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September 28, 1984
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New Faces Change Look Of Molson Cup
TORONTO—What do Wayne Gretzky and Rick Vaive have in common? Well, they don’t play the same position, they don’t play for the same team and Gretzky shoots left while Vaive shoots right. About the only thing they share is the honor of being defending Molson Cup champions in their respective National Hockey League cities. Gretzky continued to move towards a new Molson Cup record by winning his fifth successive award in the Edmonton segment voting, and Vaive dominated the Toronto voting for the third straight year, but that’s as far as it went for defending champions. Four new winners finished on top in the six-city voting. Gone were the Guy Lafleurs, Borje Salmings, Richard Brodeurs and other perennial past winners of the Molson Cup. Most had faded into the background of the…
Playoffs Swell Cap Season Tickets
LANDOVER—A year ago, the Washington Capitals enjoyed the most successful on-ice season in the 10-year history of the franchise, yet attendance dropped more than 30,000. There were extenuating circumstances, such as the success of the Baltimore Orioles and Washington Redskins, and the misleading “Save the Caps” crowd figures of 1982-83, yet team officials were deeply disappointed. Accordingly, the Capitals’ marketing department is in the midst of a major push to try to lift the club’s season-ticket sales above the 6,000 mark. While that figure might seem small in comparison to Toronto or Edmonton, it would represent the second-highest total in Washington’s hockey history. There were 6,800 season tickets sold for the Capitals’ first season in 1974-75, but an 8-67-5 record quickly encouraged cancellations. Last year the Capitals hit 5,000, and with normal…
SLAPSHOTS
SABRES MAKE CHANGES BUFFALO—The Buffalo Sabres have made some changes, both at the top and in the minors. Sabre general manager-coach Scott Bowman announced on Sept. 17 that Joe Crozier, the coach of the Sabres’ minor-league affiliate in Rochester and formerly head coach of the Sabres, has been promoted to associate coach. Veteran Sabre Craig Ramsay will also assist Bowman, but he’ll continue to play and close in on the milestone of 1,000 games played in the National Hockey League. Jim Schoenfeld, a longtime Sabre player and captain, will replace Crozier as coach of the Amerks. Schoenfeld, who closed out his NHL career with the Boston Bruins last season, will be assisted by John Van Boxmeer, another former Sabre who played with the Quebec Nordiques in 1983-84. The decision to appoint Crozier and Ramsay…
PROFIT
—”The most significant piece of equipment since Jacques Plante’s goal mask.” That is the opinion of Ron Chalmers, who used one of the early ptotypes of the Pro-Fit Sock. Chalmers, a former vice-president of the CAHA, served three years a president of the MAHA and has been a goalie for close to thirty years. In a letter of assessment, Chalmers made the following observations: “I used the prototype of an badly cracked stick which I was about to discard. The stick lasted in practice for the balance of the season (approximately four months) without further damage. “I found that the stick was just as lively as it was before installation. Control of rebounds and direction was not hampered by means of the The slight, additional weights of the sleeve during practice helped to build the…
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