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Other than the shirt thing, which no one, not even nice-guy goalie Martin Brodeur, will help him out with, Gomez, 20, has had a pretty good rookie year in the NHL. The All-Star forward, 27th in the league, scored 70 points, 19 more than any other rookie...
...more than any other Latino ever to play in the NHL. You see a lot of unusual names on the back of hockey sweaters (Balmochnykh, Selanne, Satan), but Gomez still sticks out. He's the first Latino to make the NHL, and perhaps the first to try. Even though the Anchorage, Alaska, native needs an interpreter for Telemundo interviews, he's become a Latino hero. "Just because he doesn't speak the language doesn't mean he isn't proud. He's just lazy," says his father, Carlos, whose parents were illegal Mexican immigrants. "It's become such an issue...
DIED. MAURICE RICHARD, 78, a.k.a. "the Rocket," perennial hockey All-Star who netted eight Stanley Cups during his 18-year career with the Montreal Canadiens, and whose name appears on the NHL trophy given each year to the league's top goal scorer; in Montreal...
...money and all the NHL records in the word won't mean a thing if Lindros takes one more good shot along the boards...
Lemieux is one of the biggest pests the NHL has ever known. He runs his little jabroni mouth throughout the entire game. He knows all the dirty little tricks on how to sneak an extra shot when the referee isn't looking. The type of game he plays engenders no respect from the opposition, only animosity...