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December 21, 1990
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POWER PLAY SHOOTING NOTHING BUT BLANKS
The Detroit Red Wings are living, insufferable proof of that old hockey axiom: One hundred per cent of the shots you don’t take won’t go into the net. An unwillingness to shoot the puck has compromised the Wings’ manpower advantage on the power play. They might as well—as Joe Louis Arena fans are screaming every time he referee’s arm goes up these days—decline the penalty. The Wings’ impotent power play cost them another two points in the standings in the finale of a home-and-home series with St. Louis, which the Blues swept (6-3 and 2-1 Dec. 7-8). The Wings held a two-man edge for the first 1:28 of the third period of Game 2—with the Blues’ best two penalty killers in the box—and managed one shot on goal. “The game was on the…
‘HOT’ PLATES BECOME POPULAR WITH COLLECTORS
Make no mistake, you wouldn’t want to be serving spaghetti on these plates. Collector plates featuring images of Gordie Howe, Darryl Sittier, Vladislav Tretiak and others are the hottest dishes on the menu. Some are selling for up to $200 a serving. D.H. Ussher, Ltd., in North Vancouver, B.C., and Gartlan, USA, in Huntington Beach, Calif., are two companies producing and distributing the latest in hockey collectible items. The limited-edition plates are made from high-quality porcelain and are bordered with a 22-karat gold rim set in an NHL wood-stained frame. Action images of each subject are crafted on the face of the plate with a list of individual accomplishments on the back. The displays are meant to hang on walls. Three plate sizes—101/4-inch. 81/2-inch and 41/4-inch—are produced, but only the largest is personally signed…
OILER GOALIE STOPS SLIDE
The defending Stanley Cup champion Edmonton Oilers got off to a slow start this season, but the play of goaltender Bill Ranford has kept them from sinking into oblivion. Through the second segment of the Molson Cup three-star race (up to games of Nov. 30), the 24-year-old netminder had 40 points. That gave him a wide 20-point margin over left winger Petr Klima. Two other goaltenders led their teams in three-star picks. Montreal’s Patrick Roy (30 points) had a 10-point lead over center Denis Savard and Winnipeg’s Bob Essensa (30 points) had a 10-point lead over fellow goalie Stephane Beauregard. TORONTO MONTREAL EDMONTON VANCOUVER WINNIPEG CALGARY…
TIME FOR A CONFESSION: I THINK ESPO IS A LOUSY GM
I like Phil Esposito. He is colorful, quotable and charming. Forthright, energetic and dynamic. He has the ability to adapt to any environment, as much at home with a blue-collar, beer crowd as he is with the strawberries-and-cream, champagne jet set. Moreover, he’s successful, a selfmade man on and off the ice. But I must confess: I think Phil Esposito is a lousy general manager. Now, the good news for Phil is two-fold. First, I don’t own an NHL team. I know, because I wasn’t asked to play in the governors’ annual croquet match at the Breakers Resort in West Palm Beach, Fla. Second, my track record these days ain’t so great. For instance, I never figured Esposito’s Tampa Bay expansion bid was for real. When NHL president John Ziegler made it official, and even…
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