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May 23, 1986
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BLUELINES
Barry Beck’s agent, Rob Ingraham, tells BLUELINES he expects Bubba to return next season but others believe the defenseman will retire during the summer. If Rangers can demonstrate Beck is “healthy enough” for a comeback, there’s also an outside chance he’ll be traded…The outrageous Pierre Larouche comeback still hasn’t guaranteed a return engagement for him on Broadway. His trade value has soared. That and the fact Pierre wants to renegotiate could force a deal. Flames’ GM Cliff Fletcher says Pierre should be signed to a game-by-game contract…Hottest NHL TV property is John Davidson, who’s being pulled from several quarters—including ESPN, Canadian Sports Network and Madison Square Garden Productions. “I’ve put my house (in Calgary) up for sale just in case,” Davidson tells BLUELINES, “but I won’t know where I’m going…
Famed Ranger Cook Passes Away At Age 89
The New York Rangers lost a piece of their heart and soul when Bill Cook passed away at the age of 89. Cook, a Hall of Famer whose 12-year career was full of Ranger firsts, died of complications from cancer on May 5 in Kingston, Ont. From 1926-27 until his retirement following the 1936-37 season, the right winger twice won the Art Ross Trophy as the National Hockey League’s leading scorer and earned berths on the first allstar team three times and the second team once. He joined Bun Cook, his brother, and playmaking center Frank Boucher on one of the most storied lines in league history. Cook’s career debut coincided with the Rangers’ first year in the NHL. The Brantford, Ont. native scored the new franchise’s first-ever goal and was its first captain. Cook…
Jet Post Is Brooks’ To Accept Or Decline
WINNIPEG—Although he has not been offered a contract and there has been no mention of a salary. Herb Brooks is the person John Ferguson wants to see behind the bench of Winnipeg Jets. “He’s the only one who really gets me excited,” said Ferguson, the Jets’ general manager and the man who must ultimately decide who becomes the team’s eighth coach in eight years. The odds don’t scare Brooks. “I like the way he (Ferguson) operates,” said the 48-year-old resident of St. Paul, Minn. “He brings the same intensity to his job that he brought to the rink as a player. I’m flattered to think he would consider me.” Three weeks ago, a St. Paul sports writer called Ferguson and informed him that the former U.S. Olympic and New York Ranger coach would be…
Whalers’ End Of Season Just The Beginning
HARTFORD—The recurring theme of Emile Francis’ farewell address at the end of the Hartford Whalers’ most successful National Hockey League season in history was, “We’ve only just begun.” Francis touched on almost all of his favorite subjects—patience, perseverance, injuries and bounces—but in the end said, “The last two months were a revelation as to what we really have here. This was just the start.” From March 2 to the end of the regular season, the Whalers were the NHL’s hottest team. They finished with a 12-3-2 run and then extended it to 16-3-2 with a three-game sweep of Quebec and an opening-game victory over Montreal. The numbers, at the very least, are eye-opening. Not even a seventh-game, overtime loss to Montreal could detract from the Whalers’ grand accomplishments this season. “At times maybe this…
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