The wait is over. Eric Lindros’ day of reckoning is at hand. Quebec Nordiques general manager Pierre Page, the man who holds the key that will free the 19-year-old sensation from a year in hockey bondage, said Thursday that Eric The Great will be traded by the end of today, one day before the NHL …
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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 …
Red Wings 6 Avalanche 5 DETROIT — Darren McCarty helped Detroit settle an old score with Colorado’s Claude Lemieux and also scored the winning goal 39. seconds into overtime as the Red Wings took a fight-filled victory over the Avalanche. The Red Wings’ lone victory in four meetings with the defending NHL champions was also …
Mike Vernon his first National Hockey League shutout as the Calgary Flames blanked Vancouver Canucks 4-0. “I was glad to get the opportunity to get into a game,” said Vernon. “It’s a long season and most of the year we’ve depended upon Reggie Lemelin, maybe a little too much. Maybe we could give him a …
