troyer (04/07/83)
This actually might not come about! I watched last night's Minnesota-Toronto game on the tube, and in my opinion, the North Stars got lucky. (I might be a little prejudiced though.) The first goal scored by Mn. came at about :34 of the first period,and that was because Palmateer, the Toronto goalie, cleared the puck right to Tim Young, who passed it rinkwide, for what was basically an open net shot. And their second goal wasn't much better. Palmateer had a failure with the equiptment, so they removed him for a bit, hoping to get by. But ten seconds after they did that, the replacement goalie failed to cover up the puck after Neal Broten brought it from behind the net. As a result, Broten was able to slide the puck across the goal face to Ciccarelli, who then jammed it home. Two goals that shouldn't have happened. But I shouldn't get down on them too much, because Palmateer played out of his mind. He's the only reason that Toronto was in the game at the end. He'll be a force to be reckoned with. Thoughts about the Mn.-Chicago playoff. It'll be interesting to see what happens, now that Chicago lost (sob!) 4-2 last night in the Chicago Stadium (which is a difficult thing to do), and Minnesota won. An interseting idea is that Toronto beat Minnesota something like 6 out of the 9 times these two teams played, and if I remember correctly, Chicago didn't do too well against St.Louis also in the regular season. With both of these teams playing opponents that give them trouble, wouldn't it be something to see a St. Louis- Toronto series. (Not that I really want that!) It would be some upset.