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April 17, 1981
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Mariners Northern Division Champs Again
PORTLAND—The Maine Mariners survived an up and down ride to take first place in the Northern Division of the American League for the third time in the past four season. Last season the Mariners were edged for the title by New Brunswick, but the Maine club put together enough key victories to hold off New Brunswick down the stretch and actually pulled away at the end of the regular season. One of the victories along the way to the title was a thrilling 5-4 decision against Nova Socita before 5,000 fans at the Civic Center. In the win, Maine trailed 3-0 and seemed hopelessly behind when Dan Metivier scored for Nova Scotia at 13:39 of the third period to give the Vees a 4-2 lead. Gordie Williams made it 4-3 just…
Oshawa’s LaForge Suspended For Nine Months
TORONTO—Ontario Hockey League commissioner David Branch dropped a bomb on Oshawa Generals’ coach Bill LaForge, suspending him until Jan. 1, 1982 for his part in a pre-game brawl with the Peterborough Petes on Mar. 24 in Oshawa. In announcing the suspension, the harshest ever in the OHL’s 90-year history, Branch also fined the Oshawa hockey team $5,000. It was the third time in the month of March that the Generals have been fined by Branch, bringing the total to $7,000. Twice previously they were fined $1,000 for poor on-ice conduct. Also suspended as a result of the ugly, bloody brawl that included coaches, players and fans, were Petes’ coach and manager Dave Dryden for the first four games of the 1981-82 season and Peterborough rookie forward Doug Evans for the first 10…
PRO PLAYOFF DATES, AMATEUR SCOREBOARD
AMERICAN LEAGUE Quarter-Finals SPRINGFIELD vs MAINE Wed. April 8 Springfield at Maine Fri. April 10 Springfield at Maine Sun. April 12 Maine at Springfield Wed. April 15 Maine at Springfield Fri. April 17 Springfield at Maine Sat. April 18 Maine at Springfield Wed. April 22 Springfield at Maine (Best-of-seven series) NEW BRUN, vs NOVA SCOTIA Tue. April 7 Nova Scotia at N. Brunswick Thu. April 9 Nova Scotia at N. Brunswick Sat. April 11 N. Brunswick at Nova Scotia Sun. April 12 N. Brunswick at Nova Scotia Wed. April 15 Nova Scotia at N. Brunswick Fri. April 17 N. Brunswick at Nova Scotia Fri. April 19 Nova Scotia at N. Brunswick (Best-of-seven series) HERSHEY vs NEW HAVEN Wed. April 8 New Haven at Hershey Fri. April 10 Hershey at New Haven Sat. April 11 New Haven at Hershey Tue. April 14 Hershey at New Haven Wed. April 15 New Haven at Hershey Fri. April 17 Hershey at New Haven Sat. April 18 New Haven at Hershey (Best-of-seven series) ADIRONDACK vs BINGHAMTON Tue. April 7 Binghamton at Adirondack Wed. April 8 Binghamton at Adirondack Sat. April…
NHL’S SCORERS THIS WEEK
BOSTON—McNab 37, Kasper 21, Foster 22, 23, 24. Crowder 12, 13, Middleton 43, 44, McCrimmon 12, Marcotte 20. BUFFALO—Ramsay 24, Van Boxmeer 17, 18, Selling 30, Gare 45, 46, McKegney 36, 37, Savard 30, 31, Ruff 8, Hamel 10. CALGARY—Hislop 24, 25, Rautakallio 10, 11, Nilsson 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, Labraaten 11, 12, Plett 37,38, Reinhart 17,18, Lever 26. CHICAGO—Kerr 29, 30, Marks 8, Sharpley 21, 22, Brown 9, Ruskowski 8, Murray 3, Patterson 8, Sutter 39, 40. COLORADO—Tambelllni 24, 25, Norwich 6, 7, McDonald 33, 34, 35, Ramage 20, Malinowski 23, 24, 25, DeBlois 26. DETROIT—Smith 10, 11, 12, Peterson 6, Barrett 3, Hamel 5, Huber 14,15, Nedomansky 12, Klrton 17,18, Ogrodnick 35. EDMONTON—Kurrl 31, 32, Fogolin 12,13, Coffey 9, Calllghen 24, 25, Anderson 29, 30, Hagman 20, Gretzky 54, 55, Lowe 10, Slltanen…
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