Slash Costs 4 Games

Right wing Ron Stern of the Calgary Flames was suspended by the NHL for four games for slashing St. Louis Blues defenseman Jeff Norton.

The Hartford Whalers traded right wing Jocelyn Lemieux to New Jersey and acquired defenseman Jeff Brown from Vancouver in a three-team deal.

Hartford sent Lemieux and its second-round pick in 1998 to the Devils for center Jim Dowd and a second-round choice in 1997. The Whalers then sent Dowd, defenseman Fran Kucera and their second-round pick in 1997 to the Canucks for Brown and a third-round choice in 1998.