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January 11, 1985
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Whalers Finally At Point They Want To Be
HARTFORD—The Hartford Whalers began the season with five rookies—three defensemen, Mark Fusco, Sylvain Cote and Ulf Samuelsson, and a pair of wingers, Dave Tippett and David A. Jensen. Another defenseman, Mark Paterson, was given a 50-50 chance of making the parent club, but mononucleosis put him on the shelf for a couple of months. The Whalers, it is clear, are conscious of avoiding the trap of losing with the same faces. Samuelsson and Jensen since have been shipped to Binghamton, the club’s American League affiliate. Two others rookies, wingers Kevin Dineen and Paul Fenton, have been recalled. Another, center Ray Ferraro, was summoned from Binghamton after Mark Johnson went down with a bruised shoulder. The kids very much are part of the Whalers’ plans. It’s just that some are more ready than others. “Fusco has…
There’s Good News On All Fronts For Caps
HANDOVER—The Washington Capitals’ progress no longer is confined to the parent roster. The club has accumulated enough solid depth in the organization to propel the Binghamton Whalers into first place in the overall American Hockey League standings. That is a sudden turnabout and one that may be difficult for Frank Mathers, the president of the Hershey Bears to absorb. A year ago, Washington’s talent contribution to Hershey was so sparse that the Bears missed the playoffs and decided to kick the Capitals out, aligning with Philadelphia instead. As Binghamton has risen to the top recently—largely because of Capital farmhands—Mathers fired coach Gary Inness to try to pick up the Hershey pieces. Leading Binghamton’s surge was longtime Capital employee Lou Frances-chetti, who shared the AHL scoring lead at 39 points with onetime Capital Wes…
MINOR SCOREBOARD
AMERICAN LEAGUE (Standings on Wed. Dec. 26) SOUTHERN DIVISION NORTHERN DIVISION GAMES COMPLETED Tue. Dec. 18 Hershey 0 at Baltimore 2 Maine 7 at Fredericton 5 Wed. Dec. 19 Maine 4 at Moncton 0 Nova Scotia 1 at Sherbrooke 5 Thu. Dec. 20 Baltimore 2 at St. Catharines 2 Fri. Dec. 21 Binghamton 4 at New Haven 2 Baltimore 3 at Rochester 5 Adirondack 3 at Sherbrooke 4 Nova Scotia 2 at Springfield 7 Sat. Dec. 22 Sherbrooke 3 at Binghamton 6 New Haven 4 at Hershey 3 Nova Scotia 2 at Maine 5 Fredericton 0 at Springfield 7 Sun. Dec. 23 Nova Scotia 2 at Moncton 4 Maine 3 at Rochester 4 New Haven 4 at St. Catharines 3 Fredericton 4 at Sherbrooke 3 ATLANTIC COAST LEAGUE (Standings on Wed. Dec. 26) GAMES COMPLETED Tue. Dec. 18 Mohawk Valley 3 at Carolina 5 Thu. Dec. 20 Mohawk Valley 2 at Virginia 6 Fri. Dec. 21 Carolina 3 at Erie 6 Virginia 6 at Pine Bridge 8 Sat.…
THE NHL SCOREBOARD
(Standings on Wed. Dec. 26) NORRIS DIVISION SMYTHE DIVISION ADAMS DIVISION PATRICK DIVISION GAMES COMPLETED Mon. Dec. 17 Edmonton 2 at New Jersey 5 St Louis 3 at Toronto 2 Tue. Dec. 18 Boston 6 at Montreal 4 Washington 4 at Quebec 1 Winnipeg 4 at NY Islanders 7 Los Angeles 6 at Calgary 3 Wed. Dec. 19 Boston 5 at Hartford 6 Buffalo 6 at Chicago 3 Winnipeg 5 at NY Rangers 4 New Jersey 3 at Pittsburgh 2 Minnesota 1 at St. Louis 4 Los Angeles 3 at Edmonton 7 Thu. Dec. 20 Washington 2 at Montreal 2 (OT) Quebec 4 at Detroit 5 New Jersey 4 at Philadelphia 8 Vancouver 1 at Calgary 9 Fri. Doc. 21 NY Islanders 1 at Hartford 0 Philadelphia 2 at Pittsburgh 4 Toronto 3 at Chicago 4 Vancouver 3 at Edmonton 1 Sat. Dec. 22 Boston 4 at Toronto 6 Hartford 5 at Montreal 10 Buffalo 1 at Quebec 3 Pittsburgh 2 at NY Islanders 5 NY…
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