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July 1, 1984
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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…
Isles Possess Two Melansons…For Now
LONG ISLAND—Now the Islanders have two Melansons. However, it’s possible that neither will be with the team for the start of the 1984-85 season. On a day when the Isles failed to engineer a trade that presumably involved Roland Melanson, the former Stanley Cup champions drafted another Melanson. “I think we’re distant cousins,” Bruce Melanson said after the Islanders made the 17-year-old right winger their second-round pick in the National Hockey League’s entry draft. “Roland is from Moncton (New Brunswick) and I’m from St. John.” Because the Islanders had the second best record in the NHL last season, they had the next-to-last pick (20th overall) in the first round and used it to draft Duncan MacPherson, an 18-year-old defenseman from the Saskatoon Blades. General manager Bill Torrey sought to acquire the No. 3 pick…
Leafs Go For Defensemen To Build Blueline Battle
TORONTO—When the Maple Leafs open training camp in September, one position which is sure to attract a lot of attention is defense. By selecting defensemen Al lafrate and Todd Gill with their first two picks in the June entry draft, the Leafs added two possible candidates for employment on the blueline. Defense was a sour spot last season, but that doesn’t guarantee jobs for the two newest members of the Leaf fraternity. “I don’t want to make predictions,” said Leaf general manager Gerry McNamara. “Our camp will be interesting this fall, especially on the blueline.” The Leafs entered the draft desperately in need of help in every position but goal, which McNamara felt comfortable about with young goalies Allan Bester and Ken Wreggett and veteran Mike Palmateer. McNamara refused to say which player…
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The International Hockey Weekly Founded in 1947 Published by W.C.C. Publishing Ltd 85 Scarsdale Road, #100, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3B 2R2. Mario’s Power Play WHEN MARIO LEMIEUX, selected No. 1 overall at the 1984 National Hockey League entry draft, stood up in the Montreal Forum on June 9 and waved to his family and friends but refused to go to the Pittsburgh Penguin draft table for the usual handshake and jersey-wearing routine, he made more than a few enemies. In the ensuing days, while Lemieux and his agent, Gus Badali of Toronto, negotiated a contract with Pittsburgh Penguin general manager Eddie Johnston, the media and other hockey people had a field day writing and talking about a player they perceived as petulant, spoiled and, quite possibly, vastly overrated. Perhaps he is all those things. Perhaps is…
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