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March 2, 1984
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Chrysler Rookie Award
For much of last season, Saskatoon Blade right winger Lane Lambert was rated as a first-round pick in the 1983 NHL entry draft. As draft day approached, though, his rating dipped and when the Detroit Red Wings selected him, it was 25th overall and in the second round. Still, he made the team in training camp and has become a regular with the Wings, perhaps overshadowed by the offensive exploits of teammate Steve Yzerman. But the 19-year-old still managed 13 goals and 11 assists in 54 games while giving the Wings a solid defensive effort.…
Dietrich Knew The Chance He Was Taking
SPRINGFIELD—He would have preferred to play for the Canadian Olympic team, but defenseman Don Dietrich has resigned himself to being a member of the Springfield Indians. “Sure, I’m very disappointed I didn’t get to play,” said the 22-year-old Dietrich, who was ruled ineligible by the International Olympic Committee on the eve of the 1984 Winter Olympic Games because he played six games in the National Hockey League with the Chicago Black Hawks. “I wanted to play quite a bit. It was a chance of a lifetime, to represent my country.” Dietrich was unhappy, but he wasn’t angry with the ruling that prevented him from competing with a hungry Canadian team that has surprised many people by qualifying for the medal round. “We were all aware of the chance we were taking,” Dietrich said.…
HOCKEY WORLD
The Gretzkyless Oilers TAKING WAYNE GRETZKY away from the Edmonton Oilers is comparable to depriving the Boston Celtics of Larry Bird, the Los Angeles Lakers of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, or Tonight Show viewers of Johnny Carson (1 know, Joan Rivers is funny, but could you stand her every night for as many years as Carson has been with us?) In case you’ve been curled up in an igloo in the Yukon the last few years, Gertzky is the most exciting player in the National Hockey League. He rings up points like a supermarket cashier totalling your weekly food shopping spree. He handles fame as well as any 23-year-old athlete I’ve ever seen. And he is a superb salesman for hockey. It was this streak of caring and responsibility that forced him out of the…
NATIONAL LEAGUE SUMMARIES
Mon. Feb. 13 WASHINGTON 4, MINNESOTA 0 LOS ANGELES 3, MONTREAL 5 PITTSBURGH 1, QUEBEC 6 ISLANDERS 1, TORONTO 3 Tue. Feb. 14 MONTREAL 5, HARTFORD 3 LOS ANGELES 4, NEW JERSEY 6 Wed. Feb. 15 BOSTON 4, BUFFALO 7 ST. LOUIS 4, DETROIT 3 WINNIPEG 4, EDMONTON 7 ISLANDERS 2, RANGERS 3 QUEBEC 2, CHICAGO 5 MINNESOTA 3, TORONTO 1 Thu. Feb. 16 PITTSBURGH 3, CALGARY 10 WASH. 4, LOS ANGELES 2 HARTFORD 5, NEW JERSEY 6 ST. LOUIS 2, PHILADELPHIA 5 Fri. Feb. 17 MINNESOTA 4, BUFFALO 5 BOSTON 2, EDMONTON 5 PITTSBURGH 4 at VANCOUVER 1 QUEBEC 6, WINNIPEG 3 Sat. Feb. 18 BOSTON 5, CALGARY 5 CHICAGO 0, DETROIT 6 MONTREAL 3, LOS ANGELES 5 QUEBEC 7, MINNESOTA 2 RANGERS 3, ISLANDERS 4 NEW JERSEY 3, PHILAD. 4 WASHINGTON 4, ST. LOUIS 2 HARTFORD 8. TORONTO 2 Sun. Feb. 19 HARTFORD 2, BUFFALO 5 ST. LOUIS 5, CHICAGO 6 PITTSBURGH 3, EDMONTON 7 ISLANDERS 5, NEW JERSEY…
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