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October 3, 1986
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Money Critical Reason Czechs Defecting
BLOOMINGTON—East or West, capitalist or socialist, Czechoslavakia or North America, it all comes down to one thing—money. That’s one of the big reasons Frantisek Musil left Czechoslavakia in July to join the Minnesota North Stars. That’s the reason. Musil says, why a string of players have defected from the Czech national team to the NHL. At the start of the decade, there was Peter, Marian and Anton Stastny. They have been followed by the likes of Peter Ihnacak, Miroslav Frycer, Petr Svoboda, Petr Klima, Miroslav Ihnacak. Musil and Michal Pivonka. Those defections have taken a large chunk out of the Czech national team. “The national team has lost a lot of very good players but the worst thing is that they are very young players,” said Musil. “They must look to the future because…
Right Wing Is Achilles’ Heel For Quebec More Than Ever
QUEBEC CITY—The Quebec Nor-diques haven’t been very lucky with the trades they made late last season. After giving the Washington Capitals a third-round draft pick for defenseman Peter Andersson, who was in Quebec City for only a month, they were left out in the cold when the big Swede decided to play in his native country this year. And then Steve Patrick, acquired from the New York Rangers for Wilf Paiement, surprised everyone by advising Nordiques’ general manager Maurice Filion that he was retiring. Turning his back on a very lucrative Contract (one year left paid in American currency), Patrick showed lots of integrity by admitting that he didn’t possess the love of the game any more. “He told me his career wasn’t going anywhere,” explained Filion. “Hockey wasn’t a game for him any…
Hand’s Across The Water: Scotsman At Oilers’ Camp
English is, of course, the most common language in the National Hockey League. But not the kind spoken by Tony Hand, the last selection in the 1986 entry draft and the first player ever chosen from Scotland. Hand, 19, was invited to the Edmonton Oilers’ training camp after the dethroned Stanley Cup champions called out his name 252nd overall last June. Nobody expected much—if anything—from the 5-foot-9, 170-pound center who has played in Britain’s top league since the age of 14. That’s what makes his performance this side of the Atlantic so astonishing. “He’s played quite well,” says Oiler chief scout Barry Fraser, who drafted Hand sight unseen on the advice of former NHLer Garry Unger. “He’s adapted well to the scene over here in North America and the (smaller) ice surface and the different…
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