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April 20, 1984
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…But Nord Fans Are Savoring It
QUEBEC—hile the three-game sweep by the Nordiques over the Buffalo Sabres may not equal the Montreal sweep over Boston, it was nonetheless satisfying for people around here. Buffalo had home-ice advantage in the first two games, but Quebec escaped with 3-2 and 6-2 wins. The Nords then coasted to a 4-1 triumph in the third game. There were at least two different opinions expressed in the Nords’ dressing room concerning the turning point in this very short series. “The turning point was our win in the first game,” said former Sabre Andre Savard, who, along with Tony McKegney and J.F. Sauve, was part of the deal last summer that sent Real Cloutier and the Nords’ first-round draft choice to Buffalo. “That gave us the confidence we needed and then we had the momentum…
BLUELINES
The training camp for this fall’s Canada Cup will be held in Montreal, despite weeks of effort to have it in Toronto. Hockey Canada and Labatt’s, sponsor of the much-anticipated event, have been lobbying with Maple Leaf owner Harold Ballard in an attempt to have the training camp and a couple of games in Toronto. But Ballard, who has had a running feud with Alan Eagleson, who organizes the affair, remained adamant about keeping the Canada Cup out of his building. The tournament is expected to start in the east and move west with the finals likely slated for Edmonton…The Maple Leafs’ impotent exit from the 1983-84 playoff race saved the National Hockey League more potential embarrassment in the playoffs. In addition to harassing reporters from the Globe and Mail,…
Jeers Turn To Cheers For Whalers’ Millen
In between the boos and the cheers, all Millen did was put together a most valuable player season as voted by his teammates. “Winning solves an awful lot of problems, doesn’t it?” Millen said. Millen who was in net for 51 of the Whalers’ 66 points this year had a GAA of 3.71. “The biggest hurdle that we had to overcome was a lack of character in the dressing room,” Millen said. “I can honestly say that this has become a very close hockey team. That closeness is what pulled us through the tough spots.” Nobody suffered more than Millen a year ago. Fans drove his wife, Ann, from her Civic Center seat in tears one night. “That has got to be the worst,” he said. “I’m paid to take the garbage. She isn’t.” When this…
…While Rangers Lose Big Beck
NEW YORK—Under the best of circumstances, returning to Nassau Coliseum for a fifth and deciding game of their opening-round series with the Stanley Cup champion Islanders was an intimidating proposition for the Rangers. But the task was even more difficult, as Barry Beck, the team’s captain and inspirational leader, was lost with a separated shoulder, which he suffered on the play that lead to the game-winning goal for the Islanders in the fourth game at Madison Square Garden. Islander rookie Pat Flatley checked Beck along the boards and the Ranger captain reinjured the shoulder he damaged three months ago. “Guys will just have to step in and work,” said Ranger defenseman Tom Laidlaw, who had been playing his most steady defensive hockey of the season in the last fortnight. “Especially a guy…
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