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February 26, 1988
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Les Beaux Lebeaus: Good Brothers
They live together in the same Shawinigan boarding house. They double-date on Saturday nights. They are inseparable in the summer. They are each other’s best friend. They are the brothers Lebeau, 19-year-old Stephan and 17-year-old Patrick, and they score goals like few others. They are the talk of Shawinigan and two of the few rays of sunshine on the last-place Cataractes. Stephan, a center, was second in Quebec League scoring to teammate Patrice Lefebvre, with 143 points on 74 goals and 69 assists in 51 games. Left winger Patrick, despite missing 12 games with mononucleosis, was third on the team in goals with 32, and fourth in points with 84. Scoring goals has been second nature to the brothers since they began playing hockey at age five. It’s an innate talent. “You have this thing in…
Superstar Lemieux Is Now NHL’s Best Player
I COME NOT to bury Wayne Gretzky, but to praise Mario Lemieux. No. 66 has surpassed No. 99 as the No. 1 player in the NHL. Gretzky may well be remembered as the best player ever, but with or without a knee injury, he hasn’t been the best player this season. How do you prove it? You don’t. You can’t. Because the champ must be knocked out to lose his title. And Gretzky will not be knocked out. Hell, he’s never been knocked down. The closest thing to tangible acknowledgement would be Lemieux winning the scoring championship. But all fight fans know that challengers seldom win on points. Besides, point production is misleading. As of Feb. 15, for instance, Lemieux had more points than Gretzky (120 to 104) but not more points per game…
1,000-Plus Players In Hockey America
The National Novice Hockey Association has not only gotten bigger, but better. Designed as an adult league for would-be hockey stars who had never before played the sport, the NNHA has turned out some proficient players in its nine-year history. The problem was, once those players had reached a certain level of competence, where would they go? The formation of an advanced division provided a partial solution, but it wasn’t until the creation two seasons ago of Hockey America that the more talented players could be assured of continued competitive hockey. The NNHA expanded, creating Hockey America in response to what if felt was a need for high-level recreational hockey in the U.S. Several of its players are graduates of the novice loop, though hockey players of every calibre are welcome. “Hockey America is open…
Canada Averts Disaster
Canada and the United States emerged from their Olympic openers unbeaten but not necessarily unscathed. The wounds, mind you, were only superficial, although there was no way of telling if they could develop into something more critical as the Games unfolded. Czechoslovakia and Finland, meanwhile, were not so fortunate. Their opening-game losses, to West Germany and Switzerland, respectively, caused injuries that may not be so quick to heal. Canada, in its difficult 1-0 win over Poland on Feb. 14, ran into a hot goaltender and plodding-but-effective defense that left the outcome in doubt until the final buzzer. More importantly, though, the Canadian team’s weakness—lack of goal-scoring—was never so apparent as it was against the Poles. On another day, against another more able opponent, the Canadians’ offensive show would have been woefully inadequate. But then this…
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