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December 14, 1984
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Team Canada Eyes Golden Opportunity
The way coach Terry Simpson and director of player personnel Sherry Bassin see it, the 46 players invited to try out for Canada’s national junior hockey team have a golden opportunity. The unit, including eight U.S. college players, five first-round National Hockey League draft picks and 10 others chosen in the second round last June, will assemble in Belleville on Dec. 10 for a mini-tryout camp to pick the best 20 for the world junior championships. Dec. 23 to Jan. I in Finland. The objective is clear—winning a gold. “I came back from the last year’s tournament impressed by Canada’s hockey players,” said Simpson, who was the assistant to Brian Kilrea on last year’s team, which finished fourth with a 4-2-1 record in Sweden after a devastating opening loss to the Finns. “I…
The Classified
MISCELLANEOUS PLAYERS WANTED Mount Allison University would like good young hockey players who are interested in combining their education with an exciting hockey program. For further information, contact: Jack Drover, Coach, Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick, EOA 3C0. HOCKEY SETS AVAILABLE: Send $1.00 and .50 P&H for hockey price list. 3 Hockey sets, singles in detail and souvenirs of all kinds. 1984 CFL set (110 cards) $17.00. AB D Cards, Dept. HNC-5, 305 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Man., R3B 2B9. EQUIPMENT PORTABLE SKATE SHARPENERS for sale. New 37 lb. portable machines with 1/3 hp motor. Complete with 2 diamond dressers and carrying case for $800. (612)482-8932. PUBLICATIONS HOCKEY NEWS BACK ISSUES from 1957 to 1984. For a complete list, send $2.00 to: ROY McDUFF 373 PLACE D’YOUVILLE SUITE 204 MONTREAL, QUEBEC H2Y 2B7 MERCHANDISE SPORTSWATCH A newsletter that studies trends and provides a different view of…
Leaf Management Says No ‘Untouchables’
TORONTO—The Toronto Maple Leafs have resurrected the old television show. The Untouchables, only now it’s called, No Untouchables. Who are the No Untouchables? All of the Leaf players. For the right price, a National Hockey League general manager can land three-time, 50-plus goal-scorer. Rick Vaive, or veteran defenseman Borje Salming, or Bill Derlago. a 40-goal scorer last season. And these are the more marketable players. It’s possible any of the other Leaf players can be headed elsewhere, if—and it’s a big if—other teams want them. Having gone winless in their last 17 outings, including a week which saw them lose 7-1 to Edmonton, tie the New York Rangers 3-3 and lose 4-1 to them in a rematch the next night, the Leafs appear destined to reach new heights for lowliness. As one player put…
This Record Gretzky Would Like To Forget
EDMONTON—Most hockey fans, it would be safe to assume, would give their eye teeth to walk a mile in Wayne Gretzky’s shoes. Allow them to spend a day in the life of The Great Gretzky and they’ll probably throw in a month’s pay, along with their first male born. But, mention a 24-hour period, Nov. 25-26, and anyone in his right mind would avoid the Edmonton Oilers’ center of National Hockey League attention as if he had been stricken with a highly communicable disease. As it was, Gretzky and a small travelling troupe spent much of the time period journeying from Edmonton to Toronto as if they were quarantined—aboard an Air Canada 767. The 23-year-old had planned to get an early start on a busy day of corporate, charitable and athletic work in Toronto…