Column on Hockey Didn’t Win Points
* I found many inaccuracies in Scott Harris’ column of June 6.
Los Angeles has had a hockey team for 26 years. I would hardly call hockey’s popularity sudden or consider it any more violent than football or boxing, both popular sports.
In the early 1980s, when Butch Goring played a one-man game, Danny Malone checked every opposition player in sight and Rogie Vachon’s shutout record rivaled Hrudey’s. The Forum had many sold-out seasons.
The purchase of Wayne Gretzky in 1988 has brought a celebrity status to hockey, and after being so close, so many times, this L. A. team and its faithful fans deserve to bring the Stanley Cup home.
JANET S. HOWE
Canoga Park
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