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January 20, 1989
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DEVILS MOVE UP THE MAINE WAY
If imitation is indeed the sincerest form of flattery, the Maine Mariners can gain some satisfaction from the success of the Utica Devils. A year ago, the Mariners charged from last place in December to win the North Division regular-season title. The Devils are trying to follow suit in the South Division this season. A 12-game unbeaten streak (8-0-4), the American League’s best this season, pulled the 14-12-7 Devils from the cellar to fifth place in the seven-team division. Better yet, the Devils held between six and eight games in hand on the four teams—Hershey, Baltimore, Newmarket and Adirondack—ahead of them in the division. So the opportunity was there for a playoff run. “I’m really not as suprised as everybody else because I really believed we were pretty close (to being a playoff…
10 STORIES FROM ’88 YOU WON’T SOON FORGET
Here’s one last look at the 10 stones that made an unforgettable 1988—the NHLs Year of Living Crazily—one of my all-time favorites. 1. The Great Trade. Sure I heard the rumors. We all did. But until I saw Peter Pocklington posturing and Wayne Gretzky grieving live on ESPN (great coverage, by the way), I refused to believe No. 99 would retire in anything other than an Edmonton Oiler jersey. I didn’t care that Peter Pockets grabbed $15 million sunny southern California bucks and Glen Sather grabbed Jimmy Carson and four of L.A.’s No. 1 draft picks. All of a sudden the Kings were better, the Oilers were worse and nothing was sacred. I know, I know, sports is a business. On Aug. 9, it was a very ugly one, indeed. 2. The Donut Debacle.…
BREAKING THE LAW
Paul Lawless is blessed with a great set of wheels. But sometimes, he moves them in the wrong direction—or in circles. Which is where his pro career has gone. “There’s nothing wrong with his living habits or discipline off the ice,” says Hartford Whaler general manager Emile Francis. “His discipline on the ice is another matter.” Lawless broke into the NHL with the Whalers in 1982-83 after he was Hartford’s first-round draft pick, 14th overall, from the Ontario League’s Windsor Spitfires in 1982. “Sometimes here (4½ seasons), he looked like a helicopter trying to find a place to land,” says Francis. After two trades last season—from Hartford to Philadelphia to Vancouver—the speedy left winger once voted the fastest skater in the Ontario League, has touched down with the Milwaukee Admirals of the International League, the Canucks’…
GAETZ: FROM CLINIC TO KALAMAZOO
NORTH STARS North Star prospect Link Gaetz was expected to return to the team’s Kalamazoo farm club in the International League, after completion of a four-week program in a Minneapolis chemical-abuse treatment center. Gaetz, 20, completed two weeks in the center and two more weeks as an outpatient. He will continue a program in Kalamazoo. Gaetz has had an ongoing alcohol problem. “We think he’s made progress, but now the real challenge is when he goes out on his own to see how he handles the temptations,” general manager Jack Ferreira said. “We’ll help him as much as we can, as long as he wants to be helped.”…The North Stars moved over the .500 mark at home (9-8-4) with a comeback 5-3 victory over Philadelphia at Met Center Jan. 5. The…
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