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March 6, 1987
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Expect The Unexpected In Post-Season
DETROIT—It’s usually an easy matter to predict the playoff champion of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association. Heading into the first round, you just pick the first-place team, or maybe the second-place outfit, and let it go at that. You tab Michigan State or Bowling Green and go with the odds. But this season is not “usual.” Sure, Bowling Green and Michigan State are right at the top of the heap. That was expected. But this year there are others who can upset any apple cart. This season, even the seventh-place finisher has a chance of pulling the ultimate upset and replacing a favorite at Joe Louis Arena, site of both the CCHA Final Four and the national championship Final Four. Heading into games on Feb. 20, only Lake Superior State knew for sure which playoff…
A Tradesman Like No Other
Mike McEwen could be forgiven for holding his breath as the National Hockey League’s March 10th trade deadline approached. Especially with another shot at the Stanley Cup on the line. But the most-traded player in the NHL has learned there’s no point in concerning himself with something over which he has no control. The Hartford Whaler defenseman has had lots of practice. Five times he’s been shuffled from one NHL team to another. Only once has he left a team on his own accord, signing with Detroit Red Wings as a free agent in the summer of ’85. Since then, he’s been traded to his first team (New York Rangers) and seventh (Hartford). Such has been life in the NHL for McEwen, the moving man’s best friend. “For somebody who wanted stability, it’s tough,” admits McEwen,…
THE CHRYSLER-DODGE REPORT
Mike Gartner selected this week’s Chrysler-Dodge NHL Player of the Week Dodge-Plymouth is the official sponsor of NHL All-Star Fan Balloting NEW YORK—Washington Capitals’ right winger Mike Gartner registered a National Hockey League League-high seven goals and 11 points in four games to earn the Chrysler-Dodge Player of the Week Award for the period ending February 22. Gartner, the first player ever to win the weekly award when it was inaugurated in the 1980-81 season, edged goaltender Tom Barrasso of the Buffalo Sabres and centers Steve Yzerman of the Detroit Red Wings and Bernie Federko of the St. Louis Blues for the honor. On Gartner’s behalf, Chrysler-Dodge will donate $500 to the Capitol Boys’ Hockey League, the youth hockey organization of player’s choice. Chrysler-Dodge also sponsors the Player of the Month and the Player…
Tale Of Two Blueliners—Coffey And Muni
EDMONTON—Craig Muni finally enjoyed a large guffaw at the expense of his old employers. But, more importantly as far as the Edmonton Oilers are concerned, another member of their defensive corps at long last displayed a preliminary indication of returning to form. First, the tidings involving Paul Coffey. The two-time Norris Trophy winner returned to the Oilers’ lineup Feb. 15 after his second 10-game stint on the sidelines with recurring back spasms. With five big guns dead-tired after participating in Rendez-vous two nights earlier—the high-octane two-game set against the Soviet nationals in Quebec City—the Oilers were abysmal in losing 5-3 to the Washington Capitals in a National Hockey League snoozer. Seeing his first action since Jan. 21, Coffey, understandably, far from excelled. “The back didn’t bother me,” he explained, “but it was tough out there…
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