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November 6, 1987
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Bauer’s COLLEGE Performers OF THE WEEK
HOCKEY EAST Junior netminder David Littman was the big difference on defense as the Boston College Eagles defeated Providence College 8-4 in the opening game of the Hockey East conference season. Littman made 25 key saves. CCHA Sophomore center Jeff Green paced Western Michigan to a 6-1 and 7-3 weekend sweep of Ferris State. Green totalled nine points, including five goals. The scoring splurge left Green on top of the CCHA individual scoring race. WCHA The Wisconsin Badgers swept a pair of games from Michigan Tech by scores of 4-0 and 9-2. Sophomore goalie Dean Anderson posted the first shutout of his college career in the first game. Anderson stopped 61 of 62 shots. Performers of the week for the period Oct. 19-25. Bauer FIT FOR PERFORMANCE…
THIS WEEK…
25 YEARS AGO: • The Detroit Red Wings were on fire, starting the season with eight wins and two ties to threaten the Montreal Canadiens’ 1943-44 record unbeaten streak of 14 games to start a season. The 1962-63 Habs protected their own record with a 4-1 win over Detroit, snapping the Red Wing streak at 10. The defending Stanley Cup-champion Toronto Maple Leafs lost six of their 11 games, prompting general manager-coach Punch Imlach to bench 38-year-old starting goaltender Johnny Bower in favor of Don Simmons. Bower returned, however, as Toronto finished first and won its second straight Cup. • Jim Neilson, a half-Cree Indian from Big River, Sask., had never seen an NHL game before stepping on the ice for the New York Rangers. Neilson, pressed into service when a foot injury…
Separate Warm-Ups
Western League teams will continue to hold separate pre-game warmups for the remainder of the 198788 regular season and playoffs. League general managers voted 8-6 on Oct. 13 in favor of retaining the policy first agreed upon at the league’s annual meeting June 6. The policy was used on an experimental basis during pre-season games, and general managers agreed Sept. 28 to continue with the program until a final review Oct. 13. Under the format, implemented to afford teams use of the entire ice surface for warmups, the home team takes the ice for 15 minutes, 50 minutes before game time. Following a two-minute break, the visitors begin their warm-up 33 minutes before game time, which is preceded by an 18-minute break for ice resurfacing. The GMs also decided that the coaches of…
Two Crosschecks Equal One Slash For Roy
MONTREAL—Patrick Roy said he regretted slashing Minnesota North Star rookie forward Warren Babe. But he rationalized his action. “The guy crosschecked me twice,” said Roy after hacking Babe outside the crease during the Canadiens’ 5-1 win on Oct. 19 at the Montreal Forum. “Anyway, it was not as bad as the Hextall thing.” The ‘Hextall thing’ was a chop given to Kent Nilsson of the Edmonton Oilers by Philadelphia Flyer goaltender Ron Hextall during the 1987 Stanley Cup final. For his troubles, Hextall received a five-minute slashing major and sat out the first eight games of this season with a suspension. Roy, like Hextall, was tagged with a major, and the North Stars thought he should be suspended. “There is no place for that in hockey,” said North Stars’ general manager Lou Nanne. “What…
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