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February 12, 1993
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DUHATSCHEK
This statistic is for Don Cherry and everybody else who believes hockey games are won and lost by the scrap-pers-the fourth-line forwards who play five to seven minutes every game, but basically spend their nights glued to the middle of the players’ bench. The Winnipeg Jets before Tie Domi went 13-19-3. The Winnipeg Jets after acquiring Tie Domi went 11-2-2 in their next 15 games. Yes, since the Dec. 29 acquisition of Domi and Kris King, the Jets have been the NHL’s hottest team. However, the Jets were starting to play better before they ever made the trade. The deal added an important missing ingredient-toughness-to their mix, but the fact is the Jets were already winning hockey games before the terrible twosome checked in from Broadway. The primary reason: after mediocre starts, a quartet…
Wakaluk’s up to challenge as co-No. 1 goalie
When the Minnesota North Stars’ mid-winter lour reached Toronto, newspaper headlines boldly proclaimed Felix Potvin as the Maple Leafs’ No. I goalie. Quietly in Minnesota, with fanfare appropriate to a Bob Gainey-coached team, Darcy Wakaluk has made the climb to where he’s on par with Jon Casey, the Stars’ No. 1 goalie. “Our goaltender situation is such that if either was to be injured, I wouldn’t be concerned,” Gainey said. Wakaluk’s climb has been difficult to ignore. Through the late-January game in Toronto, he was unbeaten in three games (2-0-1) and had a 1.95 goals-against average and.930 save percentage. He was 4-1-1 in recent starts and played in nine of 13 games. “We approached the game against Toronto With the importance attached to a division game against the team in front or behind us,”…
Team finds new ways to win
Pat Bums is a tough guy to keep happy. Who else would realign his lines for better defensive balance after the club had allowed four goals in four games? And who else would ^t down the hottest goalie in the league? ” The Toronto Maple Leaf coach employed both strategies Jan. 30 against the New York Rangers, and since the Leafs won 3-1 for their eighth win in 11 games, it’s hard to argue. Bums bumped hard-working but low-scoring left winger Mark Osborne to the No. 1 line alongside Doug Gilmour and Glenn Anderson. Bums then moved winger Nikolai Borschevsky to Osborne’s spot on the club’s checking line with Peter Zezel and Bill Berg, and inserted center Dave McLlwain as a left winger on a line with John Cullen and Rob Pearson. That resulted…
LISTS
All-star marks within reach Four individual career All-Star Game records are within reach at the Feb. 6 game in Montreal. Here they are: Most goals: Wayne Gretzky could extend his own record of 12. Most assists: Ray Bourque is tied with Gordie Howe and Larry Robinson at nine. Paul Coffey and Mark Messier each have six. Most points: Gretzky has 17, two shy of Howe’s all-star record of 19. Bourque has 11 points and Luc Robitaille 10. Most goals against: Mike Vernon has allowed 15 goals in parts of just four games. Glenn Hall surrendered 22 goals in 13 games. Rookies make all-star debut Fourteen players will make their all-star debuts at the NHL’s mid-season showcase Feb. 6 in Montreal. Here’s the list according to conferences. Wales: Peter Bondra, Brad Marsh. Zarley Zalapski, Craig Billington, Peter Sidorkiewicz. Campbell: Brian…
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