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March 2, 1990
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DEFENSIVE RECOVERY PRODUCES HOMEWINS
If there’s one thing Chicago Black-hawks’ coach Mike Keenan can’t tolerate, it’s sloppy defense. Like the kind the Hawks played on a recent six-game road trip (Jan. 26 to Feb. 10) when they allowed 29 goals in the final five games and lost three of them. “We’ve been regressing instead of progressing,” said Keenan after one of the losses. But like they’ve been able to do all season, the Hawks righted the ship before too much damage could be done. They tightened it up defensively, starting with a methodical 4-1 victory over Buffalo Feb. 13 at Chicago Stadium and proceeded to win three of four games. In those three victories, the Hawks allowed just six goals. “The thing we’re really happy with is the defense,” said left winger Greg Gilbert. “You go down to…
VALENTINE’S DAY MASSACRE FOR EDMONTON GOALIES
For Edmonton Oilers’ goalie Pokey Red-dick, it was a Valentine’s Day to remember. Only problem is, he doesn’t remember much of it. Reddick started the Oilers’ 4-3 loss to the Washington Capitals that night, but was knocked out of the game at the 6:58 mark of the first period when defenseman Jeff Beukeboom pushed Washington’s Dino Ciccarelli into the goalie. Off he went.and in came Bill Ranford, who hadn’t been the same ever since his head was banged into the ice by New Jersey’s Kirk Muller during a goalmouth scramble Feb. 6. With Grant Fuhr out of the lineup, the Oilers were down to their last goalie. Then, disaster struck. Ranford allowed two goals and on the second, he sprained his ankle while reaching to block Ciccarelli’s shot. Ranford hung in for the last…
BADGERS, GOPHERS GO DOWN TO THE WIRE
The ability of Wisconsin and Minnesota to take advantage of soft spots in their respective schedules was the big reason they entered the last week of the regular season fighting for the Western Collegiate Hockey Association title. “If you analyze the schedules,” said Badgers’ coach Jeff Sauer, “you can say the same about both teams.” In mid-January many were conceding a third straight MacNaughton Cup to the Gophers. By sweeping Minnesota-Duluth on the road Jan. 19-20, they extended their league winning streak to 11 games and had built an eight-point lead over the second-place Badgers. In a stretch between Nov. 18 and Jan. 20, Minnesota defeated last-place Michigan Tech twice, seventh-place Colorado College three times, sixth-place Denver four times and fifth-place Minnesota-Duluth twice. But after the teams split a two-game series in Minneapolis, (a…
FOGARTY’S ROOKIE SEASON A BIG MINUS
Bryan Fogarty was on the verge of setting the unofficial record for largest plus-minus drop from one season to the next. Last season with the Ontario League’s Niagara Falls Thunder, Fogarty had the highest plus-minus rating in Canadian major junior hockey, plus-91. This season, with the NHL’s worst team—the Quebec Nordiques—Fogarty had the worst plus-minus mark in the league, minus-44. “But you can’t put too much importance in those stats,” said Fogarty. “In fact, they only go to show you that they very much reflect on the way your team is playing. “Right now, the Nordiques are the worst team in the league. Last year, the Thunder was a very good team. And two years ago, I was in the red in Kingston, a very poor team. “So I can’t go and panic when…
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