AND THEY CAN WATCH "SLAP SHOT" TOO

AND THEY CAN WATCH “SLAP SHOT” TOO

By HELENE ELLIOTT

Feb. 14, 1998 12 AM PT

Canadian forward Eric Lindros said he encountered Ross Rebagliati, the Canadian snowboarder whose gold medal was temporarily revoked after he tested positive for marijuana, at the Olympic village and offered congratulations that Rebagliati’s medal had been returned.

“I just said it was great that you got it back and it was unfortunate that you had to go through all that,” Lindros said.

Asked by a Canadian reporter if the hockey team should adopt training methods similar to Rebagliati’s, Lindros laughed. “You guys are trying to bait me. Bye,” he said, and walked away.

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

AND THEY CAN WATCH “SLAP SHOT” TOO

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