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March 3, 1989
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AND NOW… IT’S THE ALL-HOCKEY LISTS
Presenting the first Fischler all-hockey lists… Five Funniest Players of the 1980s: 1. Charlie Bourgeois. 2. Dave Semenko. 3. Garry Galley. 4. Clint Malarchuk. 5. Mike Foligno. Seven Best NHL Arenas In Which To Watch A Game: 1. Chicago Stadium. 2. Montreal Forum. 3. The Spectrum (Philadelphia). 4. Le Colisee (Quebec). 5. St. Louis Arena. 6. Maple Leaf Gardens. 7. Boston Garden. Eight Top Eligible Coaches Not in the NHL: 1. Rick Ley. 2. Lome Henning. 3. Herb Brooks. 4. Tom Webster. 5. Tom McVie. 6. Doug Carpenter. 7. Dan Maloney. 8. Don Cherry. Two Best Cases of Five O’clock Shadow: 1. Paul Coffey. 2. Don Maloney. Six Top Players Almost Ignored by the Media: 1. Mike Ridley. 2. Petri Skriko. 3. Pat-rik Sundstrom. 4. Ulf Samuelsson. 5. Brad McCrimmon. 6. Pat Elynuik. Five Most Readable…
JONSSON DEAL BOOSTS OILERS’ DEFENSE
Another week, another new body. And this time Edmonton Oilers’ coach-general manager Glen Sather thinks he may have the offensive defenseman the Oilers have been lacking. When the Oilers arrived home from a four-game eastern swing Feb. 15, Sather announced the acquisition of New York Islander defenseman Tomas Jonsson for a conditional fifth round choice in 1989 and two prospects from Edmonton’s farm system. Jonsson, 84-249-333 in 532 career games, played on Stanley Cup winners with the Islanders in 1981-82 and 1982-83. With the Islanders this season, Jonsson was 9-23-32 in 53 games. He had one assist in his first two games as an Oiler. “This is an ingredient 1 think we really need to be effective,” said Sather of his newest defenseman. “He’ll help our team. He can kill penalties, play the power…
NHL SUMMARIES
Mon., Feb. 13 QUEBEC…… 2 1 0—3 MONTREAL…… 1 0 1—2 First Period 1—Que. Brown 15 (Tugnutt) 10:20 (pp). 2—Mtl. Chelios 11 (Richer, Naslund) 18:31 (pp). 3—Que. Moller 7 (Goulet, Hough) 18:56. Pen—Carbonneau (M) 9:17, Picard (Q) 11:14; Les-chyshyn (Q) double minor, Lemieux (M) 18:25; Picard (Q). Corson (M) 19:53 Second Period 4—Que. Hough 5 2:56 (sh). Pen—Jarvi (Q) 1:37; Svoboda (M) 11:33; Stastny (Q), Hayward (M) (served by Richer) 13:09; Finn (Q) 19:51. Third Period 5—Mtl. Corson 18 (Smith, Chelios) 1:19 (pp). Pen—Duchesne (Q) 13:19; Stastny (Q), Les-chyshyn (Q), Richer (M), Lemieux (M) 19:49. Shots, Hayward (M)…… 5 10 5—20 Tugnutt (Q)…… 1111 11—33 W—Tugnutt (6-3-2), L—Hayward (15-10-3). PP Conversions. Q (1-2), M (2-5). Attendance: 17,575. Referee, Don Koharski. TORONTO…… 0 1 0—1 NEW JERSEY…… 0 5 3—8 First Period No scoring. Pen—Damphousse (T) 1:22; Wolanin (NJ) 4:34; Marois (T) 6:36; Richardson (T), Cirella (NJ) 11:37; Kordic (T) minor, major, Korn (NJ) major…
NHL VETERAN FLOCKHART RETURNS TO HIS ROOTS
Flocky Hockey” has returned to Maine. Ron Flockhart, a 33-goal scorer as a rookie pro in his only American League season with the Maine Mariners eight years ago, was purchased Feb. 13 by the Boston Bruins from the St. Louis Blues and assigned to Maine.’ “He’s going to bring a dimension no one else on this team carries,” said Mariner coach Mike Milbury. “He’s played in over 400 NHL games, he’s got great speed and a heavy shot. He should be an immediate impact player for us.” Flockhart, a 28-year-old center, scored 145 goals and 183 assists in 449 NHL games with Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Montreal and St. Louis over an eight-year career. He was loaned to Cortina, a team in Italy, by the Blues at the start of the season. In 31…
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