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February 12, 1982
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WHERE NHL TEAMS PLAY
FEBRUARY Tue 2 Hartford at Los Angeles Montreal at Calgary Colorado at Quebec Washington at Islanders Rangers at Vancouver Winnipeg at St Louis Wed 3 Boston at Buffalo Montreal at Edmonton Minnesota at Pittsburgh Toronto at Vancouver St. Louis at Chicago Thu 4 Buffalo at Boston Islanders at Washington Rangers at Calgary Minnesota at Philadelphia Chicago at Detroit Fri 5 Hartford at Colorado Calgary at Winnipeg Sat 6 Chicago at Boston Hartford at St Louis Montreal at Colorado Philadelphia at Quebec Detroit at Islanders Washington at Pittsburgh Toronto at Edmonton Vancouver at Los Angeles Sun 7 Islanders at Buffalo Montreal at Los Angeles Quebec at Washington Rangers at Edmonton Pittsburgh at Philadelphia Toronto at Calgary St. Louis at Detroit Minnesota at Chicago Tue 9 All Star game at Washington Wed 10 Hartford at Pittsburgh Winnipeg at Buffalo Rangers at St Louis Vancouver at Toronto Thu 11 Boston at Minnesota Buffalo at Philadelphia Pittsburgh at Montreal Quebec at Los Angeles Islanders at Chicago Washington at Calgary Vancouver at Detroit Fri 12 Quebec at Colorado Washington at Edmonton Sat 13 Boston…
Giant Gillies Is The Catalyst For Islanders
LONG ISLAND — Tough, hard-nosed Mack trucks disguised as hockey players couldn’t do it. An injury couldn’t do it. The only thing that could stop Clark Gillies in the 1981-82 season was a six-pound baby girl. Gillies, who had played in every New York Islander game, stayed back on the Island during a trip to Pittsburgh in late January when his wife Pam gave birth to their third daughter, Kiana. On the surface, it didn’t seem his mates missed him during their 6-3 victory over the Penguins that night. But in the dressing room, there was one, huge, collective sigh of relief. These days, the thought of playing without Gillies can be as distasteful as playing against him. That’s because the man they call “Jethro” has been giving the official scorer writer’s cramp…
Youth May Solve Canucks’ Problems
VANCOUVER — The Canucks have undergone something of a youth movement, involuntarily. The latest discovery the Canucks have made is that their young players are really very much better than they thought. And maybe the older ones are not as good as they’d hoped. Anyway, the defensemen have been falling like flies. With Kevin McCarthy just having returned to the lineup, Colin Campbell, Rick Lanz and Anders Eldebrink have proceeded to knock themselves out of action with various injuries. The result is a desperate situation whereby the Canucks brought in Garth Butcher, then butchered the situation so badly in the front office they lost him. Then they moved in Andy Schliebener, with promises of Neil Belland and Joe McDonnell to come later, especially if anyone else gets hurt. As it turned…
BEDCLOTHES
Lock Your Doors LOCK THE doors, Canada. Unless strict measures are taken by the federal Government, Canadian boundaries may be violated in the indefinite future by the Colorado Rockies, a hockey team in a manner of speaking, which persists in carrying the rest of the NHL on its spine. The crisis has come about as follows. The Rockies, or Schmockies as they are generally known, are a disaster area in the boondocks of Colorado. You cannot get any lower in the standings without drilling. Their artistic rancidity is matched by fan support so minimal that the Rockies consider it a big night when the other team shows up. Peter Gilbert, the unfortunate owner burdened with the NHL’s worst franchise, naturally is seeking an unsuspecting community upon which to inflict the Rockies. He would like to settle in…
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