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November 19, 1982
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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…
Stars Giving Up Goals In Bunches
BLOOMINGTON-When the Minnesota North Stars left the cozy confines of the Met Center to open November with three road games, all was beautiful. The Stars had a hefty 9-2-1 record and the goals were coming quite easily. When they returned to the Met Center to start a homestand Nov. 9, however, things were shaky. The record had slipped to 10-4-1 as the Stars played at Hartford, Montreal and Quebec, and it wasn’t so much that they faltered as that they gave up goals in wholesale quantities,—eighteen in the three games, in fact.. The Stars won at Hartford, but they won only 7-6. If there was a negative turning point, it came after the Stars had frolicked to a 6-2 lead and looked like the greatest thing this side of the Soviet Union for two…
Lafleur’s Rebirth Key To Habs’ Hopes
MONTREAL—Guy Lafleur no longer rules the National Hockey League by divine right. Now, they say the King of hockey resides a couple of thousand miles northwest of here. However, Lafleur is still the prince of Quebec hockey. He is the star as far as the fanatical fans of the Montreal Canadiens are concerned. This season, Lafleur has shown he is not about to abdicate his responsibilities to his people. He came into camp in excellent condition, perhaps his best since he first put on the Montreal uniform 10 years ago. “I haven’t helped myself during the past two seasons,” Lafleur said. “I was putting myself out of shape… running around. I don’t think it’s a new Guy Lafleur you are seeing. I have changed my mind on a lot of things.” Does that mean…
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