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February 10, 1984
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Canada’s Biggest Threat May Be Eligibility
Phones ringing. Papers strewn to and fro. Interruptions galore. Chaos seems to reign supreme in the office of Dave King. For the personable Saskatoon native, it was just another day at the office for the head coach of the Canadian Olympic hockey club. No need to panic, everything will be attended to—eventually. “No, there’s been no real surprises,” chuckles King. “I think our program has progressed pretty well as planned. The only thing we find ourselves troubled with now is that we have some serious injuries which will keep the players out of the lineup.” But the hockey master will struggle through just fine, thank you. He’s always managed to in the past. He proved it when coaching his Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union champion University of Saskatchewan Huskies and Western Hockey League Billings Bighorns before…
Sudbury Coach Being Fed To The Wolves
Louisville Hockey H&B 100 YEARS SUDBURY—The honor roll of graduates occupying a wall just to the right of the coach’s desk in the hockey office tells the stories of past and better Wolve days: Randy Holt, Eric Vail, Randy Carlyle, Dave Farrish, Ron Duguay, Mike Foligno, Mike Allison, Dave Hunter, Dale Hunter, Don Beaupre and Pat Verbeek, to list a few. There is no such plaque for coaches. A large swivel chair upholstered in leather behind a long desk with a laminated top is reserved for them. Jerry Top-pazzini, Hugh Duncan, Andy Laing, Marcel Clements, Ken Gratton, Bep Guidolin, Noel Price, Joe Drago and Billy Harris and others were his predecessors as coach of the Wolves, but either jumped, fell or were pushed from the spot. Andy Spruce occupies the hot seat now. There are no…
THE WESTERN WORD
The Coaching Syndrome “Who said the world was fair?” —Don Perry, coach, Los Angeles Kings. RELUCTANTLY, DON PERRY answered his telephone. Quietly, he said hello. He recognized the call as a friendly voice. Roger Neilson answered the phone. He is now the ex-coach of the Vancouver Canucks. Tom Watt answered the phone. He is now the ex-coach of the Winnipeg Jets. Bill MacMillan answered the phone. He is now the ex-coach of the New Jersey Devils. The inevitable happened to Neilson, to Watt, to MacMillan after similar circumstances. It happened after losses to Edmonton’s powerful Oilers. At one time, all were considered saviors and geniuses. Eventually, the three wound up where every coach eventually winds up—on the outside looking in. Usually with a fat cheque to collect, but little else of importance. “I’m not answering the phone or…
First-Place Battle Bittersweet For Rangers
NEW YORK—For the Rangers, the week leading up to the All-Star break was as frustrating as the fate assigned to Tantalus. who was immersed in water with fruit suspended just above his head, receding each time he attempted to drink or eat. The tantalizing aspects of the Rangers’ existence were to assemble a lineup that would deliver the consistency they craved and propel themselves past the Islanders into first place in the Patrick Division. How else to explain a team capable of dropping a 6-3 decision at home to the Pittsburgh Penguins, a club fighting with the Devils for last place in the Patrick Division and entering Madison Square Garden with one victory in its last 13 games on the road while the Rangers had won seven straight at home? Two periods of…
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