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November 9, 1990
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COOL LEFT OUT IN THE COLD
It took the Laval Titan only 15 games to lose its Cool. The Titan, which has a history of firing its coaches early in the season, did so again Oct. 23: relieving Jean-Maurice Cool of his duties. “For him, for us and for the team, it was better to look for a new coach,” said team owner Jean-Claude Morrissette. “It’s a tough time to do this, but you can’t change 25 or 26 players. We all agreed…we needed to make a move.” The two-time defending Quebec League champions were 6-8-1 under Cool. Francois Lacombe, 42, who played four seasons as a defenseman with Oakland, Buffalo and Quebec, signed on for the remainder of the season replacing Cool. Morrissette claims the coaching change was a mutual agreement between Titan vice-president Richard Lafreniere and Cool. Cool…
PLAYER OF WEEK JOFA TITAN
Nobody pushes Jamie Hartman around the ice. The flashy, 3-foot-10, 65-pounder from Brantford, Ont. loves to get aggressive along the boards. He was one of the best checkers on his Brantford minor novice AAA team last season. The nine-year-old right winger scored 12 goals and 24 points last season, his fourth year of organized hockey. Jamie has played on travelling teams the past three seasons, and this year, he’ll play center on Brantford’s A team, coached by his father, Brian. When he’s not getting tough along the boards, Jamie is a Grade 3 student at Princess Elizabeth school. He enjoys soccer, fishing and road hockey. Jamie’s favorite player is Brantford’s hometown hero, Wayne Gretzky. His favorite teams are Los Angeles and Edmonton. One of Jamie’s favorite hobbies is watching his favorite teams on television with his…
WEEKEND WINS MEAN PRESSURE OFF DUDLEY
Just when coach Rick Dudley could feel the heat nipping at his feet, the Buffalo Sabres got hot and swept a weekend series everyone felt they had to win. “Let’s face it,” the second-year coach said. “When things go wrong they’re not going to fire six or seven hockey players. They look for the easy way out and the coach is always the easy way out. I don’t care if it’s Doug Carpenter, Rick Dudley or John Muckier. It doesn’t matter who it is. It can happen to anyone. We all know it.” They don’t all like it, however, and Dudley, who would have been the scapegoat for the team’s 1-5-3 start, was clearly unhappy with the way things had developed in Buffalo. In a series of public statements after losses, Dudley had…
NORTH STARS
Dave Gagner came to the Minnesota North Stars three years ago as a checking forward. Now, he’s become one of the few North Stars worth checking. “I knew Dave Gagner more from his statistics than I did from playing against him or watching him play,” first-year coach Bob Gainey said. “He has great skating speed which he utilizes to get into position and his determination and desire are apparent in his play. It’s apparent even if you just sit down and talk to him. “Those are great qualities to have and it shows in his results. He’s been a big point producer here the last couple of seasons.” But he didn’t start out that way. Gagner (pronounced gahn-YEAH) scored eight goals in his first 51 games as a North Star and appeared to be…
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