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June 1, 1988
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CHL Awards Herald New Era
More than a name was changed in May of 1987 when the Canadian Major Junior Hockey League became, simply, the Canadian Hockey League. It marked the beginning of a new era for junior hockey in Canada. “There’s no question we changed the name because the old one was just too wordy and cumbersome,” says CHL president Ed Chynoweth. “But there was much more to it than that. “What the members of the CHL (Quebec, Ontario and Western Leagues) are trying to accomplish is a stronger national identity for junior hockey. The time has come to look beyond the borders of our own leagues and chart a course for the future.” ‘What the members of the CHL are trying to accomplish is a stronger national identity for junior hockey.’—Chynoweth The first major step in that direction…
Making The Grade!
Tom Barrasso went from U.S. high school hockey to the Calder and Vezina trophies and a first-team NHL allstar berth in one season. Brian Lawton scored 40 goals his last season at Mount St. Charles (R.l.) Academy. He needed three-plus seasons with the Minnesota North Stars to score his 40th NHL goal. Both players entered the NHL in 1983-84. Five seasons later, Barrasso remains one of the league’s top goalies. Lawton is a journeyman. Jeremy Roenick, a flashy center at Thayer Academy in Braintree, Mass., is the latest first-round prospect toemerge from U.S. high school hockey. NHL Central Scouting has the 5-foot-10½, 158-pcund forward listed 12th in its final rating of draft-eligible North American defensemen and forwards. Roenick, a superb skater and playmaker, scored 34 goals and 50 assists in 24 games during the…
Aiming For Perfection
BOSTON BRUINS Drafting tendencies are team signatures. No two are alike. Here’s a look at the handwriting of all 21 National Hockey League clubs, the men who wield the pens and team selections since 1972. If the Boston Bruins have any code to live by in the NHL entry draft it’s, “When in doubt, look to the defense.” What other team would have passed up high-scoring right winger Brian Bellows, billed as a ‘franchise player,’ in-favor of defenseman Gord Kluzak, when they had first pick in the 1982 draft? True, the Bruins did get compensation from Minnesota for allowing the North Stars to pick Bellows No. 2 overall, but the Bruins were leaning to Kluzak all along. Even when the best players available are forwards, general manager Harry Sinden prefers one who plays both…
Foreword by Jacques Demers, NHL Coach of The Year
The foreword is by Jacques Demers. coach of the year in the National Hockey League who says: Are you looking for an easy way to make rapid improvements in your game? HOW TO WIN IN HOCKEY “IS FOR YOU. You will discover in it a fascinating way to help you play as you ‘ve never played before Professionals have used the video technique lor years The results have been spectacular. WOULD YOU LIKE TO IMITATE the professionals? In HOW TO WIN IN HOCKEY, you have lhal opportunity. You will use the book as a sort ot personal video. How? In reviewing the key points ol each ol your games You wilt learn on your own. Without ellort and quite naturally. You will succeed in achieving as spectacular results as the professionals themselves “II is…
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