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November 21, 1986
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Clancy Leaves Behind Legion Of Friends
TORONTO—The spirit of the Toronto Maple Leafs was dealt a crushing blow Nov. 10 when King Clancy passed away in a Toronto hospital. Clancy, 83, the man who had come to symbolize the Maple Leafs, could not survive complications arising from the removal of his gall bladder two days earlier. He had been a Toronto institution since arriving in a trade from his hometown Ottawa Senators in 1930. Clancy was an accomplished National Hockey League player, referee, coach and assistant general manager before being appointed “vice-president for life” by Leafs’ owner Harold Ballard, his close friend. For the past several years, the two spent most days together watching over the Leafs or the Hamilton TigerCats, Ballard’s Canadian Football League club. The controversial Ballard held a lonely vigil for Clancy at the Maple Leaf Gardens, where…
Coach-GM Pully On Double Duty
CHICAGO—When Scotty Bowman abandoned the Buffalo Sabres’ bench, it left only two National Hockey League teams run by men holding the dual jobs of coach and general manager—Glen Sather of the Edmonton Oilers and Bob Pulford of the Chicago Blackhawks. “I’m doing it right now, I’m happy to do it right now, I said I would do it,” Pulford said. “But I feel the days of doing both jobs are numbered. “It’s like anything else. Both jobs suffer. You can’t do as good a job as if you were only doing one of them.” The dual roles are threatened by the complexity of hockey, which goes beyond the 21 teams comprising the NHL. The management job suffers because of the sheer scope of the sport. “The way hockey is now,” Pulford said, “there are…
Who’s Next In The Coaching Massacre?
With the annual Coaches Massacre well under way, one can only wonder who else will be gassed. One New York writer already has the noose out for Ted Sator, questions are being raised about Pat Quinn’s stewardship as well as Tom Watt’s. Panic was the order of the day in Boston and Buffalo with the most bizarre results imaginable. There was Butch Goring doing as decent a job as possible with an injury-riddled team, keeping them in a playoff berth when—BOOM!—Harry Sinden impetuously and foolishly exploded a grenade under him. Goring’s end in Boston was no less inane than Scotty Bowman sacking himself behind the Sabres’ bench. Here was a man with a three-game winning streak who had just righted the ship and then jumped overboard in favor of a completely inexperienced (Craig Ramsay)…
BAUER’S COLLEGE PERFORMER OF THE WEEK
Goaltender Dave Delfino turned away 56 shots as the Lowell Chiefs earned a split with Boston College. Delfino made 24 saves in an opening game 4-3 loss but made 32 saves in a 4-3 win. The Colgate Red Raiders beat Brockport State 10-2 in their first start of the new season with senior center Doug Davis setting up four of his team’s goals, including the game-winner. Lake Superior Lakers swept the Miami Redskins 5-2 and 9-0 as sophomore winger Mike deCarle provided the scoring punch. He scored four times in the second game, including three in 2:49. Red-hot John Archibald stretched his personal scoring streak to 19 straight games as he helped Michigan Tech earn a split with North Dakota. Archibald had six points, including three goals. BaUer FIT FOR PERFORMANCE…
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