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November 9, 1984
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Simmer Move Part Of Sinden’s Shakeup…
BOSTON—It was clear that something was about to happen. “We’re not going to sit around with a horse—team and do nothing.” said Boston Bruins’ general manager Harry Sinden. The last time Sinden said something such as that was on Nov. 6, 1975, and the next day he traded Phil Esposito and Carol Vadnais to the New York Rangers for Brad Park, Jean Ratelle and Joe Zanussi. This time the remedy was not that drastic. On Oct. 23, less than 48 hours after the Bruins had lost their third game in a row on the first long road trip of the 1984-85 season, Sinden dealt his first-round draft choice in 1985 to the Los Angeles Kings for their unhappy left winger, Charlie Simmer, twice a 50-goal scorer. On Oct. 24. he dispatched Luc Dufour from the…
Murray Burns Wicks At The Wrong End
LANDOVER—Bryan Murray pulled into the driveway of his Crofton, MD, home the other day, to be greeted by an excited neighbor. “I hear you punched out a ref,’’ the neighbor said. When Murray expressed disbelief, the neighbor replied, ‘‘Well, everybody at my office was talking about it today.” Murray not only did not punch referee Ron Wicks after his Washington Capitals lost 6-5 to the New York Rangers on Oct. 20, he did not even touch him. However, his actions were sufficient to earn him a gross misconduct penalty—and start a lot of unfounded rumors. ‘It’s just not the individual calls I’m complaining about, just the attitude within the game.’ The defeat was a frustrating one, as Washington saw a 4-1 lead evaporate following a major penalty to Alan Haworth for high sticking Ranger…
It’s Falling Into Place For Peoria
Louisville Hockey Louisville Hockey PEORIA—Coach Pat Kelly says things just “fell into place” for his Peoria Rivermen on the opening weekend of the 1984-85 International Hockey League season. “We had a high level of intensity in training camp.” Kelly explained. Despite the fact he worked his players four hours a day (two, two-hour sessions) for 10 days, Kelly says he got “excellent work from everybody. They all came for practice ready to work, and they worked hard. “When you get things like that in practice, things kind of fall into place.” The Rivermen. playing three games in three nights to kick off the season, picked up five of six points for the best start of the nine teams in the league. Indianapolis, with two wins and a loss, totalled four points, and Kalamazoo and Salt Lake came…
BESTER AND WREGGET
The Leafs have had great goaltending in the past, and hopefully Kenny and I can continue that legacy. I feel confident that we can do that throughout the future for the Leafs. —Allan Bester Right now, being in my first year, my goal is to build a good foundation and be consistent, and work on building confidence for myself, knowing that I can play in the league. I just want to do well this year, and eventually I’d like to see my name on the plaque with guys like Johnny Bower. That would be my ultimate goal.’’ —Ken Wregget “You guys look into a crystal ball and want to know what’s going to happen. Who knows what’s going to happen?” —Leaf coach Dan Maloney Oscar Madison and Felix Unger, move over. Make way for the reaL…
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