Keenan Is a Winner in Debut With Blues

Keenan Is a Winner in Debut With Blues

Article published January 20th 1995 by The Associated Press.

Blues 5, Sharks 2

Brett Hull had two goals and two assists as St. Louis beat the San Jose Sharks, 5-2, last night in Mike Keenan's coaching debut with the Blues.

Keenan, who last season guided the Rangers to their first Stanley Cup in 54 years, had moved over the St. Louis to take over as coach and general manager this season.

Adam Creighton added a goal and three assists for the visiting Blues.

Goaltender Curtis Joseph, who has a 10-1 career mark against San Jose, made 17 saves. Penguins 5, Lightning 3

A sellout crowd of 26,387 saw Ken Wregget and the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins stop the Tampa Bay Lightning, 5-3, at the National Hockey League's largest arena, the ThunderDome in St. Petersburg, Fla.

The Penguins gave Wregget an early lead last night with three goals in less than two minutes, and he made it stand up.

Wregget replaced the injured goaltender Tom Barrasso, sidelined for 10 weeks after undergoing surgery to repair tendon and cartilage damage in his right wrist. Wregget stopped 30 shots, including 16 in the second period. Red Wings 4, Blackhawks 3

A capacity crowd of 19,875 cheered loud and long as Detroit defeated visiting Chicago to gain its first opening-game victory in 13 years.

An octopus was thrown on the ice -- a sure sign of a big game in Detroit -- with 1:35 left to play. They played "The Night Chicago Died" on the public address system at the end. The Red Wings had gone 0-9-3 since a 5-2 season-opening victory Oct. 6, 1981, over the Rangers in New York.

Vyacheslav Kozlov, Paul Coffey and Dino Ciccarelli scored as the Red Wings took a 3-1 lead after two periods. Yzerman made it 4-1 at 4:18 of the third period. Dirk Graham scored for Chicago. Oilers 2, Ducks 1

The rookie right-winger David Oliver scored a goal and assisted on Shayne Corson's game-winner as Edmonton Oilers beat visiting Anaheim in a National Hockey League opener.

With his parents watching from the stands, Oliver scored his first-ever pro goal on a power play to give Edmonton a 1-0 lead at 5 minutes 28 seconds of the second period. Flames 3, Jets 3

Keith Tkachuk scored the tying goal for Winnipeg with 1 minute 35 seconds left in the third period as the Jets and visiting Flames battled -- literally -- to the tie during a game that was filled with fights.

The two teams wasted no time mixing it up. The first penalty was called just 20 seconds into the game, and there were a total of 154 minutes in penalties. Tie Domi and Calgary's Sandy McCarthy spent almost the equivalent of a whole period in the penalty box for their running battles.