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May 23, 1986
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And THN’s Trivia Contest Winners Are…
Another THN Terrific Trivia Contest (in the March 21,1986 issue) has come and gone and it’s time to dole out the prizes. About $1,000 worth of cash and prizes were up for grabs this year, including a first prize of $500 (Cdn.), second prize of $250 and third prize of $100. In addition to those prizes, which were determined by a random draw of all perfect ballots, a total of five consolation prizes were awarded. Those came in the form of Trivial Pursuit games and the winners of those were determined by a random draw of all entries submitted to THN. In addition to providing a list of winners below, answers to the questions are also supplied. Please note that a typographical error on question No. 19 caused it to be declared…
Ice Wars Are Forgotten On The Ball Fields
In the play The King and I, the hit song was Getting To Know You. For the L.A. Kings and Marcel Dionne, that might be the summing-up of the whole Molson Slo-Pitch Tournament. “Sometimes,” says Dionne, the second-leading scorer in NHL history, “you learn more about the guys in those four days then you do during an entire season. It’s important to get the team together sometimes during the off-season. And when there’s no pressure, like the Slo-Pitch, it’s good.” Dionne is an old hand with the Slo-Pitch tournament, having been involved since the beginning. Plus, he is no stranger to the Niagaraalls area—he played his junior hockey in nearby St. Catharines—and still has lots of friends there. “It’s good and it’s competitive,” says Dionne, who at 34 still pitches a mean game. “I’m…
Caps Left With Bad Feeling About Port Side
LANDOVER—General manager David Poile, who built the Washington Capitals into a contender primarily through astute trades, wants to make one more trip to the marketplace. Poile’s project is to secure a left winger who can score more than once a month. The Capitals’ shortcomings in that area, while apparent before, reached new heights during the club’s six-game elimination by the New York Rangers. Of the Capitals’ 25 goals, only four were produced by left wingers. All four came with the issue already decided in an 8-1 victory—two by Gaetan Duchesne and one each by Jorgen Pettersson and Greg Adams. Coach Bryan Murray, while declining to put the onus on specific players for the playoff flop, said. “Except for Duchesne, we got nothing from the left side.” Asked about the need for a left winger…
Ex-Champs Vehemently Deny Connection
EDMONTON—As if losing to the Calgary Flames weren’t enough of a slap on the face… The Edmonton Oilers hadn’t been dethroned from its two-year Stanley Cup reign for a week when the Oilers suffered further indignity. The New York-based magazine Sports Illustrated hit the newsstands carrying a story, which said among other things, that five unnamed members of the Oilers have had “substantial” cocaine problems. Oilers’ manager-coach Glen Sather immediately denied the accusation, saying the story is filled with “innuendos”. “I’ve been with these guys a long time and I’ve never seen anyone acting strange,’” said Sather, who began coaching the Oilers during the 1976-77 World Hockey Association season. “I have no previous knowledge of this sort of thing. Maybe I’m naive to it all, I don’t know…But I like to think that I am…
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