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February 11, 1983
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ON THE CONTRARY
The Refs Snap Back When I step on the ice, I’m 50percent wrong no matter what I do.—referee Bryan Lewis. We strive for perfection. Then again, we’d all like to be married to Bo Derek.—referee Ron Wicks. IT’S EASY TO take pot shots at referees. Anyone can do it. You don’t need a license to rap a ref. There’s no age limit and, best of all, the refs can’t hit back. That’s why players, coaches, managers, owners and fans do it. If they could, educated fleas would do it. Even I do it. In the past month, I cursed (a) Andy van Hellemond; (b) Wally Harris and (c) Ron Fournier (not in order of importance) for their “mistakes.” Not that I was right, mind you, but it comes with the franchise. You watch hockey, you blast the…
Flyer Utility Man Taylor Has Championship Genes
PHILADELPHIA—Grandpa played three positions—defense, forward and rover. There were seven guys on the ice in those days. The rover sort of did what Ron Flockhart does now. Anyway, the extra man represented one more Ottawa Senator to beat, but legend has it that Cyclone Taylor skated through them all one day to score a goal. He did it backwards, too, or at least that’s what they said. His grandson, Mark, tried to separate the fact from the fiction one day from a spot on Cyclone’s knee, but the old guy was shifty, even in his 80s. “He liked the story,” Mark said. “He never would exactly say whether it was true. Great man. He died just four years ago. He was 93-years-old and until the last year or so, when he fell…
Streaking Rangers Head In The Wrong Direction
NEW YORK—Ah, yes, streaks. The Rangers can tell you a thing or two about them. After losing 4-1 to the Canadiens, the Rangers extended their winless streak to eight games, the longest since November, 1980. There were several factors for the downward slide, principally a lack of offense. In the seven games ending with the defeat to Montreal, the Rangers scored just seven goals while being outshot, 229-149, by their opponents. “We’ve got to break out of it and it’s just a matter of getting the shots,” said Mike Rogers, whose own scoring slump is a factor insofar as the overall team slump is concerned. Shooting was defintely the problem, and you didn’t have to tell that to defenseman Bill Baker, the ex-Olympian. With 40 seconds left in the game against Montreal, Bill Baker…
Hawks’ Murray Struggles With Life As An NHLer
CHICAGO—“Right now, if he was in Chicago, he’d be one of the four best players on the team. He’d be devastating, especially in a small rink like Chicago Stadium.” Those words were spoken a year ago by Winnipeg Jets’ general manager John Ferguson after Troy Murray, then a sophomore at the University of North Dakota, captained Team Canada and helped it win the world junior championships. Today, Troy Murray is in Chicago, alternating with Bill Gardner as center on the Black Hawks’ fourth line. But his impact has been less than devastating: four goals and five assists in 35 games. “He’s still an outstanding prospect,” insists coach Orval Tessier. “I just think in Troy’s case, everybody put the cart before the horse. “The experience factor wasn’t taken into account. I consider college hockey on…
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