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January 16, 1981
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HOCKEY WORLD
Fleischman’s Forecast WHO NEEDS JIMMY The Greek, Jeanne Dixon or Johnny Carson’s Carnac when Fearless Fleischman is available to forecast 1981? A brief agenda of things guaranteed to happen this year … Harold Ballard and King Clancy will publish their guide to Great Mud-Wrestling Palaces in the United States and Canada. Tiger Williams will rate the top 10 women mud-wrestlers in North America, then rassle all 10 at once. With the Flames gone from Atlanta to Calgary, Jimmy Carter will adopt the Winnipeg Jets as his favorite sports team. “Us big losers have to stick together,” Carter will say. Thousands of U.S. sports fans will continue to wonder where Winnipeg, Calgary and Edmonton are. George Steinbrenner will not buy the Pittsburgh Penguins. Scotty Bowman will recite the home-and-away schedules of each Stanley Cup contender. Bowman will…
New Seats Extend Coliseum Capacity
In the Dec. 19 issue of THE HOCKEY NEWS, which carried the attendance results of the 21 NHL teams after the first quarter of the season, we reported the Edmonton Oilers have become the new box office leaders of the league. In the article the capacity of the Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton was listed as 15,426 and we said that the Oilers sell better than 2,000 standing room tickets each game. This is incorrect. The Coliseum has been enlarged since the season began and now has a seating capacity of 17,299. In addition, there is room for only 175 standing room attendees, making the total capacity of the Coliseum 17,474. These facts, of course, don’t change the bottom line. Edmonton is still the leading draw in the NHL, with 173,643 fans.…
Lemelin Calgary’s Stopper After Up And Down Career
CALGARY — The only undefeated goaltender in the National Hockey League stayed that way by holding the second-place Philadelphia Flyers to a single goal and helping them to a second straight loss. To show there were no hard feelings. Rejean Lemelin spent the night under the same roof as his Flyer opponents. He had to. Until Lemelin moves his family into their new apartment Jan. 1, he cannot leave his temporary home, a one-room hotel room in downtown Calgary. Lemelin’s loudest supporter, ironically, was Dan Bouchard. Lemelin owes Bouchard his current place on the Flames’ roster Lemelin joined the Calgary Flames on Nov. 20 in Washington, but did not learn that he would remain with the team — permanently — until the Christmas party mid-way through December. Ever grateful, the 26-year-old rookie continues to excel,…
Stick Dispute Fails To Stop Colgate
GLENS FALLS — If results from the first ever Empire Cup College Hockey tournament are any indication of things to come, then the event can expect a long life in the city of Glens’ Falls, New York. Tournament director Ned Harkness’ crystal ball was right on target last August when it chose the Concordia Stingers and Western Ontario Mustangs as the visitors from Canada. For both these universities were in first place in their respective conferences at the Christman break, assuring the tourney of top flight competition. The tournament had to be pleasing for Harkness from an attendance point of view despite the fact the championship game, which Colgate won 5-4 from Western, was punctuated by a dispute over the size of the sticks some of the Red Raiders were carrying in…
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