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November 8, 1985
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Mandich Just Happy To Be Playing Again
MINNESOTA NORTH STARS BLOOMINGTON—There was good news and bad news for the Minnesota North Stars. The bad news was that the Stars were under .500 at 3-4-2. The good news was that they were in first place in the Norris Division! But for Dan Mandich, there was only good news. He is healthy and he is playing, and that’s as good as the news could be for the 25-year-old defenseman. Mandich is the Stars’ forgotten man after playing only 10 games in the last year and a half. “Mandich gives us leadership in the dressing room. He’s so enthusiastic and eager.”—Henning He signed with the North Stars as a free agent in 1982 from Ohio State University, where former coach Glen Son-mor used to coach and retained connections. By then, a former youth hockey teammate…
Black Hawks Turn Around Team Fortunes
CHICAGO BLACK HAWKS CHICAGO—The lessons are hard, hut they have to be learned. The Black Hawks seem to be learning and their slow start didn’t seem so slow after winning three times in a four-game stretch. If the lessons are not easy, they are simple. To win games and score goals, it takes hard work plus capable defense and goaltending. The hard work was hammered home in the game they lost during their turnaround—when the Philadelphia Flyers beat them at Chicago Stadium. The Flyers came out checking and never stopped. “They’re the best at it,” said Roger Neilson, the Hawks’ co-coach. “They try to intimidate you with their work ethic, and they’re very good at it.” But the Hawks can do it too, and they showed how after spotting the New Jersey Devils a three-goal lead…
MICRON JUNIOR PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
ONTARIO LEAGUE The Sudbury Wolves knew they had to have Craig Duncanson back this season if they hoped to escape the basement and become a contender. The six-foot, 185-pound left winger returned from the Los Angeles training camp and in his first four games back, he had 11 points. Duncanson was chosen the OHL Player of the Week after scoring eight points in two games as the Wolves began to howl with an imposing 7-2 record and a grip on second place. Duncanson, drafted by the Kings in 1985, had 35 goals last year. WESTERN LEAGUE Goaltender Darryl Gilmour could well be the saviour of the Moose Jaw Warriors who stumbled out of the starting gate with a pathetic 1-7 record. Gilmour held a hot hand, allowing just seven goals in three games for a 2.49…
THIS WEEK…20 Years Ago
Here’s what was happening 20 years ago this week in hockey: • A contingent of Buffalo businessmen, headed by brothers Northup and Seymour Knox III, officially applied for a National Hockey League franchise on behalf of Buffalo. The group was prepared to put up between $3 million and $5 million to operate in the NHL. Here’s what was happening 15 years ago this week in hockey: • Toronto Maple Leaf captain George Armstrong, 40, announced that he was retiring from hockey. This was his fourth such retirement, and there was speculation that he might come back again. • Wayne Maki and a helmeted Ted Green faced each other on the ice for the first time since the infamous stick-swinging incident that almost killed Green in exhibition play in 1969. Although there was some concern…
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