From: kayleigh@access.digex.com (Steve Gallichio)
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Subject: Whalers/Sharks - 21Jan93
Date: 22 Jan 1993 18:19:44 GMT
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Thursday 21 January 1993
Hartford Civic Center
Hartford CT

The Hartford Whalers sliced Montreal's Adams Division lead to 33 points
with a 4-2 victory over the hapless San Jose Sharks Thursday night before
an overflow crowd of 9,880 in the festive playoff-like atmosphere of the
Ice House.

And boy, it's saying something when the Whalers view a team as hapless...

Without going into too much of the gory detail (as I'm sure Nelson has
already posted a more complete summary from the left coast), Terry Yake,
Zarley Collapski, Eric Weinrich, and Jamie Leach scored for the Whalers.
Former Whaler Dean Evason had both San Jose goals, including a gorgeous
redirection of a Doug Zmolek slapshot late in the third period. Sean Burke
(10-17-3) made 30 saves for the win, while Jeff Hackett made 23 saves to
drop to 2-21-1.

Whale Watch:

-Harftord is now 7-0-0 against expansion teams, and 6-30-4 against the
 rest of the league. Of the seven wins, four have come against Ottawa,
 one against Tampa Bay, and two against the Sharks.

-Terry Yake now has 29 points (14-15) in 30 games since returning from
 Springfield. Yake has also (believe it or not) taken over the NHL lead
 in shooting percentage, at 30.4 with 14 goals on 46 shots. Yake bounced
 around the minors for a long time before being called up early this season;
 he has played very well since being shifted to wing after playing his
 entire career at center, maintaining a point-a-game pace. He can use his
 speed and hard shot much better on the wing than he was doing at center.
 And CNN once pronounced his name Terriyaki.

-ZZ, All-Star (puke) scored a nice goal on a rush through center, breaking
 through the defense and top shelfing it against Hackett. Collapski (10-31/41)
 is now ninth in NHL defenseman scoring. ZZ also kept three streaks alive:
 he has now scored a goal in three consecutive games; he has failed to hold
 the puck in at the point at least once in all 47 games this season; and he
 has missed the net with at least one shot in all 47 games this season. It's
 getting so bad at the Civic Center that whenever Collapski touches the puck,
 you can't hear anything but the deranged mocking of drunken Collapski baiters.
 Oh no, wait, that would be me...

-Jim McKenzie was actually spotted taking a shift other than in the first
 period.

-Shark Lyndon Byers suffered a separated shoulder after a second period hook
 by Murray Craven. This now brings to six the number of opponents that Whaler
 players have put out with significant injuries this season. Hey, if you can't
 beat 'em, beat the hell out of 'em.

-Tim Kerr (O for '92) retired after the game, thus freeing up valuable space
 in the press box. He finished his career with 0 goals and six points in 22
 games, but did managed to add another knee operation to his surgery statistics,
 thus concluding with these glorious numbers: seven left shoulder operations,
 two right shoulder operations, three right knee operations, hernia surgery,
 and a broken leg. This is probably the only guy who will get inducted into
 both the NHL and AMA Halls of Fame.

-In an odd move, 19 San Jose players and 21 Whaler players suited up for the
 game. The discrepancy is accounted for by the fact the Yvon Corriveau played
 the game for the Sharks while already knowing that he had been traded back to
 Hartford effective after the game. Apparently, this deal had been set for
 some time...Corriveau returned to Hartford as the player to be named later
 in the trade which sent Michel Picard to the Sharks last 7 October. In this
 morning's Hartford Courant, the article loosely states that Corriveau could
 not return to the Whalers until he played at least 20 games for the Sharks
 after being taken in last October's waiver draft. Could someone clarify this
 rule for me? I believe that the rule exists that you can't trade a player
 back to the team you draft him from; but Corriveau was drafted off of the
 Washington roster after the Whalers traded him to the Caps for Nick Kypreos.
 Is the rule worded that a drafted player can't return to the team he last
 played for? Perhaps in order to prevent the 'hiding' that was discussed here
 recently? At any rate, Corriveau is quite happy to return to Hartford, where
 his summer home and fiancee are located. Quoteth he, on playing the game
 after knowing for days that he would be traded back to the Whale: "You don't
 want to run anybody, because you know tomorrow morning you're going to
 practice with them. It was tough."

-Steve Gallichio (a real live Hartford Whalers season ticket holder) (ooh-aah)
-steveg@cadkey.com