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A HALL OF Famer has called on higher authorities to step in and try to save the NHL season. Former New York Islanders defenceman Denis Potvin suggested to the Sun yesterday that Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin and U.S. President George W. Bush should step in to try to solve the dispute between the NHL and its players' association.
Potvin, an Ottawa native and former 67's star working as a colour commentator on Florida Panthers broadcasts, said in a telephone interview somebody has to step in and get NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and union head Bob Goodenow back to the table.
"Maybe people like Paul Martin in Canada and George Bush in the United States could make a phone call to try to get Bettman and Goodenow back to the table," said Potvin, who has spent the last two weeks in Canada.
"I believe it happened in baseball in 1994 when Bill Clinton stepped in because baseball was (the American) national pasttime. I'm sure Paul Martin is feeling the same way about hockey in Canada."
Much more here: http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/OttawaSun/Sports/2004/11/14/713604.html