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December 31, 1982
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BILL FLEISCHMAN’S HOCKEY WORLD
A Shot In The Arm WHEN WE LAST dropped in on the Vancouver Canucks, they were busy with, of all things, the Stanley Cup finals. Remember the peculiar circumstances? Despite a losing record (30-33-17) in the regular season, the Canucks marched through Calgary, Los Angeles and Chicago to reach their appointed destiny—a date in the finals against the Islanders. As expected, the Islanders then marched past the Canucks in four straight. A series sweep was the same punishment the Islanders had inflicted upon Quebec in the semi-finals, so there was no disgrace for the Canucks batting.000 in their Stanley Cup final debut. The disgrace, some thought, would be returning this season and continuing at their familiar.500 and under pace. As those who strain their eyes following the NHL standings and summaries know, the…
Cashman, O’Reilly Hybrid, Keith Crowder Stirs Bruins
BOSTON—It was the kind of a game that the Boston Bruins have come to expect from Keith Crowder. In the fifth minute of the game, he was hanging around the front of the Buffalo net, making life difficult for goalie Jacques Cloutier on the power play, when Mike O’Connell’s shot from the point bounced off his stick, then his skate and went in for a goal. A few minutes later, he took a neat pass from Peter McNab and rifled a 25-footer past Cloutier for his 14th goal of the season. In the second period, he dug the puck out of the corner to McNab who got it to Craig MacTavish for a goal. In the third period, he did it again, having a hand in four goals in an 8-1 victory over…
Penguins’ Coach Rescued Hotham
PITTSBURGH—Eddie Johnston believes in reclamation. The third-year Penguin coach likes to take players who other National Hockey League teams have given up on and prove they still have big-league ability. Among those players are: Michel Dion, Paul Gardner, Rick MacLeish, Andre St. Laurent, Bob Simpson and Ian Turnbull. Some of the reclamations have helped the Penguins, while others haven’t worked out quite so well. One of the most successful restorations has been the career of defenseman Greg Hotham. Hotham came to Pittsburgh from the Toronto Maple Leafs last February in exchange for a sixth-round choice in the 1982 entry draft. He had played parts of three seasons for the Maple Leafs but was languishing in Cincinnati of the Central Hockey League when he was acquired by the Penguins. Like many of his other reclamations,…
SLAPSHOTS
Dionne Hits 500 WASHINGTON—Marcel Dionne of the Los Angeles Kings became the ninth player in National Hockey League history to score 500 career goals. Dionne shot both Los Angeles’ goals—his 12th and 13th of the season—on Tue. Dec. 14 as the Kings were trounced 7-2 by Washington. The diminutive Kings’ center, playing his 12th NHL season, joins Gordie Howe, Bobby Hull, Maurice Richard, Jean Beliveau, Phil Esposito, Johnny Bucyk, Stan Mikita and Frank Mahovlich as 500-goal scorers. In other scoring milestones, Philadelphia’s Bobby Clarke passed the 1,100-point plateau with four points in the Flyers’ 7-2 romp past Detroit. Marc Tardif of the Quebec Nordiques scored his 500th pro career goal as well. He had 316 in the old WHA and 184 in the NHL. Long Road Back MONTREAL—Normand Leveille of the Boston Bruins, battling back from…
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