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April 3, 1987
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Marvelous McEvoy Harvard Sparkplug
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Welcome back from the shadows, Dickie McEvoy. For four years, ‘Dickie Who’ has always been following in someone’s footsteps, never getting the recognition he deserves. But after stonewalling Central Collegiate Hockey Association regular season-champion Bowling Green to put Harvard in the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division I semifinals, it’s about time people realized just how good McEvoy is. A senior from Falmouth. Mass., McEvoy stopped 74 of the 75 shots he faced in two nights to carry the Crimson to surprisingly easy 7-1 and 3-0 wins over the Falcons in the quarterfinals at Bright Arena. The weekend included a career-high 40 saves in the 3-0 shutout on Saturday night. After opening up the six-goal margin in the total-goals series on Friday night, the rest of the Crimson team just went through the motions…
Reijo, Pavelich Nothing But Mercenaries
I don’t know about you, but I feel like running for the antacid tablets every time I notice Reijo Ruotsalainen and Mark Pavelich mentioned in the public prints. You want to know what’s wrong with hockey today, look no farther than Messrs. R and P, the ultimate mercenaries. Let’s start with the Finnicky Finn. He has himself a ball, makes himself a mint playing hockey in Switzerland all winter and then indulges in the luxury of finishing his season in North America at playoff time. What Reijo is telling us is that the October-February stretch is a waste of time, certainly beneath him and if you don’t like it, Joe Fan, go jump in Hudson’s Bay. Pavelich is a spoiled brat of a different color. All winter long the kid who quit on…
Zalapski Won’t Be Leaving Mark This Season
PITTSBURGH—The Pittsburgh Penguins’ desperate cry for help carried across the continent All the way. in fact, from Pittsburgh to Anchorage, Alaska, where it filled the ears of one Zarley Bennett Zalapski. future Canadian Olympian and a defenseman whose potential seems limited only by the imagination. Someday. Zalapski likely will be the fulcrum of the Penguin defense, a cornerstone in their efforts to construct a contender. But not soon enough to help the Penguins salvage this season, which apparently will be the fifth in as many years they fail to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs. The Penguins asked Zalapski, their No. 1 pick in the entry draft last June, to join them after defenseman Ville Siren sprained his left knee in a 6-3 victory over Quebec, March 12. The injury is expected to sideline…
Zezel On Shelf As Flyers Limp To Playoffs
PHILADELPHIA—Only a couple of days after blasting the New York Ranger jinx from their minds, the Philadelphia Flyers got another shock—but this one was far more real than imagined. Tests showed Peter Zezel’s left knee had suffered a tom medial meniscus (cartilage), and the center would require arthroscopic surgery. As a result. Zezel was likely to be missing from the lineup for the rest of the regular season, perhaps into the first round of the playoffs. Surgery was scheduled for March 21, and Dr. John Gregg estimated a recovery period of three weeks. That would put Zezel’s return at April 9—or the second game of the playoffs. The Flyers are already resigned to the fact that center Ron Sutter, who has not played since early January, will miss at least the entire first round.…
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