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January 16, 1987
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McCartan U.S. Golden Boy
Just as it was in 1980 with the (U.S.) hockey team, we weren’t expected to win in I960 either,” said Jack McCartan. For 11 days in February of I960, McCartan, a goaltender, was the driving force behind a group of unknown and inexperienced hockey players who represented the United States hockey team in the Olympics at Squaw Valley, CA. In those 11 days McCartan and Co. upset Canada, Czechoslovakia, and the Soviet Union to capture the gold medal, symbol of supremacy in Olympic hockey. For McCartan, the Olympic gold medal was the high point in a somewhat otherwise unexciting hockey career which followed for 13 seasons on the pro level, including two in the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers. McCartan recalled that U.S. team he played on. “We really played well as…
It’s Time To Take Action Against Organs, Beer Ads
THINGS I COULD do without in the new year: Twelve more months of inaction on the playoff format. Once again in 1987, the National Hockey League’s board of governors will meet four or five times to discuss the game’s problems. Let’s hope that they finally realize that nothing holds the league up to ridicule more than the concept of playing 840 games to eliminate five teams from the playoffs. The extra money isn’t worth the damage to the league’s integrity, image and reputation. Suggestions that Mario Lemieux is: (a) better than, (b) as good as, or (c) soon will be as good as (1) Wayne Gretzky (2) Wayne Gretzky five years ago, or (3) he thinks he is, Mario Lemieux has a good deal of talent. But he does not give his…
Bauer College Scoreboard
COLLEGE TOURNAMENTS SYRACUSE INVITATIONAL GAMES COMPLETED BOWLING GREEN 4, COLGATE 3 RIT 4, CLARKSON 3 CONSOLATION GAME COLGATE 4, CLARKSON 1 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME BOWLING GREEN 4, RIT 3 (BOWLING GREEN WINS TOURNAMENT) SCHWEPPES INVITATIONAL GAMES COMPLETED OHIO STATE 7, ALA-ANCHORAGE 4 PRINCETON 3, MIAMI 2 CONSOLATION GAME ALA-ANCHORAGE 2, MIAMI 1 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME OHIO STATE 6, PRINCETON 5 (OHIO STATE WINS TOURNAMENT) AULD LANG SYNE CLASSIC GAMES COMPLETED NEW HAMPSHIRE 3, VERMONT 2 HOLY CROSS 5, DARTMOUTH 2 CONSOLATION GAME VERMONT 8, DARTMOUTH 3 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME NEW HAMPSHIRE 4, HOLY CROSS 1 (NEW HAMPSHIRE WINS TOURNAMENT) PHOENIX MUTUAL CLASSIC GAMES COMPLETED CORNELL 4, N. MICHIGAN 3 ALA-FAIRBANKS 6, YALE 4 CONSOLATION GAME N. MICHIGAN 9, YALE 3 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME CORNELL 5, ALA-FAIRBANKS 2 (CORNELL WINS TOURNAMENT) GREAT LAKES INVITATIONAL GAMES COMPLETED MICHIGAN 4, MICH. TECH 3 W. MICHIGAN 7, MICH. STATE 3 CONSOLATION GAME MICH. STATE 9, MICH. TECH 0 CHANPIONSHIP GAME W. MICHIGAN 8, MICHIGAN 2 (W. MICHIGAN WINS TOURNAMENT) CCHA (STANDINGS ON MON. JAN. 5) GAMES COMPLETED FRI. JAN. 2 LAKE SUPERIOR 4 AT BOWLING GREEN 12 MICHIGAN 4…
Philadelphia Froese Trade Gets Fan’s Cold Shoulder
THE GOOD NEWS is that the Philadelphia Flyers are still in first place. The bad news is that they traded Bob Froese, their No. I goalie in 1983-84—the same Bob Froese who did an excellent job where the late Pelle Lindbergh left off last season. The even-worse news is that the Flyers traded him to the New York Rangers—the same New York Rangers who have been their early tickets to the golf course more often than not. I don’t understand this. I seem to remember either Bob Clarke or Mike Keenan saying something about not trading Froese until they were offered someone of equal calibre. Somehow Kjell Samuelsson and a second-round draft pick don’t seem to fit that category. Now, who knows? Maybe we Flyer fans could be getting all worked up over…
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