Martin St. Louis, the Tampa Bay Lightning star
The NHL's Scoring leader Joins the WHA Tourney
As well, the new World Hockey Association has a tournament scheduled to run from May 19 to June 3. WHA president and chief executive officer Ricky Smith said yesterday that 87 NHL players have agreed to participate.
Heading the list, he said, is Martin St. Louis, the Tampa Bay Lightning star who won the NHL scoring championship in 2003-04 and was voted the leagues most valuable player.
"I'm looking at an e-mail from [St. Louis's agent]," Smith said. "And he says Martin wants to play."
Among those who have confirmed, he said, are NHLers Chris Chelios, Sean Burke, Mike Keane, Mark Recchi, Robert Esche and Andrew Raycroft.
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