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October 5, 1984
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New Season Produces Coaching Changes
TORONTO—A new National Hockey League season invariably brings about changes and the coaching profession is not exempt. No less than six NHL teams have new men behind their benches for the 1984-85 opener Oct. 11 and, based on the adage that coaches are hired to be fired, it’s quite possible there may be more changes before the 840-game schedule terminates next spring. Four of the five teams that missed the NHL playoffs last season—Pittsburgh, New Jersey, Los Angeles and Toronto—fired their coaches and replaced them with new ones. The other two changes took place in Philadelphia and Vancouver. The Penguins, who finished last overall for the second year in a row, replaced first-year man Lou Angotti with Bob Berry, who had been fired by the Montreal Canadiens toward the end of the season. New…
Simmer Decides To Go AWOL With Kings
LOS ANGELES—All-star left winger Charlie Simmer is still waiting for the Kings to trade him and will not report to training camp. While 51 other players were beating the Sept. 17 midnight deadline for checking in at Victoria, B.C., Simmer was sitting back in Los Angeles with his family. Forward Anders Hakansson didn’t make it, either, but he was playing for Team Sweden in the Canada Cup and arrived after that series ended. “It’s very tough right now,” said the 30-year-old Simmer, an integral member of the Triple Crown Line with Marcel Dionne and Dave Taylor. He led the Kings with 44 goals last season, finished with 92 points and was voted the team’s Most Valuable Player. “I feel like a kid skipping school on the first day,” Simmer added, “but it’s something we…
Top Spot In 1985 Entry Draft Up For Grabs
There will be no Mario Lemieux or Brian Bellows Derby this year. The early line on the 1985 National Hockey League entry draft is that there is no clearcut favorite to succeed Lemieux as the No. 1 pick overall. Last year at this time, it was fairly obvious Lemieux would be the top pick. The question was who would get him. Two years ago, Pat LaFontaine was the pre season favorite to go No. 1, but he was later nosed out by Brian Lawton and Sylvain Turgeon, whose stock rose as the season progressed. The same thing happened to Bellows. Everyone wanted him, but at draft time, Boston accepted a package of players from Minnesota to take Gord Kluzak instead. There is no player who elicits that kind of frantic dealing and drooling in this…
The 1984 NHL Trivia Quiz: Is It Billy Idol Or Pal Hal?
WELCOME TO THE 1984 National Hockey League trivia quiz. The answers are mostly multiple choice to make the whole thing nice and easy. • The NHL is considering awarding yet another trophy, to be sponsored by a beer company. Will that company be: (a) Anheuser-Busch (b) Molson (c) Stroh’s (d) Carling-O’Keefe? The answer is (c). A better question is: What will (a), (b) and (d), all of whom own at least part of an NHL team, think about this plan? • On those rare occasions when the Toronto Maple Leafs lose a game, is it the fault of (a) the players (b) the media (c) the officials (d) the opposition (e) the schedule (f) injuries (g) marauding Visigoths? We prefer (g) because it shows the kind of creative thinking that the Leaf management often…
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