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July 12, 1985
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NHL First-Round Picks
NHL Second-Round Picks BOSTON BRUINS (12) BUFFALO SABRES (12) CALGARY FLAMES (13) CHICAGO BLACK HAWKS (12) DETROIT RED WINGS (12) EDMONTON OILERS (11) HARTFORD WHALERS (10) LOS ANGELES KINGS (10) MINNESOTA NORTH STARS (10) MONTREAL CANADIENS (14) NEW JERSEY DEVILS (12) NEW YORK ISLANDERS (14) NEW YORK RANGERS (12) PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (12) PITTSBURGH PENGUINS (12) QUEBEC NORDIQUES (13) ST. LOUIS BLUES (12) TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS (12) VANCOUVER CANUCKS (12) WASHINGTON CAPITALS (13) WINNIPEG JETS (12) DRAFT BREAKDOWN…
BLUELINES
Oilers nixed expensive gift Stanley Cup watches from owner Peter Pocklington and opted, instead, for a second set of Stanley Cup rings…St. Louis got the 1988 All-Star Game although Philadelphia, Montreal, and Edmonton were also considered…North Star GM Lou Nanne is being painted as the “heavy” in the Herb Brooks-won’t-go-to-Minny fiasco, but Star’s co-owner Gordon Gund is quietly being blamed by some insiders for turning off Brooks before negotiations got into high gear. Some of Gund’s comments about Herbie questioned Brooks’ ability as an NHL coach. Estimates—including an entire column by St. Paul Pioneer-Press’ Charlie Hallman—vary as to how many season tix the North Stars will lose by not hiring Brooks. Although Gund has sided with Nanne for the moment, 1985-86 is a make-or-break year for “Sweet Lou From The…
TRIVIA
1. What Montreal Canadien star of the ’50s was nicknamed Busher? 2. What 1984-85 NHL coach was EHL coach of the year in ’78-79 and ’80-81? 3. John Ogrodnick broke Detroit’s single-season goal-scoring record. Who previously held it? 4. What original New York Ranger forward never missed a single NNL game during his 11-season career? 5. Name the 1984-85 Washington Capital defenseman who was Atlanta’s first-round draft choice in 1976? 6. What active NHL referee officiated his 1,000th regular season game? 7. Name the first NHL team to play an exhibition game with a Soviet club? 8. What Philadelphia Flyer goalie suffered a heart attack in a 1972 game in Vancouver? 9. Prior to the last two seasons, when was the last time Detroit posted back-to-back playoff appearances? 10. When was the last season that a defending Stanley Cup…
Tranquility Prevails During Summer Of ’85
Louisville Hockey Louisville Hockey SPRINGFIELD—What a difference a summer makes. For the American Hockey League, the summer of ’85 started out like a quiet afternoon at the library. Unlike a year ago, the AHL meetings that coincided with the National Hockey League meetings in Toronto were held without franchise owners playing geographical hopscotch. Divisional alignments, the number of games to be played (80) and the format for the regular season schedule all remained the same. Any disagreements—such as the future handling of the controversial European eligibility rule—were tabled until the regular annual league meetings, July 1 in Bermuda. Things were not so quiet last summer. Montreal moved its AHL team from Halifax to Sherbrooke while the Edmonton Oilers, leaving Moncton, replaced the Canadiens in Halifax. Moncton almost ended up without a team, but finally resurfaced with the…
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