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December 4, 1981
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IN THIS ISSUE
The NHL The Minors The Colleges Columnists Departments Coming Next Week Last season, when Don Murdoch was playing for the Central Hockey League’s Wichita Wind, he talked wistfully about his dream of getting another chance in the National Hockey League, so that he could prove to everyone that the promise he showed as a rookie with the New York Rangers several seasons back wasn’t just a fluke. After a fantastic playoff with Wichita — the Wind was eliminated in seven games in the finals by Salt Lake City and Murdoch scored 17 goals in 18 playoff games — Murdoch got his wish, finding his way back to the NHL with the Detroit Red Wings. In next week’s edition, we’ll have all the details on Murdoch’s comeback, his hopes for the future and how he plans on making good…
BEDCLOTHES
Maple Leaf Heirloom DAVID KEON SCORED a goal one recent night as the Hartford Whalers administered a baby-seal clubbing to the Toronto Maple Leafs. Watching, a man was inclined to murmur hurray. Keon, wearing No. 14 for the Whalers, could still accomplish some of the things he did when he graced the same number in Toronto. There are former Toronto players with other NHL teams who should not have been allowed to escape Toronto. One thinks of Randy Carlyle, now the herd sire of the Pittsburgh defense. Or of Lanny McDonald, now of the few bona fide big-leaguers in Colorado. And some of us, a certain age, believe Keon should have been a Maple Leaf forever. Gather up the 15 seasons that Keon was a Maple Leaf, the 365 goals he scored, the 493 other goals…
Player Of The Week
Pound for pound, little Marcel Dionne of the Los Angeles Kings is ranked by many as the best player in the NHL today. His boosters maintain the diminutive center does everything well and to separate him from his peers, they claim he does it more often than anyone else. Dionne has always been a study in consistency since coming into the NHL II years ago. His progress on the all-time point scoring and goal getting lists has been phenomenal. He reached the 1,000 point plateau faster than anyone else in league history last season and presently with 459 career goals in 800 games, he is headed for the distinction of scoring the fastest 500 goals in the annals of the NHL. The 30-year-old Kings’ pivot, who stands only 5-8 and weighs 185, has…
Gradin’s Mates Always Come First
VANCOUVER — Thomas Gradin is one of those guys who says he doesn’t care whether or not he scores or gets any points as long as the team wins. The difference is, he really means it and demonstrates it while on the ice. He bagged his third career hat trick and second of the season against the Winnipeg Jets recently and scored the goals almost apologetically. It seems he only shoots when all other possibilities have been exhausted, and that to the total distraction of the coaches who have been looking for a goal-scorer So long the lamps are sore. Gradin scored three of the most picturesque goals one could imagine in the game and had another breakaway stopped by Doug Soetaert. He was breaking for the net all night and his…
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