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November 26, 1982
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QHL Player Of The Week
Denis Dore of the Chicoutimi Sagueneens hopes he can follow in the footsteps of his older brother and pursue a professional hockey career. Young Denis is related to defenseman Andre Dore of the New York Rangers and possibly one day they’ll be facing one another in the NHL. The Hartford Whalers drafted Denis in 1981 and expect him to make a serious bid next season at training camp to make the NHL club. For now, the 19-year-old right winger is making his mark in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. He picked up nine scoring points in four games to get the nod as the QHL’s Player of the Week. The six-foot, 180-pound Dore already has 15 goals, 20 assists and 35 points in his first 22 games for Chicoutimi.…
Bart Who? Leading League In Scoring
SPRINGFIELD—He never scored more than eight goals in a professional season before, but he already has 16 goals and 27 points in his first 17 games this season. He was 19, wearing the jersey of the Western Hockey League’s Portland Winter Hawks, the last time he scored as many as 27 points in an entire season. Who is Bart Yachimec and why is a defensive forward for the Springfield Indians leading the American Hockey League in scoring? It’s a question Yachimec can’t answer without shaking his head in disbelief. “Last year I couldn’t put the puck in the ocean,” he said quizzically. “This year, everything’s going in. I can’t believe it myself.” Chapterone of the Edmonton native’s Cinderella story took place in Springfield’s training camp. Assigned by the Chicago Black Hawks, the 22-year-old right…
Leafs, Sabres And Flyers Are Youngest Teams As NHL Average Drops
NEW YORK—If National Hockey League teams continue to make 31 and over players expendable, the league could find itself averaging 24 years of age in the not too distant future. The NHL average age has dropped drastically from 28 and 30 to a low of 24.4, making the Toronto Maple Leafs the youngest team in history. The Leafs are the most youthful of the 21 NHL teams followed by the Buffalo Sabres and Philadelphia Flyers, who both have an average of 24.6. The Edmonton Oilers are averaging 24.9 and the Washington Caps 25.0 to rank among the youngest top five league clubs. The New York Islanders and St. Louis Blues are the oldest at 27.1. The youngest NHLer is right winger Brian Bellows of Minnesota, who was 18 last September. The oldest players are…
Bruins’ Peeters Playing Pressure-Free
BOSTON—At the five-minute mark of the third period, Detroit’s Stan Weir fired a shot on net and teammate Reggie Leach tipped the puck to the opposite corner. Boston goalie Pete Peeters, caught moving the wrong way, flashed out a glove and snared the puck. “Reggie just sort of looked at me like he was saying, ‘Are you kidding?” said Peeters. Then they both laughed. Peeters and Leach are refugees from what Peeters thinks is a high-pressure concentration camp operated by the Philadelphia Flyers. Leach and Peeters are, in the opinion of the Boston goalie, finding out that playing hockey is fun again. “That save made me feel real good,” said Peeters, who was en route to a 7-0 victory over the Red Wings, his first shutout in a Boston uniform. “Reggie and I sat out the last…
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