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Yearbook 1992
The Hockey News has been providing the most comprehensive coverage of the world of hockey since 1947. In each issue, you'll find news, features and opinions about the NHL and leagues across North America and the world.
COACH McVIE FINALLY GETS A RUNNING START
No team came closer to defeating the Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins last spring than the New Jersey Devils. Tom McVie’s squad led the Patrick Division semifinals 3-2 before losing in seven games to the eventual champs. And it’s that positive theme which McVie will use in his first full season as Devils’ coach. With a new multi-year contract, McVie will be given his first opportunity to coach the team from the opening day of training camp. In the past, he has been called in on Nov. 22 (1983) and March 5 (1991) as a replacement for Billy MacMillan and John Cunniff. The return of McVie, a tough, 56-year-old throwback to a different era, was not greeted enthusiastically by all Devils. In fact, about half the team seemed pleased that McVie was rehired. No…
OLD HABITS DIE HARD…
It’s two hours before Ken Sutton is to play his first Stanley Cup playoff game at the Montreal Forum. The Buffalo Sabres’ rookie defenseman is sitting at the top of the reds, the most expensive pews in what has been called the shrine of hockey, a stick across his lap, hands clasped in front of him. He looks to be revelling in the quiet atmosphere of the world’s most storied rink. A passing journalist mentions to him that just that day, the Montreal Canadiens had announced plans to build a new Forum. “I don’t know why they would want to leave this place,” he says. “It looks perfect to me.” Despite that sentiment, shared by just about anybody who has played or watched a game in the international landmark, the Habs are indeed leaving their…
SAVE OF A LIFETIME
Banished from his sanctuary through a long, cold winter of discontent, the world’s greatest goalie made the most important save of his life. Retreat has never been Grant Fuhr’s style. Just as he’ll challenge a shooter at the top of the circle or stand up to an Al Maclnnis head-high howitzer, Fuhr faced and soundly beat a 60-game, NHL-imposed suspension for drug use. He saved his career. And maybe his life. And when he came back to the NHL Feb. 18, he did it with a bang, shutting out the New Jersey Devils. It was no one-game wonder as Fuhr’s play down the stretch forced Edmonton Oilers’ coach John Muckier to start Fuhr ahead of 1990 Conn Smythe winner Bill Ranford in the playoffs. It was a heavenly end to a season in hell.…
WHAT LOOK WILL TEAM TAKE WITH GREEN GM AT THE HELM?
They were analyzed and dissected from every conceivable angle following another first-round defeat, but in the end, coach-general manager Doug Risebrough decided to do little. Following a credo established by his predecessor, Cliff Fletcher, Risebrough figured that to rip a team apart based on two weeks in April was unnecessary if you could live with how the team played from October to March. Despite another disheartening playoff pratfall, the Flames produced another 100 points last season—second in the Smythe Division and fourth overall—which matched exactly their average point-production over the past seven seasons. Apart from Joel Otto, who hits the dreaded “30” this season, the core of players—Al Maclnnis, Gary Suter, Joe Nieuwendyk, Theo Fleury, Gary Roberts, Doug Gilmour, Paul Ranheim—is still in its prime. Meanwhile, Los Angeles and Edmonton seem to keep getting…
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