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June 1, 1982
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Sonmor’s Figures Have Moot Value
BLOOMINGTON—The conclusion of the Stanley Cup finals brought something of an end to the “wish-we-were-there” disappointment of Minnesota hockey fans. But it did seem like a lot of things were upside down in this NHL season. Remember Denis Savard complaining that the referees weren’t calling the clutching and holding and mugging and mauling of the Vancouver Canucks? The poor, innocent Black Hawks just couldn’t hope to win with pure hockey, Savard implied, in the face of Vancouver’s brutality. These were the same Black Hawks who, a month earlier, had admitted a game plan of mugging and mauling and clutching and holding the Minnesota North Stars. These same Black Hawks sneered when the North Stars complained bitterly that the league’s officials were not calling the infractions and therefore reduced Minnesota’s “pure” hockey style to…
FAN FORUM
Top Teams Quick Exit Makes Playoffs Suspect As a hockey fan, I am extremely disappointed in this year’s playoff situation. Something must be wrong with the “system” if most of the better teams were out in the first round. Why should the whole season mean nothing? I wouldn’t blame the players if they became lazy or sat out and just geared up for the playoffs. It seems the only reason for all the teams and all the series is GATE. However, there are many more reasons why other considerations are more important in the overall betterment of the NHL and the sport; and that should be the bottom line. For one thing, major TV networks would be more interested in a star like Wayne Gretzky or a team like Montreal. Also, have all…
SLAPSHOTS
Mann Gets Hit WINNIPEG—Winnipeg Jets’ forward Jimmy Mann may have put his professional hockey career in jeopardy by incurring a $500 fine from a Winnipeg court for breaking the jaw of Pittsburgh’s Paul Gardner. In addition to the fine, Mann also has a criminal record as a result of the court ruling which could stop him from crossing the U.S. border to play hockey. Mann, the 22-year-old who came off the Winnipeg bench to slug Gardner from the blind side twice and break his jaw in two places last Jan. 13, said he will not change his ways. “I’m going to continue to play my style,” said Mann. “That’s what got me through the juniors into professional hockey,” he said. Jets’ GM John Ferguson was shocked at the decision. “I thought we had…
Watt Reasons Jets’ Success Should Continue
WINNIPEG—Tom Watt’s pet peeve last season was hearing reporter^ ask the same question over and over again whenever the Jets won a game. “Say, Tom,” they would ask, leaning forward with their microphones, “what’s the biggest difference in the Jets this season compared to last?” He could have singled out himself or Serge Savard or Dale Hawerchuk or the trade with St. Louis that brought Eddie Staniowski and Paul MacLean to Winnipeg. A pained expression would cross Watt’s face. Adamantly, he begged off, refusing to heap credit on anyone because he knew he would be knocking the people who preceded him. “I wasn’t here,” he would gasp. “Ask someone who was. That question is starting to drive me crazy. It’s not fair. Try something else.” Often, he twisted the question around. “You seem to be saying…
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