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February 20, 1987
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Kings Have Been Losing Bodies And Games
LOS ANGELES—For the Los Angeles Kings, the January blahs stretched into February. They lost coach Pat Quinn at midseason, they lost an apparent goal by Jim Fox in a 3-2 loss to Quebec, they lost four players at the same time to injury, and they lost four out of five games. When the Quinn scandal exploded, the Kings rebounded nicely, going 31-2 in their first six games under replacement coach Mike Murphy. That restart was followed by a 6-3 loss to Minnesota, a 6-2 win over New Jersey, and consecutive losses in Montreal (5-3), Quebec (3-2) and Toronto (5-4). The Quebec defeat was particularly hard to take, because the goal judge, referee Andy van Hellemond and the linesmen didn’t see Fox score a first-period goal that would have given the Kings a 1-0 lead. Television…
Quinn’s Genius Reputation Undeserved
So, I happen to run into Tony Gallagher of the Vancouver Province at New Jersey’s Byrne Arena on the afternoon of Jan. 10, precisely when the Pat Quinn affair was exploding in the Canucks’ face. “What’s going to happen?” I ask Gallagher. “Oh,” he replies matter-of-factly, “there’ll be an investigation and fines and what-not. When it’s all over, Pat Quinn will take over the Canucks for next season.” Which proves to me that Tony Gallagher is a genius. And that’s more than I can say for Pat Quinn. I will be the first to go on record predicting that Pat Quinn, in his relentless pursuit of the megabuck, will be an abject disappointment as king of the Canucks. Make that an utter failure, and certainly worse than Harry Neale. There are several people who are better…
Goalies On The Go, Riggin For Romano
PITTSBURGH—Pat Riggin figured someone did the Pittsburgh Penguins a favor by making off with his equipment, presumably at the Montreal airport. The former Boston Bruin goalie, acquired in a trade for netminder Robert Romano on Feb. 6, had his debut delayed by the disappearance of his equipment en route from Moncton, N.B. to Pittsburgh. Nobody was complaining, however, least of all Riggin after watching Gilles Meloche turn aside 50 of 52 shots on goal during a weekend sweep of the Chicago Blackhawks (4-1) and New Jersey Devils (2-1). “It was a good move by whoever took it (the equipment) because Gilles Meloche played great,” said the 26-year-old Riggin, who joins his fourth National Hockey League team. Previously, the outspoken goalie played for Atlanta/Calgary and Washington, in addition to Boston. Most recently, he was a…
McGill Makes Playoffs Third Straight Year
MONTREAL—One race was hot and the other over in the four-team Quebec University League. Quebec-Trois-Rivieres Patriotes (11-2-2), national finalist last year, had a one-point lead on the Ottawa Gee-Gees, with three games remaining for each club. Meanwhile, the McGill Redmen (410-2) were assured of the third and final playoff berth, after Ottawa posted a 7-4 win over the Concordia Stingers (2-13-1). “We’re in the playoffs for the fourth consecutive year and to us, it’s a major feat,” said Redmen coach Ken Tyler. “This is our most consistent era. We’ve only made the playoffs seven times since the CIAU began in 1961-62.” The Redmen secured a playoff spot with 7-3 and 3-2 wins over the Stingers at Concordia, Jan. 22 and 27. McGill’s record against Concordia before Tyler became coach in 1979-80 was 1-36-1. “We felt…
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