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May 16, 1986
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Steve Smith Greased The Skid For Oilers
It was Bob Bourne of the four-time Stanley Cup-champion Islanders who foretold the downfall of the dynastypretending Oilers exactly a year ago. “The gap between two straight Cups and three in a row is bigger than they think,” warned Bourne. “The Oilers have to worry about chemistry. It’s more important than anyone thinks. We had it for four years. Glen Sather is going to make changes that’ll affect the chemistry. And that new chemistry could cost them the Cup in 1986.” It did. Sather, among other things, tried to out-goon himself. Not satisfied with the bloodthirsty Semenkos, Jacksons, McClellands and Lumleys, he added to the surplus with Marty McSorley and, yes, Steve Smith. Smith won’t be remembered for skewering Cary Wilson in Game Six. instead, he joins the Hall of Infamy alongside: Fred (Bonehead)…
Habs’ Roy Posts Startling Playoff Numbers
MONTREAL—The newest hero of the Montreal Canadiens talks to goal posts. That’s right, goal posts. And do they answer back? Well, no one but Patrick Roy really knows for sure, although the posts have been helpful to the rookie Canadiens’ goaltender on occasion during the 1986 Stanley Cup playoffs. Did the baseball talk back to Mark Fidrych when he conversed with it a few years ago in Detroit? Slender Patrick Roy has become the center of much attention as the Canadiens have marched into the Prince of Wales Conference final. His post-season play was a touch more than outstanding and an eyelash short of miraculous. What the rookie from Ste. Foy, Que., has done is give the Canadiens the goaltending with which some thought he was incapable of providing. “I have to give a lot of credit…
Injury-Prone Bruins Members Of Club 300
BOSTON—Maybe they should be called the Bad News Bruins. Or maybe just the Battered Bruins. “It was a tough team to assess during the season because there were so many players missing,” said Bruins’ general manager Harry Sinden. “After the first eight games I don’t think we had a night when our whole team played. “Everybody in the organization was told we don’t want to harp on injuries but in one game this year the Bruins were missing nine regular players. “And we went something like 30 or 40 games where we had at least five players injured.” Indeed, the Bruins lost a total of 353 man-games to injuries during the 198586 season, starting with a broken foot suffered by defenseman Mats Thelin in practice two days before the season opened. The injuries were to…
It’s Been Spring To Forget For President
QUEBEC CITY—Marcel Aubut’s passion for speed, both on and off the ice, has been tempered somewhat. The Quebec Nordique president, who likes his cars, motorcycles and hockey players fast, was riding his powerful bike with his seven-year-old daughter when he lost control on a bend in a road under construction. Both the driver and the passenger were thrown from the motorcycle. The little girl only suffered superficial cuts to her face, but Aubut ended up in hospital with a broken collarbone and three broken ribs. “Luckily, I wasn’t going very fast. But I was really shaken by the mishap. It happened so fast. I was very concerned about my daughter. We were both wearing our helmets, and they took the brunt of the impact. We were very lucky,” said Aubut. Aubut was convalescing—but not…
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