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November 22, 1991
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Delcourt’s second lifehelps Thunderbirds
When the Canada West Universities Athletic Association dropped its rule limiting player eligibility to 25 over the summer, it gave Grant Delcourt of British Columbia another life. The 26-year-old, five-year veteran was leading the Thunderbirds in scoring after six games with five goals and six assists. If the rule had not been changed, he would have been ineligible this season. Delcourt’s presence helped UBC get off to a great start. Projected to struggle in the competitive CWUAA under rookie coach Mike Coflin, the Thunderbirds got three wins and a tie in their first six games. The team finished dead-last a year ago with an 8-15-5 record. NICE TIE: The Calgary Dinos earned a 2-2 tie with the Alberta Golden Bears at Clare Drake Arena Nov. 2, giving them their first point in Edmonton…
Beukeboom reportedly going to the Rangers
Tradewinds blew the Edmonton Oilers into their two-day California desert golf hiatus this year. Rumors continued to swirl Nov. 9 around suspended center Bernie Nicholls and enigmatic Czech sniper Petr Klima—both of whom have asked to play elsewhere—and a new name has been tossed into the mill. Two New York Rangers’ insiders insist Oilers’ defenseman Jeff Beukeboom is Big Apple bound. And soon. Beukeboom was an intimidating physical force in last season’s playoffs and Rangers’ general manager Neil Smith is desperate for tough help on the blue line. The rumor first surfaced while the Mark Messier trade was coming together in early October and it won’t go away. “Any time I talk to a general manager I talk about defensemen,” said Smith. “We’ve got guys who can score, we’ve got guys who play hard,…
Bay boy gives his Seal of approval
Ty Toki is 68 years old now and has been out of the dry cleaning business for a few years. He’s taking in a few NHL games and enjoying retirement in San Francisco, where life has been Jonely for Toki and many of his hockey-loving friends ever since the Seals picked up their sticks and left the Bay Area. “They went to Cleveland—when was it, ’75 or ’76?—and a bunch of us just looked at each other and said, ‘Hey, we’ve got a pretty good group here,’” said Toki, whose Seals’ Booster Club may rank as the world’s greatest group of hockey loyalists. “There must have been 600 of us back then, and, with families and all, probably 1,000 total. All of sudden, we didn’t have a hockey club.” Ever since, Toki…
Reese comfortable asbackup to No. 1 Fuhr
Mark down Nov. 8 as a red letter day for the Toronto Maple Leafs. First, the Leafs tied the New York Rangers 3-3 at Madison Square Garden that night for the club’s first point away from home this season after eight consecutive losses. Second, and maybe more important from a team development point of view was that backup goalie Jeff Reese was guarding the Leaf net in that game, the first time in five appearances for Reese that the Leafs had done anything but lose. “The biggest thing for me is that I don’t want to let the guys down when I get in there,” said Reese, who blocked 40 of 43 shots in a strong performance. He had replaced Fuhr in road losses in St. Louis and Calgary earlier in the season.…
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