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December 21, 1984
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Zezel Returns To Lineup In Scoring Form
PHILADELPHIA—If it was a dream, Peter Zezel didn’t want to be awakened. Here he was, a 19-year-old rookie, playing center for the Philadelphia Flyers as if he was the pre-ordained answer to Bobby Clarke’s absence. He had the whole world in his hand—and then his hand broke. He suffered the broken hand when he ran into a teammate in practice early in November. At the time, just a dozen games into the season, he had already established himself as the club’s best playmaker with three goals and 10 assists. But when his seemingly minor injury was diagnosed as a break, Zezel began to worry if the dream was over. “Everybody was saying I was having such a great start and all,” said Zezel, “things were really going good. Then, the injury. Yes, I worried…
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Hartford Ain’t So Hopeless Any More
The gap between the Hartford Whalers of today and the Whalers of yesterday is widening, and the players love it. So does Emile Francis, the team’s 58-year-old president and general manager, who vows that his primary goal is “to bring the Stanley Cup to Hartford before I’m through.” When Francis came to town in May of 1982, he found a team and an organization badly in need of revision. He still has his work cut out for him if his team is to come within reach of the “Holy Grail,” a term he uses to describe the coveted cup—a prize he says is “what it’s all about.” First, of course, the Whalers must make the playoffs. Considering that 16 of 21 NHL teams qualify each year, the playoffs are hardly an exclusive club.…
Krushelnyski Solves The Riddle Of Oilers
EDMONTON—The endorsement came early from Wayne Gretzky—the royal stamp of approval that left absolutely no doubt in the E. F. Hutton-like opinion of number 99. No sittin’ on the fence for this young fella… ‘‘No question,” deadpanned Gretzky, throwing his whole-hearted support behind left-wing candidate Mike Krushel-nyski’s season, although it was less than three weeks old. In Krushelnyski, Gretzky saw a 6-foot-2, 200-pound answer to the left-wing puzzle the Edmonton Oilers haven’t been able to solve since The Great One was in diapers…well, at least able to vote. “This is the first time in six years here there hasn’t been talk of finding a left winger for our line,” said Gretzky, whose right side has been more than capably handled by Finnish sidekick, Jan Kurri. “Mike has been doing just a tremendous job.” Certainly based…
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