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March 25, 1983
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Road Trip Proves Rangers Aren’t That Bad
NEW YORK—After demonstrating at home just how badly they are capable of playing, the Rangers showed on their final long road trip of the season just how good they can be. Hitting the road after sub-par performances at Madison Square Garden against the Capitals and the Devils and with third place in the Patrick Divison all but out of reach as a result, the Rangers ran smack up against a Vancouver Canuck team fighting for a Smythe Division playoff spot. Goalie Glen Hanlon, a fan favorite in Vancouver where he began his National Hockey League career and spent almost five years, faced his old Canuck teammates determined to make a good showing. He is still struggling in the nets with a 4-7-1 record since his acquisition from the St. Louis Blues in…
Habs Have One Devil Of A Time
MONTREAL—There have been nights recently when the Montreal Canadiens have looked like legitimate Stanley Cup contenders. Then, there have been those other nights. Examples? On March 10 at the Boston Garden, the Canadiens ended their three-game losing streak against the front-running Boston Bruins with a solid 3-1 victory. Thirty-eight shots for, 21 shots against. Vintage Canadiens. Two nights later, with several of the former Canadien greats looking on after receiving their National Hockey League Milestone trophies, its the worst effort of the year. The New Jersey Devils, who came into the Forum with an unspectacular total of 13 victories to their credit, skated away with a 7-3 win. Instead of playing like vintage Canadiens, the Montreal players look more like vintage Kansas City Scouts. “It’s very puzzling how we can play so well…
HOCKEY VIEWPOINT
Nabobs Of Negativism KNOCKERS! GUYS who would boo at funerals! Dummies with big hammers who turn away if they see anything good! A few folks in the National Hockey League and those who watch it figure that the men and women who cover it all fit into one of those categories. Aren’t there any good things in the NHL? Is there nothing in your job that makes covering hockey a pleasure? Thus, here’s one man’s highly personal list of good things that make the job a dandy way to earn a living. ● Talking hockey with Toe Blake, who knows it’s 1983 and never says it was better, only different, in 1938. ● Watching for the little sense of panic in opposition teams when Wayne Gretzky winds up with the puck in his own zone…
Hawks’ Ludzik Playing For Keeps
CHICAGO—Long before rookie center Steve Ludzik became a Black Hawk, there were visions of Chicago Stadium whirling through the windmills of his mind. “When I was a little kid growing up in Toronto, I’d watch on TV when the Maple Leafs would play in Chicago,” he remembers. “I’d see the crowd growing wild and I’d say to myself: ‘That’s where I want to play someday!’ “Then, when I was 15-years-old and playing Tier II hockey in Markham, I started losing weight and I felt terrible. They put me in the hospital for a series of tests and discovered that I had colitis. I went in right after Christmas and didn’t get out of the hospital until sometime in March. “I’d have given anything then to hear somebody say I’d be playing hockey again.…
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