FIVE YEARS AGO: March 14, 1994

Mike Hartman scores his only goal as a New York Ranger, but it's the only Ranger goal in a 2-1 loss in Florida. Sergei Nemchinov whacks Brian Benning upside the head with his stick, and will get suspended for eight games -- you thought the center problem was big after Mike Hudson got suspended?

Meanwhile, arbitrator George Nicolau awards Craig Janney and a second-round pick to Vancouver as compensation for St. Louis's signing of Petr Nedved March 8, declining the Canucks' request for Brendan Shanahan. Janney, perturbed, refuses to report.

Mike (Janney's 1983 Enfield High School team is rumored to be the last to go undefeated through a Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference season. Where else you gonna get stuff like this?) Fornabaio -- mef17@oocities.com

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