Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site watmath.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!absary From: absary@watmath.UUCP (Al Sary) Newsgroups: net.sport.hockey Subject: Re: Where is everybody? Message-ID: <17158@watmath.UUCP> Date: Fri, 8-Nov-85 01:10:23 EST Article-I.D.: watmath.17158 Posted: Fri Nov 8 01:10:23 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 8-Nov-85 21:52:37 EST References: <1260@decwrl.UUCP> Reply-To: absary@watmath.UUCP (Al Sary) Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 23 Summary: In article <1260@decwrl.UUCP> ryan@bcseng.DEC (Mike Ryan DTN 264-8280 MKO1-2/E25) writes: > > ... > Goalie Darren >Puppa played his first NHL game for Buffalo last Friday and shut out >Edmonton (their first shutout in a year and a half, and first at home in >close to three years). He stopped Gretzky three times on breakaways! >Barrasso was back in goal the next day, and gave up six (to Vancouver? I >don't quite remember...) > > ... Indeed, it was Vancouver. By the way, stopping Gretzky on breakaways is not as big a deal as it sounds (although 3 breakaways is not bad). A few days later, Richard Brodour also stopped Gretzky on a couple (I only heard this, I didn't actually see the game). Gretzky isn't that great on breakaways, which is surprising; he is also well known for missing penalty shots. Surprisingly or not, on my team, I would prefer a lot of players in the NHL on breakaways other than Gretzky (maybe not a lot, but certainly there are several players in the NHL who make it look very easy on breakaways).