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May 14, 1982
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SLAPSHOTS
Canada Cup In ’84 HELSINKI—A third Canada Cup tournament will be staged on Canadian rinks in the fall of 1984. Alan Eagleson, Hockey Canada’s international hockey director, said that preliminary plans have been completed between NHL president John Ziegler and International Ice Hockey Federation chief Dr. Gunther Sabetzki. “Everything is contingent, naturally, on a new agreement between the NHL and the Players Association,” said Eagleson, “because all international competition has to be a part of it. As you know, these negotiations are in progress now.” There are no world hockey championships in 1984 because of the Olympic Games. Eagleson said he expected all six of the world’s top hockey powers—Canada, Russia, Czechoslovakia, Sweden, Finland and the United States—to compete in the tournament. Eagleson said there would be a definite change in the format for determining the…
Oilers’ Strategy May Be Different
EDMONTON—The Oilers, their premature playoff exit not with standing, have thrived upon the amateur draft. Or, Entry Draft, if you prefer. Wayne Gretzky aside, the Oilers, who vaulted from 14th to second place overall in the National Hockey League standings in 1981-82, have reaped the majority of their young talent via three seasons of spring drafts. This time, however, things may change. At least, as far as the first round is concerned. The Oilers will be drafting 20th on June 9, which cuts down on the chances of their first pick immediately landing a berth with the Smythe Division pennant-winners as defensemen Kevin Lowe and Paul Coffey and goaltender Grant Fuhr have in previous years. The fact a number of youngsters who played junior this season have already been drafted through the NHL’s underage…
Flyers’ No. 1 Priority Is Defense
PHILADELPHIA—It will not be a quiet off-season for the Flyers. It can’t be. They fell four series and at least three players short of Stanley Cup contention in 1981-82. Not only do they realize some changes are necessary, they probably have the means to effect them. They obviously1 need help on defense, a right winger who can score some goals, and some resolution of their revolving goaltender door, but they have probably the deepest set of centers in the league and the fourth choice in the Entry Draft with which to improve themselves. The Flyers remain cautiously optimistic that Toronto, picking third, will take Portland center Ken Yaremchuk, leaving them defenseman Gary Nylund. All indications are that right wing Brian Bellows and defenseman Gord Kluzak will go one-two to Boston and Minnesota,…
Soviet-Czech Tie Deprives Canada Of Silver
The windup to the 1982 World Hockey Championships in Helsinki, Finland produced a highly controversial 0-0 tie between the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia which prevented Team Canada from winning the Silver Medal. Here’s the account of the tournament by Jim Christie of the Toronto Globe and Mail. This piece initally appeared in the April 30 edition of the Globe. HELSINKI—Canada’s silver medal in the World Hockey Championships vanished somewhere among the six third-period icing calls between the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia in the final game of the tournament that ended in a 0-0 tie. Despite Canada’s 6-0 win over the Swedes in an afternoon game, the windup tie between the gold medal-winning Soviets and the Czechoslovaks pulled the latter into a second-place tie with Canada, which was broken on account of goals…
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