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September 19, 1982
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Polano Won’t Be Sweet As New Detroit Coach
DETROIT—Nick Polano is Sweet 16. But this is a different time, a different administration and the revolving door that has shuffled coaches in and out of the Red Wing dressing room the past 15 years is likely to be stuck for a while with Polano at the helm. Polano, 41, a veteran of 15 minor league seasons who didn’t arrive fulltime in the National Hockey League until last season as an assistant coach with the Buffalo Sabres, is the new coach of the “new” Red Wings. He was the first choice of new GM Jimmy Devellano, who in turn had been the first choice of new owner Mike Hitch. And once Devellano got things straightened out with Scotty Bowman and the Buffalo Sabres, who were reluctant to permit Polano to leave, presumably…
Forgotten Canuck Eager To Resume
VANCOUVER—Throughout the successful playoff run of the Canucks last season, there were a couple of forgotten players. One was Rick Lanz, the second-year defenseman who tore up his knee in the first week of January. Another was Czech defenseman Jiri Bubla, who had an ankle broken on Dec. 2 and was never able to return to the lineup. Bubla, the veteran of many international campaigns with a solid Czechoslovak national team, thought he was only going to be out eight weeks and then return. But while it appeared he was making progress, he had difficulty in feeling some of his toes and three-quarters of the way through the process of recuperation, it was decided he’d need another operation, finishing him for the season. Then there was a death in the family…
Nylund Big Piece Of Leafs’ Rebuilding Puzzle
TORONTO—At 6-4 and 220 pounds, Gary Nylund would seem to have shoulders broad enough to carry the load of becoming an integral part of the Maple Leafs’ rebuilding process—even at the age of 18. Those shoulders and his level-headed approach to his first pro training camp should allow Nylund, the third choice overall in the 1982 entry draft and the Leafs’ highest selection ever, to shrug off the residual effects of wearing uniform No. 2, a sweater that belonged to another first-round draft choice defenseman, Ian Turnbull, whose hockey travails have been well documented. Following six weeks of meetings between Leafs’ general manager Gerry McNamara and Nylund’s agent, Norm Caplan, an agreement was reached for a multi-year deal that Leaf owner Harold Ballard termed “the highest price ever paid for a Leaf…
Proudfoot’s International Stars
Jim Proudfoot’s international all-stars, 1947-1982 FIRST TEAM GOAL—Seth Martin, Canada DEFENSE—Valeri Vasiliev, Soviet Union; Alexander Ragulin, Soviet Union CENTER—Phil Esposito, Canada LEFT WING—Anatoli Firsov, Soviet Union RIGHT WING—Boris Mikhailov, Soviet Union. COACH—Anatoli Tarasov, Soviet Union SECOND TEAM GOAL—Vladislav Tretiak, Soviet Union DEFENSE—Harry Smith, Canada; Frantisek Pospisil, Czechoslovakia CENTER—Vladimir Petrov, Soviet Union LEFT WING—Sven (Tumba) Johansson, Sweden RIGHT WING—Alexander Maltsev, Soviet Union COACH—Father David Bauer, Canada THIRD TEAM GOAL—Jiri Holecek, Czechoslovakia DEFENSE—Roland Stoltz, Sweden; Victor Kuzkin, Soviet Union CENTER—Wayne Gretzky, Canada LEFT WING—Valeri Kharlamov, Soviet Union RIGHT WING—Vladimir Martinec, Czechoslovakia COACH—Victor Tikhonov, Soviet Union…
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