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In article <1993Apr20.130822.603@exu.ericsson.se> lmcdapi@noah.ericsson.se writes: >In article K00WBM850Z5v@andrew.cmu.edu, am2x+@andrew.cmu.edu (Anna Matyas) writes: >> >>Michael Collingridge writes: >> >>>And, while we are on the subject, has a captain ever been traded,  >>>resigned, or been striped of his title during the season? Any other  >>>team captain trivia would be appreciated. >> >>Wasn't Ron Francis captain of the Whalers when he was traded to >>Pittsburgh? >> >>Mom. > >Chris Chelios was Montreal's co-captain with Guy Carbonneau when he >was traded to Chicago for Denis Savard, and Peter Stastny was captain  >of the Quebec Nordiques when he was traded to New-Jersey. Also Mark  >Messier was captain of the Edmonton Oilers when he was traded to New >York. How about Dale Hawerchuk with Winnipeg when he was traded to >Buffalo, was he captain too ? I think so. I should not forget Wayne  >(you know who) when he was traded to L.A. he was captain. Didn't they  >strip Wendel Clark of his captaincy in Toronto ? >  Buffalo seems to have started a tradition of trading its captains.  Pat LaFontaine was awarded the Captaincy when Mike Ramsey was forced to give it up (Ramsey's now a Penguin).  Ramsey inherited it from Mike Foligno (who's now a leaf).  He in turn had inherited it from Lindy Ruff, who went I forget where.  Ruff had it from Perreault, who retired, so I guess that's where the streak started.  Or did it? After all, Danny Gare was captain before him, and he went to Detroit. Jim Scoenfeld, Gerry Meehan, and Floyd Smith are the others, in reverse order, last to first.  I was a bit young at the time, so I'm not sure of the fate of Schoenfeld, but he ultimately went to Detroit and Boston.  Meehan went to Vancouver, Atlanta and Washington.  Smith seems to have hung up his skates after Buffalo, but I don't know if the captaincy was removed before or after that, or how many games he played for Buffalo.  This is actually getting fascinating.  :-)  Captaincy in Buffalo is a sure sign you're to be traded, almost, unless you're a franchise player.
In <franjion.735590256@spot.Colorado.EDU> franjion@spot.Colorado.EDU (John Franjione) writes:  >duncan@ (Nicholas Duncan) writes:  >>I really feel the need for a knowledgable hockey observer to explain >>this year's playoffs to me. I mean, the obviously superior Toronto team >>with the best center and the best goalie in the league keeps losing. >>What gives?  >Unfortunately, Roger is now over at r.s.baseball spewing his expertise >(i.e. being a dickhead).  I guess he is afraid of posting anything >here, because he knows what to expect.  It is indeed nice to have fans that are concerned about the dearth of disputatious dissertation linked to my hiatus.  Have simply been too damned busy lately to keep you lads and lassies entertained.  You can be sure, however, that I will somehow manage to find time to woof if  the Leafs give just cause.   And let's all try to keep people's names (especially mine) out of the subject headers.  I, for one, neither seek nor enjoy such a cheap form of notoriety.  One thing you can be assured of, however, is this: the Leafs are the best of all the teams in the league that have allowed 12 goals in 2  games.   --
In article <93109.134719IO91748@MAINE.MAINE.EDU> Jon Carr <IO91748@MAINE.MAINE.EDU> writes: >When is the draft this year?  And will there be any coverage? >I know the upcomming NFL draft is on ESPN. > >Anyone got the details? > >Paul Kariya 1993 #1 Pick! (No. 2 perhaps?  He won't last long!) :-) > I don't know the exact coverage in the states.  In Canada it is covered by TSN, so maybe ESPN will grab their coverage!  I don't know!  As for the picks Ottawa picks #1 which means it is almost 100% that Alexander Daigle will  go #1. He'll either stay or be traded in Montreal or Quebec.  IMO I would take Kariya.  He should alot of leadership in the NCAA and so far in the World Championships.  Daigle didn't show this for his junior team.  San Jose will then get Kariya.  Tampa Bay will either go for a russian Kozlov (I think that's it) or a      defenseman Rob Niedemeyer (probably spelt the last name wrong)  Because of expansion I won't go further but I will name other of the blue chip prospects     - Chris Gratton    - Chris Pridham    - a swedish player who I can't remember his name  Draft Order ----------- 1) Ottawa 2) San Jose 3) Tampa Bay 4) South Florida or Anahiem 5) South Florida or Anahiem 6) Hartford 7) Edmonton 8) Dallas 9) NY Rangers 10) Philadelphia  the 8th thru 10th picks could be wrong - I don't have the standings here and am guessing   (In my mind there are 8 top notch prospects in the draft, with Kariya   leading the way but not going #1)
It was unlikely, improbable.  For the Bruins, it was the stuff of nightmares; for the Sabres, it was a taste of heaven.      For the first time since 1983, the Sabres have won the first three games of a series.  Last time was a three games to none victory in a best of five against the Canadiens.  It takes a little more work this time.  The Sabres seem ready to put in the extra work.    On the heels of a shutout, one that took away Boston's home ice advantage, the Sabres came back with a four to three overtime win.  It wasn't easy.  It wasn't always pretty.  It still worked.    John Blue got the nod for Boston, supplanting Andy Moog as starting goaltender.  Moog was pulled midway through game 2 on Tuesday. Buffalo started with a goal by Mogilny, his fourth of the playoffs, on the powerplay, with Boston's Don Sweeney and Gord Roberts in the box. LaFontaine and Hawerchuk had the assists.  Goal number two was Khmylev's first of the playoffs, a pretty goal scored when the Sabres stole the puck and passed to an open and waiting Khmylev.  Smehlik and Hannan assisted.  Determined not to be shut out, Boston tallied on a shot by Ray Bourque on the powerplay, with Colin Patterson and Bob Sweeney both in the box.  Period two was scoreless, a split of penalties between the two clubs.  The third saw Boston's Smolinski get his first, courtesy of Oates.  Buffalo resecured the lead two minutes later, from former Bruin Bob Sweeney (Khmylev and Carney).  Neely tied the game 3/4 of the way through the third, sending it into overtime. Last year overtime meant a Bruin win.  Last night, it spelled sweet revenge, as Buffalo scored with Ray Bourque in the penalty box, on a tip in by Khmylev (Hawerchuk and LaFontaine) a minute into overtime. Both teams finished with 34 shots.           Power-play conversions--Boston 5-1. Buffalo 7-2.         Referee--Rob Shick.  Comments:  Shick pocketed the whistle in the third, allowing a lot of clutching and grabbing.  Buffalo's penalty killing unit was fantastic again.  Mogilny was checking.  Granted he missed once and instead flung his body into the boards, but checking like this is a novel idea to Mogilny.  The crowd was unbelievable.  I don't think I've ever heard a crowd that loud in the Aud for a Sabres game (remember, I was only five when they played for the cup.  I don't remember it and no one took me to the games).  Doug Bodger, in a postgame interview, noted that he tried to say something to Hawerchuk, but the crowd was too loud, even though he was shouting.  It didn't seem to matter, as most of the Sabres and even Muckler said it was great.  Yuri Khmylev didn't seem to realize that he was the game's third star and didn't skate out when his name was called.  Sweeney (2) and Fuhr (1) each were out before Yuri made his appearance, sans jersey.  When asked in an interview later whether he knew how big a goal that was, he responed yes (ok, it was through an interpreter and he said more than that, even more than the interpreter said, but I digress).  The interviewer seemed to think just because he doesn't speak English, he must not understand playoffs.  Uh-huh.
In <C5H92x.Dtw@panix.com> formeza@panix.com (The Owl) writes:  In case anyone missed it, I'm reposting this and I'm also selling some other stuff.  >I would like to sell a few of my Hockey Cards sets:  >1990-91 Upperdeck Hockey Low #'s Sets $45  >This is the first Upperdeck Hockey Set made. Important rookie cards in it are: >Mogilny, Roenick, Belfour, Recchi, Stevens, Jagr, Nolan, Nedved, Ricci,  >Sundin, Modano, Richter and others! The Beckett price is $42, but I'm >Charging $45 to cover the Shipping and Packaging.  I've sold one, but I still have 2 left for sale. I also realize that $45 is alot of money, especially if you don't normally collect cards. So if enough people are interested, I'll break up the set into team sets. I'm not sure how much for each. It would be nice to just sell them for $3 each, but then the people who get the Whalers and Devils (Note, I'm not bagging on these teams its just that they don't have alot of good rookie cards in this set) would be subsidizing the people who want Chicago or Pittsburgh. So I'll have to make it varialble pricing. But most of them should be about $2 or $3 dollars.   >1991-92 Score Pinnacle (Candian) Sets $45  >This is a very nice set, premium quality cards. Has second year cards of the >players above, plus Bure, Potvin, Falloon, and Lindros ($15 value) second year >cards,and the following rookie cards: Lidstrom Kamensky, Zelepukin, Roussel, >Konstantinov. Beckett Price is $50, but I have alot of these.  >1991-92 Upperdeck Czechoslovakian Set $60  >This is a 100 card set of the 92 World Junior Tournament. Meant for sale in >Czechoslovakia, but didn't sell well there, and some of it filtere back in >to the US. The cards are Bilingual. Has Lachance, Kovalev, and Straka Rookies. >If your interested, please e-mail me. Thanks  Ok someone asked for this one, but he's from Canada, if he can get me the money in US funds then its his, if not, the first person who writes in will be the alternate.  Also I would like to sell 2 Upperdeck Pavel Bure rookie cards (note these are not in the UD low #'s set mentioned above). $16 each. They are $15 in the book, but the $1 goes for postage, packaging and insurance.  And if there is something you want that you don't see, e-mail me, I may have it or may be able to get  it for you.
In article <1993Apr19.213015@IASTATE.EDU>, njdevils@IASTATE.EDU (Cire Y. Trehguad) writes: |> Anna Matyas (am2x+@andrew.cmu.edu) wrote: |> : Michael Collingridge writes: |> : >And, while we are on the subject, has a captain ever been traded,  |> : >resigned, or been striped of his title during the season? Any other  |> : >team captain trivia would be appreciated. |> ; |> : Wasn't Ron Francis captain of the Whalers when he was traded to |> : Pittsburgh? |>  |>   And Rick Tochett was the captain of the Flyers when traded to the Pens |> recently... |>   And of course, Mike Ramsey was (at one time) the captain in Buffalo prior to being traded to Pittsburgh.  Currently, the Penguins have 3 former captains and 1 real captain (Lemieux) playing for them.  They rotate the A's during the season (and even the C while Mario was out).  Even Troy Loney has worn the C for the Pens.  -Jay
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. >    Well, here in Detroit we get to see and hear Don Cherry quite regularly. The Detroit area picks up Hockey Night in Canada from CBC (ch 9) in Windsor where we see Don Cherry's Coaches Corner between periods. We also get to see Don Cherry's Grapevine just before the game. The Grapevine is a hockey talk show where Don talks to a player or coach about what else: Hockey.  It's actually a pretty good show and Don isn't as annoying as he is on Coaches Corner.  I think this is were Don got his nickname 'Grapes' but I'm not sure.  Don use to coach the Boston Bruins.  I don't know exactly when that was.  Could someone fill me in on this info?   A local radio station here in Detroit (WLLZ) talks to Don every Tuesday morning.  Personally, I've had my fill of Donny!  He really pisses me off sometimes.  During the Detroit-Toronto game Monday night on CBC, Don gave high praise to Doug Gilmour, saying he was a two-way player and not just a designated goal scorer and that he is probably the best player in the game because of that.  That's fine and I agree that Gilmour is a good two-way player BUT he said the EXACT same thing about Yzerman about a month ago on a local radio talk show.  What gives?   It seems like he just has a set speech that he changes when he goes from city to city.   Don Cherry:  'I think <insert star player name for city that he is in>               is the best two-way player in the league today.'     There have been other times (can't remember exactly what he said) that he basically changed his opinions to match the audience he was talking to.   Someone here on the net said something about how Don criticized Mario Lemieux but when the time comes for Don to broadcast the Cup playoffs from the Civic Center (Yes, I think the Pens will make it out of the Wales Conference) Don will apologize left and right for his remarks about Lemieux.  In my opinion, he is an ass.  And I won't change my opinion if I'm in a different city.   Sorry, if this didn't answer your question better but I just had to get this off my chest.
I can only comment on the Kings, but the most obvious candidate for pleasant surprise is Alex Zhitnik. He came highly touted as a defensive defenseman, but he's clearly much more than that. Great skater and hard shot (though wish he were more accurate). In fact, he pretty much allowed the Kings to trade away that huge defensive liability Paul Coffey. Kelly Hrudey is only the biggest disappointment if you thought he was any good to begin with. But, at best, he's only a mediocre goaltender. A better choice would be Tomas Sandstrom, though not through any fault of his own, but because some thugs in Toronto decided  to threaten his career in order to avoid conceding a goal. Other than that, the award goes to Robert Lang, an uninspiring Czech. Robitaille could easily be MVP, but I'd prefer to give it to Rob Blake who is quietly becoming one of the league's premier defensemen, and if the Kings manage to hold onto him and the  rest of our young defense, it could one day mean that we'll let in fewer goals than Hartford. Honorable mentions to Majestic Marty and Warren Rychel. Jon
Well Bruins fans it's playoff time again. It looks like the B's have peaked at the right time. Getting out of the Adams is going to be a cat fight to the end. After what they did to Montreal and Quebec, these teams will be out for revenge. If Neely can stay healthy, and both Bourque and Moog stay sharp, we should get to see Neely finally take out two years of frustration  on Ulf (I don't fight) Samuelson. I don't agree with fighting in the NHL, but if there is one guy who deserves to be taken out good, it's him.  This is going to be a good series, Go Bruins!!!!
In a previous article, huot@cray.com (Tom Huot) says:  >Geoff Filinuk (filinuk@staff.dccs.upenn.edu) wrote: > >: 	This comes indirectly from Al Morgani who works in the studio >: for ESPN hockey. >[Some text deleted] >: 	ESPN is under contractual obligation to show baseball and COULD NOT >: broadcast the OT of the hockey game.  Next year, ESPN2 will be introduced so  >: baseball fans can watch baseball and hockey fans can watch hockey. > >I hadn't heard about this new ESPN2. When is this new network >supposed to start? Sounds great to me! (as long as my cable co. >offers it)  The USA Today says "late this year".  The question is, will hockey be moved to ESPN2 permenantly, or will it be where they have a game of the week on ESPN, and have a bunch of other games on ESPN2?   --  Mike Cornell     | "There are a great many people in the country today who, mac18@po.cwru.edu|  through no fault of their own, are sane." -Monty Python
As I promised, I would give you the name of the Panther's president. After Huizenga announced the team name, he announced that Bill Torrey is named the first president of the Panthers.  A little Bio from _Sun-Sentinel_ Torrey, the architect of four consecutive Stanley Cup champions as  persident and general manager of the New York Islanders. Throughout his 27 years in the NHL, Bill Torrey's bow ties have become as much of a signature as Andre Agassi's hair.  The Panthers will introduce a uniform, insignia, and ticket-price  information in early next month.  In the meantime, Huizenga leaves the day-to-day operation in the hands of Torrey and Bob Clarke, the VP and GM.  The Florida Panthers was chosen as the name of South Florida's NHL team to focus attention on an endangered species.  There are 30 to 50 Florida Panthers in the Everglades National Park, the Big Cypress National  Preserve and other parts of southwestern Florida.  "The Panther is the quickest-striking of all cats," Torrey said.   "Hopefully that's the way we'll play on ice."  More BIO: In Torrey, Huizenga has the first man hired by the expansion Islanders in 1972 and the one most responsible for guiding the Islanders to four consecutive Stanley Cup championships (their first after only eight seasons) and 14 consecutive winning seasons.  As executive vice president of the California Golden Seals, Torrey watched the Seals go to the play- offs in 1968, only their second NHL season.  "I guess this completes my own personal hat trick", said Torrey, 58, a native of Montreal but a resident of Bear Lakes Country Club in Palm Beach.  Jim G. other accounts: gorycki@sol.cse.fau.edu jimg@cybernet.cse.fau.edu  -------------------------------------------------------------------- "I repeat myself when under stress. I repeat myself when under stress. I repeat myself when under stress. I repeat myself when under stress. I repeat..."  Adrian Belew, "Indicipline"
Curtis Joseph and Ray LeBlanc have made some big moves in the poll recently. Hextall has shown some strong movement as well. Kirk McLean and Tom Barrasso (I can't see why) have been added to the list recently. Keep sending in those votes.  Current votes for favorite goalie masks (3pts - 1st, 2pts - 2nd, 1pt - 3rd)  Player                    Team                 Pts       Votes -------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Ed Belfour             Chicago              32         15    Curtis Joseph          St. Louis            32         13  3. Andy Moog              Boston               30         13 4. Brian Hayward          San Jose             26         10  5. Ron Hextall            Quebec               16          8 6. Grant Fuhr             Buffalo              12          5  7. Gerry Cheevers         Boston (retired)     11          6  8. John Vanbeisbrouck     NY Rangers           10          4 9. Ray LeBlanc            USA Olympic           7          3 10. Mike Richter          NY Rangers            6          3 11. Manon Rheaume         Atlanta (IHL)         5          2 12. Don Beaupre           Washington            4          2     Ken Dryden            Montreal (retired)    4          2 -------------------------------------------------------------- Others receiving less than 4pts: Mike Vernon (Cal), Clint  Malarchuk (Buf/SD,IHL), Tommy Soderstrom (Phil), Tom Barrasso (Pit),  Artus Irbe (SJ), Tim Cheveldae (Det), Sean Burke (NJ),  Rick Wamsley (Tor,ret), Jon Casey (Minn), Bob Essensa (Win),  Glenn Healy (NYI), Tony Espo (Chi), Gilles Gratton (Bos),  Rod Stauber (LA), Gump Worsley (Mtl/NYR), Pat Jablonski (TB),  Grant Fuhr (Tor), Felix Potvin (Tor), Stephane Beauregard (Win),  Mark Fitzpatrick (NYI), Chico Resch (NYI), Kirk McLean (Van)
jca2@cec1.wustl.edu (Joseph Charles Achkar) writes:  >In article <vzhivov.735454735@cunews> vzhivov@alfred.carleton.ca (Vladimir Zhivov) writes: >> >>Joseph, shut-out the Hawks 2-0. The Blues are playing like they did in >>'86 - clutch 'n grab, shoot the puck out. It's incredibly boring to >>watch, but if it works... >>  >road. I agree, it's very boring if you're not a Blues fan, but the Blues >played two perfect road games.   Not boring is right!!! It is more likely to cause me to have a stroke!! I had to listen to game two on the Blackhawk station and I don't think I could take another call of "And JOSEPH makes a SPEcTACular saaaaaave". Now I'm a Blues fan, but I don't want them to play "like" they played in game two. Sure the result was fine, but the Blues match up very well with the Hawks so they really don't need to treat them like the 86 Flames. We don't need a "Monday Night Miracle" to have a chance to beat Chicago. The Blues can do it on talent. At least over the hawks.  Rich h.--- Go BLUES!!
I'm the keeper of the stats for a family hockey pool and I'm looking for daily/weekly email servers for playoff stats.  I've connected with the servers at J.Militzok@skidmore.EDU and wilson@cs.ucf.edu.  I'm still sorting these two out.  Are there others?  Email please as my site doesn't get this group.  Thanks.  Rick
F1HH@UNB.CA (Patrick Walker) writes: : Detroit's going to beat Toronto in 6 or LESS!!! :  :  Granted, Gilmour should get the Hart Trophy, NOT Lemieux... Just : Look at what Gilmour did for Toronto.  When you think of Toronto, : who comes to mind, Gilmour, Andreychuk, Potvin...ah...did I mentio : n Gilmour? :   When you think of the NHL, who comes to mind? Gilmour? Gretzky? Mario? .. ah... did I mention Mario? If you said Gretzky, you haven't really been following along, have you. If you said Gilmour, you are a true Maynard.   I don't even think the selection of the HArt deserves serious discussion on this group. It is a no-brainer.
golchowy@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (Gerald Olchowy) writes:  >Bryan Murray has done very little as GM...Yzerman, Fedorov, Cheveldae, >Chaisson, the whole Russian strategy was a product of the previous >GM...Murray has made a couple of decent trades...that's about it... >that would hardly rank him as the best GM.  >Wasn't Primeau, Murray's first decision as GM...  >Gerald  There are many teams in the NHL who have taken a liking to Russian players. The "whole Russian strategy" is not specific to Detroit or to Devellano, who was GM before Murray.  What the previous GM also did was to trade  away several players who have gone on to do well with other teams, most notably (in my memory) Murray Craven, who had a few very good years with Philly after leaving here.  Also, it's not the volume of trades that will  necessarily improve a team, but the quality of them.  Trading Adam Oates for Bernie Federko was just plain stupid, even if Federko used to be a  great player at one time.  Most of Murray's trades have worked significantly to the Wings' advantage, with those that didn't being soured mainly by  injury to the players involved (such as Troy Crowder, who suffered back problems from which he never really recovered).  Put Scotty Bowman, Pat Burns, or any of the other better coaches in the  league behind the bench of this Detroit team, and they could beat anybody.