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-February 22, 1993-Rangers Sweep San Jose
Adam Graves scored two second-period goals and John Vanbiesbrouck made 29 saves as the New York Rangers cruised to a 4-0 victory over the San Jose Sharks last night. Mike Gartner and Peter Andersson each added two assists as New York won its third straight. The neutral-site game, only the second NHL regular-season game ever …
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This Day In Hockey History-November 10, 1995-Florida Panthers Usher in Year of the Rat
MIAMI (AP) — For the Florida Panthers, it’s the Year of the Rat. Ever since left wing Scott Mellanby spotted a rat crawling among equipmentbhags before the first home game of the season and used his hockey stick to slap the poor creature across the locker room to it’s demise, Florida has been on a …
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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