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March 4, 1988
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League May Take Away Olympique Victory
Mario Bazinet was asked whether his second-place St-Jean Castors could catch the pace-setting Hull Olympi-ques in the LeBel Division. “We’re seven points behind with 13 to play,” coach Bazinet said Feb. 17. “Catching them will be pretty hard.” But Bazinet may soon gain two gift points. The QMJHL is threatening to take two points away from the Olympiques for using what the league believes was an ineligible player in a 3-0 victory over the Victoriaville Tigres Feb. 2. The scenario goes like this: In a 3-3 tie Jan. 31 against the Drum-mondville Voltigeurs, Hull’s high scoring (49-87-136 in 47 games) Marc Saumier received a cross-checking major, which carries with it an automatic game misconduct and one-game suspension. However, Saumier played in the game against Victoriaville. QMJHL president Gilles Courteau decided to strip the Olympiques of their…
PLAYER OF WEEK JOFA TITAN
Nick Niedert has a distinct advantage in the faceoff circle. At 3-foot-6 and 42 pounds, he is closer to the puck than his mite opponents. The Waterloo Junior Hawks’ five-year-old center-winger depends on hard work to get by. Now in his second season of organized hockey, Nick began skating at three and attended his first summer hockey camp a week after his fifth birthday. He skates five days a week during the season, and rollerblades two or three hours a day in the off-season. Nick, who was named after veteran pro winger Nick Fotiu, is coached on the Hawks by Mike Lamb and Dan Boiler. Though hockey is his passion, Nick also finds time to attend kindergarten classes at St. Edward’s School in Waterloo. Nick hopes someday to attend a Philadelphia Flyer practice…
Desperate Rangers Herald Leetch’s Signing
NEW YORK—Welcome to New York, kid. Even before Brian Leetch had ended his run as captain of the U.S. Olympic team, the desperate New York Rangers were beckoning. “I hope he (Leetch) will be here for practice Wednesday,” coach Michel Bergeron said, unaware of the fact that Team USA was scheduled to play a consolation game for seventh place at Calgary on Feb. 25 and would, therefore, be unavailable. Making Bergeron all the more anxious was the fact that Leetch—a first-round pick, ninth overall, by the Rangers in the 1986 NHL entry draft— In early January, Ranger manageplays defense. With defensemen David Shaw (fractured finger) and Jari Gronstrand (strained ligaments, right knee) out of the lineup, the Rangers absorbed a 6-3 loss to New Jersey and 6-4 defeat at the hands of the Vancouver Canucks. Bergeron…
Wregget Emerges From Slump In Fine Style
TORONTO—Ken Wregget claimed he wasn’t doing anything differently. The results said otherwise. The 23-year-old goaltender emerged from a lengthy slump, and his inspirational play may yet carry the Toronto Maple Leafs into the playoffs. Two days after backstopping the Leafs to a 4-4 tie in Edmonton against the Oilers, Wregget earned his second shutout of the season in a 5-0 win over the Canucks in Vancouver Feb. 19. He was sharp again the next night in Los Angeles, but got little help from his teammates, as the Leafs were blanked 3-0 by the Kings. Wregget faced 40 shots against L.A., including 20 in the scoreless opening period. “The score would have been 15-0 if not for the goaltending,” coach John Brophy said. I’m just trying as hard as I ever did,” Wregget said. “Things just seem…
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