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April 24, 1987
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Winnipeg Fans Honor Their White Knights
WINNIPEG—White wizardy has worked wonders in Winnipeg. Crowds, dressed in white, have turned games into parties. The Jets, overwhelmed by the show of affection, responded with a crucial fourth-game victory, to take a 3-1 Smythe Division semi-final series lead over the Calgary Flames. What looks like a church choir, a convention of painters or hospital interns, is actually a rabid hockey crowd bent on leading the Jets to a promised land. “We are feeding off them,” said left winger Brian Mullen, star of the 4-3 fourth-game victory. “The fans must be worth a goal a game. They are a big part of us. All dressed in white, they have formed a spectacle for us.” Shivers went up the spines of players, as deafening ovations supported them in their quest to join the final eight in…
Denver Expansion Plans Put On Hold
INDIANAPOLIS—Just when it appeared Bud Poile had the International League moving in a majorleague direction, he was jolted back to minor-league reality. The 1986-87 season was. winding down smoothly and first-round Turner Cup playoff positions were just about settled. Commissioner Poile already was looking forward to next season and the expansion which was expected to strengthen the league. Then a small storm formed in the Rocky Mountains. As it moved east, it threatened to grow in strength and blow away the IHL’s best-laid plans. A proposed franchise in Denver, under the ownership of Dennis Cham-pine and Mike Hitch Jr., ran into problems with that city’s officials. Champine, mayor of the Denver suburb of Aurora, announced April 7 that talks with the city were thrown into reverse. The main stumbling block is the cost of…
Hockeymania: Low Blows And High Sticks
“When I was with Toronto, we had some series with Detroit where you could tell the teams didn’t like each other. With the Rangers and Flyers, though, it’s more than that. There is real hatred out there. “ —Ranger winger Jeff Jackson NEW YORK—Hulk Hogan, move over. Hockeymania is back and, even if it’s ugly sport, those who survive it seem to be having a jolly old time. In between the high sticking and the brawling, the New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers postured and gestured and threatened their way to a 2-2 tie after the first four games of their almost annual reunion. “It gets a little sickening sometimes,” Ranger left winger Don Maloney said after his team had hung on for a 6-3 victory to even the series, “but it happens every…
Soviets Aiming For Their 21st Global Title
Alan Eagleson says that if a National Hockey League player doesn’t wanfto play in the World Championships he’s not about to force him. Truth is, he can’t—at least not yet. Next year may be a different story, though, as Eagleson—who puts together Canada’s World Championship entry each year and also heads the NHL Players’ Association—will recommend the NHLPA take reprisals against those who fail to answer their country’s calling. And it has nothing to do with patriotism. “International hockey funds 25 per cent of the total NHL pension fund,” says Eagleson, “which is 100 per cent of the NHLPA contribution. There is an obligation that exists within our association to play international hockey.” That obligation has been strictly moral, allowing players such as Vancouver’s Richard Brodeur, Doug Lidster and Patrik Sundstrom and Pittsburgh Penguin Mario…
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