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February 8, 1980
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Oilers Bubble Over Underage Find
EDMONTON—Whenever the Canadian Olympic hockey team is out of costume, it’s easy to spot Glenn Anderson. He’s the goofy-looking guy wearing the mouseketeer cap. But, it doesn’t seem to bother Edmonton Oilers. They know damn well he’s not mickey mouse on the nice. Anderson, 19, was Oilers’ fourth-round draft pick in last August’s National Hockey League entry lottery. At the time, most people said Glenn Who? He was simply an underage rightwinger from U of Denver that nobody had ever heard of. Nobody went bananas over the fact that he led Denver in scoring last season, either. But, people are excited now. Oilers may have pulled off one of the biggest steals of the entire draft. “Everytime teams call us, hockey throw Anderson’s name into the conversation,” said Oiler coach Glen Sather. “They say…
Sioux Reaps Revenge After Wild Overtime Loss
COLORADO SPRINGS—When the Western Collegiate Hockey Association University of North Dakota Sioux came to Colorado Springs, Colorado College hockey coach Jeff Sauer set one simple goal for his team—win one of the two weekend games. For Colorado College, the early-season surprise in college hockey in the nation, hadn’t won a game in 1980, salvaging only a 4-4 tie with Michigan in six games. Colorado College satisfied Sauer and came up with a unique format for doing it to split the weekend series with North Dakota. The Tigers won the opener 9-8 in overtime before dropping the second game 7-3 to North Dakota. The formula? Simply two hat tricks, a penalty shot that tied the game and yet another overtime victory, giving the Tigers a 5-1-1 mark in extra sessions this season. The home ice…
NHL Player Of The Week
RON DUGUAY… N.Y. Rangers In a week filled with four goal scorers around the NHL, Ron Duguay of the Rangers grabbed the spotlight with his five-goal performance and for the young New York winger it was the biggest goal blast of his big league career. Duguay, who scored a total of 27 goals last season and 20 the first year he was in the league as a rookie, appears to have found the scoring touch as the Rangers came through an unblemished week with two wins and a tie in three starts. The 22-year-old Ranger scored a hattrick against Los Angeles and added two more in a win at Vancouver. He now has 14 for the season. Duguay’s five goals overshadowed a handful of four-goal snipers including Steve Shutt, who got four in…
Timely Additions Reverse Wheat King Tumble
LOUISVILLE HOCKEY STICKS LOUISVILLE HOCKEY STICKS BRANDON—Brandon Wheat Kings added a little speed up the middle, a little speed to the left side and a big, hulking defenseman. And, suddenly the Western Hockey League’s defending champions were one of the league’s hottest properties. It wasn’t that long ago that the bottom appeared to have fallen out on the Wheat Kings, runners-up in the Memorial Cup one season ago. They were in last place in the Eastern Division, three points out of sixth spot. But, along came centers Brad Owen and Ian Ramsey, left winger Darren Halasz and defenseman Boris Fistric, and the Wheat Kings promptly took off. Owen, a 19-year-old center was the first to arrive on the scene—via Lethbridge Broncos and Great Falls Americans. Brandon assistant coach Les Jackson, who handled the Americans before…
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