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May 25, 1990
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TEAMS LIVE OUT A TALE OF TWO GOALIES
The way Andy Moog talks about the Edmonton Oilers, it’s difficult to believe he ever played for them. Of course, when Moog was with them, he hardly ever played. But that was then, this is now and not only was Moog playing, he was one of the main reasons why the Boston Bruins were in the Stanley Cup final against his former team. “To tell you the truth, the connection with me and the Edmonton Oilers has really been removed,” said Moog, who played with the Oilers from 1982-83 to ’86-87 and won three Stanley Cups with the Oilers. “There’s more players from that team around the league than with them now. I still have some good friends…but it was my wish to get out of there.” This season, it is his wish…
BALDWIN BACK WHERE HE BELONGS
Howard Baldwin has spent a career training for the job he holds today, owner of the Minnesota North Stars. Baldwin, a 48-year-old filmmaker and owner of a frozen yogurt company, and partner Morris Belzberg, a retired Budget Rent-a-Car executive, bought the North Stars from George and Gordon Gund, the deal getting final approval from the NHL board of governors May 9. The purchase ends a two-year forced hiatus from pro hockey for Baldwin, who was on the wrong side at the wrong time in the summer of 1988. As a minority owner and managing general partner of the Hartford Whalers, he was vulnerable to a reorganization. “The final chapter didn’t end up the way I would have written it in my book, but that just shows you shouldn’t write it before it happens,”…
ROAD WARRIORS
The way the Calder Cup final has gone, you would think Willie Nelson was singing the national anthem before each game. The country music star, best-known for his song On the Road Again, would fit right into a series in which the visiting team won each of the first five games. Fortunately for the underdog Springfield Indians, home-ice disadvantage meant a 3-2 series lead over the Rochester Americans. After losing its two home games to the Indians, the Americans managed to pull even by winning games three and four at Springfield. But the Indians put themselves in a position to clinch their first playoff title since 1975 with a 2-1 overtime victory at the Rochester War Memorial May 13. Dave Pasin delivered the game-winner, his first goal of the postseason, 10:12 into overtime. Pasin…
PATRICK TAKING CAREFUL APPROACH
Craig Patrick said he knew almost nothing about the players in the Pittsburgh Penguins system when he replaced Tony Esposito as general manager last Dec, 5. This spring, he got more of a look at the team’s prospects than he would have liked. Because the Penguins missed the NHL playoffs, Patrick was able to devote April and May to not only assessing players available in the June 16 entry draft, but also to evaluating some taken by Pittsburgh in previous years. He still hasn’t had a look at all of the Penguins’ prospects, but saw enough of some to form some pre-liminary impressions: ▪ Regina (Western League) right winger Jamie Heward, first pick (16th overall) in 1989: “He’s got a lot of good skills. He grew up playing defense all through minor hockey and…
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