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March 4, 1988
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Mahovlich Part Of Big Deal
March 3, 1988 marks the 20th anniversary of the day Frank Mahovlich really began his National Hockey League career. Now, that may sound a bit strange to long-time hockey buffs who realize that by March, 1968, the Big M had been around the NHL for 11 seasons as a left-winger with the Toronto Maple Leafs. For Mahovlich, though, they were mostly miserable years; lost years, by his estimation. Therefore, when he received a phone call from the late King Clancy in the early hours of March 3, 1968, his misery turned to elation and his career re-gained its long-lost purpose. Clancy informed him of a trade—perhaps the biggest hockey swap of the 1960s. Mahovlich, fellow Leafs Peter Stemkowski and Garry Unger along with the rights to Carl Brewer had become property of the…
Habs Win Despite Continued Sloppy Play
MONTREAL—The victories weren’t pretty but, after a five-game losing streak, the Montreal Canadiens welcomed them. Home-ice wins over the Boston Bruins and Quebec Nordiques lifted Montreal from its longest slump of the season, but there were still signs the Canadiens had a fair distance to go. Goaltender Brian Hayward backstopped both victories, but wasn’t satisfied with his teammates’ performance over slumping Quebec Feb. 20. The veteran netminder, who had outplayed No. 1 goaltender Patrick Roy in recent weeks, stormed off the ice once the final siren signalled victory. “We didn’t play a good game,” Hayward said. “The score was not indicative of the play. It wasn’t a 5-3 game as far I’m concerned. “We gave them far too many good scoring opportunities.” The Canadiens were outshot 33-24. With the Canadiens leading 5-2 entering the third period, several…
Flaherty Blossoms
One bright spot in a disappointing Lowell Chief season has been the play Of sophomore right winger Jeff Flaherty. Flaherty had just four goals and five assists for nine points in 28 games as a freshman. But this season, he has 20 goals and 11 assists in just 25 games. The 6-foot-3, 207-pounder from East Weymouth, Mass., was 17-10-27 in 19Hockey East games—including a three-goal, three-assist performance in a Feb. 12-13 split with Hockey East champ Maine. The split—a 6-3 loss and a 7-5 win—left Lowell’s record at 15-14 overall, 10-13 in league play. CAPUANO SETS MARK Maine sophomore right winger Dave Capuano had three goals and two assists against Lowell to set the school record for points in a season. Capuano had 26 goals and 40 assists for 66 points, one more than…
Goaltender Hot And Cold After Assuming Top Job
VANCOUVER—Kirk McLean’s spotlight hasn’t always glowed with the same intensity. The Vancouver Canucks’ 21-year-old rookie goalie was thrust into the goaltending spotlight Feb. 5, when Canuck management told veteran goalie Richard Brodeur to stay away from the team. McLean, whose NHL experience prior to this season was two games with the New Jersey Devils in 1985-86 and four games in 1986-87, has been inconsistent in the spotlight’s glare. He was the first star in a 5-1 win over New Jersey Feb. 5, was replaced by Frank Caprice after allowing four goals in 20 minutes during a 7-2 loss to Edmonton Feb. 11, blanked Mario Lemieux and the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-0 for his first NHL shutout Feb. 17 and was on the wrong end of an embarrassing 5-0 home-ice loss to the Toronto Maple…
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