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February 25, 1983
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Devils Find Little Humor In All-Star Dinner Roast
EAST RUTHERFORD—New Jersey’s player representative, Joel Quenneville. moved under the long canopy and staggered into the hotel lobby, holding his back like a man who had been mugged on the way from Nassau Coliseum. Feigning great pain, Quenneville declared: “We got a lot of stab wounds tonight. We didn’t get any respect at all from that guy.” Quenneville, a humorous sort himself, took the barbs of comedian-DJ Don Imus a lot more casually than some members of the Devils’ management. Imus, a well-known ‘star’ of WNBC morning radio, served as master of ceremonies for the National Hockey League’s All-Star dinner on Feb. 7 and made very few friends in New Jersey. The main comic thrust of Imus’ monologue was to question the collective manhood of the New Jersey Devils. Imus’ observations included: (1) A charge that…
Pens Play A Little Upstairs, Downstairs
PITTSBURGH—Penguin assistant coach Mike Corrigan has moved downstairs. His duties now include assisting Eddie Johnston from the bench during games, rather than observing from the press box as he previously did. “Mike’s primarily making changes with the defenseman,” Johnston said. “It’s a big help to me because it allows me to deal with other aspects of the game.” Corrigan still maintains his responsibilities of pre-scouting opponents. “We thought it was good for me to move down to the bench because Eddie would have someone down there to talk to about what was going on during the games.” Corrigan said. “I think eventually there’s going to have to be another guy to work with us because you need two guys on the ice during practice today. “The modern game of hockey has changed in th? last…
Player Of The Week
The Los Angeles Kings’ bid for a playoff berth in the tough Smythe Division will be decided by what kind of offense the team can muster in its final 20 games. The Kings, who rank 17th in the NHL, picked up some of that needing scoring punch in their three games last week and the man who provided it was left winger Charlie Simmer. Simmer produced four goals, including a hat trick, and set up two others to win the nod as THE HOCKEY NEWS’ NHL Player of the Week. Simmer, twice a 50-goal scorer, has 20 goals in 56 games this season.…
Nylund Returns To Leafs After Serious Knee Injury
TORONTO—Trivia Time: Which player held a National Hockey League record before ever playing a game in the NHL? The answer: Maple Leaf Gary Nylund is the unofficial titleholder of the athlete interviewed the most before ever participating in a professional hockey match that counted. Trivial matters aside, Nylund, the 6-4, 215-pound defenseman who was the Leafs’ first choice (third overall) in the 1982 entry draft, has been a big story since his June signing with the Leafs. The drama surrounding his NHL debut has only heightened because of the training-camp knee injury and Oct. 6 surgery that delayed his emergence until just before the All-Star break. “Everyone’s been playing so well on defense that there’s no need to hurry back into the lineup,” Nylund said just before making his first start in Detroit.…
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