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March 29, 1985
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Sather Breaks Oiler Tradition And Stands Pat
EDMONTON OILERS EDMONTON—Glen Sather’s decided to dance with the ones that brung him. For the first time since Edmonton entered the National Hockey League in 1979-80, the Oilers’ general manager-coach has allowed the March trading deadline to pass without making a move. Do you remember these? • Desperate for a goaltender in 1980, Sather plucked Ron Low from the Quebec Nordiques for forward Ron Chipperfield. With Low in goal, the Oilers went 8-2-1 in their last 11 games to salvage the final playoff spot at a time when the top 16 teams overall qualified. • In 1981, he sent Pat Price to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Pat Hughes and also picked up defenseman Garry Lariviere from Quebec in a three-way exchange that sent Blair MacDonald to the Vancouver Canucks. Veteran center Garry Unger was also acquired…
ASK THE REFEREE
Q: If a team has pulled its goalkeeper for the extra player and the other team is awarded a penalty shot, would the shot be taken on the empty net. or would the goalie return? Johathan Gall Waterloo, Ont. A: The goalkeeper would be allowed to return, but no warmup or other delay is allowed. The alternate goalie can go in to defend the shot in place of the regular goalkeeper, too. Q: My question is the faceoff. Does the puck have to touch the ice before the player hits it or can he kick it before it hits the ice? If he kicks it in the air is that an illegal faceoff? Dino Makcrostas Weirton. WV A: I have never seen a player kick the puck on a faceoff—if he attempted to or in…
Even When You’re Young Travelling Takes Its Toll
PLANNING A TRIP by bus? Warren Young can give you a timetable without checking Greyhound or Trailways. Birmingham to Indianapolis is nine hours. Nashville to Oklahoma City is a numbing 14 hours. Young has made all these trips. Many times. Now, at 29, the National Hockey League’s oldest rookie is travelling with the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Pens are one of the league’s lowest-level teams, but they still travel by plane. As we have observed, Young is one of the success stories of the NHL this season. The fourth draft choice of the beloved California Golden Seals in 1975, (now you know he is really old!), Young finished college at Michigan Tech, then began a minor league odyssey that took him from Oklahoma City to Baltimore to Nashville to Birmingham, back to Baltimore,…
FIT FOR PERFORMANCE
ECAC RPI won the ECAC championship with one of the best goaltenders in college hockey, Daren Puppa, turning in two outstanding games as he backstopped the Engineers to a 5-1 semifinal win over Cornell and a 3-1 victory in the final game against Harvard to become ECAC Performer of the Week. HOCKEY EAST Goalie Chris Terreri made a total of 75 saves to get the nod as Hockey East Performer of the Week. He sparked Providence College to the Hockey East championship, beating Boston University 5-2 in the semi-finals and then edging Boston College 2-1 in the finals. CCHA Ray Staszak was selected as CCHA Performer of the Week after the Illinois-Chicago forward finished the season as the Association’s Player of the Year, a CCHA All-Star and the leading goal scorer, with 30, of the…
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