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November 29, 1985
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A Life Taken—What ‘A Terrible, Tragic Waste’
PERHAPS THE REASON why Pelle Lindbergh drove his car too fast also explained why he could make his living letting people shoot pucks at him. But a lot of goalies have spent their lives daring shooters without chronically risking their lives in sports cars. There’s simply no excuse for a life needlessly crushed out at 26. no rationalization for having an extraordinary talent taken from us. The grief has been suffocating. On top of that, the anger has come in waves. As Pelle lay, brain-dead, for two days in a New Jersey hospital, it was us who needed the respirator more than he did. I wished I could reach into the intensive care unit and shake some sense and some life back into him. How could he not realize that someday, on…
Will The NHL Entry Draft Be ‘Joe And Jeff’Show?
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY has been twice blessed. Michigan State will be twice cursed. MSU has become one of the USA’s collegiate hockey powers in part because in the last three years it has been able to recruit the two best freshmen anywhere. Three years ago it was Craig Simpson of London, Ont. And this past summer it was Joe Murphy of North Vancouver, B.C. There is, however, an element of risk involved in lining up players of this calibre. You can’t expect them to stick around for a full four years. Simpson didn’t. After his sophmore year, he was drafted second overall. The Pittsburgh Penguins’money, the lure of the National Hockey League, and the promise of continued education in Pittsburgh drew him out. MSU didn’t miss a beat. Simpson was an AllAmerican, a finalist…
The Flames’Man With The Moustache Bristles At Thought Of Slowing Down
No one would call him Old McDonald. No one would dare. The wrath of Lanny is rarely more in evidence than when the matter of his age comes up. Many things about Lanny McDonald, the Calgary Flames’team captain and team leader, are old style. He is an old-fashioned player with old-fashioned ideas about the game and old-fashioned ways of getting things done. Just don’t apply the word “old” to him in its chronological sense. “People keep talking about my age,” says McDonald, “but 1 feel really good this year. I don’t feel old. I feel young. Playing the game keeps me young. What better way to show that than to go out and prove it 80 times a year and maybe 20 times more in the playoffs. That’s how many you need…
MICRON JUNIOR PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
ONTARIO LEAGUE The Ottawa 67s are struggling with only five wins in their first 17 games but it hasn’t kept John Hanna from pushing his way into a first-place tie in the league’s individual scoring race. Hanna, whose father, John, was a pro hockey player, collected nine points in two games to win selection as the OHL Player of the Week. The 19-year-oid Ottawa right wing has 33 points in 15 games to tie Oshawa’s Scott McCrory for tops in the scoring race. WESTERN LEAGUE The Prince Albert Raiders are rolling along with a full head of steam with a 12-5record. And two of the big reasons for their success has been strong defense and top goaltending from 19-year-old Roydon Gunn. The Raiders’goalie became the first netminder to be chosen WHL Player of the Week this…
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