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March 28, 1986
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The International Hockey Weekly Founded in 1947 Published by W.C.C. Publishing Ltd 85 Scarsdale Road, #100, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3B 2R2. The Fourth Estate IN THE RELATIONSHIP between a hockey reporter and his or her subject—usually a player, coach or general manager—there is often an undercurrent of tension. It is, of course, the natural byproduct of a situation in which one is paid to monitor, report and comment upon the actions and deeds of another. And, really, there is nothing wrong with it so long as it remains in check. Unfortunately, in the situation of Randy Smith, sports editor of the Manchester Journal Inquirer and THN’s Hartford correspondent, versus Jack Evans, coach of the Hartford Whalers, the adversarial relationship has gone too far. So far, in fact, that Smith, who alleges that Evans used physical force after…
Bruins Pick Up Help For Specialty Teams
BOSTON—General manager Harry Sin-den’s latest moves on the trading market are designed to shore up the Boston Bruins’ “special teams”—the powerplay and penalty-killing units. The first of two sudden, but hardly unexpected, deals with the Detroit Red Wings brought defenseman Reed Larson, whose slapshot was once timed at 138 miles an hour, to Boston in exchange for homegrown defenseman Mike O’Connell. “The trade was really prompted by our need for another strong point man on the power play,” said Sinden. “Mike had been effective for us for four or five years, but to be frank he had lost some of that effectiveness on the power play. “We needed someone besides Ray Bourque on the point during our power play, and we had to free Barry Pederson to play center when we have the…
Even With Knee Troubles Bubla Big Help To Squad
VANCOUVER—When Jiri Bubla injured his knee in December and had problems bringing the joint back to good health, it was felt that one of the great careers in hockey had finally come to an end. Even coach Tom Watt, one of his biggest boosters, felt Bubla may have played his last professional game. Every time he tried to skate the knee gave him pain. During the recuperation period he was given time to go to his home in Czechoslovakia and clear up some personal business. He returned after two weeks away, and the knee was no better. Eventually the pain subsided enough to let him give it a try against Calgary, a game in which Hakan Loob nearly turned him inside out on one shift that resulted in a goal. Another two weeks of rehabilitation…
North Stars’ Roberts Earns Rave Reviews
BLOOMINGTON—The great debate was on. Brian Bellows, sitting on a bench in the North Stars’ dressing room, was trying to convince defenseman Gordie Roberts that Roberts had played one of his all-time great games in a 4-0 shutout of the mighty Edmonton Oilers. Roberts, who had two assists in the game, wasn’t buying any of the talk. “Just because you get a couple of points, all of a sudden everyone’s saying what a great game you played,” Roberts said. “I’ve done the same things a lot of other nights and nobody noticed.” If Roberts was noticed earlier this season, it was because he was struggling. Slowed by a foot injury in mid-November, he didn’t start to show signs of his former self until he took a face shield off his helmet in mid-December. His rise…
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