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 …
This Day In Hockey History-May 5, 1988-It’s bonus time for NHL teams
TORONTO (CP) — Only one team will drink champagne from the Stanley Cup but most players involved in the playoffs will skate away from the NHL’s post-season trough licking their lips. It’s bonus time. The league has a post-season pool of $2,363,000 (Cdn) waiting to be distributed as the playoffs head towards a climax. Each …
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Wayne Gretzky Still The Great One-This Day In Hockey History-May 25, 1997
Rangers’ Wayne Gretzky remains among NHL’s elite players “Boy, I got vision, and the rest of the world wears bifocals.” – Butch Cassidy By MIKE VACCARO Stew Writer RYE, N.Y. — The kid defenseman doesn’t have a prayer. And knows it. Eric Cairns is his name, he’s 22 years old, and he has played a …
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