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Yearbook 1994-95
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HIGH IQ
Keith Tkachuk and Brendan Shanahan unknowingly waged a relentless battle that didn’t end until the final day of the regular season. It was a battle of toughness and talent, power and power plays, penalty minutes and goals. In the end, Tkachuk emerged triumphant. The Winnipeg Jets’ left winger is the second winner of the High IQ Award, edging St. Louis Blues’ left winger Shanahan by the slimmest margin possible. The Intimidation Quotient (IQ) is a statistical measure of players who supply physical play and finesse. It’s calculated by multiplying a player’s goal total by three and adding amended penalty minutes (total minutes minus game and 10-minute misconducts). Players must have a minimum 30 goals and 100 amended penalty minutes to register on the IQ scale. Tkachuk’s winning calculation is: 41 (goals) x 3=123, plus 195…
FRENCH FACTS
Francophone goalies are stopping more than shots these days; they’re stopping further erosion of Quebec’s reputation for producing big-name hockey players. Quebec has gone from birth place of NHL stars to dearth place of top NHL prospects. The most prominent exceptions are a group of goalies headed by Montreal Canadiens’ superstar Patrick Roy. Few first-class skaters have emerged from the province in recent years and the Quebec League is a decidedly weak sister to the Ontario and Western Leagues in Canadian major junior hockey. If not for Mario Lemieux, arguably the No. 1 player on the planet, and a disproportionate number of outstanding goalies who learned their craft in Quebec, La Belle Province would be poorly-represented in the NHL. Consider: □ A Quebec francophone player did not finish in the top 10 in 1993-94, marking only…
GOING FOR GOAL
The official announcement, when it finally came June 16, was anti-climactic. There had been so many rumors, so much speculation and now it was time to come clean: Pavel Bure and the Vancouver Canucks had found mutual happiness in a long-term contract. “We are very proud,” said Vancouver Canucks’ president and general manager Pat Quinn, “that we’ll have Pavel in our organization for a long time to come.” The Russian Rocket, a man of mystery just three summers ago, had become everything the Canucks hoped and desired. He was the dazzling goal-scorer they never had, a game-breaking, breathtaking, crowd-pleasing, human highlight film. He was a keeper and the Canucks were damn-well going to keep him. The deal is for six years, retroactive to the 1993-94 season, and worth approximately $25 million (U.S.). It includes…
No offense, but this team can’t score goals
The Montreal Canadiens are not Stanley Cup threats, but that doesn’t mean they can’t win the Stanley Cup. Their last two Cup victories have been in years when they didn’t have to play anyone that good. Looking at their current roster, the Canadiens are not a team that inspires tremendous hope for the immediate future. Of course they’ll be contenders, but they don’t enter the season as a favorite to win. One reason for that is they have become far too dependent on the heroics of goalie Patrick Roy. When Roy is unhealthy or falters, the Canadiens are a very ordinary outfit. In fact, if you want to look up the reason for Montreal’s failure last season, you’ll find it in the appendics. When Roy went down with appendicitis after Game 2 of…
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