HOWE SWEET IT IS…

Maloney Shines Brightest At All-Star Classic—Page 7 Reinhart Wows Doctors With Recovery—Page 20 One Goal: Reliving Team USA Miracle—Page 6…

HOCKEY VIEWPOINT

The Doctor Is In “OH, DR. ORR, learned physician of the puck and noted healer of hockey ailments, such a relief it is to find you in your luxurious suite. There are many problems in the grand old game of shinny that need explanation and so much fuzzification in the sport that needs clarification.” “Ah. dear soul! Always happy to be of service to a victim of puck fatigue or too many Wayne Gretzky stories. Pull up a genuine Gilles Bilodeau or Steve Durbano autographed chair and perch upon it. What seems to be your problem?” “Doc. I find that the game contains a large amount of poppycock, claptrap, bull-cookies, horse-feathers and things that sound as if they are the creation of Harold Ballard. It’s difficult to know what really is going on!” “Your…

…TO HAVE STEVE YZERMAN IN DETROIT

It was about a year ago and Detroit Red Wing general manager Jimmy Devellano was on a post-game television show in Toronto, having watched his team lose yet another game to the Maple Leafs. Clearly, he was not happy. His team was struggling badly and, while he knew he hadn’t taken on an easy job when he became GM of the Red Wings in the summer of the 1982, he never expected things to be this bad. But they were and Jimmy D. was asked when he expected the Red Wings to put it all together. “About 1990,” snapped Devellano, who then proceeded to blatantly describe his team’s shortcomings. “We don’t have enough players who can play in the NHL. We lack talent. This is basically an expansion team.” To most viewers, Devellano’s…

The Hockey News

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COMING SOON IN THN

Next Week In next week’s issue, we’ll take a look at the Edmonton Oilers and whether general manager and coach Glen Sather figures he has a team that can go all the way. In other words, with the NHL trade deadline approaching, will the Oilers be making any significant deals? We’ll also take a look at how the Oilers were built and where the players came from. On top of that, we’ll have a rundown on the first week of action at the hockey event of the Sarajevo Winter Games and reaction to the United States' successful protest against Team Canada and its so-called “professionals.” March 2 Who is the best left winger in the National Hockey League? Is it Edmonton Oiler Mark Messier. Is it Quebec Nordique Michel Goulet? Or is it injured…

Vachon Won’t Squander No. 1 Pick

LOS ANGELES—There will be no more No. 1 draft picks for Jerry Korabs. No more No. 1 draft picks for Rick Martins. No more No. 1 draft picks for anybody—except for the Kings. “We will have a plan and we will stick to it for as long as we are here,” said Rogie Vachon, who was elevated from assistant coach to general manager on Jan. 30 in owner Jerry Buss’ housecleaning. “My first priority will be building the team through draft choices. We are going to keep our draft picks. “No stone will go unturned. We will sit down and evaluate the entire organization. If changes must be made. I will not hesitate to make them. “Personally. I think the more draft choices you have, the better. (Buffalo’s) Scotty Bowman had three first-round…

SLAPSHOTS

GRETZKY ON THE SHELF EDMONTON—Wayne Gretzky can be stopped—and not just by the Los Angeles Kings. A nagging shoulder injury has put the Great One on the sidelines for a week or two in February. Gretzky practised the day before the Oilers’ home game against the Calgary Flames on Feb. 4, but when the pain became too much, he acted on the advice of team doctor Gord Cameron and decided to give the shoulder time to heal. The injury ended Gretzky’s streak of 362 consecutive games played. He had missed only one game in his five-year National Hockey League career. Eight days before, the Los Angeles Kings stopped Gretzky’s point-a-game streak at 51 games, the second consecutive year the Kings stopped Gretzky’s streak. There had been some concern Gretzky’s injury might keep him out of…

THIS WEEK…20 Years Ago

Here’s what was happening 20 years ago this week in hockey: • The Soviet Union beat Canada 3-2 to win the gold medal in the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. Had the Canadians won the game by at least two goals, they would have won the gold medal, but the loss dropped them in a three-way tie for second place, which eventually placed them in fourth based on accumulated goals for and against in games with other teams. The fourth-place finish was the first time in Olympic history that Canada failed to at least win a gold medal • Howie Young, who was dropped by Chicago and bypassed by the other teams in the National Hockey League, signed with Buffalo Bisons of the American Hockey League, but the Bison players gave…

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

They nicknamed him I he Reverend, because he was a Christian athlete and a nondrinker. Ron Grahame was, and still is, the model athlete. Then how did the former L. A. player graduate to the. ahem, ex-King of Beers in commercials for Budweiser. “I just lucked into it.” commented Grahame, a former goaltender with the Houston Aeros of the now-defunct World Hockey Association (1973-77) and the Boston Bruins, Los Angeles Kings and Quebec Nordiques of the National Hockey League (1977-81). “Syl Apps and Murray Wilson (former teammates of Grahame with the Kings) told me about the casting call for the commercial. “So we went down to Culver City (CA) and auditioned. A couple of weeks later, I received word that I had gotten the part. “And yes, despite the fact that I hardly ever…

Did You Know…

that the NHL players with the most goals in one season are:…

TRIVIA

1. Who captained the Chicago Black Hawks to the Stanley Cup in 1961? 2. What Patrick Division defenseman failed to register a single goal last season despite playing all 80 games? 3. Who was appointed coach of the Montreal Canadiens in 1939. but drowned before the season started? 4. Who is the only player, besides Ken Morrow, who has won an international hockey gold medal and Stanley Cup in the same year? 5. Who played on Boston’s Uke Line? 6. When was the last season in which there were no overtime games in the playoffs? 7. Name the only two New York Ranger players to win the NHL scoring title? 8. When was the last season in which all of the NHL playoff spots were occupied by Canadian clubs? 9. Name the last Toronto Maple Leaf goaltender to…

THE GOLDEN BOYS

The 1984 Winter Olympic Games are underway in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, and no matter what happens there, it’s doubtful that it will rival the thrill experienced by Americans and the hockey world in general when Team USA won the gold medal at Lake Placid in 1980. It was dubbed the Miracle On Ice and now. Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe reporter John Powers and New York City attorney and player agent Arthur Kaminsky have chronicled the historical event in a book. One Goal, published by Harper and Row in the United States and Fitzhenry and Whiteside Limited in Canada. The following is the second of two excerpts carried in THE HOCKEY NEWS, and it picks up the action just as time is about to expire in Team USA’s final game, a 4-2 victory over…

NHL All-Star Summary

Tue. Jan. 31 WALES 7, CAMPBELLS 6 WALES CONFERENCE ALL-STARS Goal—Pete Peeters, Chico Resch; defense—Joe Cirella, Rod Langway, Denis Potvin, Phil Housley, Ray Bourque, Mike O’Connell; forwards—Barry Pederson, Gilbert Perreault, Mike Bullard, Peter Stastny, Pierre Larouche, Rick Middleton, Tim Kerr, Don Maloney, Mark Johnson, Michel Goulet, Mats Naslund, Brian Propp. Named but unable to play because of injuries were goalie Al Jensen, forwards Mike Bossy, Bryan Trottier. CAMPBELL CONFERENCE ALL-STARS Goal—Murray Bannerman, Grant Fuhr; defense—Kevin Lowe, Rob Ramage, Brad Maxwell, Doug Wilson, Paul Coffey, David Babych; forwards—Denis Savard, Steve Yzerman, Wayne Gretzky, Bernie Nicholls, Glenn Anderson, Lanny McDonald, Rick Vaive, Brian Bellows, Mark Messier, John Ogrodnick, Darcy Rota, Charlie Simmer. Named but unable to play because of injuries were forwards Jari Kurri, Marcel Dionne, Tony Tanti. Team captains—Gretzky (Campbells), Potvin (Wales). Referee—Bruce Hood; linesmen, John D’Amico,…

Maloney Becomes A Miracle Man

New York Rangers’ forward Don Maloney doesn’t read tea leaves or tarot cards but it seems he has an ability to look into the future. After all. it was Maloney who said, “You just go out. try your best and shoot for the car,” when asked how he planned to approach the National Hockey League’s 36th annual All-Star game in New Jersey on Jan. 31. After he had scored a goal and three assists to lead the Wales Conference to a 7-6 victory over the Campbell and earn most-valuable-player honors, Maloney walked away—make that drove away—with a fancy new sports car. “I was just kidding around.” Maloney said of his earlier statement, “but it just proves miracles can happen.” And they happen to those who are in need. “It’ll come in handy.” Maloney said. “I…

The Hockey News

The International Hockey Weekly Founded in 1947 Published by W.C.C. Publishing Ltd 85 Scarsdale Road, #100, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3B 2R2. Bricks And Bouquets THE NHL ALL-STAR game is history, the Winter Olympics are upon us, and hockey is heading into the stretch drive, so what better time than now for an instalment of Bricks and Bouquets, a forum which allows us to comment on a variety of topics and issues concerning the game. Here goes: A BRICK to those who found anything negative about the NHL All-Star game on Jan. 31 at the Brendan Byrne Arena in the New Jersey Meadowlands. All-star games are supposed to showcase the individual stars and their talents. Never mind that we all still have a tough time figuring out who’s who—the Wales or the Campbells (it’s easier if you call…

SOME OTHER VIEWS

Change The All-Star Game For Goodness Sake Does the Prince of Wales know that his team won the National Hockey League’s 36th All-Star game? Does he care? The real problem for the NHL isn’t winning the Prince of Wales’ heart and mind; it’s capturing the masses of sports fans who follow hockey some of the time. And, like the Prince of Wales, a lot of those people haven’t the foggiest notion which players belong to what conference. There has to be a better way than the present Campbell Conference versus Wales Conference format, something that fans can identify with and get excited about. The answer isn’t the three-game Challenge Cup series with the Soviet Union that was tried in 1979, then hastily abandoned after the NHL’s best got bombed. How about an All-Star tournament involving…

FAN FORUM

THE GLOBE STRIKES BACK The Globe and Mail would like the opportunity to comment on opinions expressed in the editorial, Open The Doors (Jan. 27 th). In the editorial, THE HOCKEY NEWS says on the one hand, that the Globe had “explored every reasonable avenue of appeal” in attempting to end the feud being carried on by the Maple Leaf management. On the other hand, the editorial writer attacked the motivation of the Globe with regard to the Jan. 11th incident between Toronto Maple Leaf coach Mike Nykoluk and Globe writer Al Strachan. The confrontation between Nykoluk and Strachan was referred to as being “orchestrated…a little charade…intentionally set by (by the Globe) hoping that it would explode into a major controversy.” The evidence used to arrive at such a conclusion was that Strachan “rarely,…

Islander Trainer A Calming Influence

LONG ISLAND—Mike Bossy lay in a fetus position on the ice at Nassau Coliseum, grabbing his right knee and writhing in pain. Ron Waske was the first one to reach Bossy and offer him comfort. Denis Potvin was in a semiconscious state on the ice at Nassau Coliseum, mumbling about his neck and moaning. Ron Waske was the first man to reach Potvin and offer him comfort. And who is Ron Waske? He is the Islanders’ trainer and in recent weeks he has been the busiest man on the team. Busier than coach Al Arbour? You bet. Busier than general manager Bill Torrey? Definitely. “It’s been this way all season,” Waske said. “It seems like we’ve had one or two injuries every week. It’s hard to understand what’s going on.” At one point, the Islanders…

Edmonton Back On Top As Box-Office Leaders

TORONTO—The magnetism of the incomparable Wayne Gretzky and his strong supporting cast continues to make the Edmonton Oilers the best draw in the National Hockey League. The Oilers regained the NHL’s boxoffice lead in the second quarter and there’s little doubt Gretzky’s immense crowd appeal and scoring feats have been the contributing factors. Edmonton moved back on top of the attendance race by selling out the 17,498-seat Northlands Coliseum 20 times this season. It came as quite a surprise when the rejuvenated Detroit Red Wings moved in and stole the box-office lead away from Edmonton after the first quarter. The Oilers drew 349,960 fans to regain first place while the Red Wings slipped back to third spot behind the New York Rangers with 335,415 fans at the midway mark in the schedule.…

ON THE CONTRARY

Duguay’s Revenge WHEN RON DUGUAY walked into my room I hurriedly looked for my helmet and facemask, but it was too late. I figured I needed the equipment for protective purposes because he had every reason to punch me in the mouth. After all/had punched him in the nose in this space last summer, one of the nastiest columns I’ve written since describing Dick Beddoes’ hat. In case you forgot, the nasty-blasty column was an open letter to Red Wing general manager Jimmy Devellano, pointing out what an oaf he was for dealing for Duguay. I assured Jimmy D in all my wisdom that the D in Ronnie D would be for Dog and. furthermore, he had just signed one. It was not nice, but I meant it. Doogie. I figured, was a squandered talent,…

Roger The Dodger Does In The Canucks

VANCOUVER—The Canucks said they weren’t affected when they faced Los Angeles Kings and Roger Neilson on Feb. 3, but you couldn’t blame them if they were. After all, it’s not like Roger Neilson was a stranger. He coached them for almost the last two years and guided them to the Stanley Cup finals in 198182. But the Canucks say it was just another game…even if. ironically, it was Neilson’s first since the Canucks fired him on Jan. 20. “Maybe we were thinking about it before the game because we had seen him (Neilson) around.” said veteran Harold Snepts, “but I don’t think it had any bearing on us once the game started.” Harry Neale, who augmented his general manager duties with the coaching portfolio when he took over for Neilson, felt the Canucks…

Blues See The Best, Worst Of Both Worlds

ST. LOUIS—In a span of three days, the Blues saw the best—or worst—of both worlds. On a Friday night in St. Louis, the Blues lost a 10-8 shootout to the Minnesota North Stars. On a Sunday night in New York, they lost a 3-2 defensive struggle to the Rangers. who were held to 16 shots on net. Losing is losing, but captain Brian Sutter knew which way was the best for the Blues. He’ll take a 3-2 loss over a 10-8 loss any time. “From here on in, it’s playoff hockey.” he said. “It’s not the goal-scoring from here on in, it’s what you give up. “Eight goals didn’t win that hockey game for us the other night, did it? Everybody cried for three weeks and said we weren’t scoring goals. I’m not belittling Minnesota…

Ranger Reputation To Be Tested

NEW YORK—The week of the All-Star break was among the most euphoric of the season for the Rangers. The last game before vacation was a 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues in front of an ecstatic Madison Square Garden crowd. That win launched them past the Islanders into first place in the Patrick Division, marking the latest date in the season a Ranger team has occupied first place since Jan. 13, 1972. At game’s end, the Garden scoreboard displayed the Patrick Division standings, which showed the Rangers with a 65-64 point edge, and they received a standing ovation. This came three days after a frustrating loss to the Canadiens at the Garden, a night they had the same opportunity to pass the Islanders as the slumping, injury-riddled Stanley Cup champions also…

HOCKEY WORLD

All-Star Retrospect ALL-STAR GAME leftovers to munch on: The next time a player bails out of an All-Star game, someone should remind him of Gretzky ‘84. Despite’a sore shoulder, the NHL’s MVT (Most Valuable Ticket) played in the game. If you’re gonna spend a couple days in North Jersey in late January. Gretzky figured you might as well play despite the risk of additional injury. Gretzky played all right and wound up damaging the shoulder even more as Edmonton fans—and fans everywhere—cringed. Was it worth it to play in a virtually meaningless game? Of course not. unless you are bom with the sense of responsibility that a Gretzky or Lafleur or Orr or Clarke has for the game they love. With several other All-Star selectees forced to skip a date in the Devils’…

Alfie’s Going To Find Out What Habs Are All About

MONTREAL—Alfie Turcotte had heard all the rumors. Speculation was that the 18-year-old from Gary. IN. was going to be heading back to his junior hockey home in Portland for the balance of the 1983-84 hockey season. Turcotte, brought up to the Canadiens after playing in the junior world championships. did not know whether he was going to play his 10th NHL game against the Pittsburgh Penguins and if he did, he wasn’t sure if he would play another this season. In a crowd of media. Turcotte waited and wondered as he saw Montreal’s managing director Serge Savard enter the Canadiens’ dressing room. Turcotte had just scored his first National Hockey League goal against the Penguins but he wasn’t being asked questions about the power-play effort set up by Ryan Walter. Savard stepped into the…

BLUELINES

National Hockey League biggies are holding their collective breaths over a proposed new Canadian TV network which would compete with Hockey Night in Canada. Backed by the 14 U.S.-based clubs, who have banded together to sell the video rights and thereby fatten their bankroll, the planned program would feature games involving the American clubs versus various Canadian foes and provide the first competitive bidding situation against the Molson-backed HNIC. Carling-O’Keefe Brewery is behind the prospective new network and reports from Toronto indicate they have a signed agreement with the 14 teams, although NHL president John Ziegler says negotiations are not final. Explosion against the plan by Harold Ballard and other Canadian leaders has the NHL brass uptight. When asked about the new proposal, league TV boss Joel Nixon emphatically told…

Riggin Making The Most Of His Return To Form

LANDOVER—At the midpoint of the season, goaltender Pat Riggin was burdened with a record of no victories, eight losses and one tie, with a goals-against average of 4.70. That is the kind of performance that leads to employment in the minor leagues and on Jan. 8 that is where the Washington Capitals assigned Riggin to a week’s voluntary conditioning at Hershey. After two victories and a tie with the Bears, Riggin returned to Washington, where he finally earned his first triumph in an 8-3 rout of the Winnipeg Jets. That was followed by a weightlifting accident to No. I netminder Al Jensen and suddenly Riggin was in demand. Forced to start five straight games, Riggin responded brilliantly. He permitted only five goals, earning four victories and a tie in Buffalo, and he threw…

Beaupre Does It Back-To-Back Like A Star

BLOOMINGTON—It has been a long, frustrating road back for Don Beaupre, the Minnesota North Stars’ one-time goaltending hero. After a brilliant rookie season in which he was immediately granted equal billing with veteran Gilles Meloche, Beaupre appeared headed for superstardom in the National Hockey League. His next year, however, Beaupre had a minor injury in training camp and that led to a downward spiral in which his confidence deteriorated and his play was affected. He went to the minors to get his touch back, but struggled to return to the Stars. This season, when Beaupre hoped to regain the position warranted by his potential, it didn’t happen. Meloche, one of the steadiest goaltenders in the league when you consider he’s operating behind a team that is still striving for overall consistency at teamdefense, has played…

PLAYER TRANSACTIONS

BOSTON—Peter McNab, C, traded to Vancouver for Jim Nill, RW. Terry O’Reilly, RW, sidelined indefinitely after suffering shoulder separation. Dave Silk, RW, and Mike Krushel-nyski, LW, back from injury list. BUFFALO—Dave Fenyves, D, and Mal Davis, RW, returned to Rochester of AHL. Davis later recalled under emergency conditions. Hannu Virta, D, back from injury list. Jerry Korab, D, sidelined with elbow injury. Don Keller, LW, signed as free agent and assigned to Rochester. Claude Verret, C, recalled from Rochester. CHICAGO—Jerome Dupont, D, recalled from Springfield of AHL. Dave Feamster, D, out of action with pulled groin. Keith Brown, D, back from injury list. DETROIT—Corrado Micalef, G, recalled from Adirondack of AHL. Ken Holland, G, re-turned to Adirondack. EDMONTON—Wayne Gretzky, C, sidelined with shoulder injury. Marc scheid, C, recalled from Moncton of AHL but later…

Boy From Beantown Happy As Leaf

“I want to play in the National Hockey League one day, but there’s a lot to think about. I’m getting good grades and the Olympics are only two years away, so that’s something to consider, too. Right now, I have no idea what decision I will make.” —Rich Costello as a college player two years ago. “If there’s a spot for me when the Olympics are over and everything works out well, then I’ll consider joining the Leafs.” —Rich Costello, as a player with the U.S. Olympic hockey team in November, ‘83. “This is really what I wanted to do for a long time.” —Rich Costello, upon signing with the Toronto Maple Leafs on Jan. 12. TORONTO—While his teammates may look upon back-to-back games against the Boston Bruins on Feb. 8 and 9 with indifference. Leaf…

BEDCLOTHES

The Rich Russians YEARS SUCH AS this one, in which (1) Olympic Games are held, (2) Presidents of the U.S.A, are elected and (3) women take advantage of men, can be distinguished from other years, as every HOCKEY NEWS reader knows, by the fact that Olympic Games are held and Presidents of the U.S.A, are elected. Then, there are secondary signs. The American and Canadian hockey team heaved snowballs at each other on the matter of professionals participating in the pristine amateur Olympics. The Americans claim three Canadians are pros as the travelling jocks unpacked in the Yugoslavian spa of Sarajevo. R. Alan Eagleson, a big deal in Hockey Canada, retorts that at least two of the gold-medal winning Americans in 1980 were pros when they won the Olympic prize at Lake Placid, NY. It…

Sather Suffers An Identity Crisis

WINNIPEG—Embarrassed is not the word. Ashamed is more like it. Dale Hawerchuk was eating breakfast in New Jersey when Glen Sather, the coach of the Campbell Conference team, told him to go to a reception room to meet the rest of the all-stars prior to the National Hockey League’s 36th annual All-Star game. Flabbergasted, Hawerchuk looked up at the coach of Edmonton Oilers. “But, but I’m not playing,” said Hawerchuk. the star of the Winnipeg Jets and the team’s player rep. “Sure you are,” replied Sather. “You’re Brian Bellows, aren’t you?” “No. I’m Dale Hawerchuk,” said the 1982 Calder Trophy winner. Dumbfounded, Sather collapsed in a chair. “I’m sorry, Dale,” he apologized. “I thought you were Bellows. You do look alike.” “No problem,” replied Hawerchuk. “It’s happened before.” Upon hearing the story, John Ferguson became so angry he was…

Messier Sits In Sin For Six Games

EDMONTON—When the verdict came down, Mark Messier felt unjustly punished. Messier drew a six-game suspension from National Hockey League executive vice-president Brian O’Neill for clubbing Vancouver center Thomas Gradin over the helmet in Edmonton’s 7-5 victory on Jan. 18—ironically, Messier’s 23rd birthday. Messier missed three games awaiting sentence and sat out three more at home—Jan. 27 when the Oilers faced New Jersey Devils, the following night against Los Angeles Kings and Feb. 3 when Calgary visited the Northlands Coliseum. Messier will be a welcome addition to the depleted lineup when the Oilers begin a testy five-game Eastern swing on Feb. 5 in Washington. He was also cleared to play in the Jan. 31 All-Star game in New Jersey. “I didn’t think I should have gotten six games,” said Messier, who accumulated 19 goals…

Big Dave Not Ready To Fill Espo’s Shoes

Louisville Hockey H&B 100 YEARS BUFFALO—Although comparisons are unfair, some hockey experts around the National Hockey League are comparing Dave Andreychuk of the Sabres to former NHL superstar Phil Esposito. Granted, both were centers and over 6-foot tall. But that’s where the comparison ends. At least for now. Over a recent 27-game stretch the 20-year-old Andreychuk has scored 16 goals and 16 assists. Not exactly Esposito scoring stats, but not that bad either. “I’m flattered by the comparison, but I’m no Phil Esposito.” said Andreychuk. “For one thing. I’m not as strong as Phil was in front of the net. I’ve got to work on my strength. “And I’m not that strong a skater either. That has a long way to go. I went to two power skating schools last summer and they helped. But I’m…

Tessier Says It’s As Easy As 1, 2, 3

CHICAGO—It’s almost certain that the Black Hawks have flunked their mathematics test. Now. the top priority in the final two months of the regular season is getting the chemistry right for the playoffs. Technically, the injury-plagued and suspension-prone Hawks still have a chance of overtaking Minnesota and repeating as Norris Division champions. Realistically, it isn’t going to happen. Even if Chicago suddenly turns torrid, it would take a complete collapse by the North Stars to put the Hawks back in the title picture. At the start of the second week in February. Minnesota was 14 points in front of the third-place Hawks. Chicago coach Orval Tessier is looking southward toward St. Louis rather than doing a fcasability study on the North Stars. “I’m French-Canadian and in the schools there we learned to count 1-2-34-5.”…

Devil Players Feel The Fans’ Forceful Cheer

EAST RUTHERFORD—Although there were times when it looked and sounded as though the Rangers had rented out the Meadowlands Arena to throw their own private party, the New Jersey Devils will remember the 36th annual National Hockey League All-Star game as a rousing success. Veteran goalie Glenn Resch, a lastminute replacement for Ai Jensen, registered his first All-Star victory after two losses and received a thunderous ovation from the sellout crowd. Yes, even longer and louder than the cheers for those two popular visitors from across the river, Don Maloney and Pierre Larouche. The Devils’ 20-year-old defenseman. Joe Cirella, also heard cheers, especially after he scored the first goal of the game on a slapshot from the top of the right circle after only 8:51 of the first period. As Resch would later observe,…

Reinhart Could Be Back Sooner Than He Expected

CALGARY—Trying to make medical history, defenseman Paul Reinhart started skating with the Flames at the All-Star break—just 27 days after undergoing surgery to dissolve a disc in his back. The speed of Reinhart’s recovery has everyone from his doctor to his teammates to general manager Cliff Fletcher baffled. The newest guess is that Reinhart could be in the lineup for Calgary’s Mar. I date against the Philadelphia Flyers. “In the last four or five days before my first doctor’s appointment, it really improved,” said Reinhart. “Before then, I didn’t think it was working at all. The doctor told me he usually makes the first appointment for his patient six weeks after the operation. This was only three weeks and he said it was coming along great, that it really responded well and there…

Pride Can Make The Difference For Whalers

HARTFORD—The Whalers hit the 50-game mark mired in an 0-5-4 drought, their longest winless stretch of the season. Earlier they went seven games (0-61) without winning. “The important thing is to hold together,” goalie Greg Millen said. How the Whalers fare over their last 30 games will go a long way in determining how much progress, if any, has been made in Emile Francis’ first year here. For 24 games, the Whalers fought the good fight. They won some they shouldn’t have and hit their high-water mark at 11-11-2, which tied the latest they’ve been at .500 in their five-year history in the league. Since then, they have fallen on hard times. At the 50-game mark, they were 1528-7, 4-17-5 since Dec. 4 when they were a .500 hockey team. What has compounded the…

Bruins Find Real Keaner Between The Pipes

BOSTON—Doug Keans is only the backup goalie for the Bruins…but sometimes you forget. When he blanked the Stanley Cupchampion New York Islanders 2-0 on Jan. 16, the first shutout for him in his five-year, 74-game National Hockey League career, he performed like a No. 1 goalie. Six days later, he did it again, by blanking the Hartford Whalers 2-0, giving him a goalless string of 126 minutes, 58 seconds. The Winnipeg Jets finally ended it at 138 minutes, eight seconds. The two games left him with a 2.43 goals-against average and garnered him player-of-the-week honors. Not bad for a 26-year-old goalie who could not crack the lineup of the lowly Los Angeles Kings for any length of time and was picked up by the Bruins between seasons for the $100 waiver price. “It rates…

Player Of The Week

Washington Capital goalie Pat Riggin has made a remarkable trip from the outhouse to the penthouse. A couple of weeks ago, he was mired in Hershey, his NHL career in danger of being over. But with a few breaks, he returned to Washington, where, as of the week ending Feb. 5, he was unbeatable, earning HOCKEY NEWS player-of-the-week honors. In seven games, Riggin recorded six wins and a tie, giving up only eight goals in the seven contests, leading the Caps up the Patrick Division ladder. One of those wins included a 9-2 drubbing of the Edmonton Oilers and two shutouts, one against Toronto and the other against New Jersey.…

Venerable Sittler Still Going Strong At 33

PHILADELPHIA—The Hockey Hall of Fame Committee will not have to figure out how Darryl Sittler did it. When he retires with more than 500 goals and close to 700 assists, the numbers will speak and the doors will open. Watch him, though, and his success is not easily explained. To be sure. Sittler has a good, hard shot and a reasonably quick release, but not a Reijo Ruotsa-lainen gun ora Mike Bossy pair of wrists. Wayne Gretzky is a symphony, Maurice Richard was 76 trombones. Bobby Hull a booming bass drum. Sittler has scaled to 13th on the alltime goal-scoring list without the one extraordinary skill that would seem to be a requirement of the company he keeps. He is strong, and that certainly helps, but his skating speed always has been…

As The Olympic Eligibility Rules Turn…

It was a wild and wooly day in Sarajevo on Feb. 6. Not only was it the eve of the ice hockey event at the Winter Olympics, it was Eligibility Day. a 24-hour span when a bunch of warring national hockey factions got together to come up with as many different definitions of who’s eligible and who’s not. When the smoke had cleared, it looked something like this: •Team Canada, as a result of a protest lodged by the United States and Finland, lost defenseman Don Diet-rach and center Mark Morrison. However, netminder Mario Gosselin and forward Dan Wood were ruled eligible by the International Olympic Committee, the apparent referee in this dispute. • Italy lost netminder Jim Corsi and forward Rich Bragnalo. • Austria lost the services of Greg Holst. The IOC claims the…

Nords Tout Bouchard As The Best

QUEBEC CITY—Peter Stastny and Michel Goulet were the only Nordique players at the All-Star game, but many fans here felt goalie Dan Bouchard deserved an invitation. The Nordiques were fifth overall defensively at the All-Star break, staying among the top six teams in the league on defense the last two months, but Bouchard has received little credit for his contribution from the writers who choose the starting players and the coaches who pick the supporting cast. “I have to think that Dan Bouchard is the best in the league right now.” said coach Michel Bergeron. “Just look at all he has done for the Nordiques so far this season. We are a complete team now. especially in our defensive play. We are perhaps a little less exciting to watch, but we are…

Romano Brings Winning Attitude To Pens

PITTSBURGH—In his first game in goal for the Penguins this season, Roberto Romano lost 6-1 to the Rangers in New York, but stopped 45 shots and was selected as the game’s most valuable player by the USA cable network. “I’m satisfied with the way I played, but I’m not satisfied with the outcome,” Romano said after the game. He quickly learned that tending goal for the Penguins was much less satisfying than it was for their Baltimore Skipjack farm club in the American Hockey League. He was called up to Pittsburgh on Dec. 21 after Denis Herron aggravated a pinched nerve in his neck. In Baltimore, Romano had a 3.65 goals-against average and a 15-4-1 record in 20 games. “I was playing really well in Baltimore,” Romano said. “I didn’t know what would happen…

Voyageurs Sav Let’s Do It On The Road

Louisville Hockey H&B 100 YEARS HALIFAX—Don’t be too surprised if Nova Scotia Voyageur coach John Brophy requests a change in the Vees’ schedule for next season. A long homestand, usually the point where a team can earn some needed points in the standings, was one of the major reasons why the Vees experienced yet another mid-season slide. During the skid, the Voyageurs saw their comfortable eight-point lead over the other teams in the division wiped out. By the time it was over. Nova Scotia was in fourth place in the division, the final playoff spot. The Voyageurs went back on the road in the last week of January and swept all three games at Maine, Sherbrooke and Adirondack and followed that with a home-ice win over Binghamton to climb right back into contention for…

Hess Mess Means No Player For Whalers

SPRINGFIELD—The American Hockey League’s board of governors has refused to waive a rule passed in December, which will prevent the Binghamton Whalers from signing and activating veteran defenseman Bob Hess, a 198081 first-team AHL all-star who has played this season in Switzerland. The new bylaw, added to the AHL constitution after the board favored it by a 12-1 vote, prohibits players who played in the AHL last season and joined a European amateur league this season from returning to the AHL for a period of one year. Three-quarters of the governors would have had to grant the Whalers a waiver in order for Hess to be activated. Although the league refused to divulge the vote, significantly more than five teams voted against the Whalers. According to AHL president Jack Butterfield, the new bylaw…

Regier Checks Into League Record Book

Louisville Hockey H&B 100 YEARS INDIANAPOLIS—Checker defenseman Darcy Regier is now the elder statesman of the the Central Hockey League, having played in more games than in any other player. Regier, who played in his 538th game on Feb. 6, passed Norm Dennis’ mark of 537, a total which was amassed in more than eight seasons between 1963-64 and 1971-72. Dennis played two seasons at Omaha, two at Houston and the remainder with the now-defunct Kansas City franchise. Regier, who has played in eight CHL seasons, began his CHL career with Salt Lake in 1976-77, played at both Phoenix and Fort Worth during a much-travelled 1977-78 season, at Fort Worth the following campaign and is in his fifth season with Indy. By the end of this season, Norm Dennis’ name should be completely wiped out…

T-Bird Tandem Real Goalie Terror

WINSTON-SALEM—The face of Carolina Thunderbird general manager Rick Dudley lights up when he discusses the tandem of Kim Elliott and Ben Laporte. Linemates Elliott and Laporte have been terrorizing enemy goaltenders since the beginning of the season. “They are both extremely talented kids,” said Dudley of the high-scoring pair. “Elliott can play most any forward position and is one of the most talented players in the league and Laporte is one of the purest goal-scorers you’ll ever see. If you try to cover one you can’t cover the other and that’s what makes them such a threat.” Elliott had 61 points in 33 games while Laporte was averaging over a goal a game with 34 goals and 58 points in 29 games. Dudley was amazed that the T-Birds remained fighting for first place with…

There’s No Place Like Home For The Wings

Louisville Hockey H&B 100 YEARS KALAMAZOO—There’s no place like home for the streaking K-Wings…at least right now. The Wings haven’t lost their last four games at home and have pulled themselves up in the International Hockey League standings. There was a time this season when the K-Wings were better off away from home. They didn’t register their first home win until their fourth home game and they managed just five victories in their first 10. But things have been much better lately and, in terms of a playoff berth, the future is also much brighter. Five teams qualify for post-season play and with a fourth-place standing, the K-Wings are sitting pretty. The streak grew to four with victories over Muskegon and third-place Toledo. Kalamazoo beat Muskegon 5-3 and whipped the Goaldiggers 6-1. Lee MacKenzie, noted more…

Falcons Fan Out Flames For Third Title

CHICAGO—A 5-3 win and 5-5 tie against Illinois-Chicago, coupled with key losses by both Michigan State and Ohio State helped Bowling Green clinch its third consecutive Central Collegiate Hockey Association regular-season title. The Falcons gained their sixth championship in 13 seasons in the CCHA with a third-period rally in the second game against the Flames. In fact, UIC held a 5-2 lead with 10 minutes to play in the game before BG rallied back on goals by Dan Kane, Perry Braun and defenseman Dave Ellett. Bowling Green used a pair of powerplay goals by Ellett and Gino Cavallini just 15 seconds apart to snap a 1-1 tie in the second period of the opener and Dave Randerson scored the winner in the third period. In the second game, the Flames grabbed a 3-0…

Riley All Set To Become A New Society Member

WEST POINT—The Pinnacle Club will have a new member when the American Hockey Coaches Association meets in a few months. John (Smocks) Kelley (36 years at Boston College, 501 career wins) and John MacInness (25 years at Michigan Tech, 532 victories) have been the only ones elected to the society, but it’s time to admit Army coach Jack Riley. Riley’s Cadets pummelled U. MassBoston 11-2 in Smith Rink to give Riley career victory number 500 in his 34th year as West Point coach. A few nights later. Army dumped St. Anselm’s 7-4 to tie Riley and his old buddy Smocks at 501 and the game raised the Cadet: season record to 23-3-1. Oddly, Army was Smocks Kelley’s 501st and final victim 12 seasons ago, just two games before the Boston College mentor…

Bauer Player of the week

The University of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs look as though they’re on their way to the Western Collegiate Hockey Association regular season title and one big reason is goaltender Rick Kosti. The 20-year-old native of Limerick, Sask., made 44 saves in two games, a 6-0 win and 7-3 win over Colorado College, to earn HOCKEY NEWS’ college player-of-the-week honors for the week ending Feb. 5. The 5-foot-10, 175-pound freshman has played 26 straight games for the Bulldogs and has a 14-1-2 record with a 3.25 goals-against average. He’ll be a key figure when the Bulldogs get into post-season action. At the end of the season, THE HOCKEY NEWS will select a Bauer College Player of the Year.…

HOW THEY STAND

CCHA CONFERENCE (Standings on Fri. Feb. 10) GAMES COMPLETED Mich Tech 6, Mich State 4 Mich Tech 3, Mich State 1 Bowling Green 5, Ill-Chicago 3 Bowling Green 5, Ill-Chicago 5 N. Michigan 6, Ferris State 3 Ferris State 5, N. Michigan 3 Lake Superior 5, Michigan 4 Lake Superior 3, Michigan 3 Miami 5, Ohio State 3 Ohio State 8, Miami 3 W. Michigan 11, Mich-Dearborn 2 W. Michigan 10, Nich-Dearborn 3 LEADING SCORERS ECAC CONFERENCE (Standings on Mon. Feb. 6) EAST DIVISION WEST DIVISION IVY DIVISION INDEPENDENTS GAMES COMPLETED Boston University 4, Brown 3 Northeastern 6, Yale 3 Princeton 11, Williams 6 Colgate 3, Providence 3 Harvard 4, Dartmouth 0 New Hampshire 7, Vermont 6 Army 11, UMass 2 Providence 5, Boston College 2 Boston University 6, Maine 2 Clarkson 6, St. Lawrence 4 N. Hampshire 6, Northeastern 5 RPI 4, Cornell 3 Vermont 10, Princeton 3 Brown 5, Dartmouth 3 Harvard 2, Yale 1 RPI 6, Princeton 3 Army 7, St. Anselm’s 4 Vermont 6, Cornell…

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Gophers Makinq WCHA Race Sioux Close

DENVER—It seems unlikely Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs will be caught in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association this season. The Bulldogs, who have won 10 straight league games and 16 of their last 17 overall, have opened a comfortable four-point lead over North Dakota with four games to go in the regular season. Defending WCHA champion Minnesota, however, is just as interesting a story. They haven’t been as hot as staterival Minnesota-Duluth nor as consistent, but they are battling North Dakota for second place. Finishing second is important, since the top two finishers in the WCHA get byes in the first round of the league playoffs, scheduled for Feb. 2425. So with both teams suffering through injury-plagued seasons, a week of rest this time of year would be welcomed by either club. Minnesota had a…

No Burden Being Son Of Stapleton

Louisville Hockey H&B 100 YEARS CORNWALL—Like father like son is not always an easy task. Just ask any kid whose pop has been successful, whether it be as a doctor, lawyer or National Hockey League star. Should the son decide to enter the same field as his father, he’s letting himself in for comparisons for the rest of his life. The pressure of that can be enormous and for some it proves too much. Mike Stapleton is one who is surviving, playing in his rookie season in the Ontario Hockey League with the Cornwall Royals. Anybody who knows hockey will recognize the Stapleton name. Mike’s father Pat (or Whitey as he was affectionately nicknamed) was an all-star defenseman with Chicago Black Hawks in the National Hockey League and then with Indianapolis Racers of the World Hockey…

MICRON JUNIOR PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

ONTARIO LEAGUE The Ottawa 67s have the best goaltending in the Ontario Hockey League this season and it is due in part to the efforts of Darren Pang. The gutsy 20-year-old netminder came up with a remarkable three-game performance in which he allowed only three goals for a 1.41 GAA to win the nod as the OHL player of the week. Pang, who shares the Ottawa goaling with Greg Coram, is one of the smallest netminders in the league at 5-foot-5, 155 pounds, but it hasn’t deterred the youngster. He recently stopped Belleville 3-1 and blanked Guelph 7-0. WESTERN LEAGUE THE HOCKEY NEWS will select a Micron Hockey people around the Western League are already singing the praises of Dave Pasin of Prince Albert. They predict a big future for the 17-year-old right winger. Pasin. who…

Laval Gives The Olympiques Hull

LAVAL—Although no records for shots on goal are kept in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, Laval Voisins must have set some kind of mark by crushing Hull Olympiques in a 13-2 debacle. The league-leading Voisins rained 80 shots on Hull goaltender Stephane Fortin while the Olympiques managed only 17 shots. “I think it was a backlash from our 7-2 loss in Verdun,” said Laval owner Claude Fournel, whose team is 41-12 with the best winning percentage in major junior hockey at .733. The Voisins have outscored second-place Verdun Juniors by 118 goals. “The score could have been a lot higher. Fortin made some outstanding saves,” Fournel said. “We played with a lot of intensity and Hull had to pay the price.” Literally. Hull coach Michel Morin isn’t signing any cheques for players’ pocket money,…

Lubiniecki Lauds Dear Old Yawney

SASKATOON—The game is still in doubt but it’s clear the Blades are struggling. The rival Regina Pats are storming to the attack and appear ready to apply a knockout punch. But just when it looks like the Pats will score. Trent Yawney demonstrates in 20 seconds why he’s rated second among Western Hockey League draft hopefuls this season. The lanky rearguard blocks a shot and then picks his way through a pile of Pats only to be thwarted by goaltender Jamie Reeve. As the Pats quickly shift from defense to offense. Yawney makes up lost ground and arrives back in time to knock a Pat off the puck on a two-on-one break. That’s the kind of stuff top draft picks are made of. And. at least on this night. Yawney looks like he…

NATIONAL LEAGUE SUMMARIES

Wed. Feb. 1 TORONTO 2, CHICAGO 7 HARTFORD 6, DETROIT 6 MINNESOTA 0, PITTSBURGH 4 Thu. Feb. 2 BUFFALO 3, BOSTON 5 RANGERS 1, CALGARY 8 VANCOUVER 2, L. ANGELES 4 WASHINGTON 2, N. JERSEY 0 ST. LOUIS 5, ISLANDERS 2 MONTREAL 2, PHILADELPHIA 2 Fri. Feb. 3 MINNESOTA 4, BUFFALO 1 CALGARY 5, EDMONTON 10 MONTREAL 1, WASHINGTON 4 CHICAGO 3, WINNIPEG 7 Sat. Feb. 4 PHILADELPHIA 5, BOSTON 8 TORONTO 6, DETROIT 3 PITTSBURGH 5, ISLANDERS 6 NEW JERSEY 5, QUEBEC 3 HARTFORD 7, ST. LOUIS 3 RANGERS 5, VANCOUVER 4 Sun. Feb. 5 DETROIT 6, BOSTON 5 QUEBEC 2, BUFFALO 1 VANCOUVER 2, CALGARY 4 HARTFORD 4, CHICAGO 3 RANGERS 3, LOS ANGELES 3 MINNESOTA 3, NEW JERSEY 1 TORONTO 0, PHILADELPHIA 7 ISLANDERS 5, PITTSBURGH 4 EDMONTON 2, WASHINGTON 9 MONTREAL 2, WINNIPEG 2…

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(Standings on Tue. Feb. 7) CAMPBELL CONFERENCE NORRIS DIVISION SMYTHE DIVISION WALES CONFERENCE ADAMS DIVISION PATRICK DIVISION GAMES COMPLETED Tue. Jan. 31 Wales 7, Campbells 6 (All-Star game) Wed. Feb. 1 Toronto 2 at Chicago 7 Hartford 6 at Detroit 6 (OT) Minnesota 0 at Pittsburgh 4 Thu. Feb. 2 Buffalo 3 at Boston 5 NY Rangers 1 at Calgary 8 Vancouver 2 at Los Angeles 4 Wasington 2 at New Jersey 0 St. Louis 5 at NY Islanders 2 Montreal 2 at Philadelphia 2 (OT) Fri. Feb. 3 Minnesota 4 at Buffalo 1 Calgary 5 at Edmonton 10 Monreal 1 at Washington 4 Chicago 3 at Winnipeg 7 Sat. Feb. 4 Philadelphia 5 at Boston 8 Toronto 6 at Detroit 3 Pittsburgh 5 at NY Islanders 6 New Jersey 5 at Quebec 3 Hartford 7 at St. Louis 3 NY Rangers 5 at Vancouver 4 Sun. Feb. 5 Detroit 6 at Boston 5 Quebec 2 at Buffalo 1 Vancouver 2 at Calgary 4 Hartford 4 at Chicago…

NHL SCORERS THIS WEEK

BOSTON—McNab 14, Silk 7, 8, Kostynski 2, Middleton 34, Pederson 21, 22, Bourque 16, 17, 18, Kluzak 9, Markwart 11, Krushelnyski 17, 18, K. Crowder 14, 15, Johnston 2. Winning goals-Middleton, Markwart. BUFFALO—Hamel 13, Cyr 12, Perreault 27, Andreychuk 22, Davis 1. Winning goals-none. CALGARY—McDonald 22, 23, Tambellini 7, Quinn 7, 8, Patterson 6, 7, Beers 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, Nilsson 20, Risebrough 13, Macoun 5, Maclnnis 6, Eaves 8. Winning goals-Tambellini, Maclnnis. CHICAGO—Cyr 12, Lysiak 7, 8, Savard 28, 29, Gardner 16, 17, T. Murray 17, J. Larmer 9, Paterson 5, Brown 7, 8, S. Larmer 25. Winning goals-Savard. DETROIT—Foster 3, Lambert 10, 11, Boldirev 20, 21, Larson 14, Dunlop 6, Gare 8, 9, Ogrodnick 35, 36, Yzerman 30, Duguay 20, 21, Loiselle 2. Winning goals-Lambert. EDMONTON—Hughes 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22,…

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Chrysler Rookie Award

Kelly Kisio played in the Detroit Red Wing minor-league system for two seasons and then decided to play for Davos in Switzerland last season, where he was second in goals and total points. When the Swiss league concluded, he came back and finished out the season with the Red Wings and scored four goals and three assists in 15 games. Kisio is a full-time Wing this season and has 13 goals and 20 assists in 45 games. He’s in eighth place in rookie scoring, which, along with Steve Yzerman, the league’s top freshman scorer, gives the Wings two young players to be proud of. The 24-year-old Kisio, who was a prolific goal-scorer with Calgary Wranglers of the Western Hockey League, plays center and gives the Wings strength up the middle. It appears…

MINOR SCOREBOARD

AMERICAN LEAGUE (Standings on Mon. Feb. 6) NORTHERN DIVISION SOUTHERN DIVISION GAMES COMPLETED Tue. Jan. 31 Springfield 4 at Baltimore 3 Maine 2 at Fredericton 5 Hershey 8 at St. Catharines 8 Wed. Feb. 1 Springfield 2 at Binghamton 11 Adirondack 6 at Hershey 4 Maine 4 at Moncton 3 Sherbrooke 5 at Rochester 3 Thu. Feb. 2 Sherbrooke 2 at Fredericton 8 Maine 4 at Nova Scotia 1 Fri. Feb. 3 Rochester 4 at Baltimore 7 Hershey 0 at Binghamton 6 Adirondack 6 at New Haven 5 St. Catharines 3 at Springfield 5 Sat. Feb. 4 Springfield 4 at Adirondack 5 Nova Scotia 4 at Fredericton 4 Baltimore 3 at Hershey 6 New Haven 5 at Maine 4 Sherbrooke 5 at Moncton 4 Binghamton 8 at St. Catharines 5 Sun. Feb. 5 Hershey 2 at Baltimore 8 Springfield 4 at Maine 3 Sherbrooke 5 at Nova Scotia 6 Binghamton 3 at Rochester 7 LEADING SCORERS CENTRAL LEAGUE (Standings on Mon. Feb. 6) GAMES COMPLETED Tue. Jan. 31 Colorado…