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January 21, 1983
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Generals Get Nod As Class Of League
H&B Louisville Hockey TORONTO—Things are going great in Oshawa; the Brantford Alexanders rate as the league’s biggest surprise and in Windsor, well, let’s just say things-rcould be a lot better. With the trade deadline just around the comer and teams starting to think and talk about playoffs. what better time than to review the teams and season to date? This week we will concentrate on the Leyden Division. OSHAWA—There is no better place to start than in Oshawa. Quite simply, the Generals have been the class of the OHL. After a rough start in which the team was without many key players, the Generals got rolling and didn’t stop until they had strung together an undefeated string of 24 games (22 wins and two ties). The Generals’ biggest problem will be dealing with the…
Ley Assumes Binghamton Coaching Reins
H&B Louisville Hockey BINGHAMTON—John Cunniff is out as coach of the Binghamton Whalers and Rick Ley is in. But the American Hockey League’s first coaching change of the season is not quite that simple. The strange set of circumstances that landed Cunniff in Hartford and Ley in ’-Binghamton began when the Hartford Whalers’ assistant coach Jacques Caron suddenly took ill in Buffalo on Jan. 3, suffering from mental stress and exhaustion. After huddling with his staff. Whalers’ director of hockey operations Larry Pleau announced that Cunniff was being summoned from Binghamton and Ley, working as an National Hockey League scout, would replace him. If Cunniff was being recalled as an interim assistant coach to Hartford head coach Larry Kish, the move would not be so confusing. But since he went to Hartford permanently, was…
Hills Sparks Falcons In Clash Of Powers
BOWLING GREEN—All-American Brian Hills scored three goals to lead Bowling Green to a 6-4, 4-2 sweep of Michigan State in the Ione Central College Hockey Association meeting of the year between the two hockey powers. , Michigan State grabbed a 1-0 lead in each contest, but the pattern remained the same in both games with the defending CCHA champion BG Falcons taking big leads. In other CCHA action, Michigan collected its first CCHA sweep of the season, beating Illinois-Chicago, 4-3, in overtime and 5-2, while Ferris State travelled to Ohio State and earned three points with a 7-6 win and a 3-3 overtime tie. The other three series ended with splits as Miami beat Michigan Tech, 6-3, in the opener. The Huskies romped in the second game, 13-2, behind CCHA Player of the…
Three Teams Vie For Overall Lead
FORT WAYNE—As the International Hockey League closed its book on the 1982 portion of the 1982-83 season, a three-team race surfaced for the overall lead. The prizes at stake are favorable berths in the playoffs. The three teams that appear a stride or two above the rest are Toledo, Milwaukee and Fort Wayne, but not necessarily in that order. It just happens that is how the trio stacked up as 1982 bowed out of the picture. Toledo and Fort Wayne have been skating stride for stride in the East Division while Milwaukee is skating away with the West Division. Toledo has the overall lead with 46 points. Milwaukee is next with 45 and Fort Wayne follows just a point back at 44. As it now stands, Toledo, Fort Wayne and Milwaukee loom as…
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