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September 13, 1985
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Sittler’s Dignity, Devotion Marked Honorable Career
TODAY’S NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE is younger and faster. Also, poorer. Within the last 15 months, the game has lost Bobby Clarke, Brad Park, Bill Barber, Guy Lafleur, Terry O’Reilly, Anders Hedberg and now Darryl Sittler. Knees went, desire ebbed, money was better spent on 21-year-olds. A new class of superstars is already in place; rebuilding teams and replacing talent is a matter of course. One only hopes that class, too, can be recycled. They were all very special people. The Hockey Hall of Fame eventually will make room for just about all of them on their individual accomplishments alone. But they were also key figures through a period when the game underwent dramatic change and growth. Clarke and Barber were driving forces behind two Philadelphia Flyers’ Stanley Cup drives, championships that gave the…
Star Makes Impact On The Richter Scale
MINNESOTA NORTH STARS BLOOMINGTON—Paul Holmgren is gone, landing in Philadelphia as assistant coach after having failed the Minnesota North Stars’ physical. But Dave Richter is back, with a new contract and renewed enthusiasm about the new season and the North Stars. Holmgren was a larger-than-life right winger throughout his career, someone who meant a lot to his team on the ice, but even more to it with his forceful team concept on the bench and in the dressing room. Richter is a giant of a defenseman who might be able to offer some of the same necessary forcefulness this year. But he refutes any comparison with Holmgren. “Nobody can do what Homer did.” said Richter. “But I’ll do what I can in my own way. I think I can contribute more than I did last…
RIEDELL
Although most of the skating world recognizes Riedell Shoes as the leader in figure skating boots, the past three years have awakened the world to their great ability to produce hockey skates. For three years, a constant devotion to research and development has brought Riedell into the limelight of the hockey world with not only amateurs, but professionals as well. The product is worthy of any high school, college and pro hockey player and performs and outlasts any other brand on the market. For the young hockey players and high school players, this means value because it offers performance, durability and comfort at a cost considerably lower than most on the market. Riedell’s theory for success is building a skate to the skaters criteria. To achieve this, a constant line of…
‘Man Of Steel’ Looks Forward To Challenge
Only time will tell if Ray Staszak, the 22-year-old who received a contract worth in excess of $1.3 million (for five years) from the Detroit Red Wings, has what it takes to play in the National Hockey League. Obviously, Red Wing owner Mike Ilitch, whose forte is pizza, not pucks, and general manager Jimmy Devellano are banking that the University of Illinois-Chicago grad, who didn’t even start skating until the age of 13, has the required and desired goods. Which is why Staszak has become the highest-paid rookie in the history of the NHL. And which is why, the story goes, 20 NHL general managers bid on his services. I’ve never even seen Ray Staszak play hockey, save for a few minutes one day in late August in Waterloo, Ont., where he was…
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