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April 27, 1984
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Sudden Death Leaves The Rangers In Tears
NEW YORK—The Rangers climbed the mountain and when they reached the top, Ken Morrow stepped on their collective hands and sent them into the abyss for their 44th straight spring without a Stanley Cup. Half an hour after Morrow’s overtime goal gave the Islanders a 3-2 overtime win in the game and a 3-2 victory in the five-game Patrick Division semi-final, the Rangers sat in the visitors’ dressing room at Nassau Coliseum as devastated a group of athletes as has ever been found. The line of Kent-Erik Andersson, Mike Allison and Don Maloney, still in their sweat-soaked uniforms, huddled together in one comer talking quietly among themselves, their vulnerability as striking as the strength they had displayed in previous hours. It was Maloney’s controversial goal—there was some doubt whether he bunted in the…
Kings May Go Picking Berry For A Coach
LOS ANGELES—Anybody out there interested in coaching the Kings? Job security isn’t the greatest, but the weather’s nice. General manager Rogie Vachon should have no problem lining up prospective candidates. Hey, this is one club that has the procedure down pat. The Kings have signed up 12 of them in 17 years. They might be wise to look up the word stability in the dictionary, though, considering none of the last four—Parker MacDonald, Don Perry, Vachon and Roger Neilson—managed to put two whole seasons together. “There are a lot of guys who would like to come out here,” Vachon said. Vachon may be hard-pressed to find someone better equipped than the guy who just left town—Neilson—but there is a fellow up in Montreal who didn’t fare too badly during his three-year stay in California. His name…
ON THE CONTRARY
The Classic Game IF THERE WAS a more exciting game than the final playoff match between the Islanders and Rangers it must be nestled in some dust-covered script room at 20th Century Fox. Precisely how 15,850 spectators resisted a collective coronary as the Broadway dudes clawed from behind in the final seconds and the men from Nassau triumphed in sudden-death will remain one of the singular mysteries of medical sciences. That one contest on April 10, 1984 should have a special section created for it in the National Hockey League record book under the heading. Game Neither Team Should Be Permitted To Lose, or, More Thrills In One Period Than The Toronto Maple Leafs’ Season. Whatever the category, this game was the 1984 NHL highlight film—and then some. Respected critics, whose world embraces football,…
Fort Wayne Steals Away IHL Spotlight
FORT WAYNE—The Komets capped their most successful season ever by grabbing the major honors in the International Hockey League. The Komets, who set a team record with 52 wins and 112 points, had the league’s scoring champion, top goal scorer and leading goalie. The Komets also set a team record with 22 road victories and were the only team in the league with a road record over.500, finishing 22-18-1. Their 30-5-6 home record was also a record. Wally Schreiber, who is through for the year with a broken leg which he suffered the final week of the season, led the IHL in scoring with 113 points. Schreiber had 47 goals and 66 assists, an increase of 56 points over his total last season. The Komets Rob Motz led the league with 56 goals…
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