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*** NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE ***                                  92-93 SEASON                              HOME ATTENDANCE REPORT   Each Qtr. represents 10 home games,   Qtr. 4 will have 11 home games.  Neutral site games are not included.  S/O indicates the number of sell-outs.  Team Name   Qtr. 1   S/O  Qtr. 2   S/O  Qtr. 3   S/O  Qtr. 4   S/O   Totals   Average ================================================================================ BOS    140,573   5   142,694   7   142,768   6   152,468   8    578,503   14,109 BUF    144,701   0   148,516   3   152,133   5   168,878   4    614,228   14,981 CAL    190,125   1   196,174   3   196,982   4   217,346   5    800,627   19,527 CHI    176,372  10   176,746   9   177,981  10   196,749  11    727,848   17,752 DET    196,330  10   196,670  10   197,228  10   217,167  10    807,395   19,692 EDM    139,038   0   149,422   2   152,831   2   165,384   2    606,675   14,796 HAR     92,994   0   110,670   2   108,651   0   122,123   0    434,438   10,596 LA     154,065   5   159,014   8   160,050  10   176,055  11    649,184   15,833 MIN    130,710   2   140,933   3   139,986   1   160,213   4    571,842   13,947 MON    168,097   8   169,671  10   168,784  10   190,186  11    696,738   16,993 NJ     127,053   0   124,011   2   145,856   2   163,050   1    559,970   13,657 NYI    114,706   1   108,502   1   123,167   3   139,946   0    486,321   11,861 NYR    178,200   7   179,990   6   182,000  10   199,337   8    739,527   18,037 OTT    104,713  10   105,000  10   104,602  10   115,330  11    429,645   10,479 PHI    172,372   4   172,967   3   172,613   2   190,520   5    708,472   17,279 PIT    160,379   6   161,475   8   161,280   6   177,705  10    660,839   16,118 QUE    149,452   3   147,911   3   147,394   2   168,830   8    613,587   14,965 SJ     110,890  10   110,374   8   110,120   7   121,745  10    453,129   11,051 STL    156,313   3   170,531   5   171,249   5   187,849   7    685,942   16,730 TB      97,269   5    99,621   6    99,611   4   114,059   9    410,560   10,013 TOR    155,500   4   157,779   9   157,014   8   172,888  11    643,181   15,687 VAN    144,120   0   154,184   4   157,094   6   176,751   8    632,149   15,418 WAS    153,209   0   163,563   1   161,479   2   171,711   2    649,962   15,852 WIN    131,072   0   135,902   1   133,414   1   154,956   2    555,344   13,544        3,488,253     3,582,320     3,624,287     4,021,246     14,716,106
In article <1993Apr20.180241.10263@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca> golchowy@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (Gerald Olchowy) writes: >The San Jose Sharks and Ottawa Senators are each on their second GM >already...I'd be willing to wager that both the Sharks and Senators >will probably see their 3rd GM's and perhaps their 4th, before we >see the Panthers second.  Actually, fired-coach George Kingston was a third of the GM triumvirate.  Now that the trio is now duo (Dean Lombardi and Chuck Grillo), the Sharks are already on their 3rd "office of the GM". And a 4th is likely to happen before September; they'll either add the new coach to the OofGM, or name a single GM. So your wager should be amended to read that Sharks are likely to have their 5th GM before the Panther's get their 2nd. Can't wait to see how the next season's NHL Guide and Record Book lists the GM history of the Sharks.  Given the depth of next year's draft, the expansion draft rules, and the reputation of their GMs, Anaheim and Miami look pretty good as the first 90s expansion teams to win a Cup.  San Jose and Ottawa have instability at the GM position, something that Philly, NYI, Edmonton, and Calgary did not have when they won their first Cups. Pittsburgh did, but they needed a quarter century.
I can't believe that the NY Rangers would force its  players to go to Binghamtom to play in the AHL playoffs instead of letting them represent their countries in the World Championships.  Anderrson and Zubov are waiting for the NHL to make a decision to this, while Kovalev has given in and gone down to the minors.  The Rangers are a disgrace.  ps. it has been reported that Neil Smith was very much against the hiring of Mike Keenan. How long will Smith be in NY for?
In article <93289@hydra.gatech.EDU>, gtd597a@prism.gatech.EDU (Hrivnak) writes: >  > 	Here are the results after three days of voting. Remember 3pts for  > 1st, 2 for 2nd, and 1 for 3rd. Also, you can still turn in votes! And.. if > the guy isn't a regular goalie or he is retired, please include the team!  > Thanks for your time, and keep on sending in those votes! >  > Player                  Team                  Pts     Votes > ----------------------------------------------------------- > 1. Brian Hayward        San Jose              15        6 >    Andy Moog            Boston                15        6 > 3. Curtis Joseph        St. Louis             11        5 > 4. Ed Belfour           Chicago               10        5 > 5. Gerry Cheevers       Boston (retired)       5        3  >    Manon Rheaume        Atlanta (IHL)          5        2 >    Ron Hextall          Quebec                 5        2 > 8. Don Beaupre          Washington             4        2 > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Others receiving 1 vote: Artus Irbe (SJ), Tim Cheveldae (Det), >  Clint Malarchuck (Buf/SD,IHL), Grant Fuhr (Buf), Rick Wamsley  >  (Tor,ret), Jon Casey (Minn), John Vanbiesbrouck (NYR), >  Ken Dryden (Mon,ret), Bob Essensa (Win), Mike Vernon (Cal), >  Glenn Healy (NYI), Tommy Soderstron (???), Ray LeBlanc (USA). >   C'mon, Tommy Soderstrom is having a fine rookie (I think he's a rookie) season with the Flyers. I'm sure most of you knew that already, but just in case.
In article 20009@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca, maynard@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca (Roger Maynard) writes: >In <1993Apr15.160450.27799@sol.UVic.CA> gballent@hudson.UVic.CA (Greg  Ballentine) writes:  >>Gainey is the best defensive forward ever.  I stand by that assessment. >>He was a very good player who belongs in the hall of fame.  Did you >>ever watch him play? He never made a technical error. > >I watched him over his entire career.  I have NEVER seen a player, and that >includes Russell Courtnall and Davie Keon, screw up as many breakaways as >Bob Gainey.  And I will never forget the time Denis Potvin caught Gainey >with his head down.  You have been sold a bill of goods on Bob Gainey. > >Gainey was a plugger.  And when the press runs out of things to say about  >the stars on dynasties they start to hype the pluggers.  Grant Fuhr, Essa >Tikkannen, Butch Goring, Bob Nystrom, Bob Gainey, Doug Jarvis, Derek >Sanderson, Wayne Cashman, Bob Baun, Bob Pulford, Ralph Backstrom, Henri >Richard, Dick Duff...and so on...  These players all are pretty good players.  They are the depth that the dynasties had to win Stanley Cups.  They tend to be the very good second line guys- who would be first liners on most weaker clubs in the NHL. They were all important to their clubs.  Probably, several of these Stanley Cup winning teams would not have won the cups they did if it were not for the depth provided by these players.  They compare to Rick Tocchet and Ron Francis of the Penguins.  Very good players who can lead lesser teams (Francis-Hartford, Tocchet-Philly) who provide the depth to the team that is currently best in the NHL.  As a defensive forward, there have been none better than Bob Gainey.  That doesn't mean he was the best player (or even the best forward) the Canadians had at that time, but he was excellent at what he did.  Gainey could dominate games with his defence.  He didn't need to get goals to dominate. He shut down the opposition and was thus valuable.  There has never been anyone any better at doing this.  Not ever.
In article <MfpIRbO00WBLI1ispC@andrew.cmu.edu>, "William K. Willis" <ww1a+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes: |>  |>      As a person who has rarely even SEEN Don Cherry and doesn't know |> anything about him, I don't know whether it is just this area |> (Pittsburgh) of the USA that is "deprived" of his broadcasts or whether |> he's a Canadian thing altogether.  Seriously, what is he all about?  I |> know he was a coach at one time, and from the volume of posts about him, |> SOMEONE surely is getting a steady diet of him somehow, but my question |> is, what is the deal with him?  Secondly, are the comments of his that I |> read about on the net merely flame bait, or do people actually take him |> seriously?  I gotta tell you, from what I see, he really sounds like an |> ass.  Let me know - maybe I'm missing something.  I asked him, and Don Cherry denies being Roger Maynard and he denies any knowledge of Usenet. :-)
FULL 1993 CALDER CUP PLAYOFF SCHEDULE AND RESULTS	 home team in CAPS		*=if necesary  FIRST ROUND					 Springfield Indians vs Providence Bruins Gm 1:	Springfield 3	PROVIDENCE 2	 Gm 2:	Springfield 5	PROVIDENCE 4 Gm 3:	Providence 3	SPRINGFIELD 2 Gm 4:	Providence 9	SPRINGFIELD 0		 Gm 5:	Springfield 4	PROVIDENCE 2 Gm 6:	SPRINGFIELD 4	Providence 3 (SPRINGFIELD WINS SERIES, 4-2)  CD Islanders vs Adirondack Red Wings Gm 1:	ADIRONDACK 6	CDI 2 Gm 2:	ADIRONDACK 5	CDI 3 Gm 3:	Adirondack 3	CDI 0 Gm 4:	Adirondack 3	CDI 1 (ADIRONDACK WINS SERIES, 4-0)  Baltimore Skipjacks at Binghamton Rangers Gm 1:	Baltimore 4	BINGHAMTON 3	 Gm 2:	BINGHAMTON 6	Baltimore 2 Gm 3:	Binghamton 8	BALTIMORE 3 Gm 4:	BALTIMORE 3	Binghamton 1	 Gm 5:	4/26	Baltimore at Binghamton	 Gm 6:	4/28	Binghmaton at Baltimore	 Gm 7:	4/30	Baltimore at Binghamton	* 		 Utica Devils vs Rochester Americans Gm 1:	Utica 3		ROCHESTER 2	(OT) Gm 2:	ROCHESTER 9	Utica 3 Gm 3:	Rochester 6	UTICA 4 Gm 4:	Rochester 4	UTICA 3		(OT) Gm 5:	ROCHESTER 3	Utica 2 (ROCHESTER WINS SERIES, 4-1)  Moncton Hawks vs St John's Maple Leafs Gm 1:	St JOHN'S 4	Moncton 2	(at Halifax) Gm 2:	ST JOHN'S 3	Moncton 2	(at Halifax) Gm 3:	St John's 6	MONCTON 5 Gm 4:	MONCTON 5	St John's 4	(OT) Gm 5:	4/26	Moncton vs St John's at Halifax	 Gm 6:	4/28	St John's at Moncton		* Gm 7:	4/30	Moncton vs St John's at Halifax	*  Cape Breton Oilers vs Fredericton Canadiens Gm 1:	FREDERICTON 4	Cape Breton 3	(2OT) Gm 2:	Cape Breton 5	FREDERICTON 2 Gm 3:	CAPE BRETON 3	Fredericton 0	 Gm 4:	CAPE BRETON 6	Fredericton 5 	(OT) Gm 5:	Cape Breton won
In article <rauser.734062608@sfu.ca>, rauser@fraser.sfu.ca (Richard John Rauser) writes... >  >  >   Here's the point: there are far too many Europeans in the NHL. I am sick >of watching a game between an American and a Canadian team (let's say, the >Red Wings and the Canucks) and seeing names like "Bure" "Konstantinov" and >"Borshevshky". Is this North America or isn't it? Toronto, Detriot, Quebec, >and Edmonton are particularly annoying, but the numbers of Euros on other >teams is getting worse as well.  >  >    I live in Vancouver and if I hear one more word about "Pavel Bure, the >Russian Rocket" I will completely throw up. As it is now, every time I see >the Canucks play I keep hoping someone will cross-check Bure into the plexiglassso hard they have to carry him out on a stretcher. (By the way, I'm not a >Canucks fan to begin with ;-).  >  >    Okay, the stretcher remark was a little carried away. But the point is that >I resent NHL owners drafting all these Europeans INSTEAD of Canadians (and >some Americans). It denies young Canadians the opportunity to play in THEIR >NORTH AMERICAN LEAGUE and instead gives it to Europeans, who aren't even >better hockey players. It's all hype. This "European mystique" is sickening, >but until NHL owners get over it, Canadian and American players will continue >to have to fight harder to get drafted into their own league. >  >    With the numbers of Euros in the NHL escalating, the problem is clearly >only getting worse. >  >    I'm all for the creation of a European Hockey League, and let the Bures >and Selannes of the world play on their own continent. >  >    I just don't want them on mine. >  >  	Ah, so now we're into European player bashing?  What next?   No more French Canadiens?  Yeah, there's an idea!  Let them French- speaking Canadiens have their own hockey league!  We don't want them! 	Are you _CRAZY_?  The NHL is one of the true international leagues, and yes, there _ARE_ many Europeans who deserve to play in the NHL and are better than some North Americans, look at Teemu!!! I, for one, am glad to see Europeans in the NHL and I hope the NHL soon expands to Europe.  Its nice to see all these different people come together to form the (soon to be) 26 hockey teams. 	 >  >  >--  >Richard J. Rauser        "You have no idea what you're doing." >rauser@sfu.ca            "Oh, don't worry about that. We're professional >WNI                          outlaws - we do this for a living." >----------------- >"Remember, no matter where you go, there you are." -Dr.Banzai  Darryl Brooks                    University at Buffalo                 __                 ______                        ///        | |     /  \  \ \     / /  / _____          / /         ////        | |    / /\ \  \ \___/ /  (  \          ---/-/---       ///        | |   / /__\ \   \   /      \  \       ---/-/---       /// | |____| |  /  ____  \   | |     ____\  )       / /          ///  \______/  / /      \ \  | |     ______/                  ///////
How long has Don Cherry been a student at SFU? (or is that Arche Bunker?)  Please, keep this racist drivel off of the net.  You're an embarassment to Canadians everywhere.
In article <1993Apr16.213513.7683@rose.com> jack.petrilli@rose.com (jack petrilli) writes: >On April 14,  richard@amc.com (Richard Wernick) wrote: > >or Boston? You know Sinden's going to find some way of screwing up  >even this good Boston team. He'll fire Suter or trade away a vital  >star. (Admittedly, his last few trades have been good ones but how  >long before his luck runs out and he starts making Esposito-for- >Ratelle type trades again?)  >  How was this trade bad? I seem to recall Ratelle and Middleton making a pretty good centre - right wing combination, and the Bruins also got Brad Park in the deal (and they also lost Vadnais and somebody else). After the trade, the  Bruins were in two finals and one semi-final, all of which, of course, they  lost to Montreal (which should please you to no end). I doubt, however, keeping Esposito would have made a difference in those series, as he did not for the Rangers in '79 (or any of his years in Boston, for that matter).  Riston --  Riston
In article <C50pt4.6CM@odin.corp.sgi.com> dptom@endor.corp.sgi.com (Tom Arnold) writes:  >Okay you hockey playing fans/finatics out there. I'm looking over the wide  >range of aluminum sticks for the first time. I've been playing with pieces >of lumbar that seem to weigh alot and break after a few uses, so I'm  >thinking of changing to an aluminum shaft so when I break the blade all I  >have to do is change it. The problem is that there is such a wide reange of >models and selections out there that I'm not certain which to consider. Can >any of you post some of your suggestions and experiences with the aluminum  >sticks? What is the difference between models? What do you like/dislike about >them? And, which brands are best? > >  I've had, and still have a few aluminum sticks.  I got my first when I was 15 (a Christian), and broke the shaft halfway through the season, two years  later.  I bought another (a Canadian) at the beginning of the next season,  and I still have it.  I also have an Easton, that a friend was getting rid  off, after giving up the game.  I find that Easton blades are easier to get,  but all brands of blades are pretty well interchangeable.  Watch out for  dried up bits of firewood, that some stores pass off as blades.  In my  experiences, the blades of an aluminum break more often than regular sticks,  but I've only ever broken one aluminum shaft.  I like aluminum sticks.  The blades are quickly changed, even on the bench  if you have to.  On the downside, the shaft won't break if you decide to  impale yourself on it :-)  Ciao, Mark S.
In article <C5tC87.Aty@ccu.umanitoba.ca> umturne4@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Daryl Turner) writes: >Showing a meaningless (relatively) baseball game over the overtime of >game that was tied up with less than 3 seconds left on the clock? >Gimme a break!  Where does ESPN get these BRILLIANT decisions from? >  It's called 'contractual obligations' with Major League Baseball. I would've liked to see the OT of the Isles-Caps game, but I understand where ESPN is coming from. ESPN is committed to a single telecast a night and everything after that is a bonus.
In article <1993Apr15.095653.17514@abo.fi> MLINDROOS@FINABO.ABO.FI (Marcus Lindroos INF) writes:  >In <C5H9wr.6J3@polaris.utu.fi> franti@polaris.utu.fi writes:   >Not too low perhaps, but surely not as high as that of an European NHL >division. The Finnish team, for example, would contain all players currently   on >the national team plus a top-class foreigner or two. They would be in an >entirely different league than TPS or Jokerit, both of whom have perhaps a >dozen players of international class - if even that. Why settle for a minor >league when you could have the best?  How many players of international class an average NHL team has. 6-10? Top players just play more in smaller rinks. Is the quality of European hockey really poor, then recent years only few north-american (usually good farm  players) players have got place in Finnish league or Elitserien, while most  have been shipped back.
In article <1993Apr26.002033.22710@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca> maynard@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca (Roger Maynard) writes: >In <1993Apr25.224654.23092@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> phoenix@startide.ctr.columbia.edu (Ali Lemer) writes: >>I'm not even going to bother to reply to your ranting post; the letter is  >>addressed to Gary Bettman, not you. He can reply as he wishes. > >Not so.  Your post is addressed to all.  I quote:  As she said, the letter is addressed to Bettman.  The post (which, though having pretty much the same content, is an entirely different entity) was addressed to all.  When she puts the letter in the mail I doubt it will say "To: All".  I figure she wanted to let people here see what was in it since it is a topic that interests a lot of folks here.  That's an entirely  different purpose than sending the letter to Bettman.  Unfortunately...  >And I guess I let you know didn't I?  >You do NOT represent a *large* body of hockey fans by any standard you care >to use to define "large".  65 people constitutes nothing more than a tiny  >group of fanatics and is in no way representative of "a large body of hockey >fans on the Internet" let alone of "one of the largest computer networks in  >the world."   The "largest computer networks in the world" phrase is a definition of  the Internet, not a group as a whole that she claims to represent.  As for the business of whether or not it is large, it is large compared to say, the number of folks on r.s.h. who are sending a letter to thank him for changing the names, at least to this point.  And just for my own curiosity I thought I'd look up the "official" definition of large in the dictionary.  It reads:  large - 1.  having more than usual power, capacity, or scope.             2.  exceeding most other things of like kind in quantity or size.  Now I have no idea how many letters Bettman may have gotten on the issue or how many people may have signed them.  65 people may be up there,  thereby validating definition 2.  I would also wager that the geographical range of signatures is quite large, which would give it a large scope.  >He might be impressed by the size of the list of names.  Why would he be impressed with this unless it were "large"?   I am of course assuming that you actually agree with what you are writing and are not simply trying to be a pain about the whole issue to hear yourself speak.    I personally don't know whether or not I agree with the letter.  I have very mixed emotions about it.  I like the names as they are, and don't think they make it that difficult to learn the game, but there might be a shred of validity to the change.
I watched the game Germany-Czechs in WC today...and i was astonished about the behaviour of the German audience! The German team got a few penalties in the last period and the crowd went grazy! They threw coins, extra pucks and other trash into the rink...is that stupid or what?? I guess the Canadian referee (one of the Isostar-bros ;) gave the German team a penalty for that, but it didn't help much. I guess the Germans just are proud over their Nazi-Kill-'em-All-Everyone- But-Us-Germans-Sucks attitude...they just seem to have that kind of attitude in every possible sport (remember the European champs in Stockholm in soccer) It really pisses me off! I do not mean that every single German has this attitude that sucks, but  most of them seem to do...
In article <1r1chb$5l2@jethro.Corp.Sun.COM> jake@rambler.Eng.Sun.COM writes: > > >What are the Leafs to do?  I am a Leaf supporter and >I say the Leafs are going down in four unless there >is nothing short of a miracle or a stroke of genenius hits >Pat Burns. > >If you were Pat Burns what would you do? >  Pray for the Wings to become lazy and overconfident...the Wings can only lose the series...Toronto cannot win it.  Take away Doug Gilmour and the Leafs are an old Tampa Bay.  The Leafs deserve a lot of credit for their diligent effort during the regular season...but if Detroit puts in a reasonable effort, this is not a contest.
: you mention could cut it as stars in the NHL! Even "Rexi" in his prime was more : of a good regular in New York/Edmonton than a superstar in his own right, : although some blamed that on lack of effort on his behalf. : I think that the NY management made a mistake, and remember how Edmonton  called Reksa in the middle of the season to win the cup ? Why did they call him?   : Yeah, we've had a tendency to beat ourselves in the past. I almost knifed my : brother in anger when Sweden scored two in the final minute of the WC  : semifinals back in 1986:-) Or what about the three goals Antero Kivela let in : with five minutes to go against the Russkies in Lake Placid'80? Ugh . . .   O.K., that was BAD luck. If Penguins have the same kind of luck this year in the playoffs, they'll never win the cup. They are still the best team.
swartzjh@RoseVC.Rose-Hulman.Edu writes: > Has anyone heard what game ESPN is showing tonight.  They said they will > show whatever game means the most playoff-wise. I would assume this would > be the Blues-Tampa game or the Minnesota-Red Wings game...  Anyone heard for > sure??? >  >  > 		Jeff Swartz
What's the deal?  c.s.h. has nothing on it yet.  Is it in OT, is it over, what?  I want to know!  We all want to know!  Where's Roger when you need him?!?!?!?!  :-)  --     Keith Keller				LET'S GO RANGERS!!!!! 						LET'S GO QUAKERS!!!!! 	kkeller@mail.sas.upenn.edu		IVY LEAGUE CHAMPS!!!!
There was a discussion about how real fans were ones who respect their teams no matter ow bad they are. That's bullshit. Anyone who would follow the Pens or the Pirates in parts of the early eighties on a devoted basis are losers. It's OK to follow and be concerned about your home team. But to  give them respect even when it is clear the management and the players suck should not be required of a true fan.A  true fan would follow the team in troubled times to the extent that they could discuss how to improve the team.  When I visit PIttsburgh, I'll refuse to go to a Pirates game since I think the management has given PIttsburgh a team which could have been much better even if they couldn't sign Barry Bonds. Lert's say the Pens start doing to their own team what the Oilers have done this year and what the Whalers have done in recent years, I would be hard pressed to show much enthusiasm for the team. I'll still follow it and bitch about it. But I won't waste my money on mediocre teams.
In article <1993Apr26.023650.16749@spang.Camosun.BC.CA>, ua256@freenet.Victoria.BC.CA (Tom Moffat) writes: |> |> |>If the Oilers move to Hamilton what division will they play in . |>--  |>Tom Moffat |>Victoria B.C. |>Canada |> As a guess, Hamilton would be put into the Midwest, with either Winnipeg or Dallas moving to the Pacific.