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July 1, 1984
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Capitals Have Makings Of Hockey’s Team USA
LANDOVER—A year ago, Washington was the home for the short-lived Team America soccer experiment. Now, it is fast becoming the site for another Team America, hockey variety. The Capitals, who bid for recognition as America’s team three years ago when they drafted Bobby Carpenter, have been adding Americans at a fast rate by trade and draft, overcoming the big edge Minnesota’s general manager Lou Nanne and New York Rangers’ GM Craig Patrick had in that area. America’s best hockey player, Rod Langway, earned his second straight Norris Trophy as the National Hockey League’s top defenseman a couple of weeks ago and the Capitals followed that up by picking another sizable American defenseman, 6-foot-3 Kevin Hatcher, in the first round of the draft. Washington’s second-round pick, right winger Stephen Leach, is another American. They…
FRANK ORR’S HOCKEY VIEWPOINT
Hockey In June A FEW NAMES and notions as the hot weather sets in: • Mario Lemieux is a splendid stand-up comedian, a natural with a dead-pan line. Lemieux could be the best junior player in Canada—it’s difficult to rate Quebec League players to National Hockey League potential—and the Pittsburgh Penguins made him the first pick in this year’s draft. Lemieux’s agent, Gus Badali, was having problems working out a contract and because of that Mario avoided the Pens at the draft and talked about going to Europe or back to junior hockey. Sure, Mario, sure! “I guess the Penguins don’t want me very badly because they haven’t offered me a very good contract,” Lemieux said and the comers of his eyes didn’t crinkle. • Lemieux’s brooding seriousness—did he think he’d be forced to…
FAN FORUM
A JOURNALISTIC DISGRACE So, the Edmonton Oilers won the Stanley Cup. Congratulations to the players, coaches, front office, staff, fans and city. But not to the Edmonton Journal. In what has to be one of the most juvenile moves I’ve seen in the field of journalism, someone from the Edmonton Journal sent a funeral wreath, along with a note, to Sports Illustrated, the magazine that predicted a New York Islander win over the Oilers for the Stanley Cup. Whatever happened to the journalistic ideal that a newspaper and reporter are supposed to remain neutral? Printed in Sports Illustrated’s letter section was a picture of the wreath and the following, addressed to E.M. Swift, the magazine’s hockey writer: “With best wishes for your future hockey predictions.” And it was signed, Edmonton Journal, Edmonton, Alta. Home of…
Three Players Garner Majority Of AHL Awards
Brian Ford of Fredericton, Claude Larose of Sherbrooke and St. Catharines defenseman Garry Lariviere walked off with the majority of the American Hockey League’s post-season awards. Each man, a first team all-star, also picked up two other honors, determined by the voting of the league’s players, coaches and media. The players and media vote for the all-star teams, the Most Valuable Player, Best Defenseman and Rookies of the Year. The coaches vote for the Fred Hunt Trophy, for sportsmanship and dedication to the game, and the new Baz Bastien Trophy, presented to the league’s top goaltender. Ford, who compiled a 2.84 goals-against average in 36 games with the Northern Division-champion Fredericton Express, won the Bastien Trophy, named after the late Pittsburgh Penguin general manager, and the Hap Holmes Trophy, presented annually to…
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