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August 1, 1990
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NORTH STARS’ ‘SAVIOR’ STEPS ASIDE OVER DISPUTE WITH NEW OWNER
Howard Baldwin, the man who guaranteed NHL hockey would remain in Minnesota, returned to California 40 days after the NHL approved the sale of the North Stars with a piece of the team but without the job he created for himself. Baldwin, who with Morris Belzberg bought the North Stars from George and Gordon Gund when they threatened to take the team to the Bay Area of northern California, resigned as team president July 24 to clear the way for Norman Green to become the hands-on owner. Baldwin and Belzberg, needing an investor with deeper pockets than their own, sold majority interest in the Stars to Green June 6. At that time, Green was to be the team’s chief executive officer and Baldwin, the chief operating officer. It was an arrangement that…
ONTARIO LEAGUE
FINAL STANDINGS LEYDEN DIVISION EMMS DIVISION SCORING LEADERS CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL EMMS DIVISION DIVISION FINALS DIVISION SEMIFINALS LEYDEN DIVISION DIVISION SEMIFINALS DIVISION FINALS PLAYOFF LEADERS BELLEVILLE BULLS CORNWALL ROYALS DUKES OF HAMILTON KINGSTON FRONTENACS KITCHENER RANGERS LONDON KNIGHTS NIAGARA FALLS THUNDER NORTH BAY CENTENNIALS OSHAWA GENERALS OTTAWA 67’S OWEN SOUND PLATERS PETERBOROUGH PETES S.S. MARIE GREYHOUNDS SUDBURY WOLVES WINDSOR SPITFIRES COMPLETE GOALTENDING (Abbreviations: BEL-Belleville; COR-Cornwall; HAM-Hamalton; KGN-Kingston; KIT-Kitchener; LON-London; NB-North Bay; OSH-Oshawa; OTT-Ottawa; OS-Owen Sound; PBO-Peterborough; SSM-Sault Ste. Marie; SUD-Sudbury; WSR-Windsor). AWARDS, ALL-STARS MOST VALUABLE PLAYER—MIKE RICCI PETERBOROUGH SCORING CHAMPION—KEITH PRIMEAU, NIAGARA FALLS. BEST DEFENSEMAN—JOHN SLANEY, CORNWALL TOP GOALTENDER—JEFF WILSON AND SEAN GAUTHIER, KINGSTON. ROOKIE OF THE YEAR—CHRIS LONGO, PETERBOROUGH. COACH OF THE YEAR—LARRY MAVETY, KINGSTON. MOST GENTLEMANLY PLAYER—MIKE RICCI, PETERBOROUGH. TOP SCHOLASTIC PLAYER—RYAN KUWABARA, OTTAWA. TOP OVERAGE PLAYER—IAIN FRASER, OSHAWA. ALL-STAR TEAMS FIRST TEAM G—JEFF FIFE, BELLEVILLE. D—JOHN SLANEY, CORNWALL; CHRIS SNELL, OTTAWA. C—MIKE RICCI, PETERBOROUGH. RW—OWEN NOLAN, CORNWALL. LW—BOB BERG, BELLEVILLE. SECOND TEAM G—TODD BOJCUN, PETERBOROUGH. D—PAUL HOLDEN, LONDON; JONI LEHTO, OTTAWA.…
CHEERS JEERS
Jari Kurri, A class act for 10 years in Edmonton, Kurri proved his critics wrong by thriving after Wayne Gretzky was traded to Los Angeles. The Finnish native departs—to play in Italy and to be eligible for the 1991 World Championships—as the NHL’s all-time playoff goal-scoring leader (95). He’ll be sorely missed. The summer of 1990. Some off-season. Two blockbuster trades, with superstars Chris Chelios, Denis Savard and Dale Hawerchuk changing teams; the Scott Stevens’ free-agent signing; a young Soviet leaving the national team; and a slew of front-office and coaching changes. Bring on the season. Norman Green. The I North Stars’ new majority I owner went on a front-office purge that would have made Harold Ballard proud. After I assuming the team presidency from Howard Baldwin, Green fired more…
DID YOU KNOW…
…the Chicago Stadium Barton Organ, when played at full volume, can equal the decibel level of a 2,500-piece orchestra and break every piece of glass in the arena? Played here by the late Al Melgard, the organ is 32 feet high, weighs 7-½ tons and has a 100-horsepower motor.…
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