NHL Championship Was a Great One

There once was a fabled hockey player who won many Stanley Cups for the Edmonton Oilers.

He was traded to a big-city team. He willed his team to win a playoff game they should have lost. He led by example.

He scored the winning goal in the Stanley Cup finals. His name is . . . Mark Messier. Sorry, Wayne.

JESS BROSNAN

Los Angeles

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Fights erupt in Vancouver after the Stanley Cup finals. More than 200 injured. This could give professional hockey a bad name.

D.M. GATES

Ventura

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Baseball, basketball and football could learn a lot from hockey by bringing their trophy presentation out of the locker room and onto the field of play.

RICHARD SELBER

Santa Monica