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February 28, 1986
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QMJHL President Gives Up Post
QUEBEC CITY—Dr. Guy Morissette has resigned as president of the Quebec League. Morissette, 36, a Hull orthopedic surgeon, submitted his resignation by letter to the league’s board of governors, where it was accepted with regret. Gilles Courteau, 28, a Trois-Rivieres native living in the Quebec City area, is the league’s administrative director and he will assume the president’s position on an interim basis until the QMJHL’s annual general meeting in August. “The main thing was a lack of support from the board of governors,” said Morissette. “For the past three months, there has been a sort of campaign against me in the Montreal media. If there had been a public statement from the board, I would have felt supported.” Morissette said there were no other reasons for the move, which he said was meant…
Johnny ‘O’ Back To His Old Scoring Form
DETROIT—John Ogrodnick diligently worked at fixing the thing. “My fan doesn’t work,” he said while fiddling with something in the back. Ogrodnick’s fan is perched next to his locker and it’s no wonder he needed it. The Red Wings’ left winger was hot—goals in five straight games (six in all) to run his season total to 30. That’s a big season for a lot of guys, but for Ogrodnick it’s only so-so. He’s an acknowledged goal scorer, a sniper in the truest sense. He scored 55 goals last season and earned first-team all-star honors. But, for Ogrodnick, as well as his teammates, 1985-86 has been a season he’d just as soon forget. Few things have gone right. The Wings are last overall, and with that comes all the usual things — discontent, rumors of…
ASK THE REFEREE
Q: In a game between Winnipeg and Boston, Nevin Markwart received a 10-minute match penalty? What is that? Suzanne Piter,West Palm Beach, FL A: A match penalty has two classifications—one calls for a five-minute time penalty, the other a 10-minute time penalty. The five-minute penalty is for a deliberate attempt to injure, while the 10-minute penalty is for inflicting deliberate injury. The team must play shorthanded for that amount of time unless the penalty is called at the same time a match penalty is called on a player of the opposing team in which case they can be offset and neither team plays shorthanded. In both instances, the player is ruled ineligible to play until a league hearing is held. Q: In a recent Portland Winter Hawk game, a player for the New…
Velischek’s Prospects Take Turn For Better
“All things considered, I’d rather be in Philadelphia.”—W.C. Fields’ epitaph EAST RUTHERFORD—All things considered. Randy Velischek would rather be in Minnesota. At least that’s how the New Jersey Devils’ 24-year-old defenseman felt until a few weeks ago. It was Velischek who went on record back in early December questioning why the Devils had plucked him off the North Stars’ roster in the October waiver draft and then demoted him to the American League Maine Mariners without giving him a fair crack in New Jersey at the start of this season. “I just don’t know if I have any future with this team (the Devils) and, well, if you can’t make it on what has been one of the worst franchises in the league, you have to wonder what the future holds for you,”…
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