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April 14, 1989
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NORDIQUES SLIDE INTO LAST OVERALL
A season of frustration has ended for the Quebec Nordiques on a bittersweet note. The Nordiques lost their last four games, “winning” the race for last place in the overall NHL standings. Though Quebec and the New York Islanders both finished with 61 points, the Isles moved up to 20th by virtue of more wins (28 to 27). The Nordiques, for the first time in their 10-year history, get the No. 1 overall selection at the NHL entry draft. But the “victory” didn’t sit well with the Nordiques. Not only did they tie their worst output ever with only 61 points in 80 games (1979-80), but they set a team record with 46 losses. They had 44 defeats in 1979-80—their first in the NHL. Coach Jean Perron promised wholesale changes after the Nords’ last…
ANOTHER TITLE IN BAG, FLAMES CONCENTRATE ON CUP
They won the President’s Trophy on the last Saturday of the regular season, sitting in front of their television sets, watching the Montreal Canadiens play a 2-2 tie with the Philadelphia Flyers. As if wanting to make it a little more emphatic, a little less controversial, the Calgary Flames went out the next afternoon and legitimately finished with the best record in the National Hockey League. By defeating Edmonton Oilers 4-2 on the final day of the season, the Flames finished with a team-record 53 wins and 117 points, which also gave them two points more than the Canadiens in the overall standings and a second successive regular-season championship. The Flames actually clinched the title through a complex series of tiebreakers that even coach Terry Crisp was at a loss to explain. “I didn’t…
A PRO HOCKEY PRIMER FOR PRIAKIN
Two regular-season games and whatever spot duty that may arise in this spring’s playoffs are hardly enough to acclimate Sergei Priakin to the ways of the National Hockey League. With that in mind, here’s a pro hockey primer for the Soviet Union’s hockey pioneer: Do not pay any heed to the elderly man with orange hair in Toronto. Especially if he asks you to pick up that coin in front of his car. Do not, under any circumstances, marvel at the size of linemate Tim Hunter’s proboscis. If in doubt, see the movie, Roxanne. Or imagine what would happen if you were to make fun of Vladimir Krutov’s boyish good looks or Anatoli Tarasov’s svelte figure. Do not complain to your teammate, who has just been promoted from Salt Lake after…
EAGLESON AND BAUERARE NAMED TOHALL OF FAME
The Eagle will land in the Hockey Hall of Fame next fall. Alan Eagleson was named to the builders’ section March 28 along with former Canadian Olympic hockey coach Father David Bauer. Eagleson, 55, began his association with hockey in 1964 when he served as legal advisor to Toronto Maple Leaf defenseman Carl Brewer. In 1966 he represented Boston Bruin great Bobby Orr, revolutionizing hockey salaries by getting several lucrative deals for Orr before the two had a falling-out in the late 1970s. He became executive director of the NHL Players’ Association in 1967, aposition he holds to this day. But his lasting mark on hockey has been made through negotiations for international tournaments, such as the 1972 Summit Series, four Canada Cups (1976, 1981, 1984, 1987) and several Soviet tours of NHL cities. He…
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