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Monday Roundup IIHF calls off 2003 Women's World ChampionshipsPosted: Monday June 02, 2003 6:56 PMMARBELLA, Spain (AP) -- The Women's World Championships for 2003 were canceled Monday after the tournament in China was first postponed in April because of the SARS virus. The International Ice Hockey Federation announced the move on the first day of its meetings in Spain. The tournament was postponed in Beijing because of the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome, which has killed more than 700 people so far. Canada has won all seven world women's championships, never losing a game. The 2005 World Championships were awarded to Linkoping and Norrkoping in Sweden. The IIHF said next year's championship in Halifax, Nova Scotia, will be include nine teams instead of eight because no team was relegated to the B pool this year, and Japan won promotion. Thrashers hire McCrimmon as assistant coachATLANTA (AP) -- The Atlanta Thrashers hired Brad McCrimmon as an assistant coach Monday, completing their three-man staff. McCrimmon, 44, played in the NHL for 18 seasons for six teams, helping the Calgary Flames win the 1989 Stanley Cup, and he finished his career with a rating of plus-444. He was an assistant for 2 1/2 seasons with the Flames before he was fired along with head coach Greg Gilbert last December. He joins Steve Weeks on coach Bob Hartley's staff. "He understands what it takes to succeed in the NHL and has developed into an exceptional coach," Hartley said of McCrimmon. In two seasons as coach of the Saskatoon Blades in the Western Hockey League, McCrimmon went 50-79-15. Current Atlanta defensman Garnet Exelby played for McCrimmon in Saskatoon. 'Hawks sign 2000 first-round pick VorobievCHICAGO (AP) -- Pavel Vorobiev, the 21-year-old right winger from Kazakhstan selected 11th overall in the 2000 NHL draft, signed with the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. "Our signing him is a major step forward in our youth program," Blackhawks General Manager Mike Smith said. "We are optimistic that this is just one of several signings of our young prospects that we will announce this summer." The 6-foot, 190-pound Vorobiev injured his knee in Russia during the 2000-01 season and was brought to Chicago, where he underwent knee surgery and rehabilitation. He returned to Russia in the 2002-03 season to play for Yaroslavl, where he scored 10 goals and had 18 assists in 44 games. The signing "is an indication of how he has overcome major knee surgery," Smith said. ECHL Brass announce they've given up on New OrleansNEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The Brass has given up trying to re-establish itself in New Orleans, blaming the city government and the stadium management group that runs New Orleans' municipal auditorium. John Georges, one of the Brass' owners, says his local ownership group will sell, move or fold the East Coast Hockey League franchise, which suspended play but maintained a skeleton front office before last season. The Brass had played five years before that. A spokeswoman at Mayor Ray Nagin's office said the administration was not aware the Brass had given up on the city and otherwise had no comment. Problems for the Brass began when the team agreed to a buyout of its lease at the New Orleans Arena, which now has the NBA's Hornets as its primary tenant. Brass officials wanted to move into the city's Municipal
Auditorium and pay far less rent than they had at the arena. But
SMG, which manages both the arena and auditorium, argued that the
Brass proposal would cost the city money, and that it was up to the
city to decide if it wanted to subsidize another professional
sports franchise.
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