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April 20, 1984
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MICRON JUNIOR PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
ONTARIO LEAGUE Kitchener Rangers lost center John Tucker to the Buffalo Sabres, but another center, Scott Kerr, is picking up the slack. Kerr, whose eight points in two games earned him Ontario Hockey League player-of-the-week honors, wats instrumental in the Rangers sweeping London in four games to advance to the Emms Division final. The 5-foot-8, 165-pound Kerr is 20 years old but remarkably is only playing in his first season after Kitchener signed him as a free agent from Streets-ville Derbys. WESTERN LEAGUE Dale Derkatch is a name which is always prefaced by the word “little.” But while he’s only 5-foot-5, 140 pounds, Derkatch is a consistent offensive dynamo. Derkatch, a 19-year-old center, scored six goals and 11 assists in five playoffs games and was selected as the Western League player of the week. A seventh-round draft…
Coffey Isn’t Everybody’s Cup Of Tea
It is a measure of Rod Langway’s modesty—or sense of discretion—that when asked whether he or Paul Coffey deserves the Norris Trophy, the Washington Capitals’ captain points to Northlands Coliseum. “I’d give it to Coffey,” says Langway. No way, say a number of other hockey experts who argue that Langway deserves the Norris. In a random poll conducted by THE HOCKEY NEWS, a significant majority favor Langway as the NHL’s best defenseman, but a few counter that the trophy belongs to Coffey. The arithmetic favors the Oiler defenseman. During the 1983-84 season, Coffey’s pyrotechnics on the Oiler defense caused several computers to get the shakes in a desperate effort to enumerate his numbers. After 80 games, Coffey zinged 40 goals, 86 assists for 126 points, while accompanying Wayne Gretzky’s fraternity boys to first place. By contrast,…
Chrysler Rookie Award
When the Calder Trophy votes are counted, St. Louis Blue center Doug Gilmour isn’t likely to be No. 1 on anybody’s list, but he’s still one of the bright young rookie stars in the league this season. The 20-year-old Kingston, Ont., native, a Cornwall Royal graduate, played a big part in the Blues drive to make the playoffs, scoring 25 goals and 28 assists in 80 games. But more importantly, he was the Blues’ key defensive center, playing against the opposition’s top line. And he was a big reason St. Louis beat Detroit in the playoffs, scoring once and adding six assists.…
Flames Are Readv For Second Uncivil War
CALGARY—In the last few weeks of the regular season, the Flames made it a perfect season. Their 9-2 loss to Edmonton Oilers made certain it ended the way it began—with a loss. Altogether, they played the Oilers eight times and eight times they came away without a win. Now that happened to other teams too, but here, what happened to others didn’t mean a whole lot. Most people think that games between Calgary and 19 other National Hockey League teams provide a footnote to what happens between the Flames and the Oilers. This rivalry is serious business. Even the most popular player in the league, Wayne Gretzky, gets booed here. When Calgary eliminated the Vancouver Canucks—setting up a reprise of last year’s Uncivil War between the two provincial rivals—no one cried. No one panicked. This,…
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