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April 4, 1986
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Quebec Decides On 9-Game Series
HULL—The Hull Olympiques aren’t happy with the Quebec League’s decision to expand its quarter-finals, semifinals and finals to best-of-nine series from best-of-seven affairs. “We were against it,” said Charlie Henry, the Olympiques’ governor and director of operations, who said the QMJHL’s board of governors voted 7-3 in favor of the proposal. “You have to go to the ninth game to get the extra home game.” But regular season-champion Hull feels the move is far better than another alternative which was discussed at length and conjured up nightmares for the Olympiques—a 14-game double round robin in which each team would play the other seven once at home and once on the road. Hull’s most successful season prior to this one was in 1981-82 when current pros Sylvain Turgeon, Roberto Romano, Jean-Marc Gaulin, Yves Beaudoin,…
Russell Brings More Experience To Buffalo
BUFFALO—The Buffalo Sabres were looking for a little veteran defensive help when they picked up Phil Russell from the New Jersey Devils. They didn’t get a little, they got a lot. Russell, 33, and in his 14th National Hockey League season, was pressed into immediate service during a recently-concluded four-game western road swing. He acquitted himself well. “It’s good to know someone still has an interest in a veteran player,” Russell said when he joined the team in St. Louis. “Nowadays, everyone is going with the kids.” The Sabres are certainly no exception in that regard, but Sabres’ coach and general manager Scott Bowman always likes to have a few veterans around for the stretch drive. Russell was available for only the slightest down payment (a conditional 12th-round draft choice). It has already proven to be…
Dino ‘Dino-mite’ Once More For Minnesota
BLOOMINGTON—Dino Ciccarelli is smiling these days and talking about the old days, way back when he scored goals in bunches, frenzied fans waved plastic green dinosaurs and chants of his name flowed from the upper reaches of the sold-out Met Center. Ciccarelli is smiling again because it seems like the old days are here again. Okay, so there are few plastic dinosaurs and Dino posters left from the 1981 Imarch to the Stanley Cup finals, but the chants are starting to resurface at the Met Center and that frantic, leg-chuming, fist-pumping Ciccarelli scoring dance is now being revived nearly every game night. Ciccarelli had three goals, including the winner with 25 seconds left in overtime, in a 6-5 victory over St. Louis on St. Patrick’s Day and he added another goal in another…
NHL SCORING
—INDIVIDUAL SCORING LEADERS FOR ART ROSS TROPHY— —INDIVIDUAL ROOKIE SCORING LEADERS— BOSTON BUFFALO CALGARY CHICAGO DETROIT EDMONTON HARTFORD LOS ANGELES MINNESOTA MONTREAL NEW JERSEY NY ISLANDERS NY RANGERS PHILADELPHIA PITTSBURGH QUEBEC ST. LOUIS TORONTO VANCOUVER WASHINGTON WINNIPEG NHL GOALTENDING NHL —TEAM STANDINGS— (PCT) PERCENTAGE OF ACTUAL POINTS VERSUS POSSIBLE POINTS CLARENCE CAMPBELL CONFERENCE NORRIS DIVISION SMYTHE DIVISION PRINCE OF WALES CONFERENCE ADAMS DIVISION PATRICK DIVISION POINTS RACE RESULTS ENDING MAR. 23. 1986 STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS DIVISION SEMI-FINALS (BEST-OF-FIVE SERIES) WALES AND CAMPBELL CONFERENCES APRIL 9, 10, 12, 13, 15. DIVISION FINALS (BEST-OF-SEVEN SERIES) WALES CONFERENCE APRIL 17 19, 21,23, 25, 27, 29. CAMPBELL CONFERENCE APRIL 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30. CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP (BEST-OF-SEVEN SERIES) WALES CONFERENCE MAY 1,3, 5, 7, 9,11, 14. CAMPBELL CONFERENCE MAY 2, 4, 6, 8,10, 12, 14. STANLEY CUP FINALS (BEST-OF-SEVEN SERIES) MAY 16,18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28. NEW ENGLAND JUNIOR (FINAL STANDINGS) PLAYOFFS SEMI-FINALS FITCHBURG 5, SOUTH SHORE 4 FITCHBURG 8, SOUTH SHORE 6 FITCHBURG 5, SOUTH SHORE 2 (FTBG WINS BEST-OF-FIVE SERIES 3-0) SPRINGFIELD 16, MILFORD 2 SPRINGFIELD 12, MILFORD 2 SPRINGFIELD 11, MILFORD 2 (SPRG WINS BEST-OF-FIVE SERIES 3-0) FINALS SPRINGFIELD 3, FITCHBURG 2 (SPRG LEADS BEST-OF-FIVE SERIES 1-0) AHL (STANDINGS…
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