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August 23, 1985
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Paying Last Respects To Another Gallic Great
It was just more than a year ago on a warm July day in the lobby of the Westin Hotel in Toronto. A press conference to introduce Team Canada ’84, which would go on to win the Canada Cup, had just broken up and the players and media were mingling, exchanging pleasantries about the weather and their golf games. An elevator door opened and out walked Ghyslain Luneau, the diminutive hockey writer for the Journal de Montreal, North America’s largest French-language daily newspaper. He was carrying a golf bag almost as big as himself. That was no surprise. Most hockey writers, like most hockey players, like nothing better than getting out to play some golf in the offseason. Ghyslain was no exception. What was surprising, though, was the expression on his face. He…
Coaching Job Homecoming For Holmgren
Louisville Hockey Louisville Hockey PHILADELPHIA FLYERS PHILADELPHIA—It didn’t matter what color jersey Paul Holmgren draped over his battered shoulders—hockey fans in Philly knew he had a Flyers’ logo etched on his heart. And now, after a short absence in which he finished out his career with the Minnesota North Stars, Holmgren has returned to the Spectrum. The Flyers heralded that return in mid-July when they announced that Holmgren had joined the club as an assistant coach. Holmgren joins E.J. McGuire on coach Mike Keenan’s staff in place of Ted Sator, who left the organization to become head coach of the New York Rangers. Up until a week before he signed with the Flyers, Holmgren was clutching onto fading hopes that he could try to play another season for the North Stars. However, the doctors finally convinced…
Collegiate Ace To Join U.S. Hall Of Fame
HOCKEY NOTEBOOK The United States Hockey Hall of Fame is opening its doors to three new members—among them a man who once scored 23 points in one game. Dartmouth great Dick Rondeau, longtime minor leaguer Bob Blake and Hal Trumble, president of the Amateur Hockey Association of the United States, are tentatively scheduled for enshrinement Oct. 5 at the Hall in Eveleth, Minn. Rondeau scored 12 goals and 11 assists in one game against Middlebury during the 1943-44 season. That 23-point outburst is believed to be an all-time record. He led the nation in college scoring in 1941-42 with 45 goals and 32 assists. Blake, a swift skater, played a total of 16 professional seasons—seven of them on championship teams, including the 1942-43 Buffalo Bisons which he captained. Trumble has guided AHAUS through a tremendous…
Milbury Will Be Prepared Just In Case He’s Needed
BOSTON BRUINS BOSTON—“I’m confident I could play again,” said Mike Milbury, the newly-named assistant coach of the Boston jBruins. “But I made the choice to pursue a different career and I’m tickled at the thought of it.” Milbury was the big surprise in the Bruins’ coaching shuffle in early May that saw Butch Goring promoted from player to coach and Jean Ratelle dropped from assistant coach to the new post of scouting and working with the local colleges. Just more than a month before the opening of training camp, Milbury’s role as a coach is still not clearly defined. “It’s not my desire necessarily to coach from behind the bench.” he said. “Butch and I have talked about that. I’d like to move around the building to different vantage points when watching the game. “I…
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