faster and shoot harder, but the clutching and grabbing that goes on now takes away from the game.”…
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