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December 16, 1983
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SLAPSHOTS
MOUNDS OF MILESTONES EDMONTON—Oiler forward Jari Kurri, with an assist on Charlie Huddy’s goal in a 7-3 win over the Los Angeles Kings on Dec. 3, became the first NHL player to record assists in 15 consecutive games. Kurri isn’t the only NHL player about to put his name in the NHL record book. As of Dec. 5, Montreal’s Steve Shutt needed only three goals to hit the 400-goal plateau. Calgary’s Lanny McDonald was one shy of the same mark while Montreal’s Guy Lafleur needed another three goals to hit the 500-goal mark. And Wayne Gretzky, who looks as though he is going to pass everyone anyway, was just one goal away from the quickest 300 goals in NHL history. CAPS MAINTAIN TAX BREAK The Washington Capitals got good news when Prince George’s County Council…
Silk Thrilled To Join Bruins’ Family
BOSTON—”Sometimes I have to pinch myself,” said Dave Silk. “It’s such a thrill just being here, just putting on the jersey and meeting these guys… “All the year playing youth hockey around Boston, all those days of skating on the ponds and saying to yourself, ‘Here comes Esposito,’ and ‘Here comes Orr,’ that kind of thing.” All of which means that Dave Silk, at the age of 25 and with a brief detour through the U.S. Olympic hockey team and the New York Ranger system, is back home in Boston. Not only that but he was playing with two-thirds of the Bruins’ top line, Rick Middleton and Barry Pederson, and playing well with two goals and five assists in eight games. Silk, who came to the Bruins from the Rangers on Oct. 5 in…
Wings A Box-Office Hit
It isn’t every day that a 12th-place team (in total attendance last season) rises up and leads the National Hockey League in attendance for the first quarter. But that’s the case with the rejuvenated Detroit Red Wings, who have aroused such fan support in the Motor City that the team has already set an NHL single-game crowd mark of 21,019 (Nov. 25 against Pittsburgh, if you can believe it) while inching past the Edmonton Oilers to become the new box-office leaders. Not since the memorable days of the great Red Wing teams of the early ‘50s, when Detroit won the Stanley Cup four times in six years, has hockey interest been at such a peak. But it didn’t just happen overnight. It’s all part of the Detroit renaissance which began prior to the…
Everyone Responded Admirably To The Test
Our road-trip ending five-games-in-five days schedule gave the team a real opportunity to test its character and will, a challenge everyone involved rose to admirably. The first day we faced highly-rated Boston University in the beautiful Centrum at Worcester, MA. Over 8,000 fans came out to cheer both teams. We had a very strong second period and were able to beat BU 10-2 with an explosive scoring spree. We played our last eastern college game on our schedule the next night in Providence, RI, in front of an standing-room only crowd of 11,000 (the building seats 10,281). The Providence College hockey program is a very thorough one and they put on a nice production for our game against the Friars, which we won 7-1. Each player was introduced in a spotlight and…
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