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January 18, 1985
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Canucks’ Gradin Finally Hits His Stride
VANCOUVER—The Vancouver Canucks have reached the halfway mark in their terribly disappointing season with one player finally hitting high gear. He is Swedish center Thomas Gradin. The soft-spoken, 28-year-old center had been expected to shine under new coach Bill LaForge’s philosophy of going for goals in number, but things didn’t work that way and LaForge was fired. When the goals-against began mounting to staggering heights, just about everyone on the team, including its all-time leading scorer, began to justifiably concern themselves with defense. But after the club tightened up a little, Gradin began to come out of the bomb shelter and think offensively, something he must do if the Canucks are to improve their 19th overall position in goals for. Having finally been separated from Stan Smyl, who has been his right winger…
Stars Making A Move For Top Of Norris
MINNESOTA—Okay, so maybe the New York Islanders aren’t blowing everybody away with their customary regularity this season. Maybe, if you believe Al Arbour, the Islanders are struggling. They are still the New York Islanders, and when their desperation rally fell short in a 4-3 loss to the Minnesota North Stars on New Year’s Eve, it was the perfect way for the Stars to start the new year. The North Stars had been struggling this season. There were signs of coming out here and there, but never any sustained movement toward the top of the Norris Division. Going into that New Year’s Eve game, the Stars had won only 11 times in 36 games. They had beaten Winnipeg in one of those flashes, but had not beaten a single other team with a winning…
Derlago Continues Annual Mishap String
TORONTO—Just as surely as there is a New Year, Bill Derlago is bound to suffer an injury. In keeping with a tradition that started with a broken nose on the eve of ‘83 and continued with a broken leg and ankle on the eve of ‘84, Derlago has ushered in ‘85 with another injury. This time, it’s his shoulder. Actually, the one difference between this injury and the previous two is that it didn’t occur in a game the day before the turn of the calender. This one happened three days before, in a game against Chicago, when Derlago was cruising around the Black Hawk goal and was hit from behind by Troy Murray. Derlago said his injury will be treated on a daily basis, but with each outing he misses, the…
NATIONAL LEAGUE SUMMARIES
Wed. Dec. 26 RANGERS 2, DETROIT 5 ISLANDERS 5, PITTSBURGH 6 TORONTO 0. BUFFALO 6 PHILAD. 0, WASH. 6 NEW JERSEY 3, HARTFORD 5 WINNIPEG 0, MINNESOTA 4 EDMONTON 6, CALGARY 5 CHICAGO 3, ST. LOUIS 4 LOS ANGELES 3, VANCOUVER 3 Thu. Dec. 27 TORONTO 1, NEW JERSEY 4 MONTREAL 5, QUEBEC 3 WASH. 5, ISLANDERS 4 BOSTON 6, LOS ANGELES 6 HARTFORD 0, PITTSBURGH 4 WINNIPEG 0, BUFFALO 4 PHILAD. 7, VANCOUVER 4 DETROIT 4, CALGARY 3 Sat. Dec. 29 BOSTON 5, MINNESOTA 3 HARTFORD 2, WASHINGTON 3 BUFFALO 2, NEW JERSEY 1 RANGERS 3, MONTREAL 7 PITTSBURGH 2, QUEBEC 10 ISLANDERS 5, ST. LOUIS 1 CHICAGO 5, TORONTO 4 DETROIT 3, EDMONTON 6 Sun. Dec. 30 BOSTON 5, WINNIPEG 3 ST. LOUIS 2, RANGERS 6 PHILAD. 3, LOS ANGELES 2 CALGARY 5, CHICAGO 2 EDMONTON 7, VANCOUVER 7 Mon. Dec. 31 NEW JERSEY 4, BUFFALO 6 QUEBEC 4, MONTREAL 4 ISLANDERS 3, MINNESOTA 4 PITTSBURGH 4, DETROIT 4 Tue. Jan. 1…
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