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March 20, 1987
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Wings Have Dominated Stars This Season
BLOOMINGTON—This, the Minnesota North Stars figure, has got to end sometime. If nothing else, the law of averages suggests that the Stars have to beat the Detroit Red Wings sooner than later. At least, that’s what the Stars were thinking when they dragged an 0-5-1 record against the Wings into Detroit for their seventh meeting of the year. But when they dragged themselves back home after a 9-3 beating, they were five points out of first place, instead of a possible one, and they still hadn’t beaten the Wings, whom they demolished in last season’s series 6-11. This time, instead of getting closer to stopping the Wings’ streak, the Stars were drilled for their worst loss yet. The Wings hadn’t scored nine goals since beating Toronto in March, 1985. And the Stars…
SCOREBOARD
AHL (STANDINGS ON MON. MAR. 9) NORTHERN DIVISION SOUTHERN DIVISION GAMES COMPLETED TUE. MAR. 3 BINGHAMTON 3 AT NEWMARKET 1 WED. MAR. 4 FREDERICTON 2 AT ADIRONDACK 7 BALTIMORE 7 AT HERSHEY0 NOVA SCOTIA 4 AT MONCTON 3 MAINE 5 AT NEW HAVEN 2 THU. MAR. 5 FREDERICTON 4 AT BALTIMORE 5 FRI. MAR. 6 NEW HAVEN 4 AT NEWMARKET 5 BINGHAMTON 5 AT ROCHESTER 6 NOVA SCOTIA 4 AT SHERBROOKE 5 SAT. MAR. 7 BINGHAMTON 3 AT BALTIMORE 2 FREDERICTON 5 AT HERSHEY 7 ADIRONDACK 4 AT MAINE 5 SHERBROOKE 2 AT MONCTON 1 ROCHESTER 6 AT SPRINGFIELD 7 SUN. MAR. 8 NEW HAVEN 4 AT ADIRONDACK 6 FREDERICTON 4 AT BINGHAMTON 8 BALTIMORE 4 AT HERSHEY 5 SPRINGFIELD 1 AT MAINE 5 SHERBROOKE 5 AT MONCTON 4 NOVA SCOTIA 1 AT ROCHESTER 2 LEADING SCORERS TOP GOALTENDERS ACHL (STANDINGS ON MON. MAR. 9) GAMES COMPLETED SUN. MAR. 1 VIRGINIA 3 AT ERIE 0 TUE. MAR. 3 CAROLINA 6 AT MOHAWK VALLEY 5 WED. MAR. 4 MOHAWK VALLEY 4 AT…
Slapshot City On RebounD
If all goes as planned, the only floods Johnstown, Pa., will have to worry about next year will be those between periods of Atlantic Coast games. Yes, that’s right, Johnstown is looking to make a comeback in minor-league hockey after an absence of seven years and a decade after achieving much notoriety as home to the movie, Slapshot. The Pennsylvania steel town was last represented in pro hockey by the Johnstown Wings of the short-lived North Eastern League. Before that, the infamous Jets (Charlestown Chiefs in Slapshot) were members of the North American League until a fatality-filled flood rendered the Cambria County War Memorial Arena inoperable. That was the third major flood to hit Johnstown during the past century. Some people have taken to wearing T-shirts with the message, “Floods 3, Johnstown 0,”…
Injuries Throw Roadblock In Playoff Path Of Sabres
BUFFALO—Lindy Ruff was the first to go down. Given the hard-nosed winger’s style of play, it wasn’t surprising. The injuries that followed, however, have left the once-surging Buffalo Sabres reeling, and threatened to cut short their run at a playoff berth. In recent days the Sabres, earlier the hottest team in the National Hockey League (9-2-0), had lost for of six starts. The losses came hand in hand with the loss of Ruff (broken clavicle). John Tucker (back), Wilf Paiement (knee), Scott Arniel (charley horse), Tom Kurvers (back) and Steve Dykstra (knee). Even the replacements weren’t able to escape the injury bug as rookie Paul Brydges (shoulder), Shawn Andersson (shoulder) and Mikael Anderson (leg) were also troubled by hurts. “We’re doing the best we can,” said Sabre coach Ted Sator of the team’s efforts to…
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