MINOR SCOREBOARD

AMERICAN LEAGUE (Standings on Mon. Jan. 18) 1 — Nova Scotia 4 — Springfield. 5 — Adirondack 7 — Maine 8 — New Haven 14 — Rochester 16 — Hershey 19 — Binghamton 20 — Fredericton. 22 — New Brunswick. 23 — Erie. GAMES COMPLETED Wed. Jan. 13 Rochester 3 at Adirondack 5 Erie 4 at Binghamton 11 Springfield 5 at Hershey 3 Fredericton 3 at Maine 5 New Haven 1 at New Brunswick 5 Fri. Jan. 15 Binghamton 5 at Erle 2 Adirondack 5 at New Haven 3 Fredericton 4 at Nova Scotia 9 Hershey 4 at Rochester 2 Maine 2 at Springfield 4 Sat. Jan. 16 Rochester 2 at Binghamton 5 New Haven 5 at Hershey 4 Adirondack 3 at Maine 5 Fredericton 2 at New Brunswick 3 Erie 2 at Springfield 8 Sun. Jan. 17 New Brunswick 4 at Fredericton 3 Binghamton 3 at New Haven 2 Springfield 2 at Rochester 5 LEADING…

NATIONAL LEAGUE SUMMARIES

Mon. Jan. 11 TORONTO 2, BOSTON 5 HARTFORD 2, QUEBEC 6 MINNESOTA 3, RANGERS 5 Tue. Jan. 12 LOS ANGELES 1, MONTREAL 2 Wed. Jan. 13 CHICAGO 2, BUFFALO 6 QUEBEC 4, ST. LOUIS 2 RANGERS 2, MINNESOTA 0 PITTSBURGH 1, WINNIPEG 6 EDMONTON 6, WASHINGTON 6 COLORADO 1, TORONTO 2 CALGARY 1,VANCOUVER 5 Thu. Jan. 14 ISLANDERS 4, BOSTON 5 EDMONTON 2, PHILADELPHIA 8 COLORADO 1, DETROIT 3 LOS ANGELES 2, CALGARY 5 Fri. Jan. 15 TORONTO 2, BUFFALO 8 RANGERS 4, WINNIPEG 4 LOS ANGELES 3, VANCOUVER 3 Sat. Jan. 16 HARTFORD 3, BOSTON 3 PHILADELPHIA 4, MONTREAL 2 QUEBEC 1. MINNESOTA 4 PITTSBURGH 0, CALGARY 4 WASHINGTON 5, DETROIT 5 EDMONTON 1, TORONTO 7 CHICAGO 6, ST. LOUIS 8 Sun. Jan. 17 BOSTON 3, PHILADELPHIA 7 HARTFORD 1,BUFFALO 7 QUEBEC 7, WINNIPEG 5 ISLANDERS 2, WASHINGTON 2 PITTSBURGH 3, VANCOUVER 3 EDMONTON 4, DETROIT 4 CHICAGO 5, MINNESOTA 7 CALGARY 5, COLORADO 3…

HOCKEY SCHOOLS In The Province of Ontario

Canucks’ Scorers Plunged Into Deep Freeze

VANCOUVER — Consistency has been elusive for the Canucks this hockey season. But they seemed to have that pretty much solved. Now they can lose to anybody. Having had only one win in a stretch of 14 games, the Canucks were hitting their January skid much earlier than last year. If the Canucks were 0-for-February as coach Harry Neale said last year, this year they were one-for-December and not a whole lot better halfway through January. Underlining the problem being encountered by the Canucks in terms of consistency this year were a pair of back-to-back games. They beat the Edmonton Oilers, the best team in the league on record, 3-1, holding the Great Gretzky pointless for the second time this season and stopping his consecutive goals-scoring streak at eight. At the same…