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-April 25, 1967-Mikita First Player To Take 3 Trophies
By Al McNeil TORONTO (CP) — Stan Mikita, Chicago Black Hawks’ centre, today became the first player in National Hockey League history to win three individual trophies in one season. He won $9,000 in bonus money. Mikita, an eight-year veteran with the Hawks, automatically won the Art Ross Trophy as league scoring champion when he …