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July 4, 1986
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First-To-Last Greyhounds On The Road Back
TORONTO—Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds went to the annual Ontario League midget draft to rebuild and general manager-coach Don MacAdam thinks he got the cornerstone. The Greyhounds made 16-year-old center Troy Mallette of Levack first pick overall in the seven-hour draft staged at the North York Centennial Arena on May 31. The 6-foot-2 Mallette played midget hockey this past season for Rayside Balfour near Sudbury, producing 25 goals and 35 assists and earning a No-1 rating by the OHL Central Scouting Bureau. Sault Ste. Marie fell from first overall and league champions in 1984-85 to last this past season, MacAdam’s first. He calls his rookie season “a disaster” and took steps long before the regular season ended to begin building for 1986-87. Once hopelessly mired in the Emms Division basement, MacAdam started stockpiling draft choices—he…
Will Vancouver Zero In On Tigers’ Brady?
VANCOUVER CANUCKS VANCOUVER—Predicting the draft behavior of any National Hockey League club is difficult and the Vancouver Canucks are no exception. In the last draft, all the scouts at the table were poised to take Dana Murzyn, the big defenseman from the west because they had him rated higher than Jim Sandlak. When general manager Jack Gordon overruled, many people within the organization were stunned. So were others. And since there are no small francophone defensemen on crutches this year—as J. J. Daigneault was in 1984—an obvious choice is not possible. But all brickbats aside, it seems the club is most interested in a rangy center from the Medicine Hat Tigers named Neil Brady. Listed in the No. 7 spot in the latest Central Scouting ratings, Brady is said to be an excellent pro prospect because…
Nylund Alleges Hawks Popped Pills
CALGARY—Caught between a rock and a hard place. That’s how Western League president Ed Chynoweth feels after Toronto Maple Leafs’ defenseman Gary Nylund recently stated that former Portland Winter Hawk teammates were pill-poppers. In a May 29 newspaper article, that ^vas carried by the Canadian Press, Nylund added Portland coach Ken Hodge was aware of the problem. On one hand, Chynoweth is not so bold as to say the league is lily-white and that the possibility of drug abuse doesn’t exist. And on the other, he contends the league is doing everything in its power to educate players. In short, it’s an issue Chynoweth can’t afford to sweep under the carpet. “The fact is I’m not going to accuse a former player of being right, wrong or indifferent,” said Chynoweth. “But in Rhe latest…
Gordon Makes Deals In Flash
VANCOUVER—After what seemed like an eternity waiting for some player moves, general manager Jack Gordon engaged in a virtual orgy of trading on a Friday afternoon in June. The last time the Vancouver Canucks made a deal was at the 1985 trading dead-line—16 months ago—when Harry Neale secured the services of Glen Cochrane from Philadelphia. Gordon ended the drought in style, obtaining three players—among them the quality center for whom the Canucks had always said they would be willing to give up a great deal. Coming to the Canucks was 25-year-old Vancouver Island native Barry Pederson, who scored 29 goals and 48 assists this past season but was having contract difficulties with Boston general manager Harry Sinden and was about to be taken as a free agent by the Canucks. Going to Boston was…
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