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October 4, 1985
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Pro Hockey Winning Fight Against Boring Marathons
ALTHOUGH THE National Hockey League’s governors are often far behind the prime movers of other sports, there’s one area where they’ve been leaders. If you’re a fan of the National Football League, you already know that the NFL owners have recently taken steps to speed up the amount of time consumed by a game. However, the NHL governors have been fighting that battle—and winning—for more than a decade now. In football, the amount of time taken to play the game—from the scheduled starting time to the final buzzer—has consistently been exceeding three hours. That’s too long. Hockey people feel that two-and-a-half hours is plenty of time for a hockey game, as long as it ends in regulation time. If the game goes into overtime, fans don’t mind the extra few minutes in…
‘Hound Line’ Bares Teeth During Camp’s Dog Days
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS TORONTO—What has long been feared has finally come to pass—Harold (Dr.) Ballard’s boys of autumn have gone to the dogs. Well, at least they did for the first week of the Toronto Maple Leafs’ training camp. The threesome of Russ Courtnall, Gary Leeman and prized-rookie Wendel Clark was the hit of early workouts at Maple Leaf Gardens. Nicknamed the ‘Hound Line’—all three players once played midget hockey for the famed Notre Dame Hounds in Wilcox. Sask.—the youngsters demonstrated surprising puck control and scoring talents in intra-squad scrimmages. They were sharp enough to outplay the Leafs’ No. 1 unit of Bill Derlago, captain Rick Vaive and newcomer Steve Thomas part of the week. “We’re doing alright,” understated Clark, first overall choice in the 1985 entry draft. “We work quite well together.” Age is definitely on…
Canadiens Expect To Break In Four Rooks
MONTREAL CANADIENS MONTREAL—When Jean Perron first assessed the talent at the Montreal Canadiens’ rookie camp, he felt that maybe three players might be able to help his National Hockey League club. “Now there might be four,” said Perron as the six-day training session ended. “And I would say that we would have three players from this (rookie) camp on the Sherbrooke team that could help us during the regular season.” The Canadiens are in year three of a five-year rebuilding program which began when Serge Savard ascended to the managing director’s job in 1983. Here is a position-by-position rundown of what’s available and an assessment of which rookies might graduate to the NHL. GOALTENDING Incumbents: Steve Penney. Doug Soetaert. Challenger: Patrick Roy. Roy is considered the goaltending star of the future. He’s self-assured, quick on his feet, but…
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