News from March 1994

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Pavel Gossip Line
Summarized from PBFC newsletter

  • Did you know the Canucks almost lost Pavel Bure to free agency? That's right! Under NHL bylaws, when Pavel's Soviet contract was ruled void in 1991, the Canucks were allowed only 14 days to sign the young star. Forunately the Canucks wasted no time - on day one they signed Pavel to a five year contract.
  • How's this for a birthday present: When Pavel's mom Tatyana celebrated her birthday last month, the Canucks had a scheduled day off, so Pavel chartered a four-seater plane to Spokane, so he, his dad Vladimir, and PBFC president, Nick could join his brother Valeri and him mom on her special day.
  • Pavel just loves those neutral-site games in Saskatoon. So far this season he has five goals and two assists in two games there. (4-3 win over Calgary and 5-4 win over Edmonton).
  • Upper Deck plans to release a new hockey card featuring Pavel in a sauna bath.
  • When the San Jose Sharks traded defenceman Rob Zettler to Philadelphia, they immediately named Pavel's pal Igor Larionov as alternate captain.
  • How about this for an amazing statistic: With Igor in th elineup, the San Jose Sharks have a won-loss record of 22-16-7; without him they are 1-14-15.
  • Here's a quick breakdown of some of Pavel's 39 goals so far this season: His favourite team to score on are Calgary (6), Edmonton (4) and New Jersey (4). Teammates who have assisted on his goals the most are Dave Babych (8), Geoff Courtnall (7), Cliff Ronning (6) and Jiri Slegr (6). Teammates whose goals he has assisted on the most are Gino Odjick (8), Greg Adams (5) and Cliff Ronning (5).
  • Have you ever wondered how Pavel's first two seasons as a pro compare against the first two seasons of other great goal scorers?

    • Pavel Bure, Vancouver Canucks         148 games, 94 goals
    • Wayne Gretzky, LA Kings                   159 games, 97 goals
    • Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins 152 games, 91 goals
    • Steve Yzerman, Detroit Red Wings    160 games, 69 goals
    • Brett Hull, St Louis Blues                     148 games, 74 goals
    • Sergei Federov, Detroit Red Wings    157 games, 63 goals

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