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December 19, 1986
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Kerr Has The Size To Be Linebacker
• Ideal weight in pounds of an inside linebacker according to a recent National Football League publication: 225. Weight in pounds of Philadelphia Flyer forward Tim Kerr: 225. • Number of shutouts recorded by current Flyer netminder Glenn Resch in the more than 270 games he’s appeared in since being sent to the Colorado Rockies by the New York Islanders in 1981:1. • Number of Montreal-born Canadiens: 1. Number of Montreal-born Nordiques: 3. • Number of games in which 52-year-old Gordie Howe appeared in his last NHL season with Hartford in 1979-80:80. Number of the 38 other players employed by the Whalers that season who suited up for all 80 games: 3. • Number of three-goal games recorded by the Pittsburgh Penguins’ scoring sensation Mario Lemieux in his first two NHL seasons: 0 (he had one four-goal…
Hockey Always Been Fun For Smith
As a youngster in Ottawa, Bobby Smith had a simple formula for hockey success—enjoy the game and play as much as you can. “I played an awful lot of organized hockey,” the Montreal Canadiens’ star center recalls. He started at age seven, playing house league every Saturday morning. In between, he and his friends would spend every spare moment playing outdoor shinny. “I just spent countless hours on the outdoor rinks with the neighborhood kids,” he says. Through sheer volume of practice, his skating developed quickly. Though Smith is recognized today as one of the game’s major stars, he never had a childhood dream of playing in the NHL or scoring the Stanley Cup-winning goal, as he did last spring. School was always important to Smith. In fact, the Ontario League instituted an award…
SCOREBOARD
AHL (STANDINGS ON MON. DEC. 8) NORTHERN DIVISION SOUTHERN DIVISION GAMES COMPLETED SUN. DEC. 7 HERSHEY AT BALTIMORE SPRINGFIELD AT MAINE ROCHESTER AT NEW HAVEN BINGHAMTON AT NEWMARKET MONCTON AT NOVA SCOTIA FREDERICTON AT SHERBROOKE TUE. DEC. 2 NOVA SCOTIA 3 AT MONCTON 4 FREDERICTON 3 AT NEWMARKET 6 WED. DEC. 3 FREDERICTON 4 AT ADIRONDACK 5 NOVA SCOTIA 1 AT SHERBROOKE 0 NEW HAVEN 3 AT MAINE 4 FRI. DEC. 5 NOVA SCOTIA 6 AT NEW HAVEN 5 HERSHEY 6 AT NEWMARKET 2 BINGHAMTON 4 AT ROCHESTER 3 FREDERICTON 0 AT SPRINGFIELD 3 BINGHAMTON 4 AT ROCHESTER 3 SAT. DEC. 6 SHERBROOKE 4 AT ADIRONDACK 3 BALTIMORE 2 AT HERSHEY4 FREDERICTON 3 AT MAINE 2 NOVA SCOTIA 1 AT MONCTON 4 NEW HAVEN 3 AT SPRINGFIELD 4 SUN. DEC. 7 HERSHEY 6 AT BALTIMORE 4 SPRINGFIELD 4 AT MAINE 3 ROCHESTER 0 AT NEW HAVEN 4 BINGHAMTON 6 AT NEWMARKET 3 MONCTON 5 AT NOVA SCOTIA 6 FREDERICTON 2 AT SHERBROOKE 3 GAMES TO COME FRI. DEC. 12 SPRINGFIELD…
Keans Shows His Stuff In Starter’s Role
BOSTON—No. I goalies come and go in Boston but Doug Keans, backup goalie extraordinaire, seems to go on forever. In fact, there were those who were calling him the No. 1 goalie for the Bruins after he went unbeaten in six games (4-0-2), including a near shutout performance against the Buffalo Sabres, an Adams Division rival who had taken seven of eight points from the Bruins in their first four meetings. Norm Lacombe scored for the Sabres with 40 seconds left and Adam Creighton scored at 19:59 to reduce the shutout to a 6-2 Boston victory. At the time, the Bruins’ acknowledged No. I goalie, Pat Riggin, was mired in a slump. He was 1-4-1 in the last six games although his season’s average was a respectable 3.39 goals against. Was Keans now the…
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