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March 5, 1982
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Can Anyone Stop Lowell?
BOSTON — The most coveted prizes in the Eastern College Athletic Conference Division Two hockey circles, as well as two berths in this year’s NCAA Division Two national championship, will be at stake during February’s last weekend as the 17th Annual ECAC Division Two Playoff Tournaments begin. In the eastern section, seven teams were assured berths at press time with two teams, Holy Cross and New Haven, battling for the last available berth and the right to play defending east champion Lowell in the quarterfinal round. The four qualifiers of the west tournament from the New York College Hockey Association have been determined, but there seems to be plenty of confusion on how the other four teams will be selected from the remainder of the non-NYCHA teams. Tournament committee chairman Dr. James Ciszek’s…
Savard’s Homecoming Not A Joyous Occasion
WINNIPEG — Until now, Serge Savard has had nothing but good things to say about the Montreal Canadiens, his employers for 14 memorable years. But he was upset with the Habs on the eve of his return to the Forum. It was all because the Canadiens had made the decision to give Jeff Brubaker his old sweater — No. 18. “For my whole career, I’ve spoken out against violence,” he said “but the thing that bothers me is that they have given my sweater to a guy who established a NHL record by fighting three times in his first 40 seconds on the ice against Philadelphia.” Savard’s complaint was carried in the Montreal media, which converged upon him as he came back to Montreal as a member of Winnipeg Jets. He’s a big man there,…
Sykes Alive! Sioux Scalps Wisconsin
GRAND FORKS — For the first time since October, there’s a new face atop the Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings. North Dakota, the pre-season pick by WCHA coaches to win the league championship, put itself in position to do just that by knocking Wisconsin out of first place, beating the Badgers 5-4 (overtime) and 3-1 in a dramatic series between the two collegiate powers in Grand Forks. Senior wing Phil Sykes may have written a nice NHL contract for himself as he was a one-man wrecking gang against Wisconsin. Sykes, a 6-0, 180-pounder from Dawson Creek, B.C., who hasn’t been drafted by any NHL team, figured in on seven of North Dakota’s eight goals, scoring back-to-back hat tricks. It was expected to be a defensive classic between the two top defensive teams in…
Islanders Follow Hollywood Script To Record
LONG ISLAND — Such drama. Such emotion. Such excitement. Some considered it right out of Hollywood, though any member of the Screen Writers Guild would be ridiculed for suggesting such a story line. Face it, Max, the plot was a little unreal. Here was Chico Resch, that friendly little goalie with the twinkling eyes, back in Nassau Coliseum for the first time since the Islanders traded him to the Colorado Rockies last March. And now he and his teammates were less than one minute away from snapping the National Hockey League’s longest winning streak in 52 years. The Islanders had entered this game against the Rockies with 14 straight victories, matching the NHL record set by the Bruins during the 1929-30 season. And though the Rockies were unbeaten in their last four games,…
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