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April 23, 1982
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Player Of The Week
Brian Sutter led the St. Louis Blues this season in goal scoring and it seemed only natural that when the team caught fire in the first round of the 1982 Stanley Cup playoffs, it would be Sutter who would provide the momentum. The 25-year-old left winger and team captain, who is one of the four Sutter brothers now performing in the NHL, scored a total of seven goals in the Blues’ four-game playoff ouster of the Winnipeg Jets. Sutter also contributed two assists and scored a game-winning goal to win recognition from THE HOCKEY NEWS as the Player of the Week. Sutter, who scored 39 goals in 74 games during the season, has suddenly come up hot and along with his two linemates, Joe Mullen and Bernie Federko, the three ravaged the…
Sabres Disappoint Again In First Round Loss
BUFFALO—Another year of disappointment in the Stanley Cup playoffs for Buffalo hockey fans. For the third time in the nine trips to post-season play in their 12 years of existence, the Sabres were eliminated in the first round. They just missed being swept out by the Boston Bruins when they won the third game in Buffalo, 5-2. They played a terrific game, reminiscent of their midseason unbeaten streak of ten games. But then, the next night, they lost to the Bruins, 5-2, and it was early vacation again. The sudden ending left the fans wondering just what will happen in the Sabres’ organization next season. Will general manager Scotty Bowman continue to coach? Will he bring back Jim Roberts to the coaching job, after replacing him late in the season with himself? Will he…
Coming Next Week
Although all the results of the preliminary round of the 1982 Stanley Cup playoffs were not resolved when this issue went to press, they certainly will be by the time next week’s issue comes out, and we’ll have all the latest information on those series. In addition, we’ll have the latest news on the division finals. Once again, as this issue went to press the only one we were sure about was the Chicago-St. Louis matchup. All the others still had to be decided, with the Pittsburgh Penguins extending the Islanders to five games and the Quebec Nordiques doing the same to the Montreal Canadiens. While the NHL playoff picture is still up in the air, the winners of this year’s College Player and Coach of the Year awards certainly are not.…
Even Capitals’ ‘Victories’ Had Hollow Ring
LANDOVER—The Washington Capitals achieved a notable first by winning the season series from the Philadelphia Flyers, four games to three with one tied. As happens so often with the Capitals, however, the circumstances left little reason for celebration. The concluding game of the series was a 4-4 deadlock at Capital Centre, in which Washington held a 4-1 lead with nine minutes left. The Flyers caught up on a goal by Al Hill and two by Bobby Clarke. It was the fifth time in a stretch of seven games that the Capitals had carried a lead into the third period and failed to win. Two nights earlier, at the Spectrum, Washington also enjoyed a 4-1 advantage and barely escaped with a 4-3 triumph. During three weeks of March, when they supposedly were mounting a…
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