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May 20, 1983
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The International Hockey Weekly Founded in 1947 Published by W.C.C. Publishing Ltd. 85 Scarsdale Road, #100, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3B 2R2. Under The Circumstances IF NOTHING ELSE, Canadian afficionados of international hockey lead the league in gnashing of teeth. Each year, Canada sends an entry to the world championships in a European nation. And each year it returns home with the bronze medal and unwavering respect for the Soviet Union’s Big Red Machine. As a rule, before the team even arrives home, Canada’s participation in the global tourney, which obviously conflicts with the Stanley Cup playoffs and means we have to send less than our very best, is severely criticized, primarily by the average fan on the street, who seems to take these defeats personally. There is a growing sentiment that perhaps it is time to…
Isles Don’t Like The Cocky Oilers
It was one of Mike Bossy’s greatest games and when it was over and the Islanders climbed over the Bruins to gain a berth opposite the Oilers in the Stanley Cup finals, Bossy said: “To be honest, I really had no idea something like this game was going to happen.” Here’s what happened: Bossy, aroused and annoyed by the close-checking the Bruins saddled on him in earlier games, broke loose for four goals as the Islanders scored an 8-4 victory to clinch the Prince of Wales Conference championship in six games. It sent the Isles on to Edmonton where they would play the first two games of the final round against a team that enjoyed a week off after sweeping the Black Hawks in the Campbell Conference showdown. The Islanders opened the pursuit…
Gorence Keys Mariners’ Playoff Drive
H&B Louisville Hockey H&B Louisville Hockey PORTLAND—Five years ago, as a rookie in professional hockey, he was one of the chief contributors in the Maine Mariners’ first Calder Cup championship. He wasn’t around for the Mariners’ second championship a year later, but Tom Gorence is back this season and making big contributions in the Mariners’ run for a third title. With Gorence leading the way on a checking line that is doing much of the team’s scoring, the Mariners opened up a 3-2 lead in their best-of-seven quarterfinal series against the Fredericton Express. Just as this issue was going to press, the teams were skating onto the ice at Fredericton’s Aitken Centre for Game Six. After splitting the first two games at Fredericton, the Mariners returned home to the Cumberland County Civic Center to…
Indy Tops Stars For The CHL Title
H&B Louisville Hodkey H&B Louisville Hodkey INDIANAPOLIS—After breaking even in the first four games of the series, the Indianapolis Checkers reeled off three consecutive victories to win the Adams Cup best-of-nine final 5-2. Indy, trailing 2-1 in the series, beat the South Stars in Birmingham, 5-4, to even the series and return home for two games. The Checkers won both games, 5-2 and 3-2, and wrapped up the championship with a 7-2 win at Birmingham. Indy’s Bruce Affleck, a late-season addition, won the Max McNab Trophy as the playoff MVP. He finished fourth in playoff scoring with no goals and 18 assists. In the crucial fifth game, Garth MacGuigan and Scott Howson provided the Checkers with a two-goal advantage in the opening period and Glen Duncan made it 3-0 for the South Stars early in…
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