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March 4, 1983
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‘Jeep’ Sheds Image With Three-Goal Effort
LOS ANGELES—J.P Kelly, at a solid 6-feet-l and 215 pounds, is built along the lines of a jeep; ergo, his nickname. He’s a bruiser along the boards, too, a relentless checker and ferocious body banger who’s left more than few dents in opposing forwards and defensemen foolish enough to get too close. Polite and soft-spoken off the ice, the Kings’ 23-year-old left winger is a beast on skates. Four years ago, in his rookie season, Kelly turned on the crowd at the Forum when he drove the then 52-year-old Gordie Howe over the boards and into the penalty box with a bone-crunching, but clean, check. Jeep’s offense, though, is something else again. A Marcel Dionne he is not. Entering this seaosn, he had managed to score a grand total of 17 goals in…
Limping Lysiak Bad News For The Hawks
CHICAGO—Center Tom Lysiak, whom Black Hawk coach Orval Tessier regards as one of the team’s best players, has a cracked bone in his right instep and will be sidelined until early in March. The injury happened when Lysiak blocked a power-play blast by Dave Maloney in the first period of a Jan. 23 game against the Rangers in New York. X-rays taken at New York’s Lennox Hill hospital were negative and the injury was originally diagonosed as a bad bruise. But when Lysiak resumed practising 10 days later, it was obvious that he still was severely hampered by the injury. Hawk trainer Skip Thayer suggested more X-rays and this time the crack was discovered. Though Lysiak, who will turn 30 in April, has missed 16 games because of this injury and a previous ankle injury,…
Player Transactions
NATIONAL LEAGUE BUFFALO—Steve Patrick, RW, reinstated after being suspended and recalled from Rochester of AHL along with Mai Davis, RW, and Kai Suikkanen, RW. Mike Moller, RW, sent to Rochester. Craig Ramsay, LW, Mike Foligno, RW. Brent Peterson, C, Hannu Virta, D, Lindy Ruff, D, and Suikkanen all on injured list. Peterson later returned. CALGARY—Jamie Macoun, D, signed to pro contract from Ohio State University. EDMONTON—Grant Fuhr, G, recalled from Moncton of AHL. Ron Low, G, sent to Moncton as replacement. HARTFORD—Dan Fridgen, LW, suffered shoulder separation and was returned to Binghamton of AHL. Chris Kotsopoulos, D, sidelined with stomach muscle pull. Pierre Larouche, C, out of lineup with back spasms. Michel Galameau, C, returned from injury list. LOS ANGELES—Jimmy Brown, D, returned to New Haven of AHL. Peter Helander, D, returned from injury list…
Boston College Rolls To Beanpot Win
BOSTON—The furious battle for Eastern Colleges Athletic Conference Division One playoff slots entered its final two weeks in mid-February, but the nonleague action received just as much attention. Boston College overwhelmed Northeastern, 8-2, to take the Beanpot Tournament championship before a Boston Garden sellout crowd of 14,523. ECAC Division Two’s Lowell Chiefs continued to serve notice that they’re more than ready for the move to Division One next year when they upset Division One’s Providence, 6-4, at the Friars’ rink. The loss to Lowell was the Friars’ only game of the week and their lead in the ECAC East was not endangered. Harvard and RPI each strengthened holds on the Ivy and West subdivisions, respectively. At the Beanpot, there was no doubt right from the first faceoff that this was Boston College’s year…
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