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March 22, 1985
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THIS WEEK… 20 Years Ago
Here’s what was happening 20 years ago this week in hockey: • Clarence Campbell announced that the NHL will expand its operations with the formation of a second six-team division. Campbell said that St. Louis and Los Angeles, among other cities, were good possibilites for new franchises.• The Canadian National Team finished a disappointing fourth in the world hockey competition, losing to the Soviets, Czechoslovakians and Swedes. Here’s what was happening 15 years ago this week in hockey: • St. Louis forward Wayne Maki was acquitted of a charge of assault to cause bodily harm. In exhibition play, Maki clubbed Boston defenseman Ted Green with his stick and severely fractured Green’s skull.• St. Louis coach Scotty Bowman commented that referees are too hard-pressed to be able to perform their job adequately, and suggested…
Spare Us, Please
WITH THE Canadian dollar falling faster than the Toronto Maple Leafs’ playoff hopes, and interest rates, not to mention unemployment, rising like a Mike Bossy wrist shot, you would think Canada’s federal government would have something better to do than worry about violence in hockey. But there he is, Otto Jelinek, Minister of Fitness and Amateur Sport in Prime Minister Brian Mulroney’s Conservative government cabinet, requesting an audience with National Hockey League president John Ziegler. It seems that Jelinek, after witnessing a game between the New York Islanders and Calgary Flames at the Olympic Saddledome, was moved to seek an appointment with Ziegler to let him know that he’s concerned about the level of violence he saw in that game, which had more than 90 penalty minutes. The average game results in…
McNab Missing Playoffs For First Time In Career
VANCOUVER CANUCKS VANCOUVER—This spring is going to be a little different for the Vancouver Canucks’ Peter McNab. For the first time in his 12-year National Hockey League career, McNab won’t be spending the first warm days of the year competing in the playoffs. He’ll have time for gardening, studying or anything else his heart desires. It’s been a difficult season for the 32-year-old center, whom the Canucks acquired late last season from Boston in exchange for Jim Nill. He has been asked to do much for the club and has responded well, given the overall performance of the Canucks. “Unfortunately it looks like we won’t be in the playoffs and it will be an unusual feeling for me,” says McNab. “There are still good reasons for us to play well until the end of…
Rangers Living On Tulsa Time
NEW YORK RANGERS NEW YORK—Much has been made this problematic New York Ranger season of the alleged splitting of the team into cliques, from European to Americans, to rookies, veterans, Canadians, Western Canadians—almost a subgroup per player. However, there is one tightknit bunch whose spirit and enthusiasm have helped the team survive this season to nowhere, while staking a claim for themselves in the team’s future. Goaltender John Vanbiesbrouck, forwards George McPhee and Robbie Ftorek, and defensemen Grant Ledyard and Steve Richmond are veterans of another tumultous season, that of the 1983-84 Oilers, a team that was rescued from oblivion and went on to win the Central Hockey League championship under the most adverse of circumstances. You remember the Oilers. They started out in Tulsa and spent the final 23 games and six weeks…