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November 18, 1983
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Confidence Keys Weeks’ Tending The Rangers’ Net
NEW YORK—Early in his Ranger eer, Steve Weeks gave the goalies’ e-view on preventing goals: “It esn’t matter how well the statistics ok. Everything stops with the goal-der,” Whether the puck does or doesn’t stop re is a function of the support a netminder receives from the men in front of. In turn, the effectiveness of the defense, hinges on the help they receive the forwards. Early in the Rangers’ reason, when they ran up a 9-1 record, defense did a magnificent job of proting the goalies, keeping the slot clear and giving them the view they needed of it vital first shot on net. But as the Rangers proceeded to lose their next three games, all at home—to innipeg, Toronto and Edmonton—one serious deficiency was the lack of suport the defense…
No Looking Back For Kings’ MacLellan
Most kids in Canada begin skating at ages three or four—sometimes younger—but when Brian MacLellan’s friends were on the ice, he was in a leg brace, hampered by a disease that doctors said would paralyze him by age 21. Today, MacLellan is a healthy 24-year-old who has not only survived a rare disease, but has skated his way through the youth hockey leagues of Guelph, Ont., to U.S. collegiate hockey at Bowling Green University and now to the pinnacle of the sport as a promising player with the National Hockey League’s Los Angeles Kings. And on Nov. 3, in a game against the Philadelphia Flyers, the 6-foot-3, 215-pound left winger scored four times and added one assist. Yes, Brian MacLellan has arrived, but it wasn’t an easy journey. At age six, he was…
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PLAYER TRANSACTIONS
NATIONAL LEAGUE BOSTON—Pete Peeters, G, sidelined for a week after suffering concussion. BUFFALO—Jerry Korab, D, recalled from Rochester of AHL. CALGARY—Allan Maclnnis, D, and Kari Jalonen, C, assigned to Colorado of CHL. Tim Bernhardt, D, recalled from Colorado and reassigned to Salt Lake of CHL on loan. CHICAGO—Jerome Dupont, D, sidelined with groin injury. DETROIT—Murray Craven, C, returned to Medicine Hat of WHL. Colin Campbell, D, sidelined for three weeks with shoulder separation. Randy Ladouceur, D, recalled from Adirondack of AHL as replacement. Brian Johnson, RW, sent to Adirondack. LOS ANGELES—Dean Jenkins, RW, assigned to New Haven of AHL. Steve Christoff, RW, sidelined with injury. MINNESOTA—Craig Levie, D, recalled from Salt Lake of CHL as replacement for Lars Lindgren, D, who is on injury list. Jim Craig, G, assigned to Salt Lake. MONTREAL—Robert Picard, D, traded to Winnipeg…
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