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May 12, 1989
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BERGERON WON’T LASH BACK AT ESPOSITO
The new, improved 1990 model Michel Bergeron already is on the market. Among the major changes is an engine that, so far, does not overheat as quickly as earlier editions. Tanned and relaxed, the showroom version of Bergeron sits in the Florida sun, and behaves in a manner that is contrasted with ‘Le Petit Tigre’ who would bite off your verb at the drop of a quarrelsome question. In fact, the post-Ranger ‘Tigre’ sounds more like St. Francis of Assisi than the Michel Bergeron we’ve grown to love and loathe. Now that he is secure with his new Nordiques’ contract, Bergeron has turned diplomat, letting Phil Esposito be the heavy while the fan mail continues to show strong sympathy for the coach and little for the manager. I spoke with him recently. Q: You…
UNCERTAINTY CONTINUES TO SURROUND LARIONOV
Those with the Vancouver Canucks don’t seem to know whether they’re coming or going these days. President and general manager Pat Quinn returned from the World Championships in Stockholm, denying he’d struck a deal with Soviet center Igor Larionov. Larionov told the Globe and Mail he had come to terms with the Canucks. He also told a Swedish television station he had an agreement with the Canucks and he believed he’d be released to join the team in training camp next fall. Quinn admitted speaking to Larionov at the tournament and said Larionov is eager to come to Canada. But the GM said no contract has been presented to Larionov by the Canucks. Quinn expressed outrage with the report, in which Larionov said he agreed to terms with Vancouver. “The fact Larionov said he’s made…
CHYNOWETH READY FOR ‘ROOKIE’ SEASON
The 1988-89 season was one big series of growing pains for Dean Chynoweth. But after an NHL season in which he played only six games, the New York Islanders’ first-round draft pick in 1987 feels he’s finally on his way back. “I feel good,” said Chynoweth from his rented home on Long Island. “The doctors here say that I’m over the hump. If all goes well, I’ll be 100 per cent ready for camp.” Getting over the hump is a major accomplishment for Chynoweth, considering what he endured last season. On Oct. 27, in a fight with the Flyers’ Rick Tocchet at the Spectrum, Tocchet gouged Chynoweth’s left eye and knocked him out of the lineup for what was expected to be no more than six weeks. Before his eye got well enough, Chynoweth…
ANOTHER PLAGER ON THE HORIZON
The Blues have been wearing the late Barclay Plager’s No. 8 on their jerseys all season. Another Plager may someday wear that uniform. Barclay’s 17-year-old son, Kevin, plays for the Parkway North High School hockey team. He’s hoping to move up from there to either Sioux City or the Detroit Junior Red Wings. “I eat, sleep and breathe hockey,” says Kevin. “Maybe it’s in my blood.” Kevin never saw his father play for the Blues but admits his dad’s influence is pervasive. “Every time I hit the ice, I’m thinking of him,” says young Plager. “I’m thinking, ‘Work hard. Be proud. Never let down our name.’” Barclay’s wife, Helen, says her son is a chip off the old block. “Kevin would play with a broken finger and separated shoulder. I’ve…
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