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March 9, 1984
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Murdoch To Look For Magic In Montana
GLENS FALLS—Don Murdoch’s comeback bid with the Adirondack Red Wings came to an end on Feb. 17 when he was reassigned by the parent Detroit Red Wings to the Montana Magic of the Central Hockey League. Murdoch, 27, was part of a deal involving two players under contract to Detroit. He was assigned to the Magic and defenseman John Beukeboom, who was loaned to the Magic during training camp, was returned to Adirondack, the team he spent his first two pro seasons with. The move was a bit surprising because Murdoch was the leading goal-scorer and the third leading scorer on the Adirondck team with 26 goals and 46 points in 59 games. But he’d been benched in the three games before the trade, apparently over coach Bill Dineen’s dissatisfaction with his…
Boldirev Answers Wings’ Prayers
DETROIT—It was the stuff of dreams. Every time Ivan Boldirev touched the puck, something happened. A goal and an assist one night…two assists a couple of nights later…and then the game to top it all off. Boldirev scored the first three goals and set up the next three—a six-point game—as the Detroit Red Wings knocked off the Maple Leafs 6-2 in Toronto. It couldn’t have come at a better time for the Wings, who haven’t fared well in the so-called big games this season, especially against the Maple Leafs. But Boldirev changed all that. “It was just one of those nights,” Boldirev said. “I came into the dressing room after the second period and I wasn’t even tired. It was like, ‘Holy cow, let’s go some more.’ “I was getting the puck a lot…
Lever Back Home From Olympics Proud As Ever To Be A Canadian
Louisville Hockey TORONTO—Jim Lever was never more proud to be a Canadian than for the two weeks he spent in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. * The veteran Ontario Hockey League referee worked the recent Olympic Games and he said the conduct of the Canadian team was exemplary. “We’ve seen some bad acts in the past, but these guys were very classy,” Lever said upon his return. “People were talking about that everywhere I went, whe biggest thing was the referees were talking about it. They couldn’t believe our players.” Team Canada included two OHL players, Kirk Muller of the Guelph Platers and Dave Gagner of the Brantford Alexanders. “They should be proud of themselves,” Lever said. “They represented their country well.” Lever can be proud of his accomplishment, too. He’s just the third Ontario official to work…
HOCKEY VIEWPOINT
Bad Old NHL TO THOSE WHO had not spent a large amount of time close to the logic by which the Olympic Games are conducted, the entire scenario seemed a trifle silly. The matter of when a pro is a pro and what is an amateur has been haggled over for years but this time the International Olympic Committee made a ruling on the matter. The night before the hockey teams of Canada and the U.S. met in the opening game of the Olympic tournament in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, it was decreed by the IOC that Mark Morrison and Don Dietrich of the Canadian team were not eligible for the Games. Their transgression was playing at least one game in the National Hockey League. At least, that was the rule the IOC produced. Play…
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