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May 8, 1981
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NHL PLAYOFF SCORING


Flyers’ Non-Adaptability Costs Them
PHILADELPHIA—There had to be one twist left in this bizarre plot. It would be when the Flyers woke up in a cold sweat from their pre-game naps and were relieved to find the game that would decide their season had not yet started. In the dream, Bruce Hood had been the referee for the seventh game of the quarterfinal series with Calgary. In the first period, he had called the Flyers for too many men on the ice. for closing a hand on the puck, for forgetting Mother’s Day and not keeping their rooms clean. The Flames scored three power play goals and the ice thereafter turned to mud whenever the Flyers got the puck. Then it froze again everytime Calgary cleared a rebound. The Flyers’ season went down the drain, 4-1. This…


STANLEY CUP SCOREBOARD
PRELIMINARY ROUND Series A GAMES COMPLETED Wed. April 8 Toronto 2 at Islanders 9 Thu. April 9 Toronto 1 at Islanders 5 Sat. April 11 Islanders 6 at Toronto 1 Series B GAMES COMPLETED Wed. April 8 Pittsburgh 2 at St. Louis 4 Thu. April 9 Pittsburgh 6 at St. Louis 4 Sat. April 11 St. Louis 5 at Pittsburgh 4 Sun. April 12 St. Louis 3 at Pittsburgh 6 Tue. April 14 Pittsburgh 3 at St. Louis 4 Series C GAMES COMPLETED Wed. April 8 PEdmonton 6 at Montreal 3 Thu. April 9 Edmonton 3 at Montreal 1 Sat. April 11 Montreal 2 at Edmonton 6 Series D GAMES COMPLETED Wed. April 8 Rangers 3 at Los Angeles 1 Thu. April 9 Rangers 4 at Los Angeles 5 Sat. April 11 Los Angeles 3 at Rangers 10 Sun. April 12 Los Angeles 3 at Rangers 6 Series E GAMES COMPLETED Wed. April 8 Vancouver 2 at Buffalo 3 Thu. April 9 Vancouver 2 at Buffalo 5 Sat. April 11 Buffalo 5 at Vancouver 3 Series F GAMES…


Jets Don’t Measure Up To Ex-WHA Associates
WINNIPEG—Hockey diehards in the Winnipeg area, still dwelling on the past, are oft heard muttering how the Jets might have been a force to be reckoned with in the National Hockey League had it not been for the harsh and restrictive terms of the merger draft. That may be true, but the limitations placed upon the club were the exact same as those that the Whalers, Oilers, and Nordiques were forced to endure. Let us concede that Edmonton’s prosperity to date is due primarily to ownership of center Wayne Gretzky, who can only be described in super-latives. Quebec managed to gain the services of the Czech defectors Anton and Peter Stastny, unexpected windfalls by anyone’s standards; although at the same time the club received limited service from Real Cloutier. The above two teams not…