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October 12, 1984
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Bobby Hull: Greatest Scorer Ever
FOR ARGUMENT’S SAKE Wayne Gretzky has dominated the goalscoring lists as few players in the 67-year history of the NHL ever have. Most say that he is simply the greatest offensive player the game has ever seen, and they have plenty of evidence to back them up. Yet there are a few cognescenti who claim that Agent 99 is not necessarily the most fantastic scorer ever to lace up a pair of skates. They say that Gretzky plays in an era when goal scoring is inflated and the general quality of the game is not what it once was. But for all their cavilling, they have presented no hard statistics to shore up their argument. There is a way to find out the extent to which a-goal scorer is better than his peers…
Best Advice For Pools: Don’t Get Caught
Our everyday legal codes of conduct insist that we, as human beings, must not murder, steal, make left turns on a red light or organize hockey pools in October. Just ask any cop in the know. He’ll tell you. True, the severity of these crimes differ in terms of punishment. Choosing Wayne Gretzky in your hockey pool is not quite as indictable as going out and wasting your next-door neighbour. In each instant, however, should you be caught, you’ll find your backside in court pretty quickly. “If you kill somebody, you’ll probably get yourself into a little more hot water than if you conduct a hockey pool,” concedes staff sergeant Peter Benge of the Metro Toronto Police Department’s Morality unit. “But, the bottom line is: both are illegal and you will be…
Carpenter Doesn’t Favor Retaining Three Goalies
EAST RUTHERFORD—The first truly difficult decision of Doug Carpenter’s coaching reign in New Jersey is not very far down the road. An overcrowded goaltending situation, complicated by the strong pre-season play of Finnish star Hannu Kamppuri and former Philadelphia property Sam St. Laurent, has the Devils’ rookie coach scratching his head. St. Laurent, a long-shot at breaking camp with the Devils, was selected Most Valuable Player in the team’s intrasquad, round-robin tournament instituted by Carpenter. But St. Laurent is still destined to open the season with Maine of the American League. It is Kamppuri, the 27-year-old international star signed to a multi-year contract on Aug. 1, who has made New Jersey management think again about a possible deal involving Chico Resch or Ron Low. Kampurri played with confidence and flair in the…
Wings High On Houda, But It’s Back To Junior
DETROIT—Two for the price of one. Again? If there was a surprise in training camp for the Red Wings, it was Doug Houda, the second-round draft pick from the Calgary Wranglers. The 6-foot-2, 185-pound defenseman turned heads with his poise, talent and knack for the game. “Everybody looks for different things,” general manager Jimmy Devel-lano said. “I guess, for me, it would be Houda. Obviously, we felt he was a good prospect but based on what he’s shown in camp, he looks like a first-rounder.” Which is what Detroit figured he would be all along but, fortunately for them, wasn’t. “We had him rated in the first round,” Devellano said. “That makes it two years in a row that’s happened to us; that we’ve been able to draft a player we had rated a…
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