The New Jersey Devils’ dreams of a historical comeback were all but dashed less than 11 minutes into Game 6 of the Stanley Cup final. Just 10:10in, Steve Bernier drilled Los Angeles defenceman Rob Scuderi from behind into the end boards and essentially took his club out of the game. Bernier was given a major …
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Illegal stick didn’t cost Kings the series, but it’s the turning point everyone will remember IT WAS LIKE one big wound, the Los Angeles Kings’ dressing room, and when you walked into it, you could feel the hurt. There was Tony Granato, hard-nosed the previous three hours, soft-spoken now. ‘I’ve never had to swallow a …
Gretzky Worth Every Penny Wayne Gretzky — as he promised when he arrived five years ago — has truly made Southern California mad about hockey. Babe Ruth, I always thought, came to the New York Yankees with the World Series trophy attached. I figured it was a package deal from the Red Sox: $125,000 cash …
MONTREAL (AP) – Six infant hockey clubs, whose multiple birth doubled the size of the once-staid old National League, start growing up in a hurry Tuesday….the biggest moving day in the history of professional sports. Hockey’s first expansion draft, to be conducted in conjunction with the NHL’s 50th annual summer meeting, will uproot 120 players …
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Goalies Can’t Turn Their Backs On Him MONTREAL — Wayne Gretzky didn’t discover the little slab of ice behind the net. Bobby Clarke, the old Philadelphia Flyer, did. Gretzky just made it fashionable. Set up shop there, set down an easy chair. Also built a shelf that, to date, holds four Stanley Cups but has …
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For Gretzky, his greatest game is frozen in time Third Period Hat Trick by Gretzky Put Kings in Stanley Cup Final. The details come back to Wayne Gretzky as if he just finished a shift at old Maple Leaf Gardens. The passion is in his voice, the memories still glowing. To listen to him talk …
Trade to Kings was tough, coming six days after premature birth of twins LARRY WIGGE Sporting News LOS ANGELES – We could wait to see who wins the Stanley Cup to declare which team was the big winner at the NHL’s trading deadline. But two little girls named Madison and Alexis Deadmarsh already have helped …
By Jim Taylor (Vancouver Province) Three things to remember as the Wayne Gretzky retirement stories grow over the next few weeks: (a) It’s easy to retire in the spring. Retirement in the fall is something else (b) Gretzky has an intense loyalty to and friendship for Bruce McNall, the man who bought him from Edmonton …
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Star says only a ‘miracle’ would change his mind Herald News Services OTTAWA 16 Apr 1999, Fri Calgary Herald (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) “It’s going to take a miracle” to change Wayne Gretzky’s mind about retiring from hockey following this weekend. Gretzky left virtually no doubt Thursday night he would announce his retirement from the game …
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The Daily Telegraph (London, Greater London, England) WAYNE GRETZKY will this week be doing his best to avoid representing his country, Canada, in the world championships which begin in Stockholm at the weekend. Gretzky, 27, the most expensive player in the history of ice hockey, will only join the Canadian team if, and when, his …
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