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December 15, 1989
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MOOG AUTHORS WINNING SCRIPT IN BEANTOWN
During much of his five full seasons with the Edmonton Oilers, Andy Moog was overshadowed by teammate Grant Fuhr. But this season, as the unquestioned top goaltender of the Boston Bruins, the 29-year-old Moog has cast his own shadow—over the shooters of 20 NHL clubs. After beating the Flyers 2-1 in Philadelphia Dec. 3, Moog was the hottest goaltender in hockey, unbeaten in nine games and possessor of an eight-game winning streak. For the season, he ranked near the league lead in wins (12), goals-against (2.35) and shutouts (two). “Sometimes, you just seem to be picking up the puck when it’s coming off the stick,” said Moog. “Other times, you don’t see it until it’s halfway there. “I’ve been seeing the puck very well. And that gives you more time to react and more time…
COACHING THE WOLVES AN ANNUAL RITUAL
Sleet, snow and rain couldn’t keep Ken MacKenzie from his appointed rounds when he was a letter carrier for Canada Post. But the stormy front office of the Sudbury Wolves did. Which is strange, considering that when MacKenzie took the head coaching job late in the 1987-88 season, “job security” was not part of the Wolves’ lexicon. Since entering the OHL in 1972-73, the Wolves have gone through 19 coaches, an average of more than one per season. The most bizarre tenure was held by Bob Strumm, who coached the team during the summer of 1985. Strumm, now a columnist with the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, took the GM-coach job after the 1984-85 season, but stayed only two months, due to contractual problems. Wolves’ GM Sam McMaster has replaced the revolving door to the coach’s office.…
ISLANDER FANS ARE DYING A SLOW DEATH
Have you ever seen someone die a slow death? You have if you’ve ever been to an New York Islander game at the Nassau Coliseum. Through poor drafting, miserable marketing and poor treatment to current ticket holders, going to an Islanders’ game is like going to a funeral. Maybe new blood at the top is needed. Going to a game with 8,000 to 10,000 quiet fans makes me want to fall asleep. Next year might never come for me because after eight years as a ticket holder, I feel I have reached my tolerance level for lousy hockey. If (Isles’ GM) Bill Torrey sees this, I’m in the phone book. Gene Gasparro N. Babylon. N. Y. GOOD OLD DAYS There was a time in Los Angeles, before the Wayne Gretzky trade, when you could go to a game…
THE KID WITH THE ‘WHEELS’ MOVES ON
He was the kid who had it all. A great shot, good hands and above and beyond all else, great wheels. Nobody, the hockey fans of Winnipeg were assured, was faster. That was back in the spring of 1987 when Brad Jones first arrived in Winnipeg, a squeaky clean 22-year-old from the University of Michigan. And in the four games he played that season before breaking his jaw in the fifth, many believed he really would be the winger Dale Hawerchuk was searching for. But 2½ years later, on Nov. 30, the 24-year-old Jones was traded to Los Angeles for 30-year-old left winger Phil Sykes. Playing his second game for the Kings’ New Haven farm team in the American League, Jones scored three times in the first 12 minutes of a 5-4 loss…
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