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January 1, 1982
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Oilers’ Hunter Injured At Peak Of His Game
EDMONTON — The timing for Dave Hunter couldn’t have been any worse. It was downright lousy, in fact. With his parents looking on and with his younger brother Dale enjoying his second seasonal hat trick for the Quebec Nordiques, Hunter sustained a knee injury early during the Edmonton Oilers’ 9-8 shootout loss at Le Colisee on Dec. 2. The injury initially was considered even less serious than the strained knee ligaments that sidelined teammate Pat Hughes for two weeks in November, but further diagnosis upon the Oilers’ arrival home by team doctor Gord Cameron revealed damage of a much more serious nature. Dr. Cameron described the injury as “a severe sprain and significant stretching of the inner ligaments.” He also feared there could be some cartilage damage and on a scale of three for…
Golden Eagles Finally Reach First In North
SALT LAKE CITY — The Golden Eagles packed up their record-tying 12th straight victory by turning back the Wichita Wind, 3-1, in the Salt Palace, with Paul Skidmore shutting out the Kansas team for more than 54 minutes. As a result the Eagles moved into first place in the CHL North for the first time this season, two points ahead of Cincinnati, and the Birds held seven games in hand on the Tigers. Indianapolis was 19 points off the pace, and Nashville 21. The former CHL record for consecutive victories was 12 by last year’s Indianapolis Checkers. For 16 years the record was 11 in a row by the Omaha Knights in the league’s inaugural season of 1963-64. The all-time pro hockey record is 16 straight victories by Calgary in the old…
NHL SCOREBOARD
(Standings on Tue. Dec. 22) POINTS RACE AT HOME ON THE ROAD GAMES COMPLETED Mon. Dec. 14 Washington 3 at Montreal 6 Pittsburgh 4 at Rangers 5 Tue. Dec. 15 Los Angeles 4 at Buffalo 3 Quebec 7 at Islanders 10 Minnesota 2 at St. Louis 4 Wed. Dec. 16 Montreal 6 at Hartford 1 Philadelphia 7 at Rangers 3 Los Angeles 6 at Pittsburgh Toronto 6 at Vancouver 6 Winnipeg 3 at Chicago 3 Edmonton 7 at Colorado 4 Thu. Dec. 17 Montreal 5 at Boston 1 Buffalo 1 at Philadelphia 2 Quebec 3 at Detroit 2 Washington 1 at Islanders 4 Winnipeg 4 at Minnesota 2 Edmonton 5 at Calgary 4 Fri. Dec. 18 Vancouver 1 at Colorado 3 Sat. Dec. 19 Boston 2 at Montreal 5 Los Angeles 5 at Hartford 5 Buffalo 3 at Quebec 7 Detroit 1 at Islanders 5 Rangers 3 at Pittsburgh 3 Chicago 6 at Washington 4 Toronto 8 at Winnipeg 4 Vancouver 0 at St. Louis 5 Minnesota…
Mohawk Valley Wins Have Raiders Seeing Stars
UTICA — Mohawk Valley returned to first place with successive home wins over the Salem Raiders, ending the Raiders’ nine-game win streak. The Raiders, coached by Pat Kelly, breezed into Utica on the tail of a 4-2 victory over the pesky Cape Cod Buccaneers in the first leg of their road trip Dec. 12, and got spanked, 4-2 and 7-5. Salem thus lost its three point advantage and MV emerged one point ahead in the tight-fisted Atlantic Coast Hockey League standings with the season just past the one-third mark. The one sour note for the Stars was losing peppery Dave Avery with a fractured wrist in the Dec. 15 game. Defensively, we’re playing a lot better,” said coach Bill Horton, whose team put together a four-game win streak. “We’re picking up our men…
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