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...four New Jersey lines can score and play airtight defense. Brodeur always raises his game a notch above his usual self, and he has already performed well enough to take home the Vezina Trophy this year. Brian Rafalski and Scott Niedermayer are playing as well as Bourque and Blake, the other Colorado star offensive defenseman...
...JUST CAN'T RESIST DEPT.--Elswhere on this page, our esteemed NHL prognosticators throw logic to the winds and pick the Islanders over the Sabres in their semifinal round clash. Don't bet on it--Vezina winners Sauve and Edwards will shut down the hot-and-cold Iles to advance into the finals. You heard it here...
Bernie Parent, the Flyers' superb goaltender, who tied for the Vezina Trophy as the NHL's top netminder during the regular season, posted his second playoff shutout...
...Star hockey goalie for the Montreal Canadiens during the '40s; of kidney disease; in Toronto. Generally considered the best goalie of modern times, Durnan got a late professional start with the Canadiens at the age of 29. Six times in his seven-year career he won the Vezina Trophy, awarded to the goalie of the least scored-upon team. He also set a modern record by holding opposition teams scoreless for a period...
...last season; Forward Red Kelly was 39; Defenseman Allan Stanley, 41. Goalie Johnny Bower admitted to 42. And behind him in the nets was Terry Sawchuk, 37, bothered by a chronically bad back and talking about retirement after an illustrious 20-year career that won him four Vezina trophies as hockey's top goalie. The experts considered it a minor miracle when Toronto wound up the season third behind the Chicago Black Hawks and Montreal Canadiens-and awaited their speedy demise in the Stanley...