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November 1, 1985
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Bell, Nattress Acquisitions To Add Offense
Louisville Hockey Louisville Hockey ST. LOUIS BLUES ST. LOUIS—Last season, the St. Louis Blues got 29 goals and 116 assists from their entire seven-man defense. Meanwhile up in Edmonton, Paul Coffey was scoring 37 goals and 84 assists by his lonesome. The simple solution would be for the Blues to acquire Coffey. But he does not figure to be available until hell freezes over or the Yukon doesn’t, whichever comes first. So director of hockey operations Ron Caron picked up two puckish defenseman within 10 days of the opener. He pried 20-year-old Bruce Bell, an all-rookie team left defenseman, out of Quebec for right defenseman Gilbert Delorme. Then minutes after the waiver draft ended, right defenseman Ric Nattress arrived from Montreal for cash. Both players were a little nervous—for differing reasons—about joining the Blues. Nattress had been buried alivein Montreal…
QUAKER STATE ROOKIE PROFILES
The New York Rangers have seven Scandinavians on their roster this season, more than any other team in the National Hockey League, and the latest additions is 21-year-old Raimo Helminen. Helminen, a native of Tampere, Finland, was the Rangers’ second-round pick (35th overall) in the 1984 entry draft. He played his last two seasons for lives-Tampere for whom he scored 38 goals and 87 points in 76 Finnish Elite League games. Although this is his debut year in the NHL, Helminen is off to a fast start, scoring his first goal against the New Jersey Devils in only his second game. At 6-feet, 183 pounds, Helminen plays more of a finesse game than a physical one. The center is a better playmaker than a goal scorer, but the Rangers—a team that needs to…
TRIVIA
1. Name the two NHL franchises to have 50-goal scorers in their first season. 2. Which two NHL franchises have never had a 50-goal scorer? 3. Name the only St. Louis Blue to score 50 goals in a season. 4. Name the oldest player to have a 50-goal season. 5. What active NHL player holds the single-season point-scoring record with two NHL clubs? 6. Name the last team with a losing record to win the Stanley Cup. 7. Name the last player to win the NHL scoring title with a team that didn’t make the playoffs. 8. Why is the 1931-32 Stanley Cup I final known as the “tennis series”? 9. Name the last left winger to lead the NHL in scoring? 10. What player holds the single-season penalty minute mark for both the Calgary Flames and Minnesota North…
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