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Top 90 of the ’90s
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FATHER OF TEAM CANADA
FATHER DAVID BAUER WOULD have turned 100 on Nov. 2, 2024. Bauer died 36 years ago, in 1988, well before many of today’s hockey fans were even born. As a result, his name is not nearly as well-known as it was a generation ago. But anytime a player pulls a red-and-white jersey over their head with “Canada” across the chest, they’re continuing a legacy Bauer started more than 60 years ago with the establishment of the country’s first national hockey team. Previously, the senior team that won the Allan Cup represented Canada at the World Championship or the Olympics. The creation of a genuine national team for the 1964 Winter Games made Canada more competitive against the rest of the world and served as a unique source of Canadian national unity.…
CHARITY ON ICE
THE 1994-95 NHL lockout stretched from Oct. 1, 1994, to Jan. 11, 1995. This unexpectedly opened up dates at the Los Angeles Forum, which was a heavily booked arena. This created an opportunity to put on a celebrity hockey game and raise money for Habitat for Humanity by Hockey For The Homeless, Inc. The following article was published in the program of the Celebrity Hockey Game and Gala, which took place Dec. 14, 1994. – W. GRAEME ROUSTAN “EVERYBODY CAME together because of a mutual love of hockey and helping out charitable organizations.” That is what W. Graeme Roustan said of the “Celebrity Hockey Game and Gala” that will benefit Hockey For The Homeless, Cities in Schools, Women in Film and the Los Angeles Kings Youth Hockey Foundation. Roustan, along with Brad…
TOP 90 OF THE ‘90S: 1. JAROMIR JAGR
RW | PIT 1990s STATS: 725 GP | 387 G | 571 A | 958 P | 551 PIM THE CONCEPT OF AN active player seeing his jersey retired is quite unprecedented, but there is little precedent when it comes to Jaromir Jagr’s career. At 52, he’s still skating with Kladno – the team he owns – in the Czech League. And while he isn’t an everyday player, the fact Jagr is playing at all is incredible. Across the ocean and Stateside, Jagr was feted this year. In Pittsburgh, the Penguins retired his No. 68 – and just to show he still has it, he even practised with the team. The ceremony to honor Jagr was a star-studded affair befitting of a player who ruled over the NHL almost immediately after coming over from…
PUCK CULTURE
1. COSMIC CRAZINESS 1996-97 Fleer Metal Universe If you collected hockey cards in the 1990s and wished they pictured your favorite players skating through the cosmos, busting through walls or shooting lasers, then the 1996-97 Fleer Metal Universe was the set to collect. The 200-card offering featured some of the most bizarre cards ever made. Metal Universe included cards of Felix Potvin catching an exploding puck, Steve Yzerman with cybernetic attachments, Theo Fleury on an alien planet covered by giant plants, Dave Manson at the nucleus of an atom and Curtis Joseph fending off a swarm of giant flying eyeballs, among other ridiculousness. Each card was printed on shiny, metallic cardstock, putting Metal Universe over the top. 2. PUCK POGS 1994-95 Canada Games NHL Pogs Perhaps no collectible was more emblematic of the mid-1990s than…
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