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December 11, 1981
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Bruins’ Overly Cautious Style Miffs Cheevers
BOSTON — Former coach Don Cherry used to say that when his Boston Bruins played the Philadelphia Flyers the referee would let everything go in hopes that the two toughest teams in hockey would croak each other. The result was some of the most crowd-pleasing hockey of the 1970s, even though the new breed of skate-shoot-score! hockey people shuddered at the very thought of it. It’s not that way anymore. The new breed appears to have won. The Flyers recently came limping into Boston Garden for their only visit of the season, leading the NHL in penalty minutes (722), of course, and trying to break a string of six straight losses on the road. The Bruins, on the other hand, were down near the bottom of the league (17th) in penalty minutes with 358,…
Dinosaurs Proving Far From Extinct
CALGARY — All the, pre-season predictions concerning the Dinosaurs can now be thrown out the window. With only six veterans returning it appeared the 81-82 campaign would be written off as one of those so called rebuilding years. However, no one ever sold short the coaching expertise of George Kingston and he is living up to his reputation. “We have a very young and inexperienced team but they are overcoming these shortcomings with hard work and lots of desire,” Kingston stated. Calgary ran their season record to four wins and one loss with a decisive 7-2 shellacking over their arch rival Alberta Golden Bears. Grant Fager-helm was a one man wrecking crew as he notched a hat trick and helped set up three other goals. Darren Halasz had his most productive night…
BLUELINES
The Canadiens would like the Rangers left wing Don Maloney … An NHL p.r.person Warns that the league must put the clamp on players who tell media that the playoffs, not the regular season, is all that matters. Too many fans are getting that message … Some rumors emanating from Denver, re the Rockies’ future, are scary. A friend moans that Bert Marshall has aged terribly since becoming Colorado coach. Players appear to be moving with no purpose…. Caps’ coach Bryan Murray and Whalers’ assistant coach Rick Ley have a hate going … Ley is miffed over the way Murray jawed with Chris Kotsopoulos … “Don’t talk to my players,” warns Ley, “talk to me!” … Pierre Mondou is one Canadien who insists that, no matter what changes are made…
MINOR SCOREBOARD
AMERICAN LEAGUE (Standings on Tue. Dec. 1) 1 — Nova Scotia. 4 — Springfield. 5 — Adirondack. 7 — Maine. 8 — New Haven. 14 — Rochester 16 — Hershey 19 — Binghamton. 20 — Fredericton. 22 — New Brunswick 23 — GAMES COMPLETED Tue. Nov. 24 Maine 4 at Adirondack 1 Rochester 10 at Fredericton 3 Wed. Nov. 25 Binghamton 2 at Hershey 5 Adirondack 5 at Maine 2 Springfield 1 at New Brunswick 4 Erie 5 at New Haven 5 Thu. Nov. 26 Hershey 4 at Binghamton 8 New Haven 5 at Erie 4 Springfield 4 at Fredericton 2 Fri. Nov. 27 New Brunswick 2 at Adirondack 7 Rochester 4 at Nova Scotia 2 Sat. Nov. 28 Adirondack 4 at Binghamton 5 New Haven 6 at Hershey 4 New Brunswick 0 at Maine 2 Erie 1 at Springfield 6 Sun. Nov. 29 Adirondack 3 at Erie 6 Rochester 3 at New Brunswick 4 Fredericton 2…
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