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March 3, 1989
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PLAYERS OF THE WEEK AHL: Ken Priestlay, Rochester. Four goals, four assists in three games. IHL: Randy Bucyk, Salt Lake. Four goals, four assists in four games. QMJHL: Alain Harvey, Drummondville. Three games played, five goals against. OHL: Jamey Hicks, Peterborough. Three goals, six assists in three games. WHL: Stu Barnes, Tri-City. Eight goals, seven assists in four games. Hockey East: David Liftman, Boston College. Two games played, five goals against. ECAC: Trent Andison, For the period Feb. 13-19 Cornell. Four goals, no assists in two games. CCHA: Jim Dowd, Lake Superior. Three goals, two assists in two games. WCHA: Robb Stauber, Minnesota. Two games played, three goals against. AUAA: Bob Brown, St. Thomas. Five goals, five assists in two games. OUAA: Denis Caston-guay, Laurentian. Five goals, no assists in two games. CWUAA: Pat Scott, Manitoba. Two goals, three assists in two…


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THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY $1.95 MARCH 3, 1989 VOL 42, NO. 24 ALL EYES ON FINNISH HEAD COACH IN AHL-PAGE 24 INSIDE: WAYNE GRETZKY, MARIO LEMIEUX, MARK MESSIER ONCE UPON A TIME… …a nomadic band of outlaws roamed the continent, robbing the NHL of both players and prestige. These rogues of the WHA created much fear and loathing from 1972 until 1979, when the war of the hockey worlds ended with an honorable peace. But now, 10 years later, is that stability being threatened? Is the time ripe for a new confederacy to spring forward to revive pro hockey’s civil war? See page 7. CLAUDE LEMIEUX INCURS WRATH OF COACH PAGE 20 HULL OF A NIGHT IN WINNIPEG PAGE 18 THE BEST PLAYER IN WOMEN’S COLLEGE HOCKEY PAGE 26…


PERRON BLASTS HIS UP-AND-DOWN NORDS
Quebec Nordiques’ coach Jean Perron reached the boiling point Feb. 18. Already a man short and down 10-3 to the Los Angeles Kings, Quebec was assessed a delay-of-game penalty by referee Don Koharski late in the third period. Perron made an obscene gesture towards Koharski and was ejected from a game for the first time in his career. The Kings scored on the ensuing power play and won 11-3. While he took his frustrations out on Koharski, Perron’s contempt was reserved for his players. Two nights earlier, they had been outshot 41-30 and outscored 3-2 by Vancouver. What exasperated Perron most was that the two western losses followed what might have been the Nords’ two best performances of the season—an 8-1 win over Pittsburgh Feb. 11 and a 3-2 win over Montreal Feb.…