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April 10, 1987
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THE CHRYSLER-DODGE REPORT
Dodge-Plymouth is the official sponsor of NHL All-Star Fan Balloting NEW YORK—St. Louis Blues’ center Doug Gilmour topped all scorers with 11 points, including five goals and six assists, in four road games to earn the Chrysler-Dodge Player of the Week Award for the period ending March 29. Gilmour, who guided St. Louis to a 2-1-1 record during the week, edged center Kirk Muller of the New Jersey Devils, goalies Bill Ranford of the Boston Bruins and Brian Hayward of the Montreal Canadians, and defenseman Brian Benning and right winger Greg Paslawski of the Blues for the award. On Gilmour’s behalf, Chrysler-Dodge will donate $500 to the Affton (Missouri) Amateur Hockey Association, the youth hockey organization of the player’s choice. Chrysler-Dodge also sponsors the Player of the Month and the Player of the…
Smyl Has Maloney Letting Off ‘Steam’
VANCOUVER—This has not been a vintage season for Stan Smyl. His body has looked like it was pieced together with Scotch tape much of the season—the result of knee surgery, ankle problems and a strained knee. But recently the best indication he is out of his slump came from the verbal darts thrown by Winnipeg Jet coach Dan Maloney. After Smyl roughed up a few of the Jets in a rowdy 6-5 overtime Vancouver victory, Maloney had it in for the ‘Steamer.’ “He was hitting an awful lot of our guys from behind,” said Maloney. “And when he got hit, he stayed down. That’s not the Stan Smyl I remember. He’d dish out his lumps and take his lumps as good as he got. “To me. more worrisome than a punch or a whack with…
Wings Slip Into Pre-Playoff Slump
DETROIT—Three losses in four games left the Detroit Red Wings looking for answers and, perhaps, a silver lining. In the fourth game of the sequence, the Wings were walloped 6-1 at home by the Los Angeles Kings, in what coach Jacques Demers called “our worst performance of the season.” Despite the loss, the Wings officially clinched a playoff berth that night when the Toronto Maple Leafs were beaten by Minnesota 6-2. Even so, Demers said he would return to run the team in practice. He was sidelined a week with phlebitis in his left leg, the result of being hit by the puck behind the bench in a February game. He was instructed by team doctors to stay off the leg and turned the on-ice coaching duties over to assistants. “I just think, as…
Netminders At Best When They’re Busy
When the going gets tough, NHL goalies get going. An analysis of games through March 15 shows that as a goalie faces more shots in a game, his save percentage rises. The level of performance actually increases as does the workload. It’s important to remember, however, that the NHL does not measure the quality of shots. Shots-on-goal stats only measure quantity. As a point of reference, consider that goaltenders face an average of 30 shots per game, and register an average save percentage of .879.…
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