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May 21, 1982
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In The NHL, No Call Is A Good Call
Officiating is a controversial topic in any sport, but especially so in hockey—particularly when the playoffs roll around each year. Randy Smith, the sports editor of the Manchester (CT.) Journal Inquirer and the Hartford Whalers’ correspondent for THE HOCKEY NEWS, expresses his views on the topic of hockey officiating in the following article, which initially appeared in the Journal Inquirer. If you think that your son possesses the potential to become a professional hockey player, here’s a sure-fire test that’s guaranteed to enlighten both of you. Ask your son to define hooking or cross-checking or interference or any of the other infractions which French-Canadians refer to as punitions. If your son offers a clinical response, defining word-for-word the book rule concerning any penalty, show him where the scissors are kept. He’ll have better…
WHL Champs Portland Winter Hawks First U.S. Memorial CUD Competitor
H&B Louisville Hockey H&B Louisville Hockey PORTLAND—For the first time in the 64-year history of the Memorial Cup, a United States-based team competed in the three-team double round robin tournament. The Portland Winter Hawks earned that right by winning the Western Hockey League championship, taking the best-of-seven final series from the Regina Pats, 4-1. As a result, Portland represented the WHL at the Memorial Cup May 8-15 at Hull, Que. Here’s how they got there: Game Five: The Pats were missing three players—Brent Pascal, Al Tuer and Dale Derkatch—who were suspended by the WHL after a post-game brawl following the fourth game, won 5-3 by the Winter Hawks. In the fifth and deciding game, won 9-2 by Portland, the Pats came out strong and took a 1-0 lead when Jock Callander found the range behind goaltender…
Canuck Chemistry Hard To Decipher, But It’s Potent
VANCOUVER—Ron Smith, the soft-spoken, enormously approachable assistant coach of the Canucks, may have described his team best when he said they were like a foreign film. “When you see us the first time you don’t see all the things we are doing. It takes a second and third viewing to realize our strengths,” Smith said. Indeed Smith has hit on the vital sign, the chemistry that has brought this team from the depths of despair to a belief that they could actually challenge the New York Islanders for the Stanley Cup. They have come this far by checking in a man-to-man system in which each player knows his own responsibility. It’s based on the fact they have an outstanding goaltender in Richard Brodeur. They give up the first shot and try and…
MINOR SCOREBOARD
AMERICAN LEAGUE PLAYOFFS FINALS GAMES COMPLETED Sat May 1 Binghamton 4 at N. Brunswick 7 Mon. May 3 Binghamton 3 at N. Brunswick 2 Thu. May 6 N. Brunswick 5 at Binghamton 1 Sat. May 8 N. Brunswick 4 at Binghamton 1 GAMES TO COME Mon. May 10 Binghamton at N. Brunswick Wed. May 12 N. Brunswick at Binghamton Fri. May 14 Binghamton at N. Brunswick SEMIFINALS GAMES COMPLETED Fri. April 16 Rochester 3 at Binghamton 5 Wed. April 21 Rochester 3 at Binghamton 5 Fri. April 23 Binghamton 2 at Rochester 4 Sun. April 25 Binghamton 5 at Rochester 1 Mon. April 26 Rochester 3 at Binghamton 5 GAMES COMPLETED Mon. April 19 Nova Scotia 2 at N. Brunswick 3 Thu. April 22 Nova Scotia 0 at N. Brunswick 3 Sat. April 24 N. Brunswick 5 at Nova Scotia 1 Mon. April 26 N. Brunswick 3 at Nova Scotia 4 Wed. April 28 Nova Scotia 1 at N. Brunswick 2 QUARTERFINALS GAMES COMPLETED Wed. April 7 Adirondack 3 at N. Brunswick 1 Fri. April…
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