Throughout the course of negotiations for a new contract, Blues right winger Brett Hull had maintained he wanted to stay in St. Louis. Saturday, the Blues announced that the club and Hull had agreed on a four-year contract (three years plus an option). Blues chairman Michael Shanahan said that with incentives Hull could earn between …
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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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DETROIT — Scotty Bowman stands atop the Detroit Red Wings bench like II Duce on the balcony. The little man’s jaw is raised, his lips pursed, his head cocked at a belligerent angle. It is the hands-on-hips pose of authority, of motionless swagger, of a barely disguised disdain for all those below. His Wings are …
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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, …
By Jennifer Floyd Star-Telegram Staff Writer His hamstring tightened almost instantaneously. Stars defenseman Richard Matvichuk remembers that much clearly after losing a collision with a puck while trying to block a shot against St. Louis. His memory then fades into a blur of pain. “That,” Matvichuk remembers thinking later, “had to be an Al Maclnnis …
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Blues’ win 4-1 By STEVE OVERBEYAssociated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Ryan Reaves still prefers pounding opponents to scoring goals. The St. Louis enforcer recorded his first two-goal game in the NHL, and Brian Elliott earned his league-leading 10th win in April to lead the St. Louis Blues to a 4-1 victory over the Calgary …
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Season by season 1977-78: Gretzky racks up 182 points for the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds of the Ontario Hockey League before signing with the Indianapolis Racers of the World Hockey Association…. Less than 7,000 people witness the greatest hockey player of all time score his first professional goal. On Oct. 20, 1978, 17-year-old Wayne Gretzky played …
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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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NEW YORK (AP) — The National Hockey League completed its expansion program yesterday by giving the contested St. Louis franchise to a wealthy Insurance man and sports huff. Sidney Salomon Jr. heads the syndicate which was awarded the NHL’s 12th franchise. The major hockey league will double the number of its teams starting in the …
Injury Ends Fuhr’s Streak at 76 Games Associated Press DENVER – St. Louis Blues goaltender Grant Fuhr, hobbled by a strained right knee, did not make the trip to Colorado for Wednesday night’s game with the Avalanche, ending his NHL-re-cord streak at 76 consecutive starts. Fuhr had started every game this season for the Blues, …
