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November 27, 1987
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McBain Scores Way On To Jets’ No. 1 Line
WINNIPEG—Andrew McBain has always been a happy-go-lucky sort. But recently, he’s been a little happier and a touch luckier than usual. McBain, a fifth-year forward with the Winnipeg Jets, was on a National Hockey League hot streak. The former first-round draft pick (eighth overall in 1983 from the North Bay Centennials) has never lived up to advance billing, but through one six-game span, he played better than ever before. McBain had seven goals on the season, including six in six games through Nov. 15, when he picked up a pair of power-play markers in a 6-5 loss to the Rangers at Madison Square Garden. On the same road swing through the Big Apple, McBain also set up Dale Hawerchuk’s tying goal in a 1-1 draw with the New Jersey Devils on Nov. 12, the…
Home Not So Sweet For Jr. Canadiens
They say you can’t go home again. The Verdun Jr. Canadiens didn’t want to. The Jr. Habs were 1-7-2 at the Verdun Auditorium. But a 7-5 record on the road was keeping them afloat. Then the Victoriaville Tigres came to town with their five-game losing streak in tow. It became six. “It’s nice to win one,” said Verdun general manager Carol Vadnais after the Jr. Canadiens’ 6-4 victory. “I don’t know what the problem is. We’re trying to figure out if we’re working too hard or not hard enough. It’s a pattern you get into and it’s tough to get out of.” Very tough. Against the Tigres, the issue wasn’t decided until Verdun’s Mario Milani scored into an empty net with four seconds remaining. NEW TITAN COACH Marcel Patenaude replaced Claude Therien’s as coach of the…
Tigers Declawed
Colorado College has discovered it’s difficult to carry momentum through an entire off-season. The Tigers closed last season on a high note, beating eventual NCAA-champion North Dakota 2-1 in the Western Collegiate Association playoffs. Even though the Tigers lost the two-game, total-goals WCHA playoff series 7-4, coach Mike Bertsch expected that last victory to provide a positive impetus for this season. It hasn’t happened. The Tigers, who won six of their last eight games last season, had an 0-9-1 mark after 10 games this year. This has not been CC’s worst start ever, though. The 1962 club didn’t win a game, finishing 0-23. GOPHER BROKE What conclusion can be drawn by Minnesota’s 8-0 WCHA start—a modern-day team record? Well, that’s exactly what North Dakota did a year ago on its way to WCHA and NCAA titles.…
Improved Lemelin Gives Bruins A Lift
BOSTON—Reggie Lemelin figures a goaltender should be able to “steal” a victory every eight games. “You’re going to have to make something like six key stops to make a difference in the outcome of a game,” he said. “Usually, if you play 40 games, you’re going to do that about five games a season.” If his mathematics are correct, he has four more “steals” to go. He stopped the Hartford Whalers 4-1, Nov. 14. to run his own winning streak—and the Bruins’—to three games. Those counting his key saves needed more than six fingers. Most came in the first period, when Boston was outshot 13-3 by the goal-hungry Whalers. The Bruins came out of the period with a 2-1 lead. “No question about it, that was great goaltending,” said coach Terry O’Reilly. “That first…
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