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August 19, 1988
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Is King Serving Up Brandy Before It’s Properly Aged?
WHILE OTHERS HIS age are travelling by bus, he will be flying in airplanes. While others his age will spend their winter nights in North Bay and Chicoutimi and Swift Current, he will spend his in Moscow and Stockholm and Helsinki. While others his age will learn of the camaraderie of their game and share with those of similar goals and experience, he will be alone, with others older, amongst those of varying age, experience and goals. Center Brandy Semchuk, age 16, admits he’s afraid. Who wouldn’t be? “The more I think about it. the more nervous 1 get,” said Semchuk, a Calgarian who this summer became the youngest player ever signed to play for Canada’s national hockey team. He has not played a shift of major junior hockey, but this winter he will play against…
A Delicate Balancing Act
Michael Dukakis, Lloyd Bentsen and Jesse Jackson have what’s viewed as an uneasy alliance, but they believe it’s a workable one that will lead the Democrats to the White House. Harold Ballard. Gord Stellick and John Brophy have what’s perceived as an equally-tenuous relationship, but don’t count on the Toronto Maple Leafs winning the Stanley Cup this year. That’s because in recent years the Maple Leaf situation has more resembled a prime-time soap opera than Hockey Night in Canada. Rife with rumors and innuendo, bitter feuds and power struggles, this is the stuff of great television but dismal hockey as the Maple Leafs continue to look like anything but a Dynasty. Ballard celebrated his 85th birthday in Toronto General Hospital July 30th shortly after undergoing quintuple bypass heart surgery. But even in failing…
THIS MONTH…
20 YEARS AGO: • Assault charges brought by a spectator against Montreal Canadien coach Toe Blake and player Claude Provost were dismissed by a Los Angeles court due to conflicting testimony. Bernard Weisman of Northridge. Calif., accused Blake and Provost of striking him with hockey sticks during a scuffle at the Canadiens’ bench in a Montreal-Los Angeles King game at the Forum on Nov. 19. 1967. • California Golden Seals owner Barry Van Gerbig transferred ownership of the team to the trio of Potter Palmer of Chicago. John O’Neill Jr. of Miami and George Gillett of Chicago. Terms of the transfer were not disclosed. The new owners also owned the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team. • Vancouver Canucks of the Western League purchased the Rochester Americans of the American League for$950.000. Joe Crozier, coach-general…
Nords Get Mason To Cement Goaltending
QUEBEC CITY— General manager Martin Madden didn’t waste much time in getting his hands on the experienced goalie the Quebec Nordiques sorely needed. Mario Gosselin logged the most games (54) of his five-year NHL career last season as 21-year-oldrookies Ron Tugnutt (six games) and Mario Brunetta (29 games) struggled with the backup role. The trio compiled a 3.80 goals-against average, up from 3.41 the previous season, when Clint Malarchuk was the No. 1 man. But when Malarchuk was traded to Washington, his role was handed to the 25-year-old Gosselin, who had difficulty with it. His GAA swelled from 3.18 to 3.78. Help came in the form of Bob Mason, who the Nordiques obtained on July 5 from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for center/left winger Mike Eagles. “We were pretty thin in the…
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