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O L D R I V a L R Y E V a P O R a T E S a S L E a F S W I L T T O 26 — The Prince George Citizen — Wednesday, January 18, 1989 JMore Sports O ld rivalry evaporates as Leafs wilt to Habs MONTREAL (CP) - For the Leafs have faced Montreal in only smoothness of Teeder Kennedy and two decades ago. Gretzky, Lemieux and Lafleur that Cup in 1967. ^moment, at least, the National two playoff rounds, losing in four Maurice Richard. Later, the de­ A Montreal scalper said the are the big draws,” he said. "But I don’t remember it too ' Hockey League schedule evokes straight games in both the 1978 bate would rage over whether Leafs’ visit to the Forum wouldn’t Larry Robinson, the 37-year-old much,” says Robinson, who was 15 memories of the good old days, semifinals and 1979 quarter-finals. Frank Mahovlich or Bemie Geof- bring a windfall to anyone with a Montreal defenceman, is among years old when the teams met in ' when the Toronto Maple Leafs and Since their last Cup triumph 22 frion had the more explosive shot surplus of tickets. the few players on either side fa­ that last final. “ I was a Bobby Hull ' this Montreal Canadiens had a ri­ years ago, the Leafs have missed and whether Dave Keon could “Nowadays, it’s the Canadiens’ miliar with the bitter struggle fan growing up and I always used valry that crackled. the playoffs six times and have ad­ match the gracefulness of Jean Be- rivals within the division, like the waged between the Canadiens and to wear a Chicago Blackhawks’ “The Canadiens, who defeated the vanced beyond the quarter-finals liveau. Bruins, and big names such as the Maple Leafs for the Stanley sweater.” Leafs 5-3 Saturday night at Maple just once. “It was so many things,” says L«af Gardens, play host to Toronto In the same period, the Cana­ Dick Duff, who played for both this Saturday. diens missed the playoffs once, teams, when asked what sparked In his book, The Game, Ken Dry- reached the semifinals 11 times the rivalry. Albertans seek change to minor hockey Tlen, the former Canadiens goal- and won nine Stanley Cups. “It was so many different things EDMONTON (CP) - It’s a ques­ findings at the association’s annual are emphasizing winning too much. -tender, laments the demise of one “Rivalry is terrific, but it is not — French versus English, and two tion bandied about from communi­ meeting in June. He said there should be less cate­ ~of the greatest rivalries in sports too terrific if the other team is bet­ teams that had a particular ty clubs in Meadow Lake, Sask., to Paul said Monday he believes gorization and perhaps fewer :'and blames the Leafs for becoming ter than you, or a lot worse than audience across the country for a Chicoutimi, Que.: is minor hockey categorizing players should be end­ games. "Let’s do some skating, fvone of the worst teams in the NHL. you,” says George Armstrong, the number of years. turning into a sport for the elite? ed for players in the atom division let’s do some drills, let’s learn how “I’m angry, at the Leafs, the current Leafs coach who was cap­ “The Canadiens always seemed The Alberta Amateur Hockey — aged 10-11 — and in the novice to shoot the puck. Let’s have fun at Gardens . there is no Leafs-Ca- tain of the team in 1967. part of a mystique. They were a Association is starting to think so. division — aged 8-9. that age.” nadiens’ rivalry. It’s dead: the Such a discrepancy has left only team that emphasized its players, Last weekend, 406 teams showed Cam Connor, who has played . Leafs killed it. I feel duped,” Dry- the memories, but what fond me­ presenting them to the public as a up for Edmonton’s annual minor with the NHL’s Montreal Cana­ The biggest trick may be getting den wrote. mories. team, whereas on the Leafs we hockey tournament. In previous diens, Edmonton Oilers and New parents ancj the better players to Expansion from six teams to 21 There was the matching of wits had more emphasis on manage­ years, 600 or more teams have par­ York Rangers, agrees. agree it’s a positive move. has undoubtedly done the most to by legendary coaches such as Hap ment and ownership.” ticipated. Connor says the odds of making A Quebec task force arrived at cool the ardor. Teams such as To­ Day and Dick Irvin. There was the Last Saturday many of the 16,000 The association may follow Que­ the NHL are minute, so the first similar conclusions. It said placing ronto and Montreal, which once bluster of Punch Imlach, the prog­ fans at the Gardens wore Montreal bec’s lead and drop the system of goal for players under 12 should be players in different tiers, accord­ met 14 times in a 70-game sched­ nosticating coach of the Leafs, and jerseys and several times the fans categorizing players under the age to have fun. ing to abilities, "should start after ule, now face off only three times the hard edge of his Canadiens started chanting: “Go Habs Go” of 12 — a system that puts the best “Twelve isn’t a bad time to say, the age of 12.” in 80 games. But Dryden’s allusion counterpart Toe Blake, who ans­ as Montreal won 5-3. players in elite leagues, leaving ‘OK, let’s get serious — let’s make to the fallen Leafs isn’t without sol­ wered Imlach’s forecasts by re­ “I never heard the fans yelling the rest in lower divisions. it competitive now,”’ the former That task force has recommend­ id statistical backing. marking: “Predictions are for gyp­ ‘Go Habs Go’ when we played at Association president Vem Paul left-winger said. “Before that, the ed that players under 12 play hock­ Since defeating the Canadiens in sies.” Maple Leaf Gardens,” said Arm­ of Edmonton is on a five-member idea should be to have fun.” ey recreationally rather than in the 1967 Stanley Cup final, the On the ice, fans marvelled at the strong, recalling his playing days committee that will announce its Paul wonders whether coaches structured league play. ivi ■' *■ f o ) p i n c c e n tre m o ll Lr^ -tfie C&ihe cAit At&! (Jn iu ian cz SIDEWALK. 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