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January 23, 1981
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NATIONAL LEAGUE SUMMARIES
WHERE NHL TEAMS PLAY JANUARY THE NHL’S POINT RACE (Including Sun. Jan. 11) NHL SCOREBOARD (Standings on Mon. Jan. 12) ADAMS DIVISION NORRIS DIVISION PATRICK DIVISION SMYTHE DIVISION GAMES COMPLETED Mon. Jan. 5 Calgary 2 at Los Angeles 5 Boston 4 at Winnipeg 1 Tue. Jan. 6 Toronto 3 at Islanders 6 Montreal 6 at Detroit 2 Vancouver 7 at Colorado 3 Quebec 3 at St. Louis 6 Wed. Jan. 7 Islanders 3 at Pittsburgh 7 Washington 3 at Edmonton 6 Hartford 3 at Los Angeles 5 Vancouver 1 at Minnesota 1 Colorado 2 at Chicago 6 Winnipeg 8 at Toronto 2 Quebec 1 at Buffalo 5 Thu. Jan. 8 St. Louis 5 at Philadelphia 5 Washington 0 at Calgary 6 Pittsburgh 2 at Montreal 4 Detroit 4 at Boston 7 Fri. Jan. 9 Buffalo 3 at Rangers 3 Hartford 6 at Edmonton 6 Vancouver 4 at Winnipeg 4 Minnesota 2 at Colorado 4 Sat. Jan. 10 Boston 3 at Islanders 2 Philadelphia 4 at Toronto 4 Calgary 1 at…
Impressive Victories Put Caps’ Confidence On Rise
LANDOVER—Apparently recovered from their recent slump, which was partially attributed to a rash of injuries to their blueline corps, the Capitals used their first-ever win over the Philadelphia Flyers to gain momentum that paid off in the form of victories over the New York Rangers and the Winnipeg Jets, a 3-3 tie in Vancouver and a close loss to the Montreal Canadiens at the Forum. Still missing from action were defensemen Paul McKinnon, Rick Smith, Pierre Bouchard and Pat Ribble; but inspired play from rookies Howard Walker, the recently-recalled Darren Veitch and Jim McTaggart, coupled with the steady play of Rick Green and Yvon Labre, have helped Washington maintain a secure hold on 10th place in the overall NHL standings after 37 games. If their 6-3 win over the Flyers was their…
Royals Lacked Motivation In West Germany
CORNWALL—With slightly more motivation, Bob Kilger believes Canada could have fared better at the recently completed World Junior Hockey Championships in West Germany. Kilger led Canada’s representative—a reinforced Cornwall Royals’ team, the defending Memorial Cup champions—to a poor 1-3-1 record and seventh place in the eight-team competition. Canada lost to West Germany and the United States—hardly superpowers of the sport, despite the Americans’ triumph at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics—in the tournament, as well as the Soviet Union, which placed a disappointing third after losses to eventual champs Sweden and silver medalists Finland. Canada’s only victory came against the winless Austrians, the only team keeping Canada from last place. They tied Czechoslovakia in their opening game. Both the Canadians and Czechs completed the opening portion of round-robin play with 1-1-1 records, but the…
“We Need Our Best To Compete Internationally”
The Cornwall Royals, representing Canada as the defending Memorial Cup Tournament champions, recently finished seventh out of eight teams in the World Junior Championships held in West Germany. Dave Branch, the commissioner of the Ontario Hockey League, expresses his feelings below about the Royals’ performance and Canadian involvement in international hockey tournaments. We knew exactly what Cornwall, as a club team, would be up against in West Germany and we knew what the results most likely would be. In all honesty, the Canadian Junior Hockey League, knowing that, did not want to send a junior team and made it quite clear to the IIHF (International Ice Hockey Federation) and to the CAHA (Canadian Amateur Hockey Association) that we would only send a true national junior team. Unfortunately, the funding did not…
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