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March 11, 1983
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Fuhr Blitzed In Return With Oilers
EDMONTON—Grant Fuhr, complete with a refreshed attitude and sporting a new look, is back in the National Hockey League. “Yeah, Fuhr-man-chu,” quipped right winger Dave Lumley of foliage seeping south down the chin of the sophomore Edmonton Oilers’ goaltender. However, it didn’t take the mustachioed goaler long during his return from a 10-game. 18-day stint in the American Hockey League with the Moncton Alpines, to begin to wonder. Like, was he supposed to laugh or cry? The 20-year-old rejoined the team in Montreal for the start of a five-game road swing. He watched as the Canadiens’ Rick Wamsley turned in a one-man show, blocking eight of 10 close-in shots Wayne Gretzky fired in his direction. The Oilers’ Andy Moog, on the other hand, was anything but sharp in his return to the Montreal Forum…
Buffalo Is A Goalie’s Graveyard
The Whammy Weenies have long since disappeared from Buffalo, but their evil force is incarnate in the souls of the Sabres—just ask Pete Peeters and Bob Froese. In 1981, the Weenies, green rubberized weiners, were the mystical force that Buffalo Bills’ fans took to home games to hex the opposition. Unfortunately, the Food and Drug Administration determined the paint of the weenies contained a high level of lead content and they were quickly banned. Two years later, however, in this the year of the goalie in the National Hockey League, there is an unknown mystical force—presumably the return of the Weenies—which is giving the Sabres the power to destroy potential NHL records by goalies. It began Feb. 16, when the Sabres throttled Boston 3-1 at Memorial Auditorium, stifling Peeters’ unbeaten string at 31 games—one…
Bowman’s Rookie-Laden Sabres On A Roll
BUFFALO—When Scotty Bowman said he was going to go with youth this season, the coach and general manager of the Buffalo Sabres wasn’t just blowing smoke. A dozen rookies have played for the Sabres since the 1982-83 season opener. Five have played more or less regularly and two more, Dave Andreychuk and Paul Cyr, have been in the lineup since returning from the world junior championships in Leningrad. In addition, there are two players, Gilles Hamel and Steve Patrick, who are third-year pros but are playing their first full year in the National Hockey League. It looks as though Bowman’s patience with the youngsters is beginning to pay off. For instance, last week the Philadelphia Flyers visited Buffalo’s Memorial Auditorium. With a win, the Flyers could have taken over first place overall in the…
Canucks Lanz Comes Up Big
VANCOUVER—Most teams in the National Hockey League would have difficulty winning with their top three defensemen on the shelf. Even the Islanders had some problems earlier in the year when they had some injuries to their defense. The Vancouver Canucks have their three top defensemen—Lars Lindgren, Harold Snepsts and Kevin McCarthy all out with injuries. Snepsts discovered his back ailing when he woke up on the longest road trip of the year and it hasn’t been right since. McCarthy has a sprained wrist that feels like a break. He can’t move the wrist and has no feel for the puck. Lindgren suffered stretched knee ligaments against Toronto at the outset of the aforementioned road trip and he’s been out ever since. As a result, the Canucks have had to examine the depth in…
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