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January 1, 1982
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NHL Suspends Three Players
MONTREAL — The NHL fined and suspended two of its players for abuse of game officials and another for jumping off the bench once too often to engage in fisticuffs. Paul Holmgren of the Philadelphia Flyers received a five-game suspension and was fined $500 for punching referee Andy van Hellemond while Jimmy Mann of the Winnipeg Jets received a three-game ban and was hit in the pocketbook for $500 for shoving linesman Gord Broseker. In a third player suspension last week, the NHL set down defenseman Barry Beck of the New York Rangers for an automatic six games for leaving the team bench for the second time this season to participate in a fight.…
Pair Of Coaches Axed As WHL Patience Wanes
CALGARY — As the Western Hockey League’s 1981-82 season hit mid-December, the toll reached three. First off, there was Les Jackson, fired as head coach of the Brandon Wheat Kings back on Nov. 12. He was replaced by Dune McCallum. Then — BANG! — on December’s first weekend the axe fell on two more coaches, one a head man and the other an assistant who was running his club’s bench. Lyle Moffat, who spent time in the World Hockey Association and National Hockey League with the Winnipeg Jets and Toronto Maple Leafs, had his rookie season as a head coach end after 28 games. Moffat’s Kamloops Junior Oilers had just six wins and one tie to show for their efforts. And, after the Spokane Flyers’ franchise was suspended by the WHL, the Junior Oilers…
Boston Eager For Outcome Of Sinden’s Swap
BOSTON — The first thing your true blue Boston Bruins fan does in the morning is check the score of the Bruins’ game from the night before. If they won, fine. The second thing he does is check the score of the Colorado Rockies’ game. If they lost, that’s even better. Nothing personal, mind you. Strictly business. The reason is a 6-0, 190-pound right winger for the Kitchener Rangers named Brian Bellows, who will turn 18 on Sept. 1, just in time to beat the Sept. 15 deadline and become eligible to be taken No. 1 in the NHL’s 1982 entry draft for juniors. If the Colorado Rockies continue at their present pace, they will finish dead last among the league’s 21 teams and thus earn the No. 1 draft choice and guess…
ESPN Special To Relive U.S. Olympic Hockey Win
During the holiday season, ESPN, the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, will present the thrilling upset victories of the 1980 U.S. Olympic Ice Hockey Team over the Soviet Union and Finland. ESPN will telecast the contests as originally seen on ABC, with Al Michaels and former Montreal Canadiens goalkeeper Ken Dryden describing “The Miracle of Lake Placid”. The game between the U.S. and the Soviet Union will be presented at 8:00 p.m. EST on Christmas Day, December 25th. On New Year’s Day, January 1st, the U.S. victory over Finland will be telecast at 3:30 p.m. EST. The special three-hour presentation will be enhanced by interviews with several members of the U.S. Olympic Hockey Team, including coach Herb Brooks, who along with ESPN’s Tom Mees will reflect on their historic and unexpected achievement. This will…
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