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December 2, 1983
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Players of the Week
ONTARIO LEAGUE The Oshawa Generals had so many NHL draft picks going for them last year they probably didn’t need Mike Stem’s production as much as they do this season. The 19-year-old right winger is playing a big role in the Generals’ four-way battle for the lead in the Leyden Division. Last week. Stem scored five goals and set up three more to win the Ontario Hockey League Player of the Week honors. Stem turned in a four-goal performance against Peterborough to raise his season totals to 14 goals in 19 games. The property of the Detroit Red Wings, the 6-foot-4,225-pound Stem is well ahead of last year’s pace, in which it took him 62 games to get 16 goals. WESTERN LEAGUE Scott Machej has his eye on a future shot with the St. Louis…
Huskies, Golden Bears To Clash
TORONTO—Two old university hockey rivals find themselves tied in first place after two weekends of play in the Canada West Universities Athletic Association. Defending national champion Saskatchewan Huskies and Alberta Golden Bears, who lost to the Huskies in last year’s CWUAA final, share top spot in the standings with identical 4-0 records. First place was on the line when the teams played a doubleheader in Edmonton on Nov. 18 and 19, the first regularseason meetings between the teams this year. “Alberta and Saskatchewan have developed a real rivalry,” said Saskatchewan coach Brent McEwan, whose team earned a share of top spot after sweeping two from the Calgary Dinosaurs, 5-3 and 6-2. “The Golden Bears used to whip our butts all over the place when we played them a few years back. But over…
MacLeish. Allison Reversing Their Roles
PHILADELPHIA—Rick MacLeish, this is your hockey life. He’s had his cranky knee drained several times in the last six weeks. Now Bob McCammon, the Flyer general manager-coach wants to drain MacLeish’s head. Treatment began last week in street clothes, in the press box. “I haven’t given up on Ricky MacLeish,” McCammon said. “He’s struggled for a few games so I’m going to sit him for a few. “He worked very hard the first 10 games, played very well. The last nine he’s slacked off. We made the trade (with Pittsburgh) to get the (roster) numbers down. He’s tailed off since that time and it’s hurt us. “The last couple of games he’s had chances and hasn’t done anything with them. And we haven’t been winning. Sometimes you stay with guys hoping they’ll come out…
Lemieux May Snub Canadian Junior Team
Louisville Hockey LAVAL—Canada’s national junior hockey team may compete in the world championships in Sweden without the hottest player in the country, Laval Voisin center Mario Lemieux. Lemieux is assaulting the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League book at a more torrid pace than any player in league history. He became the first player to hit the 50-goal plateau in just 27 games, with a three-goal night against the Verdun Juniors. He now has 51 goals and 59 assists in that span to maintain his four-point-a-night production. The 6-foot-3, 191 pounder has his sights set on Guy Lafleur’s 130-goal record achieved in 1970-71 with the Quebec Remparts and Pierre Larouche’s marks for assists and points (157 and 251, respectively) in a season with the Sorel Eperviers in 1973-74. Lafleur had 49 goals after 26 games…
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