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From: CCDB@MUSICA.MCGILL.CA (CCDB)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: Habs - NORDS
Date: 2 Oct 92 07:15:51 GMT
Organization: McGill University


This is habs first 2 lines. will get Nords
& Habs lines after this weekend. They play twice.

Damphousse   Muller    Bellows....also 1st PP unit

Dionne       Lebeau S. Savard

with 2nd line they also had Ruskie in Dionne's place
(Petrov)... and line looked good.

They haven't quite figured on make of of last 2 lines
will know more after 2 games against Quebec this weekend.

    The BIG 'D'

P.S.  Could people send me make up of lines actually playing
Plus power play makeup...

   PRETTY Please...with game sumerieson top!
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From: claudius@leland.Stanford.EDU (Nelson Lu)
Subject: Re: Jarmo Myllys
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 92 16:53:52 GMT

In article <6866@kielouta.fi> cstila@uta.fi (Timo Laitinen) writes:

>You are right!!!!! NHL coaches and managers prefer their own goalkeepers
>(Canadian or USA). That's why for example Petr Briza, Jaromir Sindel
>and Oldrich Svoboda are in SM-LIIGA, Finland - Not in money circus in NHL.
>
>Am I absolutely right?

Not in Myllys' case.  The Sharks gave him a bona fide chance to become a #1
goaltender, and he failed miserably.  His loss was Jeff Hackett's gain.

===============================================================================
GO LOS ANGELES KINGS!  Wayne Gretzky for Ross and Hart!
GO SAN JOSE SHARKS!  Ray Whitney for Calder!  Jeff Hackett for Vezina!
	Dean Evason for Selke!  Sandis Ozolinsh for Norris!
===============================================================================
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rec.sport.hockey contact for the San Jose Sharks
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From: farenebt@craft.camp.clarkson.edu (Droopy)
Subject: Re: Looking for AHL Calendar
Organization: Clarkson University
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 00:05:59 GMT

abcs3500@Oswego.EDU (Bill Wood) writes:


>Has anyone seen the AHL schedule yet?? I haven't heard anything about it!!
>Have you had any better luck, Bri??

Not yet. If I could get ahold of the AHL office to send me one, I'll
try and do that. 

Anyone have the address? (Carrie)
-----
Bri Farenell				CONGRATS TO 1992 CALDER CUP  
Clarkson '95					CHAMPIONS
farenebt@craft.camp.clarkson.edu  	  THE ADIRONDACK RED WINGS
rec.sport.hockey's AHL contact	      ALSO: 1981, 1986 AND 1989 CHAMPS
-----							
"Eleven Israelis were dead. Machine guns were everywhere. Who knew what
would happen next. Going on made sense only if you believed in the idea
of sport as more than a game."	---Dave Kindred, on the 1972 Olympics
From: bouchard@ireq.hydro.qc.ca (Marco Bouchard ETUDIANT sept-dec 92)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: RE:First round picks
Summary: Warriner in Quebec
Date: 2 Oct 92 12:28:33 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Institut de recherche d'Hydro-Quebec, Varennes, Canada

rc@hal.COM (Rolland Crunk) asks:

>Does anyone know the status of the following players selected in the
>first round of the 1992 entry draft?
>
>       Todd Warriner	Quebec
>
>Did the make their respective teams? Has anyone seen them play in
>preseason? If so how did they look?

  Warriner had a big start. I mean, at the beginning of the training camp,
he was one of those who impressed the most. Later on, I didn't hear about 
him. But I know that he's still with the big club. In fact, because of
two players's injury ( Scott Pearson and another guy(?)), maybe
he will start the year in Quebec, but he's not alone in the race...
Sorry, I don't have any stat. on Warriner.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

----------> Marco Bouchard        bouchard@ireq.hydro.qc.ca   <-------------
----------> GO  NORDIQUES  GO !!!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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From: farenebt@craft.camp.clarkson.edu (Bri Farenell ("Droopy"))
Subject: AHL Preview -- Baltimore Skipjacks
Organization: Clarkson University
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 19:11:58 GMT

BALTIMORE SKIPJACKS
===========================================
1991-92 INFO
RECORD:		28-42-10
PTS, PLACE:	66, 5th
GOALS FOR:	287
GOALS ALLOWED	320
TEAM GAA	3.95

LEADING SCORER:		Simon Wheeldon, 91 pts
LEADING GOAL SCORER:	John Purves, 43
LEADING ASSISTS:	Wheeldon, 53
TOP GOALIE:		Jim Hrivnak, 3.36

For a team with as much talent as Baltimore, they certainly shouldn't
have finished in the cellar. Their offense is decent with Wheeldon,
Purves, Reggie Savage and Brent Hughes. Their goaltending was decent
with Jim Hrvinak doing okay, but he only saw 22 games with Byron Dafoe
and Olaf Kolzig seeing most of the ohter action. Their defense was
terrible, however, and I don't see it getting any better. The goalies
were just faced with a lot of shots, night in and night out while the
offense was good at times but floundered at others. I am told that
Dafoe and Kolzig will again see most of the action.

PREDICTION: 63 pts, 6th place

-----
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Clarkson '95					CHAMPIONS
farenebt@craft.camp.clarkson.edu  	  THE ADIRONDACK RED WINGS
rec.sport.hockey's AHL contact	      ALSO: 1981, 1986 AND 1989 CHAMPS
-----							
"Eleven Israelis were dead. Machine guns were everywhere. Who knew what
would happen next. Going on made sense only if you believed in the idea
of sport as more than a game."	---Dave Kindred, on the 1972 Olympics
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From: dmolsen@athena.mit.edu (D. Matthew Olsen)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: The Mighty Ducks
Keywords: The Mighty Ducks, Movie
Date: 3 Oct 92 16:11:48 GMT
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Did anyone else see "The Mighty Ducks" yet?  It was _VERY_ corny.  I mean, I know
you expect a degree of corniness and predictability from a kids movie, but this
was out of control.  I don't recommend it.

-- 
Matthew Olsen (Go Whalers!!!)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
From: umturne4@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Daryl Turner)
Subject: Re: JETS News: Two trades, three wins in a row
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 18:20:10 GMT

In article <1992Oct2.150308.25392@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca> golchowy@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (Gerald Olchowy) writes:
>
>I wonder...has Stephan the record for being a member of a team in
>each division in the shortest time span?                     

Probably, though he didn't beat Dave McLlwain's record of PLAYING for a
team in each division last year.  (Jets traded him to Buffalo, who traded
him to NY Islanders, who shipped him to Toronto.)

>
>Paddock and Elyniuk seemed at odds last year?  Perhaps is this a reason.
>Also one has to look at contract status these day...Elyniuk, if he 
>were to be renegotiating soon, is in the category of a player who is
>probably going to cost the Jets more than they want to pay him,
>especially considering who their other players are, and that he doesn't
>get along with the coach.

Elynuik is entering the option year, I believe.  He was going to be going
to arbitration.  According to an article in the paper yesterday, Pat and
Eddie Olczyk were told that come the beginning of the season, one of them
wasn't going to be in a Jets uniform.

Elynuik may not have liked it too much when he sat for 3-4 games last year,
but it did get his mind back into the game, and off his whining about
not playing with Thomas Steen.

>
>Is Zhamnov playing center?  and how happy or unhappy is he?

Alexei has been centering a line with Selanne and Tkachuk on the wings.
As the team has been on the road since Tuesday, and he only joined them
Wednesday in Edmonton, I guess he's happy to be playing, though as far as
I know, he's still suing the team.
>

Daryl Turner : r.s.h contact for the Winnipeg Jets 
Internet: umturne4@ccu.umanitoba.ca -or- daryl.turner@mailbox.bison.mb.ca 
FidoNET: 1:348/701 -or- 1:348/4  (please route through 348/700)
Ulanov up to Davydov, over to Zhamnov, he shoots, he scores! 
The Jets win the Cup!  The Jets win the Cup!
Essensa for Vezina!  Housley for Norris!  Selanne for Calder!
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From: 900073s@dragon.acadiau.ca (Donald Smith)
Subject: Re: Joey Mullen?
Organization: Acadia University
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 15:14:25 GMT

S900303@UMSLVMA.UMSL.EDU writes:
>             Can anyone tell me if Mullen is going to start the season with
>the Pens?  If not, any idea on how long he is out?


  Having picked him in my hockey pool, I can tell you I heard he will
be out for a month...  He had artho last may, and is still in recovery mode...

-- 
 I'll believe in the first religion I find that realizes God is a Habs Fan. 
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From: rbhaduri@jeeves.uwaterloo.ca (Ranjan Bhaduri)
Subject: Is There NHL Satellite Coverage in Hawaii?
Organization: University of Waterloo
Distribution: rec.sport.hockey
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 17:08:22 GMT


Hi,

I am going to be spending the next little while in Hawaii at the University
of Hawaii.  I was hoping that there would be some better NHL coverage
other than just ESPN tape delay games on Friday nights.  

Does anyone know of any bars which might be open during the late afternoons 
that pick up the satellite feeds?  Are there any that would be willing
to put a hockey game on the screen at that time of day?  

I would appreciate any information that anyone might have.

Thanks in advance,
Ranjan
From: shadow@r-node.gts.org (Jay Chu)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: NHL scoreboard
Date: 2 Oct 92 21:35:54 GMT
Organization: R-node Public Access UNIX Information System (416-249-5366)

If anyone is going to post the NHL scoreboard daily, please send me a copy thru
email.

Thanks.

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From: seth@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (peter.r.clark..jr)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: Re: misc questions
Date: 30 Sep 92 17:56:04 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: AT&T

In article <1992Sep30.170717.13277@unixg.ubc.ca>, gibson@crisium.geop.ubc.ca (Brad Gibson) writes:
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --
> 
> I'd be interested from hearing from those in the know what the status is of the
> following players:
> 
> Pelle Eklund (Flyers) - has playing with Lindros helped?

not so far. It's not that he's playing bad, it's just that nothing happens
because of him. Lindros makes things happen, Recchi makes things happen,
but Pelle is just "there." About all of the Lindros/Recchi goals have been
either unassisted or assisted by Lindros/Recchi and/or a defenseman.

> 
> How've the above looked (if applicable) in camp and exhibition games?  Any info
> would be appreciated.  Thanks in advance.
> 
> Cheers,
>    Brad

pete clark - rsh FLYERS contact
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From: veikko@lk-hp-9.hut.fi (Vesa J Pyyluoma)
Subject: Re: standings
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
	<Bv1C0L.D66@avalon.nwc.navy.mil>
Distribution: rec
Date: 25 Sep 92 07:50:49 GMT

In article <Bv1C0L.D66@avalon.nwc.navy.mil> bobbi@sol.nwc.navy.mil (Bobbi Dunfee) writes:

 > Presumably, the columns (in order) are:
 > 		# of Games Played
 > 		Wins
 > 		Losses
 > 		Ties
 > 		Goals For
 > 		Goals Against
 > 		Points (as in season accumulation-type, NOT goals+assists)

Which never stops confusing us Old Continent people because over
here it's typically wins-ties-losses (like 2-1-0 points, geddit?)
But then again nobody's perfect :-)

regards,
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From: farenebt@craft.camp.clarkson.edu (Bri Farenell ("Droopy"))
Subject: AHL schedule -- December
Organization: Clarkson University
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1992 02:54:05 GMT

I will be posting one AHL schedule for each month so it's easier
to read and easier on my fingers.

ATLANTIC DIVISION	
St John's Maple Leafs (STJ), Frederiction Canadiens (FRE), Moncton
Hawks (MON), Cape Breton Oilers (CB) and Halifax Citadels (HAL).
			
NORTHERN DIVISION
Adirondack Red Wings (ADR), Springfield Indians (SPR), Capital District
Islanders (CDI), New Haven Senators (NH) and Providence Bruins (PRV).
					
SOUTHERN DIVISION
Rochester Americans (ROC), Binghamton Rangers (BIN), Hershey Bears (HER),
Baltimore Skipjacks (BAL), Utica Devils (UTI) and Hamilton Canucks (HAM).
===================================
DECEMBER
1: 	SPR @ ADR
	STJ @ MON
2: 	BAL @ HER
	FRE @ MON
	SPR @ NH
3: 	HAL @ FRE
	BIN @ HAM
4:	BIN @ ADR
	CDI @ BAL
	HER @ PRV
	NH @ SPR
	CB @ STJ
	ROC @ UTI
SAT-5:	NH @ ADR
	FRE @ HAL
	ROC @ HER
	PRV @ SPR
	CB @ STJ
	BAL @ UTI
6: 	SPR @ CDI
	FRE @ HAM
	NH @ PRV	
8:	SPR @ CDI	
	FRE @ HAM
	NH @ PRV
9: 	FRE @ ROC
10:	STJ @ HAL
	SPR @ HAM
11:	HER @ BAL
	ADR @ NH
	SPR @ ROC
	MON @ STJ
	PRV @ UTI
	HAM @ BIN
	HAL @ CB
SAT-12:	PRV @ ADR
	HAM @ BAL
	SPR @ CDI
	CB @ FRE
	NH @ HER
	MON @ STJ
	BIN @ UTI
13:	ADR @ CDI
	HAL @ FRE
	CB @ MON
	BAL @ NH
	BIN @ PRV
	UTI @ ROC
15:	HAL @ MON
16:	HER @ BAL
	PRV @ NH
18: 	UTI @ HAM
SAT-19:	BIN @ BAL
	HAM @ CDI
	FRE @ MON
	HER @ NH
	CB @ PRV
	UTI @ ROC
	ADR @ SPR
	HAL @ STJ
20:	MON @ HAL
	HER @ HAM
	CB @ NH
	CDI @ PRV
	BAL @ ROC
22:	MON @ CB
	ADR @CDI
	HAL @ FRE
23:	ADR @ SPR
SAT-26:	CDI @ ADR
	NH @ BIN
	CB @ HAL
	ROC @ HAM
	BAL @ HER
	STJ @ MON
	PRV @ SPR
27:	UTI @ BAL
	STJ @ FRE
	ADR @ HER
	CB @ MON
	SPR @ NH
	BIN @ PRV
	CDI @ ROC
29:	HER @ BAL
	SPR @ BIN
	ADR @ HAM 
	FRE @ STJ
30:	MON @ HAL
	UTI @ HER
	NH @ PRV
	HAM @ ROC
	CDI @ SPR
	FRE @ STJ
31:	SPR @ ADR
	HER @ BIN
	NH @ CDI
	BAL @ UTI
-----
Bri Farenell				CONGRATS TO 1992 CALDER CUP  
Clarkson '95					CHAMPIONS
farenebt@craft.camp.clarkson.edu  	  THE ADIRONDACK RED WINGS
rec.sport.hockey's AHL contact	      ALSO: 1981, 1986 AND 1989 CHAMPS
-----							
"Eleven Israelis were dead. Machine guns were everywhere. Who knew what
would happen next. Going on made sense only if you believed in the idea
of sport as more than a game."	---Dave Kindred, on the 1972 Olympics
From: ferguson@cs.rochester.edu (George Ferguson)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: Amerks' schedule (was Re: Looking for AHL Calendar)
Date: 30 Sep 92 15:24:52 GMT
Article-I.D.: cs.1992Sep30.152452.11984
Reply-To: ferguson@cs.rochester.edu (George Ferguson)
Organization: University of Rochester Hockey Science Dept.


Okay, I had to comment on the Amerks' schedule that I just posted. Is
this bizarre or what? I mean, I know they have to save money on travel
and all, but check out these scheduling gems:

  - The Amerks don't play Adirondack until 13 Mar, and then play them
    also Apr 4, 9, and 10.

  - The doubleheader away games against St. Johns (20-21 Nov) and
    Baltimore (1-2 Jan *and* 19-20 Mar) give new meaning to the term
    "home-and-home" (for St. John's and Baltimore, that is).

  - The Amerks play St. John's 4 times, all within 9 days in November.

  - Of the Amerks' 19 games down the stretch (Mar-Apr), they play only
    7 within the division. Of those, only 4 of the last 15 are intra-
    divisional.

  - Here's the counts of games against per team, by division:
	Northern		Southern		Atlantic
	Adirondack 	4	Baltimore	10	Cape Breton	2
	Cap. District	4	Binghamton	12	Fredricton	2
	New Haven	2	Hamilton	10	Halifax		2
	Providence	2	Hershey		10	Moncton		2
	Springfield	2	Utica		12	St. John's	4
    I guess it makes a strange kind of sense, except the extra 2
    against St. John's (they had to get to 80 somehow, I guess).

George
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From: nhmas@gauss.med.harvard.edu (Mark Shneyder)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: Re: It's on KBL (was Re: ESPN Schedule for Oct.-Dec.)
Date: 2 Oct 92 15:02:22 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: HMS

In article <92275.200313RAP115@psuvm.psu.edu> RAP115@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
>
>  This ESPN blackout restriction for the Penguins-Flyers game is stupid.
>It should be like football.  If the game's a sellout, then it should be
>televised.  Pittsburgh fans have no worry though.  The home opener and many
>home games are televised because the home attendance is quite frequently
>"16,164 - a sellout.  That's 16,164 - a sellout.  The Penguins and Flyers
>thank you for attending." to quote a famous voice!!!!  See ya at the game!!!

It's NOT stupid and a home gate sell-out has nothing to do with it.
It's to protect KBL's(or whoever is telecasting a home againg within 50-mile
radious of the arena) advertisers/sponsors. If the same game is
avaialble on KBL and ESPN, KBL's ad revenue would be diminished since
product(the hockey game) would be saturated on 2 channels not 1. If you're
a local business person pitching your product on KBL you woulnd't want to pay
premium ad rates to KBL if the game is also avialable on ESPN. KBL,in
turn, wouldn't want lower profit from the 'ESPN' game. It's as a simple as
that.

ESPN and NHL should have done what the NFL does with its Sunday night
football game on TNT/ESPN - sell the game to a local broadcast outlets of
the team that are involved and impose cable blackout on ESPN/TNT as
required by FCC.

-PPV Mark
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From: jpc@philabs.philips.com (John P. Curcio)
Subject: NHL Results for 6 October 1992
Organization: Philips Laboratories, Briarcliff Manor, NY.
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 13:44:08 GMT



NHL STANDINGS FOR 6 OCTOBER 1992

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     PRINCE OF WALES CONFERENCE           CLARENCE CAMPBELL CONFERENCE
     PATRICK           ADAMS               NORRIS             SMYTHE

      W  L  T  Pts       W  L  T  Pts       W  L  T  Pts       W  L  T  Pts
NJD   0  0  0   0  BOS   0  0  0   0  CHI   0  0  0   0  CAL   0  0  0   0
NYI   0  0  0   0  BUF   0  0  0   0  DET   0  0  0   0  EDM   0  0  0   0
NYR   0  0  0   0  HFD   0  0  0   0  MIN   0  0  0   0  LAK   0  0  0   0
PHI   0  0  0   0  MTL   0  0  0   0  STL   0  0  0   0  SJS   0  0  0   0
PIT   0  0  0   0  OTT   0  0  0   0  TMP   0  0  0   0  VAN   0  0  0   0
WAS   0  0  0   0  QUE   0  0  0   0  TOR   0  0  0   0  WIN   0  0  0   0
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Tuesday, 6 October 1992:

     Montreal (0-0-0) at Hartford (0-0-0), 7:35pm EST
     NY Islanders (0-0-0) at New Jersey (0-0-0), 7:35pm EST
     Philadelphia (0-0-0) at Pittsburgh (0-0-0), 7:35pm EST
     Detroit (0-0-0) at Winnipeg (0-0-0), 8:35pm EST
     Minnesota (0-0-0) at St. Louis (0-0-0), 8:35pm EST
     Los Angeles (0-0-0) at Calgary (0-0-0), 9:35pm EST
     Vancouver (0-0-0) at Edmonton (0-0-0), 9:35pm EST

-JPC (for SPIKE)


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From: dreier@saddam.berkeley.edu (Roland Dreier)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: Re: Best line this year?
Date: 6 Oct 92 03:33:33 GMT
	<DREIER.92Oct5115506@beirut.berkeley.edu> <BvnyH4.An7@acsu.buffalo.edu>
Organization: U.C. Berkeley Math. Department.
NNTP-Posting-Host: saddam.berkeley.edu
In-reply-to: rwinkel@acsu.buffalo.edu's message of 5 Oct 92 19:36:39 GMT

In article <BvnyH4.An7@acsu.buffalo.edu> rwinkel@acsu.buffalo.edu (Robert Winkel) writes:
   In article <DREIER.92Oct5115506@beirut.berkeley.edu> dreier@beirut.berkeley.edu (Roland Dreier) writes:

   > Mogilny-Lafontaine-Hawerchuk [is one of the best lines around]

   This line consists of Mogilny-Lafontaine-Andreychuk, not Hawerchuk.
   Hawerchuk only plays with Lafontaine when the Sabres are on the powerplay
   and he plays the point or at the end of close game and the Sabres are
   trailing by a goal or two.

   Robb

Oops, my mistake.  I was thinking of Dave Andreychuk, the big guy who can
barely skate but who can score from his knees facing away from the net
with a defenceman holding his stick, not that sissy Hawerchuk, when I
typed that.  My fingers just slipped.  Too many "chucks" on that team:
Dale Hawerchuk, Dave Andreychuck, Clint Malarchuk, and Randy Wood-chuck..

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From: twong@civil.ubc.ca (Thomas Wong)
Subject: Re: nhl statistics
Organization: Dept. of Civil Engineering, U.B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 18:00:19 GMT


Along the same line, I have another question. Does anyone keep a list of
who is in which team? ie. constantly follows the trades and updates the
list? Thanks.

Thomas.

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From: veikko@vipunen.hut.fi (Vesa J Pyyluoma)
Subject: Re: Who is Selanne
Organization: Veikon Kone
Date: 27 Sep 92 16:16:34

In article <1992Sep25.232611.845@mala.bc.ca> epp@mala.bc.ca (Lorne Epp) writes:

 > Here are his 1991-92 stats from The Sporting News Hockey Yearbook.

 > Club                     Games G  A  Pts. Pen. 
 > -----------------------------------------------
 > Finnish Olympic Team        8  7  4   11   -   
 > Jokerit (Finnish League)   44 39 23   62   20  

...in addition to which he totalled 17 points (10+7) in the 10 playoff
games leading his team Jokerit to their first championship in 19
years.  The players awarded him #1 player title in the league the year
before despite an injury that ruined a good part of his season.

Selanne has played for just three years in Finnish main league (he's 22
years of age), but has nevertheless established himself in the very
elite of Finnish hockey both in the league and the national team.  His
strongest characteristics are strong slapshot, fast takeoffs and good puck
control in tight, physical situations (read: a 200 lbs defenseman
trying to steer your course away from the net's general direction...)
All in all pretty much what you would expect it to take in NHL; that's
why he's been widely touted as the most promising new forward to emerge since
Jari Kurri.

Then again doubts arise from his young age, even though he delayed his
entry to NHL by a year.  He's also sorta sluggish in returning to
defense.  But name a great artist that wouldn't be :-)

In his team back in Finland he's had - for obvious reasons - a rather
dominant role.  He's been given a great freedom to do what he does
best, to score goals.  It will be interesting to see how he adapts to
an NHL team as just one of the chaps.  My crystal ball sees him
winning the Calder trophy, contributing to his team surprise success
and generally being a good, scoring forward.  A westernised Pavel Bure
or Jaromir Jagr if you prefer.  Then again my crystal ball is known to
have fumbled...

regards,
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Vesa Pyyluoma
veikko@vipunen.hut.fi
In Finland we have this thing called reilu meininki.
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