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Yearbook 1994-95

Yearbook 1994-95

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.

NHL TEAMS

Euro-Jets hit new landing Pad(dock)

John Paddock took exactly 13 days to set the wheels in motion. Less than two weeks after being named interim general manager of the Winnipeg Jets in mid-January, he made his first trade. European for North American. It was a sign of things to come. In his next two trades, Paddock exchanged three more Europeans in return for three North Americans. The Jets have subsequently added two more North Americans to the fold. In his first draft as GM-coach, Paddock selected seven Canadians, two Americans and two Europeans. Sense a bit of a pattern? Paddock’s mandate is clear: change the complexion of the team. The Jets, under GM Mike Smith, were floundering. There’s no question the Jets had sufficient talent. But under Smith they missed the playoffs twice and lost in the first round three times. The…

FEATURES

RICHTER SCALE

You could forgive Mike Richter if he’s feeling a little dizzy. The New York Rangers’ goalie is at the top of the hockey world after leading his team to the Stanley Cup and the view is spectacular. But it’s also a very long way down and Richter knows what life is like at the bottom. Richter’s troubles started in the 1992 playoffs, when the Rangers were in command over the defending champion Pittsburgh Penguins. New York was on the verge of taking a 3-1 stranglehold in the second-round series when Richter allowed a 65-foot momentum-turning goal to Ron Francis. The Penguins won in overtime, tied the series and won the next two games. Ugh. The 27-year-old native of Abington, Pa., had to live all summer with that sickly feeling. Eager to redeem himself the…

NHL TEAMS

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE TEAMS

Tease the Detroit Red Wings all you want next season about being the NHL’s longest suffering member of the Original Six. It will be your only chance. The Red Wings, who haven’t won the Stanley Cup since 1955, will end their 40-year drought early in June, defeating the defending-champion New York Rangers in the final. Detroit has been a contender the past few years, although you’d never know it by the Red Wings’ sorry playoff record-two straight first-round upsets. They will not be denied again. Owner Mike Hitch wants a champion and he wants one now. Last season the Red Wings failed to address their biggest need, a No. 1 goalie, and lived to regret it. Now they have one (Mike Vernon) and they should profit from it. As long as they add a defenseman…

NHL TEAMS

Dollar daze continues as Keenan joins club

Mike Keenan has gone from the best team money can buy to the worst team money hasn’t been able to help. The free-spending St. Louis Blues signed free agents Al Maclnnis and Scott Stevens during the off-season-they lost Stevens when the New Jersey Devils exercised their right to match-and upstaged themselves by signing Keenan July 17, just two days after he left the Stanley Cup-champion New York Rangers. Unlike his posting with the Rangers, Keenan now carries the general manager’s clout and can make his own changes. Keenan can’t officially execute his duties until Sept. 24, but when he does, don’t expect him to be idle. That could ultimately lead to a one-way ticket out of St. Louis for some players. The Blues are known around the league as the Millionaires’ Club, but…