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October 26, 1984
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You’d Smile Too If You Had Mason’s Team
EAST LANSING—You’ll have to excuse Ron Mason if he just can’t seem to vipe the smile off his face these days. You see. Mason is head hockey coach at Michigan State University here, and he’s about to delve into season No. 7 at MSU with as awesome a collection of collegiate hockey talent as any coach has a right to claim. Deep is the best word to describe this season’s Spartans. No, make that very deep. Enormously deep. Check just about any poll these days. Michigan State is ranked in the top five everywhere, ranked as the top team in most polls. The Central Collegiate Hockey Association coaches’ poll rates MSU tops, as do two different HOCKEY NEWS polls. Even newspapers and radio stations associated more with the rival Western Collegiate Hockey Association list…
Riggin Puts Troubles Behind Him
LANDOVER—Pat Riggin was voted the Washington Capitals’ most popular player by the team’s fans last season. Riggin also was beloved by his teammates, while management found itself in something of an adversary position. If that seems a bit odd, considering Riggin’s eventual status as the National Hockey League’s No. 1 goalie and a second-team all-star, well, it was a strange season. In early January, Riggin carried a 0-91 record to Hershey, where he had finally consented after a couple of rejections to toil in the minor leagues for two weeks. Four days after his return, Al Jensen injured his back lifting weights and Riggin was thrown into a play-everyday situation. He started 17 straight games, went 13 without a loss, recorded three straight shutouts on the road and set a club record…
It’s A Happy Howl Up In Sudbury
Louisville Hockey SUDBURY—The Ontario Hockey League may be going through a changing of the guard this season. Or do the standings lie? What were league champion Kitchener Rangers, who set league records last season with a 25-game winning streak, 52 wins and 106 points, doing on the bottom of the pack with a 1-4 record after five games? What’s happened in Ottawa to the 67s, who started the season with a 1-3-1 record under new coach Cliff Stewart after five straight seasons with more than 40 wins, capped by the Memorial Cup victory last May under Brian Kilrea? Obviously, time is the only measuring stick. But for now, the traditional doormats, Sudbury Wolves, were off and howling with a 4-1-1 record as they try to restore hockey credibility in their northern city under new coach Andy…
TRIVIA
1. Who won the Lady Byng Trophy despite being traded during the season? 2. Name an original Vancouver Canuck who was bom in Denmark? 3. Name the last team to have the NHL scoring champ and penalty-minute leader in the same season? 4. Which current NHL coach was once a hotel operator in Shawville. 5. With which NHL team did Bernie Parent debut? 6. What is the only individual NHL award never won by a Montreal Canadien? 7. What Chicago Cubs player was once offered a tryout by the Pittsburgh Penguins? 8. Name the last Montreal Canadien to win the Lady Byng Trophy? 9. What is the fewest number of assists recorded by an NHL scoring champ? 10. Who was the first NHL scoring champion to register 50 goals? Answers in next week’s issue. Last Week’s Trivia Answers 1, Tony Esposito. 2.…
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