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September 21, 1984
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Beck Has An ‘Itch’ To Start Playing
NEW YORK—“I’m real itchy to get back to work.” The voice on the phone belonged to New York Ranger captain Barry Beck, fresh from what he described as “a rather relaxing summer, much tamer than last year.” That was a reference to the summer of ‘83, when Beck and a friend from Vancouver took a leisurely jaunt across Europe, stopping for five-course lunches, moving on when the spirit moved them, from Spain and Portugal on down to Greece. This July and August, he was in the Big Apple—“not really stuck here; I was here by choice”—attending to business interests, entertaining friends from out of town with “the normal night-clubbing,” and getting back home for a few weeks to visit family and friends. Beck didn’t skate but did do some light weightlifting within the limitations…
Daoust
Hockey players have always been looking for skates that will give them good ankle support. Team owners have been looking for skates that will last at least one complete season. The hockey player wants his skates to be rigid but does not like pressure points. The hockey player wants a skate that will mold his foot, he wants a light skate but a skate that will stand up…he does not like to break in a few pairs per season. What really describes the ideal skate? Ridigity, long lasting, but no pressure point. After testing prototypes with the pros for the last two years and borrowing from the figure skate technology developed by the DAOUST craftsmen, the SUPER 301 was born for the 1983 model year and improved tremendously for 1984. What makes…
Olczyk Sheds A Tear For Chicago
CHICAGO—The photostat copy of Ed Olczyk’s handwritten statement told the emotional side of the story. It was stained with tears of “excitement, joy and happiness.” Like Moscow, Chicago general manager Bob Pulford does not believe in tears. But he’s certain that blood, sweat and goal scorers win hockey games. And when Olczyk, the pride of the Chicago suburb of Palos Heights, signed his first Black Hawk contract at a press conference in Chicago on Aug. 21, Pulford had visions of a future 50-goal scorer dancing in his head. “It is a very proud day for the Black Hawks and also for amateur hockey in Chicago,” said Pulford. “Ed is with the U.S. team preparing for the Canada Cup. I watched him the other night, and it made me pretty proud to know we…
NHL’s Exhibition Schedule
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