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April 24, 1981
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Streaking Scorers Carry Wind Into Playoffs
LOUISVILLE HOCKEY STICKS LOUISVILLE HOCKEY STICKS WICHITA—Tom Roulston couldn’t catch up in the point scoring race, but he took the Central League goal scoring title decisively by racking up eight goals (including two hat tricks) in the final week of the schedule before the three first round playoff series got underway. “TR”, the 23-year-old center from Winnipeg, playing for his third Central League club in as many years, had already broken the CHL single-season record for hat tricks before he notched his eighth in a 10-5 home victory over Oklahoma City, and his ninth in an 8-5 win at Fort Worth. That gave him 19 multiple-goal games out of the 69 he played for the Wind. Roulston ended the regular season with 63 goals, 44 assists for 107 points, finishing 10 points behind Salt…
Shaky Second Half Cooled Canucks
VANCOUVER—It was a bitter-sweet closeout to the regular season for the Vancouver Canucks this year. It was sweet because in their last game in Calgary they played fairly well in a 6-5 loss, showing some of their old bounce early, bounce and hitting ability which should have helped them get ready for a preliminary round meeting with the Buffalo Sabres. It was also sweet in a sense because they moved from 15th place overall to 12th, and went from a point total of 70 last year to 76 this season. But it was also bitter because they hadn’t won in their last five games of the regular schedule, and that included home games against Winnipeg, Minnesota and Edmonton. It was also bitter because of the way the last part of the year…
Sept. 13 Offers Wings Fresh Start
DETROIT—The date is etched firmly in Wayne Maxner’s mind: Sept. 13. That’s when the Detroit Red Wngs will reassemble for training camp. “There are a lot of things that probably happened inside the hockey club that we have to get rid of…we have to instill a winning attitude,” the coach said. “These are some of the things we have to start with fresh, right from the first day of training camp. I’ve told the players they’d better be ready from the first day.” The Wings failed again to make the playoffs. They finished 20th overall but even more discouraging, if that’s possible, was the pitiful performance through the final month when the Wings won just once. Midway through February they were among the top 16 teams in the National Hockey League. Then…
HOCKEY VIEWPOINT
An Old Pro Departs THERE’S NO DOUBT that Bob Bourne, Brian Sutter, Steve Christoff, Miles Zaharko and Doug Wickenheiser would have helped the Colorado Rockies this season and upgraded the struggling team’s National Hockey League future by a large amount. But those players were not with the Rockies and neither were any of the players the team acquired, both in Kansas City and Denver, in exchange for the draft picks used to claim those five young players. The Rockies missed the playoffs again but the deals the team made late in the 1980-81 season brightened its prospects for next term. The addition of goalies Phil Myre and Chico Resch, defenseman Bill Baker and center Steve Tambellini gives the club a little more depth and ability. Ray Miron won’t be around when the Rockies do…
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