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December 23, 1988
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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…
CANUCKS PASS EARLY TEST
The 32-game mark of a season isn’t often a turning point for most teams. Certainly in past seasons, it hasn’t been for the Vancouver Canucks. But with the Canucks flirting around the .500 mark since the season began and in their worst tailspin of the year—winless in five games (0-4-1)—they approached the Dec. 11 game at Pacific Coliseum against the Winnipeg Jets as an early do-or-die battle. Entering the game Winnipeg was fourth in the Smythe Division, with 29 points in 26 games (12-9-5). The Canucks were fifth with 27 points in 31 games(i 1-15-5). Before their winless string, the Canucks had a five-point grip on fourth place. A loss to the Jets would virtually have closed the basement door on Vancouver, pushing the Jets ahead four points with five games in hand. But…
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.…
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