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January 30, 1987
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Blueliner Chelios Just Happy To Be Healthy
MONTREAL—If raw talent counted for as much as fan recognition, Chris Chelios would be a perennial contender for National Hockey League allstar status. The Canadiens’ defenseman is ambidextrous, and frequently switches from right to left when he’s ready to shoot the puck. He skates with a fluidity which makes other coaches around the NHL envious. But Chelios is still a distance away from becoming a superstar, even though his name was on the fan ballot for the Rendez-vous ‘87 all-star series in Quebec City. Chelios finished 11th in the balloting. While hockey fans in the Montreal area are aware of his abilities, he hasn’t quite captured the imagination of fans everywhere. Since he spent half of last season on the injury list, it may be a case of out of sight, out of…
Memorable Season Follows Year To Forget
NEW HAVEN, Conn.—The distractions are gone and the injuries have mended, so Bill O’Dwyer can finally concentrate on hockey. That’s a welcome change after last season. “This year he doesn’t have a broken jaw, his groin isn’t acting up in two places and his thumb isn’t broken,” New Haven coach Robbie Ftorek said about his captain. “Other than that, he’s the same guy.” But the injuries weren’t O’Dwyer’s chief concern last season when he played in just 41 games for the Night-hawks, the fewest in his four-year pro career. Right before the season, his wife gave birth to twin boys seven weeks prematurely. “I always had that in the back of my mind when they were in the hospital,” said O’Dwyer, who was himself suf-fering from a broken jaw. “Every time the phone rang,…
Bakovic Shows He Deserves A Chance To Prove Himself
MONCTON, N.B.—File the name Peter Bakovic under “Promising Prospects You’ve Never Heard Of.” Soon you will have, since the Moncton Golden Flames’ rugged right winger is steadily making his way into the “Promising Prospects Ready For an Opportunity” category. Slowly, physically and with increasing fanfare, Bakovic has emerged as one of the better players in the American League. It’s quite an accomplishment for a guy who was never drafted for either major junior or professional hockey. “He’s the kind of guy,” Moncton coach Terry Crisp said, “who restores your faith in your 23- and 24-year-olds who sometimes don’t mature, or don’t get a crack at it. All of a sudden they’re there. People say, ‘Where has be been? What’s he been doing? Who missed him? Why haven’t we heard of him?’ “ The answers,…
SVS
Based upon an underlying training philosophy of an “Educational Approach to Sports,” the SVS Hockey School has gained a national reputation for excellence. Since its inception 16 years ago, as one of the first boarding hockey schools in the United States, SVS has provided exceptional, dedicated instruction in all phases of the game of hockey to over 25,000 young hockey players. The concept of a “total environment for playing and living” was designed in 1970 by the founder and director of SVS, Dick Gagliardi. Building upon his experience as an outstanding hockey player at Boston College, Gagliardi established certain goals and objectives for his hockey school which have been meticulously followed year after year under his personal supervision and direction. First, each boy must be provided with comprehensive and individualized hockey instruction in…
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