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March 8, 1985
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Aren’t Agents A Swell Bunch Of Guys?
Player agents and reporters tend to get along rather well in this business of hockey and, of course, there’s a very simple explanation. No one likes them. Nothing like sharing a common bond, as one reporter once pointed out to an agent while at a hockey banquet. “You know,” the reporter said to the agent, “I like sitting beside you at a function like this.” “Oh, why’s that,” replied the agent. “Because you’re probably the only person here who is more disliked than I am.” The reason for making note of the subtleties of the agent-reporter relationship is due to the fact that next week’s issue of THE HOCKEY NEWS will include a section on career counselling. One part of it will deal with the established National Hockey League players’ growing concern about what they will do…
Cheevers Sets Record Straight On Firing
BOSTON BRUINS BOSTON—Gerry Cheevers wanted to set the record straight. He did not resign as the coach of the struggling Boston Bruins. He did not step down. He was fired. “There was some speculation that I resigned,” he told an informal news conference at the Boston Garden six days after he was replaced by general manager Harry Sinden. “That’s quite untrue. “In a couple of my conversations with Harry, I said, ‘Harry, I’m not going to resign. But you’re a sharp general manager and you’ve got to do something to straighten this team, and if that involves changing coaches then I feel you should do it.’ “I don’t believe that’s an offer to resign.” Earlier, Gary Doak, who quit as assistant coach along with Cheevers, told the Salem Evening News that some Bruin players, whom he…
Change Of Scenery Suits Lemieux
QUEBEC NORDIQUES QUEBEC CITY—Alain Lemieux has lived in the shadow of his younger brother. Mario, the last three years, but now he’s getting a chance with the Quebec Nordiques to show that he also belongs in the National Hockey League. Quebec coach Michel Bergeron wasted little time in showing Lemieux that he would gets lots of ice time with the Nordiques. In his first game since he was acquired from St. Louis in late January, Lemieux was used on the power play and at center, too. Within a few days Bergeron had the four-year NHL veteran playing regularly at right wing to fill a void caused by the inconsistency of Marian Stastny and an injury to Wilf Paiement. “After a few games with Quebec things fell into place for me and it has…
THIS WEEK… 20 Years Ago
Here’s what was happening 20 years ago this week in hockey: • National Hockey League president Clarence Campbell fined Orland Kurtenbach and Doug Mohns $200 apiece for a stick-swinging incident. Campbell issued a warning that such duels must end, adding, “I hope we’re not going to get an epidemic.” However, most observers felt that Campbell should have been much more severe and fined both players $1,000 plus a suspension. Here’s what was happening 15 years ago this week in hockey: • Chicago forward Bobby Hull became only the third player in NHL history to surpass the 500-goal total. Hull joined Maurice Richard and Gordie Howe in this select group in only 13 seasons. • Los Angeles traded away six players in exchange for six others in a major housecleaning. Among those acquired by the…
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