TORONTO (CP) — Mario Lemieux has two important dates this summer. First, he’s getting married June 26. Then he’ll check into the hospital in July for more surgery on a back that has slowed him slightly the last two years. “It will be minor surgery to take scar tissue out of there,” he said after …
This Day In Hockey History-June 13, 2000-Claude Lemieux, Rick Tocchet, Mark Messier Left Unprotected, Don’t Expect Wild, Blue Jackets to Bite
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 27, 2000-Red Wings Reach 3 Milestones In One Game
Pat Verbeek surpassed the 1,000 career point plateau in Detroit’s 3-1 win over Tampa. The 17-year veteran, who had 495 goals among his 1,001 points, wasn’t alone in the milestone department. Scotty Bowman won his 300th game as Detroit’s head coach and Larry Murphy played in his 1,541st career game, moving him third place on …