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March 8, 1991
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U.S. WIN COULD BE RED-FACED MOMENT
A little news and a lot of unsolicited views from Hartford (a great place to live, but you wouldn’t want to visit here on a weeknight in February). There was some cockeyed poll by a Dallasbased group recently that had hockey rated about the 40th most popular sport in the United States. The NHL publicity arm promptly sent out a fact sheet to clubs pointing to a refuting poll that showed 45 million hockey fans in the country. While we quibble over exactly how many Yanks actually love hockey, here’s something to digest. Not one American newspaper that I know of—save the Olympic year—sends a reporter to cover the annual world championships. One of these Aprils, the Americans are going to win the damned thing and then what’s going to happen? It…
CHRISTIAN SCORES BIG IN STEAL OF A DEAL
Bob Joyce may yet prove otherwise, but the Boston Bruins’ acquisition of veteran right winger Dave Christian may be one of general manager Harry Sinden’s best trades ever. So far, it has been a steal for Boston. Christian was dealt to Boston by Washington for Joyce Dec. 13, 1989. He started the season poorly—three goals in 28 games—and the Capitals needed a grinding forward. Joyce, the Bruins fourth choice, 82nd overall in the 1984 draft, fit the bill perfectly. And so far this season, Joyce has spent much of this season in the American League, while Christian has regained his scoring touch in Boston. With 16 games remaining in the regular season, the 31-year-old Christian had 29 goals and 18 assists in 62 games. He was second on the team in goals—Cam Neely had 39—and was…
POWER PLAY MUST TAKE ADVANTAGE OF CHANCES
With 63 points in their first 63 games, the Hartford Whalers were as average as you could get. But despite their. 500 record, they did lead the league in one statistic—most power-play opportunities. Whalers’ coach Rick Ley said he knew the reason why his team was getting all those chances. “I think in the opposition end, we create penalties with good forechecking and good movement down low,” Ley said. “We create a lot of tripping and holding penalties. Another thing, our team has mostly shown discipline and a willingness to turn the cheek, take numbers and wait.” A major reason has been the line of Ron Francis, Pat Verbeek and Rob Brown. If time of possession and controlling the puck along the rear boards in the offensive zone was the object of the…
KNEE INJURY CUTS SHORT LESCHYSHYN’S BEST SEASON
As if things weren’t going badly enough, the Quebec Nordiques will have to do without their most reliable defenseman for the rest of the season. Curtis Leschyshyn, only 21-years-old but more and more imposing on the ice and in the dressing room, was felled by what the Nordiques called an illegal check during a 3-3 tie Feb. 18 in Vancouver. Canucks’ right winger Ron Stern got his knee out a little too far and caught Leschyshyn on the left knee. “Both our knees impacted together with great force,” said Leschyshyn. “I had just gotten a pass away in the neutral zone and was looking the other way. I caught a glimpse of Stern taking a run at me and kind of moved over a bit. Maybe if I hadn’t seen him, my whole…
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