Search for your favorite player or team
© The Hockey News. All rights reserved. Any and all material on this website cannot be used, reproduced, or distributed without prior written permission from Roustan Media Ltd. For more information, please see our Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy.
February 6, 1987
The Hockey News has been providing the most comprehensive coverage of the world of hockey since 1947. In each issue, you'll find news, features and opinions about the NHL and leagues across North America and the world.
TRANSACTIONS
NATIONAL LEAGUE BOSTON—Bob Sweeney, C, recalled from Moncton of AHL. John Carter, C, returned to Moncton. BUFFALO—Mikael Anderson, C, recalled from Rochester of AHL. CALGARY—Doug Dadswell, G, recalled from Moncton of AHL and later returned. DETROIT—Mark LaForest, G, recalled from Adirondack of AHL. Dale Krentz, LW, returned to Adirondack. EDMONTON—Darryl Reaugh, G, recalled from Nova Scotia of AHL. Darren Beals, G, returned to Kitchener of OHL. LOS ANGELES—Bob Janecyk, G, assigned to New Haven of AHL for conditioning purposes. Paul Guay, RW, recalled from New Haven. MINNESOTA—Scott Bjugstad, LW, recalled from Springfield of AHL. NY ISLANDERS—Gerald Diduck, D, and Randy Boyd, D, recalled from Springfield of AHL. NY RANGERS—Brad Maxwell, D, claimed on waivers from Vancouver. PITTSBURGH—Ron Duguay, RW, traded to NY Rangers for Chris Kontos, C, who was playing with New Haven of AHL. Dwight Schofield, RW, recalled from…
Officer Patrols Broadcast Beat
The Cornwall Royals’ team policeman has not picked up a penalty minute this season. Fact is, he hasn’t thrown an on-ice punch all year—unless you count the times he’s enforcing law and order on the slippery streets of Cornwall, Ont. Because, you see, the Ontario League team’s policeman is just that—a policeman. Thom Racine, 26, travels most everywhere with the Royals, as color commentator for play-by-play man Fred Pletsch on CFLG-FM. An undercover cop, Racine has chosen the perfect medium—faceless, to preserve a measure of anonymity, enabling him to continue a lifelong love affair with the game of hockey. “It’s a dream come true,” says Racine, whose athletic interests are hardly unique in his Ottawa-area family. His father, Moe (The Toe) Racine, was a longtime Canadian Football League player. And his brother Bruce, the No.…
Gradin Returns To O’Reilly’s Good Graces
BOSTON—Charlie Simmer did the expected Jan. 20 in Quebec, scoring two power-play goals and earning first-star status as the Boston Bruins whipped the Quebec Nordiques 5-3. But it was a pair of goals involving Thomas Gradin, who has bounced from first- to fourth-line center and back all season, that augered best for the Bruins in the stretch drive. Early in the second period, Gradin got the puck from Cam Neely at the blue line, broke down the left side, and feathered a pass between the stick and body of Quebec’s Alain Cote. Rick Middleton fielded it and flicked the puck in the open side. Later in the same period, with the Bruins playing shorthanded, Gradin intercepted a pass at the blue line, opened up some daylight between himself and two Nordique defenders, and…
Caps’ Mason Back From Seeming Oblivion
LANDOVER—It was less than four months ago that Bob Mason walked out of the Capital Centre, sat forlornly in his car and said, “The same old decision.” Despite an outstanding training camp, Mason had been assigned to the Washington Capitals’ farm club in Binghamton, one more unpleasantry for a goaltender with the best numbers in Washington’s 13-year history. Much has changed in the interim. Today, Mason is the unquestioned No, 1 goalie for the Capitals, with a 2.98 goals-against average and save percentage of .902 that ranked third in the National Hockey League. He was chosen NHL player of the week after yielding a mere four goals in three victories and was enjoying a personal six-game winning streak in which he allowed only 11 goals. “Bob Mason has been giving us the big…
Made possible with the support of
