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-May 9, 1996-Blues’ Corson doesn’t care for spotlight
By Staci D. Kramer Free Press Special Writer ST. LOUIS—Shayne Corson gave up the ‘C’ when Wayne Gretzky joined the Blues, but he never stopped leading the team on and off the ice. On a night that should have belonged to Gretzky or Brett Hull, Corson was everywhere — assisting on the first Blues goal, …
This Day In Hockey History-April 28, 2002- Maple Leafs Islanders Game 6 Hits, Scrums, Fights and Brawls
Leafs hope home ice trend continues for Game 7 By URSULA REEL UNIONDALE, N.Y. — In simple white lettering on a black screen above the ice, the video monitor implored the New York Islanders to win “For Kenny and Michael.” They did. Kip Miller and Mariusz Czerkawski scored 38 seconds apart early in the third …