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February 7, 1986
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Friday Every Day With AHL Wings
GLENS FALLS—It’s been a season of contradictions for Tim Friday. The former Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute defenseman wasn’t supposed to make the Detroit Red Wings during training camp. Not only did he earn a spot, he was often cited as the team’s best defenseman during the early weeks of the season. Observers said it was a fluke that he stuck with Detroit and that he would quickly find himself playing with Adirondack in the American League. But it took nearly half the season, a number of injuries and the general chaos surrounding the inept Detroit Red Wings to dislodge him. Like most other players sent down to Adirondack, it was thought it would take him a while to adjust and get over the disappointment of being sent to the minors. Yet, he handled that assigment effortlessly. With his…
CORRECTION
A story in the Jan. 10, 1986 issue of THE HOCKEY NEWS mistakenly lists Hartford Whalers’ attendance as 100,146 after their first 10 home games of the season. That figure should have read 124,032, which represents an increase of 7,352, not a decrease of 16,534 as listed, over the same period last year. Only Winnipeg (plus-10,568) and Montreal (plus-8,994) have more improved attendance than Hartford. Hartford ranked 15th in league attendance after 10 games. The THN regrets any inconvenience this error may have caused the Whalers.…
BU Terriers Start To Roll At Right Time Of Season
BOSTON—If the Hockey East playoffs were to begin tomorrow night, Boston University would be the heavy favorite. The Terriers were on a roll, just at the right time of the season. Since the New-Year they had compiled a sparkling 5-2 The two losses were in the home rinks of the least hospitable teams in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, Minnesota and nationally top-ranked Denver. Their three overtime victories in one week catapulted BU to second place in the league, one point ahead of Boston College and three points astern of Northeastern. BU finally defeated the streaking first-place Huskies 5-4 in overtime, after losing a pair of games to NU earlier. That snapped a nine-game unbeaten for Northeastern. Speedy sophomore left winger Clark Donatelli scored the game winner in Matthew’s Arena, wheeling around the NU…
NEXT WEEK IN THN
In next week’s Feb. 14th issue of THE HOCKEY NEWS, we’ll take you to the Windy City. Never mind The Refrigerator, Jim (Sunglasses) McMahon or the rest of the Bears. You're going to meet the Chicago Blackhawks’ new center of attention, Troy Murray. There’s no question that little Denis Savard is still the straw that stirs’ the Hawks drink, but the robust Murray has developed into one of the National Hockey League’s best two-way centers, so much so that he’s being called the Blackhawk version of Bryan Trottier. It may be too early for the Hawks to record the Stanley Cup Shuffle, but with Savard and Murray at the top of their games they’re certainly moving in the right direction. Also, we’ll take a look at the newly-released film Youngblodd, starring teen hearthrob…
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