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April 27, 1990
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CRISP ENDURES WEEK FROM HELL
Calgary Flames’ coach Terry Crisp’s week in review. Monday April 9: Team down 2-1 in the Los Angeles series. Give them the day off, hoping they regroup for the big game, the one the Flames need to tie their Smythe Division semifinal. Tuesday April 10: Lose 12-4. Twelve goals against marks the second-highest total ever in Stanley Cup playoff history. Discard plan A. Wednesday April 11: Pick up local paper. Find yourself on the firing line. Calgary Herald columnist Allan Maki is particularly critical: “Send this team back to Moscow and make it stay. Send it in a row boat with a slow leak. Put it in an airplane third class or baggage, with only one movie to watch, the disgrace against Los Angeles…Crisp should be given a root canal without Novocaine. He…
FIVE-STAR GENERALS
The Oshawa Generals became the first team to qualify for the Memorial Cup as they swept the Peterborough Petes in four games in their Leyden Division final. “Never in my wildest expectations did I expect to sweep the Peterborough Petes,” said Oshawa coach Rick Cornacchia after the Generals defeated the Petes 5-3 in Game 4 April 15. The Petes advanced to the division final after sweeping the Belleville Bulls in four games in their semifinal series. Oshawa had a bye after defeating the Cornwall Royals in six games in the opening round. The Generals eliminated the Petes when Eric Lindros scored twice and added an assist to win the series in Peterborough. Linemate Iain Fraser added a goal and two assists. The Generals also won Game 2 in Peterborough when Brent Grieve had…
GAGNER DOES IT AT BOTH ENDS OF THE ICE
Dave Gagner is probably as close to the kind of player coach Pierre Page is looking for as any of the Minnesota North Stars. Still, the pair’s approach to hockey differs and Page isn’t likely to budge. Gagner sees himself as a scorer who can check. Page wants a checker who can score. So close, yet so far. “Believe me, I’m not going to change my mind until I see Dave Gagner with a bunch of good years for a winning team,” Page said during the first-round series against the Chicago Blackhawks. “When he doesn’t check, we’re not as good as a team. He may think he’s better as an individual, but he’s not. “When the first thing a player thinks about are his defensive responsibilities, he can have an off-night offensively and still…
ROOKIE SIMS KEEPS KOMETS’ STREAK ALIVE
Rookie coach Al Sims kept alive a streak that began long before he became coach of the Fort Wayne Komets. For the 16th year in a row, the non-NHL affiliated Komets made the playoffs. The streak is a record among active International League teams and is believed to be a league record. The Komets finished fourth in the four-team East Division, fifth overall, with a 37-34-11 record. The top eight teams in the nine-team league qualify for the playoffs. “When the season started my main goal was to make the playoffs,” Sims said. “That’s no guarantee for an independent team, of course, But eight teams were going to make it and I wanted us to be one of them.” “Every year, l0 or 11 players come and go on independent teams, but we…
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