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May 15, 1981
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Youthful Wave Poised To Usurp NHL Awards
TORONTO—The Awards Show at the National Hockey League’s summer meetings in Montreal this June will almost certainly be a parade of beardless youth. With the average age in the NHL dropping by three years in recent times, it stands to reason that the players accepting the Hart, Norris, Byng, Calder, Selke, and Masterton Trophies will probably be of a younger average age than at any other time in the league’s history. While a couple of competitions—the Hart and perhaps the Selke—figure to be a battle between only a few players, the Norris, Byng and Calder races are pretty much wide-open affairs with several candidates in each category drawing widespread support. Voting in the six categories is carried out by members of the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association, while the Adams Trophy, awarded to…
Habs’ Report Card Indicates Transfers Likely
MONTREAL—All the marks are finally in and have been computed. Therefore, here is the Canadiens final report card for the 1980-81 season. Goaltenders: 1 Richard Sevigny— Started out as the third best and became the best in the class by the end of the regular terms. Flunked special spring exam. Grade: B- 32. Denis Herron— Was No. 1 and became No. 2 and seemed content with role. Grade: C Defensemen: 2. Gaston Gingras— Expected improvement didn’t really materialize and absence from group in midwinter didn’t aid his cause. There is potential, but…Grade: C 3. Brian Engblom—A top student who deserves recognition. Grade: A + 5. Guy Lapointe— Another problem-filled term. High rate of absence. Grade: C 17. Rod Langway— Established himself among the best contributors. Grade: A 18. Serge Savard— There is a feeling the pace of the…
Cornwall Returns To Defend Memorial Cup
CORNWALL—For the second consecutive season, the Cornwall Royals are champions of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. And they can thank an 8-5 road win over the Trois-Rivieres Draveurs in Game Four of their best-of-seven final series for their success. The Draveurs had lost only seven of 45 regular season and playoff games at the Colisee going into the match. And late in the second period there was no reason to believe the Royals were going to make it eight. The Draveurs scored three straight goals—two within eight seconds—to take a 5-1 lead nine minutes into the second period. With slightly less than five minutes remaining in the period, Scott Arniel bagged the Royals’ first power play goal in five opportunities. Three minutes later, Mark Crawford reduced the margin to two goals. The Royals…
ON THE CONTRARY
Radar On Gretzky If Wayne Gretzky took ten or more hits a game he might slow down a little—Gary Dornhoefer, former NHLer now a Hockey Night In Canada commentator. I would hit Gretzky more often—but I can’t seem to find him—Anonymous NHL defenseman. For two seasons a beardless wafer named Wayne Gretzky has bewitched, bothered and bewildered the NHL’s Bureau of Missing Persons (BMP) and others vitally concerned about his whereabouts. The NHL’s BMP, which is funded by The Goaltenders’ Union, is desperate to know where The G-Man hides, what he does in his spare time on the ice and just how the emaciated youth manages to rule as hockey’s greatest star while nowhere to be found. Defensemen anxious to locate Gretzky also have appealed to the NHL’s BMP because the Wayne-Of-The-Wisp has inflicted serious…
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