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November 10, 1989
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KNIGHTS’ COACH SURPRISED BY POLL
Despite heavy losses to graduation and the decision of left winger Jartno Kekalainen to turn pro with the Boston Bruins, the Clarkson Golden Knights were picked to finish fourth in the coaches’ preseason poll. “It’s nice to know the other coaches have that much respect for our program and our players,” said coach Mark Morris, who led the Knights to a 13-7-2 record and a fourth-place finish last season in his first year as head coach. “But really… I think someone is trying to put some pressure on us.” Clarkson lost nine lettermen over the summer, including Kekalainen, their leading scorer last season with 44 points (19-25-44). Kekalainen had another year of eligibility remaining at Clarkson, but wanted to take a shot at pro hockey before returning to his native Finland to…
NHL GUILTY OF AN ALARMING OVERSIGHT
The NHL’s volunteer fire department, otherwise known as its team of general managers, is racing to the scene of the blaze. But guess what? The fire is already out of control. Poised with axes and ready to break down the door of a Chicago hotel, the NHL GMs will meet Nov. 13 and, among other things, try to stomp out a Calder Trophy tinderbox. Seems a few GMs are a little hot under the collar because a 31-year-old Soviet who has won seven world championships, two Olympic gold medals, two European player-of-the-year awards and three Soviet player-of-the-year awards (not to mention 11 Soviet League all-star honors and nine Soviet scoring championships) is considered an NHL rookie. And since Calgary Flames’ right winger Sergei Makarov had three goals and 18 assists in 13 games…
THE COMEBACK KID
Jerry Chumola couldn’t sleep. A late July evening had turned into early morning and there he was, wide awake, staring into the shadows as another midsummer day drew closer. It seemed a thousand different thoughts were running through his mind, but it really was just one. One he couldn’t let go. One so persistent, so exciting, that he had to share it with someone. When daylight came, he picked up the telephone in his parents’ Starbuck, Man., home and began to dial. After a short pause, Mike Sertich, hockey coach at the University of Minnesota-Duluth, answered. “Coach,” Chumola blurted, “can I come back and play hockey?” Sertich could not say no. With that, a truly remarkable comeback story began to unfold. On March 25, 1989, Chumola, a standout center for the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs, was on…
LEY SEES TRUE GRIT… AND LOVES IT
A list of the Hartford Whalers’ four best players through a 6-6-1 start under coach Rick Ley would look like this: Mike Liut, Sylvain Cote, Pat Verbeek, Ron Francis. Liut. with a 4-2-1 record and an NHL-best 1.57 goals-against average after back-to-back shutouts over Quebec (2-0 Oct. 25) and Boston (1-0 Oct. 28), was staging one of the best comebacks since Lazarus. Until he was struck down with a broken toe on his left foot Oct. 28 in Boston, Cote was playing the best defense of his NHL career. Verbeek, acquired June 17 from New Jersey for Sylvain Turgeon, led the Whalers with eight goals, 15 points and 35 penalty minutes. And captain Francis just kept sailing along with seven goals and 14 points, which left him one goal shy of Blaine Stoughton’s career record…
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