From: lli+@cs.cmu.edu (Lori Iannamico)
Subject: Details on Trottier's new job
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 20:33:11 GMT

Thanks to Gary Dare for sending this article.  It was taken from Clarinet
and is being reprinted without permission.  (To those who've asked, yes, the
newspaper strike in Pgh. is still going on.   And on and on....)

Lori
Contact for the Penguins
lli+@cs.cmu.edu

From: clarinews@clarinet.com (UPI)
Newsgroups: clari.sports.hockey,clari.local.nyc,clari.news.top
Subject: Islanders front office shaken up
Keywords: hockey, men's professional
Date: 17 Aug 92 17:26:07 GMT
Location: new york city
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	GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (UPI) -- Bill Torrey, the only general
manager the New York Islanders have ever known, was replaced Monday by
Don Maloney as part of a front-office shakeup by a management team
looking to purchase part of the franchise.
	In addition, former Islanders great Bryan Trottier will return
to the club as executive assistant to the president, it was announced
Monday at a news conference. Al Arbour will remain in his position as
coach.
	The management group -- led by Stephen Walsh, Robert
Rosenthal, Jerome Grossman, Ralph Palleschi and Paul Greenwood -- has
an option to buy a 50 percent stake in the club from John Pickett.
Particulars of the sale have yet to be announced.
	Pickett, who owns 100 percent of the franchise, remained at
his Florida residence and did not attend the news conference. He has
been trying to sell the Islanders for two years.
	Torrey, general manager since the Islanders began in 1972 and
the man who built four Stanley Cup winners, will become a consultant
to the management committee. Torrey was on vacation in Scotland and
unavailable for comment.
	Maloney, who spent most of his 12-year playing career with the
New York Rangers but finished with the Islanders, takes over his new
post after spending the 1991-92 season as assistant general manager
under Torrey.
	``Call it the luck of the Irish,'' Maloney said. ``This is a
fantastic opportunity for me, the club and the fans. I'm optimistic
about our team. We are the only team in history to have three 40-goal
scorers and not make the playoffs.''
	The appointment of Trottier, the Islanders' all-time leading
scorer, marks the end of an illustrious 17-year career as a player. He
played on four Stanley Cup winners with the Islanders and two more
with the Pittsburgh Penguins.
	``This opportunity to enter the business side of hockey with
friends I respect and admire is a dream come true. I'm back,'' said
Trottier, who finished with 520 goals and 890 assists in 1,238 games.
	``I can't think of a better person to have in this position
than Bryan Trottier. He's an Islander in every sense of the word,''
Grossman said. ``He will be an outstanding executive and we are
delighted to have him back as a member of our Islander family.''
	Grossman also announced the appointment of Pat Calabria as
vice president of communications. Calabria joins the franchise after
20 years as a sportswriter for Newsday.

[Could you pass this on to Anna and Lori, since that's local for you?
Thanks ... gld]

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