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Yearbook 1984
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New York Rangers
The Rangers proved last year that good things come in small packages—much to the chagrin of the Philadelphia Flyers—but Herb Brooks’ diminutive team, dubbed the Smurfs, have grown over the course of the summer. The largest, tallest and biggest factor in the de-Smurfed Rangers is Willie Huber, who came over with Mike Blaisdell and Mark Osborne, a pair of 6-foot wingers, from Detroit. To get the tall trio, the Rangers surrendered pretty boy Ron Duguay, long a thorn in Brooks' side, goalie Eddie Mio and injury-plagued winger Eddie Johnstone to the Red Wings. So the Rangers won't be pushed around anymore. How can they be? With Huber and captain Barry Beck on the blueline, the Rangers have the biggest bookends in the business. But the Rangers have too many question marks and too many…
Don’t Bet Against It
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.? This was moments after the Islanders had won their fourth consecutive Stanley Cup championship by completing an astounding four-game sweep of the Oilers last May. In the Islanders’ crowded, delirious dressing room, Mike Bossy had removed his uniform and was perspiring heavily in the blue ski pajamas that most Islanders wear as longjohns. “I don’t think we’ll realize or completely understand what this all means until we’re finished playing,” the high-scoring right winger said. “There was a lot of pressure on us to win.” Bossy paused, smiled and added, “Next season we’ll be putting pressure on ourselves to win it again.” The pressure is already being applied. It started with the first day of training camp and will be extended through the regular season and into the playoffs next…
1983-84 OHL Regular Season Preview
The best way to pick out the top team in the Ontario Hockey League this season may be to throw about six names in a hat—maybe more—and start drawing. The one most coaches are pulling out is the Brantford Alexanders. Dave Draper, who used a low-level fan appeal brand of kitty-bar-the-door hockey the past two seasons, finally has the great goaltender in Allan Bester to go all the way to the Memorial Cup tournament in 1983-84. And Draper thinks back-up Chris Pusey, rated the No. 1 goalie in midget ratings a couple seasons back, “is going to be a great goalie.” “Goaltending…when you take a look around, it could be the most important factor in our division,” Draper explained. “All the contending teams lose their goaltenders. North Bay loses (Mark) Laforest. Kitchener.. (Wendall)…
Montreal Canadiens
A few years ago, novelist Roch Carrier wrote The Hockey Sweater, a story about a French-Canadian boy who is saddened when a mail-order catalogue store mistakenly sends him a Maple Leaf sweater instead of a coveted Canadiens’ jersey. Had the story been written today, chances are the young boy would be delighted with a Maple Leaf sweater. Well, maybe that’s stretching it a little bit, but there’s no question that the Habs' star has been falling in La Belle Province. Part of that can be explained by the presence of the provincial rival Quebec Nordiques, but the Habs’ fall from grace can be traced directly to their poor playoff performances in the past few seasons, especially last year’s three-game downfall at the hands of the Buffalo Sabres. As a result, new team president…
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