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August 31, 1984
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Lambert Inherits Creamer’s Job
VERDUN—Verdun Junior Canadiens are going all out to win the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League championship this season, according to general manager Eric Taylor. Leading the charge will be former Montreal Canadien left winger Yvon Lambert, who was selected to coach the club recently by general manager Serge Savard of the parent Montreal Canadiens. “I’m always happy if I can give a job to a former teammate, especially if he played for the Canadiens,” said Savard, a close friend of Lambert. “But the main thing for me was to get the quality man for the job. He understands the game very well and he’ll be a good discipline man.” Phil Myre, a 15-year pro goaltender, Hartford Whaler scout Flo Potvin and Leo Bedard, coach of the triple A midget powerhouse Lac St. Louis…
TEAM USA ’84
TOM BARRASSO, Buffalo Sabres—Barrasso, 19, moved directly from high school in Massachusetts to the National Hockey League last season and had an outstanding rookie year with the Sabres. Won the Vezina Trophy as the top goalie, the Calder Trophy as the top rookie, and garnered first-team all-star status. Considered an exceptionally-talented player, and is often compared to former Montreal great Ken Dryden. MARC BEHREND, Winnipeg Jets—Drafted by the Jets in the fifth round in 1981, Behrend, 24, played for the U.S. Olympic Team last season and joined Winnipeg immediately after. Had a good playoff series aga: nst Edmonton, particularly in the second game of the three-game series, when he faced over 50 shots. Has good size (6-foot-1) and a promising future. Will come to the Jets’ camp as the No. 1…
Anderson Doesn’t Want A Long-Term Marriage
EDMONTON—Glenn Anderson, his amateur status temporarily restored, is once again prepared for another crack at the Russians. Again for no money. After that? Who knows? But wherever Anderson will wind up in 1984-85, you can bet there’ll be money involved. Plenty of it. The Edmonton Oilers’ winger, whose Vancouver-based agent. Ron Perrick, is involved in a contract dispute with general manager and coach Glen Sather, will not allow his unsigned status to affect his participation in the Canada Cup tournament. Even if it means he must peform for renumeration amounting to the hole in the donut. The 23-year-old free-agent’s entire Canada Cup stipend of $4,000 has been channeled to Lloyds of London for dis-ability insurance as a guard against injury. Anderson dealt through special risk underwriter William Sutton, a Lloyds of London correspondent out of…
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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. The Uncivil War THE 1980s HAVE, for the most part, been years of prosperity for the National Hockey League. True, only about one-third of the 21 NHL teams make a significant profit each year. And another third hover just barely above or below the break-even point. And the final third lose money on a consistent basis. So perhaps prosperity isn’t the right word to describe the NHL. Maybe stability or serenity fit a little better. The NHL seems relatively stable insofar as franchises are concerned. Despite the presence of some continuous money-losers, there haven’t been the same number of relocations and club deaths as there were in the 1970s. After years of runaway inflation, players’ salaries…
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