Goalie Wakaluk Beat Clock…And Hextall

Philadelphia’s Ron Hextall may be the acknowledged trend-setter among good-shooting goaltenders, but Rochester’s Darcy Wakaluk beat him into the history books. On Dec. 5, Wakaluk became the first AHL goaltender in the league’s 52-season history to score a goal. Three days later, Hextall followed suit in an NHL game against Boston, when he shot the puck into the Bruins’ open net. Wakaluk, 21, scored his goal in a game at Utica with one second remaining. Trailing 4-2, the Devils were on a power play and had pulled their goaltender. Utica made the mistake of dumping the puck right at Wakaluk. He caught the puck, dropped it to the ice and fired it toward the neutral zone, but was not trying to score. “Not really. When I caught it I think I concentrated more…

Capitals’ Success May Be In Playoffs This Time

DAVID POILE DIDN’T want to talk about it when he picked up the phone in the summer of 1982. “Did you hear?” he was asked. “Yeah,” he said. “I just heard it on the radio. The thing that hurts is, they didn’t even bother to call.” “They” happened to be Detroit Red Wings, and “they” had chosen Jimmy Devellano to be their next general manager. It was the second time in two seasons Poile was turned down for a job. Earlier, the Colorado Rockies, in a move typical of that franchise, hired Billy MacMillan ahead of him. That one really hurt. MacMillan had no previous managerial experience. Poile was an original Flame, his managerial moves dating back to day one in Atlanta. “I don’t know about this business,” whispered at the time. “I don’t know about…

Bauer COLLEGE scoreboard

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ALL LEAGUE STANDINGS AS OF MON., DEC. 14 AMERICAN LEAGUE NORTHERN DIVISION SOUTHERN DIVISION RESULTS TUE, DEC. 8 ADIRONDACK 4 AT NEWMARKET 4 (OT) FREDERICTON 7 AT SHERBROOKE 4 WED., DEC. 9 MAINE 2 AT HERSHEY 3 MONCTON 3 AT NOVA SCOTIA 9 BINGHAMTON 5 A UTICA 6 (OT) THUR., DEC. 10 MAINE 2 AT BALTIMORE 2 (OT) FRI, DEC. 11 UTICA 5 AT BINGHAMTON 2 HERSHEY 9 AT MAINE 2 NOVA SCOTIA 3 AT MONCTON 1 SHERBROOKE 5 AT NEWMARKET 1 ADIRONDACK 1 AT ROCHESTER 5 NEW HAVEN 3 AT SPRINGFIELD 6 SAT., DEC. 12 ROCHESTER 4 AT ADIRONDACK 3 (OT) NOVA SCOTIA 4 AT FREDERICTON 5 SHERBROOKE 2 AT HERSHEY 4 NEW HAVEN 2 AT MAINE 4 BINGHAMTON 5 AT SPRINGFIELD 1 NEWMARKET 5 AT UTICA 3 SUN., DEC. 13 SHERBROOKE 7 AT BALTIMORE 0 NEW HAVEN 3 AT NOVA SCOTIA 6 FREDERICTON 3 AT ROCHESTER 5 SCORING LEADERS GOALTENDING LEADERS INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE EAST DIVISION WEST DIVISION RESULTS TUE., DEC. 8 MILWAUKEE 3 AT MUSKEGON 6 SALT LAKE…