Doug MacLean chose a doughnut shop in Edmunston, N.B., in the middle of the night to pour over lists of players to be made available in the NHL expansion draft next week to his new Columbus, Ohio, team. “I was driving my family back to the cottage in Prince Edward Island and we’d stopped but …
This Day In Hockey History-June 3, 1995-Red Wings Octopus Throwing Tradition
DETROIT — The world of hockey is confronting one of the more bizarre quandaries in the history of sports — how to deal with a slimy, gangly, eight-armed cephalopod mollusk. The octopus. After 36 octopi — including one that weighed 30 pounds — splattered the ice Thursday night at Joe Louis Arena, the NHL asked …
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This Day In Hockey History-May 10, 1997-Claude Lemiuex Master Agitator of OT
JIM MATHESON Journal Hockey Writer How do you measure how damaging a blow Claude Lemieux’s OT winner was Friday? If you’re the Colorado Avalanche, it’s in feats and inches. Lemieux, who never met an NHL playoff game he didn’t like, stuck a knife in the Oilers, beating Curtis Joseph with his 11th shot of the …
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This Day In Hockey History-March 26,1997-Colorado Avalanche vs Detroit Red Wings ”Brawl in Hockeytown”
Red Wings 6 Avalanche 5 DETROIT — Darren McCarty helped Detroit settle an old score with Colorado’s Claude Lemieux and also scored the winning goal 39. seconds into overtime as the Red Wings took a fight-filled victory over the Avalanche. The Red Wings’ lone victory in four meetings with the defending NHL champions was also …
This Day In Hockey History-March 3, 1999-Forsberg Leads Huge Avalanche Comeback
7 goals in 22 minutes erase a 5-1 deficit ASSOCIATED PRESS Peter Forsberg had three goals and three assists as the Colorado Avalanche exploded for seven goals in the final 22 minutes to stun the Panthers, 7-5, last night in Sunrise, Fla. Forsberg’s unassisted goal with 1:31 left capped a four-goal outburst in the final …