OFFSIDER
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Before
      anything
      else,
      I
      would
      like
      to
      respond
      to
      last
     
     
      week’s
      article
      on
      the
      Flyers.
      Saturday
      night
      the
     
     
      Flyers
      demonstrated
      that
      they
      do
      not
      have
      to
      play
     
     
      rough
      hockey
      to
      win.
      They
      just
      have
      to
      play
      well,
     
     
      which
      they
      did
      in
      their
      win
      over
      the
      Canadiens.
      Mike
     
     
      Ricci
      does
      not
      have
      to
      be
      ‘‘tenacious
      and
      tough’’
      to
     
     
      be
      a
      Flyer
      and
      he
      would
      certainly
      not
      fit
      in
      with
      the
     
     
      Habs.
      Ricci
      plays
      well
      with
      Brind’Amour.
      Like
     
     
      Steve
      Duchesne
      said
      after
      the
      victory
      over
      the
      Habs,
     
     
      the
      Flyers
      are
      getting
      together
      with
      the
      twelve
      new
     
     
      guys
      Farwell
      picked
      up
      over
      the
      summer.
      Give
      them
     
     
      a
      little
      time
      to
      adjust
      to
      each
      other,
      pal.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Penguins’
      defenseman
      Paul
      Coffey
      marked
      his
      311th
     
     
      career
      goal
      against
      the
      Winnipeg
      Jets
      on
      November
     
     
      8th,
      making
      him
      the
      most
      goal-scoring
      defenseman
      in
     
     
      the
      history
      of
      the
      NHL.
      Coffey
      took
      twelve
      seasons
     
     
      to
      break
      the
      records
      that
      Potvin
      set
      in
      fifteen
      seasons.
     
     
      An
      interesting
      note
      about
      Coffey
      is
      that
      he
      squeezes
     
     
      his
      size
      ten
      feet
      into
      size
      6
      3/4
      skates
      to
      play.
      As
     
     
      long
      as
      he
      is
      happy...?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Let’s
      talk
      about
      Felix
      Potvin,
      the
      Leaf’s
      top
     
     
      goaltending
      prospect.
      Although
      the
      name
      Felix
      is
     
     
      Latin
      for
      lucky,
      Potvin
      isa
      skilled
      goaltender.
      His
     
     
      first
      NHL
      game
      was
      against
      the
      Blackhawks
      on
      No-
     
     
      vember
      14;
      the
      Blackhawks
      won
      3-0.
      Potvin
      stopped
     
     
      37
      of
      40
      shots;
      two
      of
      Chicago’s
      goals
      were
      scored
     
     
      by
      the
      dangerous-with-a-puck
      Jeremy
      Roenick.
      Two
     
     
      nights
      later
      Potvin
      made
      some
      fantastic
      saves
      as
      the
     
     
      Leafs
      came
      back
      to
      tie
      the
      Blackhawks
      at
      2.
      The
     
     
      Leafs
      should
      keep
      Potvin
      in
      Toronto
      instead
      of
      St.
     
     
      John’s
      because
      he
      seems
      ready
      to
      play
      NHL
      now.
     
     
      Collectors
      might
      want
      to
      stock
      up
      on
      Potvin’s
      rookie
     
     
      card
      which
      appears
      in
      the
      1990-91
      Upper
      Deck
      High
     
     
      Numbers
      set
      (#458).
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      new
      O-Pee-Chee
      cards
      are
      out
      and
      are
      nice
     
     
      enough;
      the
      pictures
      aren’t
      as
      boring
      as
      OPC
      pictures
     
     
      normally
      are.
      One
      problem
      shot
      is
      of
      Red
      Wing
     
     
      prospect
      Keith
      Primeau.
      He
      played
      58
      games
      in
     
     
      Detroit
      last
      year,
      but
      the
      company
      had
      to
      settle
      fora
     
     
      picture
      of
      him
      in
      a
      suit
      and
      tie
      (#309).
      Upper
      Deck
     
     
      Cards
      are
      out
      even
      though
      rumours
      say
      otherwise.
     
     
      Two
      interesting
      cards
      from
      that
      set
      are
      Pavel
      Bure
     
     
      (#54)
      and
      the
      Canada
      Cup
      checklist
      card
      (#7).
      Bure
     
     
      is
      shown
      sitting
      on
      a
      fence
      at
      a
      beach;
      the
      checklist
     
     
      card
      has
      Eric
      Lindros
      in
      conversation
      with
      Brett
      Hull.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      For
      those
      collectors
      who
      like
      limited
      edition
      stuff,
      the
     
     
      Comic
      Hunter
      has
      the
      Pro-Set
      Platinum,
      but
      they
      do
     
     
      not
      expect
      it
      to
      last
      long.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      hockey
      Panthers
      defeated
      the
      Universite
      de
     
     
      Moncton
      team
      8-4
      on
      November
      13.
      Our
      defensemen
     
     
      had
      a
      great
      offensive
      night,
      but
      they
      looked
      as
      if
      they
     
     
      lacked
      alittle
      defensively.
      Maybe
      I
      am
      too
      used
      to
     
     
      ‘*stay-at-home’’
      defense
      and
      that
      is
      why
      i
      was
      im-
     
     
      pressed
      with
      Moncton’s
      Dan
      McGrath.
      The
      next
     
     
      Panther
      games
      are
      this
      weekend;
      on
      the
      23rd
      they
      host
     
     
      St.
      F.
      X.,
      and
      on
      the
      24th
      U.C.C.B.
      is
      in
      town.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      A
      little
      hint--keep
      an
      eye
      on
      Bruins.
      Things
      are
      not
     
     
      quite
      dead
      in
      Boston
      yet.
      They
      have
      not
      lost
      in
      five
     
     
      games;
      perhaps
      they
      just
      needed
      to
      get
      used
      toanew
     
     
      coach
      and
      several
      new
      players.
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      UPEI
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      November
      21,
      1991
     
    
   
   
    
     
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