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November 2, 1984
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Now You’re Talkin’ Hockey
Targets who let too many biscuits between the five-hole get gassed. Cementheads are a little short in the melon but if they don’t grind, they are going to struggle. Cherry pickers throw their share of snow but on the whole, they can get away with floating as long as they can still crank it up. Huh? What’s the matter, don’t you understand hockey talk? Maybe a glossary can help: BISCUIT: A puck. Wayne Gretzky butters them and goalies eat them. A biscuit in the basket is a goal. This is a cliche so brutal that it has been banned by the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association. BUSSIE: A driver of any bus used to transport a hockey team. The worst job in the world, with the possible exception of giving enemas to circus elephants. There’s always…
Pioneers Given Emergency Help
PLATTSBURGH—Reports of the demise of the Plattsburgh Pioneers are premature. The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League’s American expansion team, which has lost its first 13 games by combined scores of 142-49, is in no danger of being kicked out of the league, according to QMJHL president Dr. Guy Morissette. “I don’t like the show they’re putting on the ice (five games were lost by a 73-9 margin), but they’ve met all of their obligations to the league and we can’t throw them out,” Morissette said. The Pioneers appeared capable of earning their first win in Game 13 when Scott Rettew scored at 11:37 of the third period on home ice to cut Trois-Rivieres Draveurs’ lead to 3-2. But the Draveurs scored four goals in the last eight penalty-filled minutes to win 7-2. Denis Methot, Plattsburgh’s…
Change The Pens’ Name
CONGRATULATIONS, PITTSBURGH PENGUIN management! Things are really looking up, eh? First-round draft picks two years in a row. This could be the year the fans start returning to the Arena. I noticed you changed uniform colors. Now that they are the same as the other pro-clubs in Pittsburgh, it should help draw the local support. It might even bring in a few extra fans from the Boston area who don’t follow the game too closely. The problem is a penguin is a penguin whether it’s blue, black, gold or pink. Why was this team ever given the name Penguins, anyway? Is it because penguins are symbolic of the rugged and frigid northland where the origins of this wonderful game began? Sort of like an arctic wolf or polar bear or something? Well, I just so happen…
NATIONAL LEAGUE SUMMARIES
Mon. Oct. 15 PHILAD. 2, MONTREAL 5 Tue. Oct. 16BOSTON 2, EDMONTON 7 NEW JERSEY 4, ISLANDERS 6 LOS ANGELES 3, WASH. 5 Wed. Oct. 17 HARTFORD 5, TORONTO 3 BUFFALO 1, QUEBEC 4 ISLANDERS 6, DETROIT 4 VANCOUVER 3, PITTSBURGH 4 ST. LOUIS 3, CHICAGO 4 WINNIPEG 4, CALGARY 7 Thu. Oct. 18 DETROIT 3, HARTFORD 7 LOS ANGELES 3, MONTREAL 3 VANCOUVER 2, PHILA. 13 EDMONTON 7, MINNESOTA 5 Fri. Oct. 19 BOSTON 2, CALGARY 8 QUEBEC 4, BUFFALO 5 TORONTO 1, NEW JERSEY 4 EDMONTON 7, WINNIPEG 4 Sat. Oct. 20 VANCOUVER 2, HARTFORD 3 MINNESOTA 2, MONTREAL 4 QUEBEC 12, TORONTO 3 LOS ANGELES 3, ISLANDERS 8 RANGERS 6, WASHINGTON 5 NEW JERSEY 3, ST. LOUIS 8 PHILAD. 1, PITTSBURGH 3 CHICAGO 4, DETROIT 7 Sun. Oct. 21 BOSTON 2, WINNIPEG 3 MINNESOTA 6, BUFFALO 8 ISLANDERS 5, RANGERS 6 CALGARY 4, EDMONTON 6 PITTSBURGH 2, PH I LAD. 4 LOS ANGELES 2, CHICAGO 5…
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