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January 24, 1986
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It’s Time To Stop Hurting The Young Hockey Players
JUST DAYS AFTER his 20th birthday, a defenseman named Sylvain Cote was back in the National Hockey League. He rejoined the Hartford Whalers after being loaned to Team Canada for the World Junior Championships. And he wondered what was to become of himself. He was Canada’s best player in the tournament. No less of an expert than coach Terry Simpson said so, and the International Ice Hockey Federation named him to the first all-star team. But now Cote is caught in a maze of rules and regulations the NHL has adopted to deal with underaged draft picks. Cote was the Whalers’ first draft pick in June of 1984 and he took something of a regular shift in his first NHL season. In his second season, while still eligible for junior play, he had dressed…
Flickering Flames Finally Record Triumph
CALGARY—The complete and utterly unexpected collapse of the Calgary Flames was beginning to take on history-making and career-destroying proportions. By dropping a 9-1 decision to Hartford Whalers on Jan. 7, their 11 th consecutive defeat, the Flames carved an unwelcome niche for themselves in the National Hockey League record book. Eleven losses in a row gave them a share of the eighth longest losing streak ever. Washington Capitals once lost 17 in a row. Philadelphia Quakers once lost 15. Two teams lost 14 in a row and three lost 12 straight. Then comes Calgary Flames. 1985-86. Only a victory over Vancouver Canucks in overtime on Jan. 9 spared Calgary the indignity of becoming the fourth team in NHL history to lose 12 consecutive contests. And that one win in a row was a struggle,…
QUAKER STATE ROOKIE PROFILES
Before you go thinking that the folks from Viking, Alta., have produced another puck prodigy, check the spelling. The name is Suter, not Sutter. But to look at the play of 22-year-old Gary Suter, the Calgary Flames probably couldn’t care less how he spells his name. Because the rookie defenseman, who so impressed the Flames at last year’s World Championships where he play-, ed for Team USA, has continued to do the same in the NHL. The 6-foot, 190-pound rearguard has relied on speedy skating and his ability to clear the puck to earn a place on the Calgary blue line. Although he is a defenseman, Suter has been among the leading rookie scorers this season, and a significant contributor on Calgary’s power play. Suter, a native of Madison, Wisc., was Calgary’s 10th draft…
Habs’ Kurvers Shows Signs Of Improvement
MONTREAL—There’s no place like home at Christmas. Tom Kurvers did not totally enjoy the first half of this 1985-86 National Hockey League. There were a few nights when he didn’t play well, there were some when he did not play a lot and there were others when he didn’t play at all. As a result, there were snide remarks being made here and there about a sophomore jinx and questions on whether Kurvers really was as good as his 45-point season of last year suggested. There were times that Kurvers, too, seemed to be having doubts about his own ability to play in the NHL. “I can’t make that headman pass the way I was last year,” he told a friend. “It’s not that you can’t make it,” was the reply. “It’s just that you’re…
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