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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.
BUMBLING RANGERS WON’T SHAKE 51-YEAR DROUGHT
There isn’t a chance in the world of making an accurate prediction where the New York Rangers will finish this season. We know where in North America they’ll finish; the schedule says their 80th game is in Toronto, April 4. But finding a spot for them on the Patrick Division map is a major problem; they’ll wander somewhere between first place and sixth, and when they finally settle wherever they settle, you may look at the standings and say, “I figured as much.” The Rangers have a fine goalie in Mike Richter, an able backup in John Vanbies-brouck. They have a superstar defenseman in Brian Leetch. They have a devastating power play (194 goals over two seasons—-best in the NHL). As of mid July, they had a nice bunch of scoring forwards in…
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…
THIS YEAR’S GOAL? TO SCORE A FEW MORE
It took only one bad month to undo five months of overachievement by the Philadelphia Flyers in 1990-91. Timing had a lot to do with it, since the collapse took place in March, the final month of the regular season. The Flyers began the month in second place and finished fifth. If there’s any redeeming value in finishing out of the playoffs for a second straight year, it’s the realization by Flyers’ management that the 1989-90 season was no aberration. Major changes were needed. Some of that work has already begun. The Flyers traded away three regulars (Scott Mellanby, Craig Berube and Jeff Chychrun) in a complex deal that eventually landed offensive defenseman Steve Duchesne. They decided not to re-sign veteran Tim Kerr, leaving him exposed in the expansion draft and he was claimed…
McNALL AIMING TO ADD CUP TO TROPHY CASE
One year after capturing their first regular-season division championship, registering a clubrecord 46 wins and finishing third overall in the NHL with 102 points, the Los Angeles Kings have reached a pivotal stage in franchise history. Finding success in the regular season and at the box office is commendable, but no longer is it enough. When owner Bruce McNall swung the deal that turned Wayne Gretzky into a King two months before the 1989-90 season, it was with the intention of selling a cold-weather sport in a warm-weather environment, and bringing a Stanley Cup to a franchise that has been without one since its inception in 1967. Only the former has been accomplished, and even Gretzky can’t go on forever. Perhaps this will be the year the Kings finally overcome the second-round stumbling block…
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