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September 12, 1986
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Georgia, Retirement On Tom Lysiak’s Mind
CHICAGO—There will be a uniform No. 12 among the 66 players at the Chicago Blackhawks’ training camp, but for the first time since 1979 it will not be worn by Tom Lysiak. This time. No. 12 belongs to rookie center Mike Stapleton. Lysiak will not be in camp. Technically, Lysiak is an unsigned 33-year-old free agent without compensation. But for all practical purposes, Lysiak has retired to his farm in Georgia and called an end to his 13-year National Hockey League career. “He’s never actually said anything, though he did intimate at the end of the year that he was thinking about retiring,” said Hawk general manager and coach Bob Pulford. “He did have a tough year and he was hurt a lot. “But he did play well during the playoffs. In fact, he was…
Simpson Chooses Nystrom To Be Assistant
LONG ISLAND—He is an original New York Islander and remains one of the most popular players in the team’s history. He scored the overtime goal that earned the Islanders their first Stanley Cup in 1980, then had his playing career ended by an eye injury last season. Bob Nystrom, it seems, was bom to be an Islander. And though he has played his last game, his association with the team will continue. With the opening of training camp fast approaching, general manager Bill Torrey formally announced Nystrom’s retirement after 14 National Hockey League seasons and introduced him as the Isles’ new assistant coach. “It’s kind of sad to announce that No. 23 no longer will be on the ice,” Torrey said. “I don’t recall a player who gave more of himself than Bobby…
Small Goalie Casts Large Shadow For N.J.
EAST RUTHERFORD—After finally emerging from the shadow of the Chico Resch Era. goalies Alain Chevrier and Craig Billington seemed to be sitting pretty. With competition primarily from Karl Friesen, it figured to be a training camp Chevrier and Billington could relish. Then the Devils signed Chris Ter-reri, one of the most talked-about college goaltenders of the past decade and a name the club has been touting since it first drafted the Providence College star in 1983. The picture, as everyone sees it. has changed dramatically. “I think the job’s up in the air,” said Terreri. who will turn 22 on Nov. 15. “You just have to go out and prove yourself. I don’t want to be overconfident but I feel, given the right amount of time, I can play in the NHL.” Terreri…
Beck Bails Out Over Differences With Sator
NEW YORK—It was not a completely serious question and Phil Esposito did not respond with a totally serious answer but the pained, incredulous look on the face of the New York Rangers’ new general manager suggested that he did not find the situation at all humorous. “What could you get, in terms of a trade, right now,” a reporter asked, “in return for Barry Beck, Reijo Ruot-salainen and Mark Pavelich?” “Maybe a dozen hockey sticks,” Esposito replied without smiling. “I’d like to be able to package that group… if they wanted to play.” Esposito had just finished listening as Beck’s agent, Rob Ingraham, read a prepared statement in which the former Ranger captain announced that he would not play hockey under coach Ted Sator in 1986-87 because of “philosophical differences.” In less than a…
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