In Massachusetts, authorities were trying to determine whether the incident qualified as a parole violation because it was considered an off-ice incident. Tampa Bay GM Rick Dudley has contacted every NHL club, warning each of Tampa's crackdown on strip clubs. The Dallas Stars' Ted Donato and Tyler Bouch recently were arrested at Mons Venus, arguably the most popular strip club in Florida. Tampa enacted legislation more than a year ago forbidding strippers to get within six feet of their customers and outlawing lap dances. Mark Freer, Derek Plante, Tomas Divisek, Vaclav Pletka, Petr Hubacek and Joe DiPenta of the Phantoms invite the public to skate with them Wednesday at the new roller hockey rink at Flyers Skate Zone in Voorhees, Camden County.
Admission is free.
Every time someone goes looking for him, he's at his estate in Southern California. Odd that when Bob Clarke became the first member of the organization to be recognized by the Philadelphia SportsWriters Association with the Living Legend award, it was left to Pat Croce of the Sixers to congratulate Clarke, not Snider. Carolina goalie Arturs Irbe took out a full-page ad in the current issue of Goalies World Magazine, seeking a Jofa 724 cage and a 281 or 282 helmet. He is running out of these masks, and the company no longer manufactures them. Like father, like son.