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November 2, 1990
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LEETCH’S RECOVERY BIG PART OF QUICK START
Through the New York Rangers’ first nine games of the season, Brian Leetch was receiving rave reviews after leading all NHL defensemen in scoring with 14 points. And when his puck control and second effort helped set up a dramatic, game-winning goal by Brian Mullen in a 4-3 victory at Pittsburgh Oct. 20, the 1988-89 Calder Trophy winner insisted he wasn’t the hero coach Roger Neilson described him to be. “Certainly, when it was 3-3, Brian decided it was time to do something,” Neilson said. “So he stickhandled through their whole team and set up the goal.” Victimized early in the third period by Pittsburgh defenseman Paul Coffey, Leetch helped his team bounce back with a play he described in a different way than his coach. “I was holding off somebody (Pittsburgh defenseman Jim…
KERR’S TRAGIC LOSS PULLS PLAYERS TOGETHER
Sports can appear to be a worthless excercise in the face of tragedy. That was the initial response the Philadelphia Flyers felt on Oct. 16, when they learned of the death of Kathy Kerr, the wife of right winger Tim Kerr. Kathy, 30, who gave birth to a healthy baby daughter (Kimberly) Oct. 6, was said to have suffered a sudden cardiopulmonary complication. Tests failed to reveal the exact cause of the problem. Tim Kerr learned of the news in Pittsburgh, where the Flyers were scheduled to play the Penguins that evening. Team president Jay Snider and general manager Russ Farwell flew to Pittsburgh to accompany the 11-year veteran back to Philadelphia. Meanwhile, the rest of the Flyers had just a few short hours to get over the shock and get ready to play. Somehow,…
NO LOVE LOST BETWEEN GOPHERS AND HUSKIES
If their first ever series is any indication, St. Cloud State and Min-nesota are well on their way to developing a classic college hockey rivalry. In the Huskies’ WCHA debut against the Gophers Oct. 12, a standing-room-only audience of 7,051 was on hand at the National Hockey Center in St. Cloud, Minn. According to the SCS media guide, capacity at the brand new arena is 5,800. The crowd got its money’s worth. The game finished in a 3-3 standoff. “Otto (Breitenbach, WCHA commissioner) said it had the atmosphere of a national championship game,” St. Cloud coach Craig Dahl said. The following night in Minneapolis, a sellout crowd of 7,457 at Mariucci Arena saw the Gophers rally from a 4-2 deficit to triumph 5-4. After three seasons earning its stripes as an NCAA independent, St. Cloud…
KULLEN TEMPORARILY GIVES UP WILDCAT HELM
New Hampshire Wildcats’ coach Bob Kullen, a heart transplant patient in 1987, has temporarily stepped aside while he recuperates from a recent hospital stay. Kullen, 41, said he made his decision after returning from three weeks of treatment at Pittsburgh’s Presbyterian Hospital where he had his medication adjusted. While there were no problems with the new medication, Kullen said he’d need time to regain his strength. “I went to practice and sat and watched for three days and realized I didn’t have the strength or energy to run the program,” he said. “It wasn’t fair for me or to the kids. The doctors maintain it will just take some time.” In the interim, Kullen will attend practice and watch from the stands while Dick Umile runs the team. Umile has been Kullen’s associate…
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