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      Ir
      Wayne
      Gretzky
      broke
      the
      club
      record
      for
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
      number
      of
      sticks
      used
      in
      a
      game,
      it
      would
      make.
     
     
      headlines.
      Gretzky
      demands
      a
      certain
      amount
      of
     
     
      respect
      because
      of
      his
      records,
      but
      sometimes
      it
     
     
      seems
      that
      other
      players
      who
      deserve
      media
      attention
     
     
      do
      not
      get
      any.
      For
      years
      there
      has
      been
      a
      debate
     
     
      concerning
      Ray
      Bourque
      and
      Bobby
      Orr:
      who
      is
      the
     
     
      better
      Bruins’
      defenseman?
      On
      January
      22nd,
     
     
      '
      Bourque
      scored
      his
      265th
      career
      goal
      to
      become
      the
     
     
      highest-goal-scoring
      Bruin
      defenseman;
      Bourque’s
     
     
      goal
      against
      Toronto
      toped
      Orr’s
      record
      of
      264.
     
     
      Bourque
      is
      undeniably
      one
      of
      the
      best
      defensemen
      of
     
     
      all
      time;
      but
      the
      only
      mention
      of
      this
      record-setting
     
     
      'goal
      was
      during
      the
      radio
      broadcast.
      Whenever
      |
     
     
      think
      of
      Bourque,
      I
      think
      of
      the
      game
      I|
      attended
      in
     
     
      Boston
      last
      March,
      and
      how
      he
      saved
      the
      game
      forthe
     
     
      Bruins
      by
      skating
      in
      behind
      Reggie
      Lemelin
      to
      make
     
     
      ‘the
      save
      that
      Lemelin
      could
      not.
      The
      oddest
      thing
     
     
      “about
      that
      game
      was
      Nevin
      Markwart’s
      thing
      about
     
     
      'that
      game
      was
      Nevin
      Markwart’s
      being
      named
      a
      star.
     
     
      ‘The
      best
      of
      all
      to
      Bourque.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
     
     
         
     
     
       
     
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      Hartford
      Whalers
      have
      done
      it
      again.
      On
      Friday
     
     
      ‘they
      sent
      Rob
      Brown
      to
      Chicago
      in
      exchange
      for
     
     
      Steve
      Konroyd.
      It
      was
      an
      odd
      trade
      because
      Brown
     
     
      was
      the
      leading
      goal-scorer
      for
      the
      Whalers,
      but
     
     
      Konroyd
      was
      just
      playing
      in
      Chicago.
      The
      big
      ques-
     
     
      tion
      centres
      around
      the
      ability
      of
      Brown
      to
      work
      for
     
     
      Chicago
      coach
      Mike
      Keenan;
      Brown’s
      work
      ethic
     
     
      does
      not
      exactly
      fitin
      with
      Keenan’s.
      If
      Keenancan
     
     
      make
      Brown
      play
      defensively,
      the
      Blackhawks
      will
     
     
      Zain
      the
      edge
      inthe
      trade.
      If
      not,
      they
      still
      get
      a
      good
     
     
      power-play
      goal
      man,
      Will
      the
      Whalers
      get
      anything
     
     
      from
      Konroyd?
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
     
     
        
     
     
        
     
     
        
     
     
         
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
          
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      New
      Jersey
      Devils
      finally
      got
      highly-touted
     
     
      Soviet
      prospect
      Alexander
      Semak
      on
      ice
      and
      he
      re-
     
     
      sponded
      with
      his
      first
      goal
      on
      January
      24th
      against
     
     
      the
      Capitals.
      Watch
      for
      great
      things
      to
      come
      from
     
     
      this
      talented
      player.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      lhe
      Panthers
      played
      two
      games
      this
      weekend
      against
     
     
      the
      Mount
      Allison
      Mounties
      and
      won
      them
      both.
     
     
      iriday
      night
      the
      score
      was
      8-3,
      and
      Saturday
      night
      it
     
     
      was
      10-3.
      John
      Nelson
      and
      Ronnie
      Clough
      each
      hada
     
     
      lat
      trick
      Saturday,
      Even
      though
      they
      win
      both
      games,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      inst
      inthe
      division,
      According
      to
      the
      calendar,
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
      he
      Panthers
      are
      still
      behind
      U.N.B,
      inthe
      race
      for
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Panthers
      play
      this
      Wednesday
      nightin
      Moncton,
      and
     
     
      then
      are
      home
      to
      Dalhousie
      on
      Saturday,
      February
      |
      at
     
    
   
   
    
     
      7:00;
      Acadia
      will
      be
      in
      town
      the
      next
      day
      for
      the
      game
     
     
      at
      2:00.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Mark
      Messier’s
      homecoming
      to
      the
      Northlands
      Coli-
     
     
      seum
      went
      well
      for
      Messier
      fans,
      but
      not
      for
      the
     
     
      Edmonton
      Oiler’s
      fans.
      Messier
      and
      his
      fellow
      ex-
     
     
      oilers
      Adam
      Graves
      and
      Jeff
      Beukeboom
      were
      nerv-
     
     
      ous
      and
      fidgeting
      during
      the
      anthems.
      Messier
      had
     
     
      been
      given
      a
      press
      conference
      at
      the
      hotel
      on
      game
     
     
      day;
      the
      fans
      gave
      him
      a
      standing
      ovation
      the
      first
     
     
      time
      he
      stepped
      on
      the
      ice
      as
      a
      New
      York
      Ranger.
      The
     
     
      Ranger
      won
      the
      game.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Pro-Set
      has
      issued
      yet
      another
      set
      of
      cards
      this
      year.
     
     
      To
      honour
      the
      League’s
      75th
      anniversary,
      Pro-Set
      has
     
     
      released
      its
      version
      of
      the
      Parkhurst
      cards;
      they
      are
     
     
      similar
      to
      this
      from
      the
      Platinum
      set
      but
      contain
      full-
     
     
      career
      statistics
      which
      were
      previously
      found
      on
      the
     
     
      only
      O.P.C.
      or
      Topps
      cards.
      If
      only
      Pro-Set
      would
     
     
      learn
      to
      limit
      print
      runs
      to
      increase
      the
      value
      of
      the
     
     
      cards.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
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