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October 23, 1981
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NHL’S SCORERS THIS WEEK
BOSTON — O’Reilly 1, O’Connell 1, 2, McNab 1, 2, 3, Bourque 1, Cashman 1, 2, Middleton 1,2, Gillis 1. BUFFALO — Sauve 1, Patrick 1, Ramsay 1, Rufl 1, McKegney 1, Van Boxmeer 1, Playfair 1. CALGARY — Murdoch 1, Nilsson 1, Gould 1,2,3, Vail 1, Plett 1. CHICAGO — Savard 1, 2, Secord 1, 2, 3, 4, Mulvey 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Lysiak 1, Higgins 1, Crossman 1, Wilson 1, 2. COLORADO — Ashton 1, Ketola 1, Tambel — linl 1, 2, 3, McDonald 1,2, Quenneville. DETROIT — Ogrodnlck 1, 2, Osborne 1, Follgno 1, Murdoch 1,2, Huber 1, Larson 1, 2, Kirton 1. EDMONTON — Calllghen 1, 2, Kurri 1, 2, 3, Unger 1,2, Hughes 1, 2, Messier 1, 2, 3, Siltanen 1,2, Hunter 1, Gretzky 1. HARTFORD — Miller 1,2, Stoughton 1,2,…
Wranglers Hit With Rough Journey; Calder Appoints New Bighorn Coach
LOUISVILLE HOCKEY STICKS LOUISVILLE HOCKEY STICKS CALGARY — What a way to start the season! That thought must have run through Doug Sauter’s mind a thousand times after his Calgary Wranglers dropped a 4-2 decision to the Bighorns in Billings on the opening night of the Western Hockey League’s 1981-82 season. The Wranglers left for Billings more than 24 hours before the scheduled start of the game, and yet arrived on the scene only a half-hour before game time. It was all because of a bureaucratic snarl that cropped up at The Sweetgrass, Mont., border crossing, according to Sauter; “The U.S. Department of Labor did not certify our petition.” Sauter added that the Wranglers were finally issued a temporary visa. The Wranglers arrived at the border in mid-afternoon the day before the game was scheduled for…
Pros Make 41 Coaching Changes This Season
TORONTO — The coaching turnover in professional hockey continues to mount with each passing season. The 1981-82 campaign, which has bt begun, brought about no less than 41 coaching changes in the four pro level leagues. The NHL alone had 19 new faces in coaching roles for the start of the league’s 65th consecutive season of operation. There are six new head coaches and 13 assistant coaching appointments since last spring. The American, Central and International Leagues each had seven new head coaches who weren’t around at this time last season. In the NHL. Scotty Bowman at Buffalo. Parker MacDonald at Los Angeles, Bob Berry at Montreal, Herb Brooks at New York with the Rangers. Tom Watt at Winnipeg and Bert Marshall with Colorado represent the six new NHL head coaches. In addition, there were…
Rockies Have Another Shaky Start
DENVER — Maybe it was purely coincidence, but the very day the proposed sale of 50 percent of the Colorado Rockies was terminated by owner Peter Gilbert, strange things began happening to the National Hockey League team. Gilbert, the enthusiastic and gungho entrepreneur who earned his principal wealth in the cable television market in Buffalo. NY, announced Oct. 2 that his prospective active partner had failed to meet a deadline, dictated by the tentative agreement and thus the deal had been cancelled. But Gilbert, who was ecstatic at the prospect of a half-owner partnership at the time (Sept. 17) the report was confirmed, seemed pleased at his Oct. 2 decision. “All discussions of a partnership with Mr. [Donald] Reed [of Edmonton] have been terminated,” Gilbert explained, indicating the two businessmen were unable to…
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