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December 23, 1988
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HOCKEY SNOBS OF THE WORLD UNITE
I admit it. I am a hockey snob. If you care to rub shoulders in this most exclusive club, repeat the elitist code after me: “There is no finer hockey event than the World Junior Championships. There is no finer…” Welcome to the club. Continue repeating the code, softly please, while I talk down to you. The WJC—this year’s tourney is Dec. 26-Jan. 4 at Anchorage, Alaska (see preview, page 18)—is the only credible world championship our sport has. The Stanley Cup is too parochial. The Canada Cup comes only once every four years and, as brilliant as it may be, Canada’s perpetual home-ice advantage wears thin. The World Championships each April do not represent a global championship, not with many of the world’s best still contesting the Stanley Cup. Olympic tradition is all…
ROAD TRIP LENGTHENS INJURY LIST
Coming back from a 13-day, six-game road trip one game under .500 is not so bad, unless you’re returning with injuries to five key players. The New York Rangers went 2-3-1 on the trip, and remained a point behind the first-place Pittsburgh Penguins in the Patrick Division, with a 15-11-4 record. But on the road New York lost right wingers Guy Lafleur (broken foot) and Chris Nilan (abdominal strain), defensemen Brian Leetch (broken foot) and James Patrick (bruised chest and shoulder), and left winger Igor Liba (broken finger), while only left winger Ulf Dahlen and right winger Jan Erixon came off the injury list. “I have never seen a team have so much bad luck in such a short period of time,” Lafleur said Dec. 10 as he left Boston on crutches following…
Bauer College ScoreBoard
ALL LEAGUE STANDINGS AS OF MON., DEC. 12 CCHA RESULTS NON-CONFERENCE TUES., DEC. 6 NOTRE DAME 1 AT ILLINOIS-CHICAGO 3 FRI, DEC. 9 MICHIGAN STATE 3 AT MICHIGAN 0 ILLINOIS-CHICAGO 0 AT BOWLING GREEN 3 LAKE SUPERIOR 3 AT W. MICHIGAN 2 MIAMI 9 AT OHIO STATE 10 NON-CONFERENCE ST. CLOUD STATE 3 AT FERRIS STATE 3 (OT) SAT., DEC. 10 ILLINOIS-CHICAGO 3 AT BOWLING GREEN 7 LAKE SUPERIOR 4 AT W. MICHIGAN 4 (OT) OHIO STATE 5 AT MIAMI 4 NON-CONFERENCE ST. CLOUD STATE 2 AT FERRIS STATE 3 (OT) SUN., DEC. 11 MICHIGAN 3 AT MICHIGAN STATE 5 SCORING LEADERS GOALTENDING LEADERS WCHA RESULTS NON-CONFERENCE TUES., DEC. 6 MOSCOW DYNAMO 10 AT DENVER 3 WED. DEC. 7 MOSCOW DYNAMO 9 AT COLORADO COLLEGE 4 THUR., DEC. 8 MOSCOW DYNAMO 9, MINNESOTA-DULUTH 2 FRI., DEC. 9 WISCONSIN 3 AT MICHIGAN TECH 4 MINNESOTA-DULUTH 2 AT N MICHIGAN 3 (OT) NORTH DAKOTA 6 AT DENVER 7 (OT) SAT., DEC. 10 WISCONSIN 5 AT MICHIGAN TECH 6 MINNESOTA-DULUTH 5…
COMRADE IGOR TOUTS STARS’ SEKRET GAME
NORTH STARS How hungry are the North Stars for publicity? In a bid to drum up interest in their Jan. 7 game with Dynamo Riga of the Soviet Union, the North Stars’ public relations department sent out ‘Top Sekret’ messages from ‘Comrade Igor’ to local reporters. They enlisted a local impersonator to play ‘Comrade Igor’ in a series of phone calls touting ticket sales for the game…The Stars’ five-game winning streak and six-game unbeaten streak lost to St. Louis goalie Greg Millen’s shutout streak in a 3-0 loss Dec. 6. Three nights later the Stars lost 3-1 to St. Louis. Minnesota was 0-3-1 against the Blues this season…Center Dennis Maruk, who broke his kneecap in a game last February, has been cleared to play again, but coach Pierre Page said he…
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