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April 5, 1985
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Ferguson Hoping To Find Secret To Dousing Flames
JOHN FERGUSON TOOK a trip to the Boston Garden recently—just to watch the Calgary Flames play. A Winnipeg Jet scout tripped to Bloomington, MN, awhile afterward, just to watch the Flames play. “Wherever they’re going, we’re going,” John Ferguson said on a long distance line. And when the genera) manager of the Winnipeg Jets speaks these days, people listen. “Right now, the Flames are the most puzzling team in the league and we intend to watch their every move,” Fergie said. “They’re a puzzling club and we have to solve the puzzle.” With just days remaining in the National Hockey League season, the Flames appeared to have wrapped up second place in the Smythe Division. That was the way it was planned. The prognisticators, however, forgot to tell the Winnipeg Jets. The Flames are in third…
Sonmor Not Worried Where Stars Finish
MINNESOTA NORTH STARS BLOOMINGTON—The third- and fourth-place finishers in the Norris Division could go down to the wire, but Minnesota North Star coach Glen Sonmor isn’t putting a premium on either position. “We’re not that concerned about it,” said Sonmor. “You’d always like to finish as high as possible. But we’re going to have to beat St. Louis and Chicago if we’re going to get out of the division anyway, and it really doesn’t matter who we play first.” Sonmor is not one to rationalize. But he has been making moves to guarantee everybody is ready for the playoffs. That includes giving players such as Dino Ciccarelli, Dennis Maruk, Curt Giles and Randy Velischek time off. And he gave the whole team a day off before facing Vancouver and Detroit on successive nights. “This…
Kings Keep Oiler Success In Perspective
LOS ANGELES KINGS LOS ANGELES—With two consecutive victories over the Edmonton Oilers—three overall with one more regular-season game to go—it seemed the Los Angeles Kings had forged a bit of momentum should they meet the defending Stanley Cup champion in the first round of the playoffs. Or had they? “I don’t think it means anything, once the playoffs start it’s all brand new,” said Marcel Dionne after the Kings’ latest victory over the Oilers, a 5-4 decision at the Forum on St. Patrick’s Day. Coach Pat Quinn, decked out in a green velvet jacket, green velvet bowtie and a green carnation—yes, he’s Irish—said as much, though he was still hoping his team could move out of fourth place and meet somebody else. “The playoffs are so different,” Quinn said. “They (the Oilers) have the experience, they’ve…
Generals On The March For Division Title
Louisville Hockey® Louisville Hockey® FLINT—The Flint Generals, defending Turner Cup champions in the International Hockey League, are loading up for the stretch drive and coach Dennis Desrosiers thinks his team is in a good position. Actually, the Generals were in second place in the IHL East Division as of March 17, but they trailed the Muskegon Lumberjacks by only two points. The Lumberjacks had a game in hand, though, with 15 games to play. The most positive factor concerning the Generals’ remaining games—seven at home, seven away—is that they don’t have to face Muskegon again in the regular season. Flint owns winning records against all but three teams in the league, but they have time to alter that situation against two of those teams. The Generals are 4-5-0 against Peoria and 3-4-0 against Fort Wayne. Against…
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