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November 19, 1982
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The trials and tribulations of Keith Gretzky
Some guy from London,” says Brantford Alexander coach and general manager Dave Draper, “calls us up and asks if the kid [not to be confused with The Kid] is playing on Nov. 2 against the Knights in London. I tell him, ‘I don’t know, why?’ He says he wants the boy to participate in a’ promotional deal, some sort of penalty shot contest between periods. “I tell the guy that I don’t know if the boy will dress for that game. He says, ‘Oh, that’s okay. He can just get dressed for the shootout.’ I say, ‘No, he can’t.’ If he’s playing, that’s fine, but we won’t dress him just so the fans in London can win a pair of blue jeans. That’s ridiculous. I guess we’re going to get lots…
Seven-Game Skein Dampens Devils’ Delight
EAST RUTHERFORD-The euphoria created by the New Jersey Devils’ amazing start is little more than a memory following the uncomfortable reality of a seven-game losing streak. The kind of unabashed joy which surrounded New Jersey’s early season upsets over the Rangers and the Flyers has been replaced by the sighs of relief gained from back-to-back ties with Pittsburgh and Detroit. The Devils had first-period troubles and second-period woes but their third-period flops were the most frustrating of all during the seven-game slide. And so, when the Devils fought back for a 1-1 tie at Detroit on a third period goal by Hector Marini, GM-coach Billy MacMillan could be excused for talking more about a two-game unbeaten streak (0-0-2) than a nine-game winless (0-7-2) slump. “We showed more poise and played smarter hockey in the…
HOCKEY VIEWPOINT
Sticks, Heads and Bodychecks NATIONAL HOCKEY League president John Ziegler recently addressed a law school class in Toronto and in the question-and-answer period that followed his speech, an embryo Clarence Darrow asked an interesting question. Why have there been so many stick-swinging offenses in the NHL after the Paiement-Polonich case and the $850,000 judgement in it? Dennis Polonich of the Detroit Red Wings was awarded $850,000 in damages by a Michigan court during the summer after he was struck in the face by Wilf Paiement, then with Colorado Rockies. This season, the NHL has suspended five players for bonking opponents with sticks. “I had to tell them that it was a fascinating turn of events to those of us in hockey that there were approximately 5,000 NHL games played between the Paiement-Polonich incident and this…
ON THE CONTRARY
As The Grape Flows AFTER EIGHT CONSECUTIVE years as a coach, Don (Grapes) Cherry is now enjoying his second season in exile from the NHL. Since his alienation from the coaching ranks, Cherry has remained close to hockey’s nerve center. He is a regular commentator on Hockey Night in Canada and is the host of his own syndicated TV show Don Cherry’s Grapevine. In addition, he is a spokesman for Molson’s Brewery and makes innumberable banquet appearances. Yet at a time when three baseball clubs clamor for Billy Martin’s managerial services it seems implausible that Cherry, hockey’s Billy Martin, is not behind an NHL bench. What makes Cherry’s absence so conspicuous is his record as a winner and a gate attraction. He was voted Coach of the Year by his NHL colleagues as…
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