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December 23, 1988
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NHL SUMMARIES
Mon., Dec. 5 First Period 1 — Det, Yzerman 28 (Oates) 6:44 (pp). 2 — Mtl, Lemieux 14 (Lumme) 11:38 (pp). Pen—O’Connell (D) 2:19; Gainey (M) 5:44; O’Connell (D) 10:36; Hanlon (D) 13:27; Pavese (D), Corson (M) 17:26. Second Period 3 — Det, King 1 (Burr) 1:51. 4 — Mtl, Gilchrist 3 (Courtnail, Naslund) 3:28. 5 — Mtl, Skrudland 3 (Lemieux, McPhee) 14:25. 6 — Mtl. Svoboda 2 (Chelios, Gilchrist) 18:18 (pp). Pen—Kocur (D), Corson (M) 8:52; King (D), Chelios (M) 13:22, Chiasson (D) 17:38. Third Period 7 — Mtl, Carbonneau 11 (Svoboda, Gainey) 5:07. 8 — Mtl, Courtnail 5 (Carson, Chelios) 16:55. 9 — Mtl, Naslund 13 (Roy) 19:19. Pen—None. W—Roy (12-2-2), L—Hanlon (4-2-4). PP Conversions. D (1-1), M (2-4). Attendance: 16,646. Referee, Mark Faucette. Tues., Dec. 6 First Period 1 — Bos, Crowder 5 (Linseman, Wesley) 16:18 (pp). 2 — NYI, LaFontaine 15 (Volek, Pilon) 19:41 (pp). Pen—Wesley (B), 4:14; Wood (NY)…
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…
BOURQUE INJURY DARKENS SLUMP
What was the worst thing that could happen to the Boston Bruins as they struggled to right themselves after going 3-8-5 in their last 16 games? The loss of al 1-star defenseman Ray Bourque. That’s exactly what happened Dec. 10 when the two-time Norris Trophy-winning defenseman went down with a sprained ligament in his left knee which could keep him out of the lineup for a month. “He has injured that knee in the past,” said Dr. Bertran Zarins, the Bruin team doctor. “It’s slightly unstable but it’s not too bad.” Bourque finished getting off a shot in the overtime of a 1-1 tie with the New York Rangers when he was hip-checked by Ranger defenseman Michel Petit. “I tried to one-time it,” said Bourque. “I got turned around a little and someone checked me.…
HOLIDAY HOOPLA!
Dec. 28 and 29 won’t be silent nights at the Onondaga County War Memorial. In those two days, the 6,000-seat arena will be home to about 10,000 college hockey fans, patrons of the hugely successful Syracuse Invitational Tournament. The tournament features Boston University, Bowling Green. Colgate and Cornell, but no host team. Syracuse University doesn’t have a hockey program. So why does this western New York city manage so well without college hockey 363 days a year, then go nuts on the other two? “I think it’s because we’ve still got a pretty strong junior program and a lot of high school kids who play,” says tournament founder and director Patrick Smith, a Syracuse businessman. “They can drive to about seven schools in the area to see a game and all of a sudden…
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