1983/84 SKATER & GOALIE OF THE WEEK #11

Then the Rangers score 2 goals in the middle of the 2nd – Arniel assisted by Crowder and again Haworth! Deblois gets the next goal and one of the assists came from Sittler. 3 goals so far and a newcomer has factored in all 3! But 25 seconds after the DeBlois goal – former Ranger Moe Mantha strikes scoring his 7th of the season (1st for Pittsburgh – boy he was tough to give up) and it’s 3-2 CapJack after 2 periods.

But Pittsburgh wasn’t finished – 9 minutes into the 3rd, Sleigher beats Resch (with an assist from Mantha) to tie the game. 2 minutes later Larmer scores, and with 3 unanswered goals, the Spirit have the 4-3 lead! This is not following the script. It doesn’t get any better as we moved to the final 2 minutes. Finally with 1:17 left Resch is able to leave and suddenly the ice is filled with a bunch of former Spirit players in the purple and gold of the Rangers. Pettersson, Sittler, DeBlois, they all take their cracks at Wamsley, but no dice. Finally, Sittler shoots and Wamsley makes the glove save with 18 seconds to go. Faceoff in the Pittsburgh end, Rangers gain control – DeBlois, toe Pettersson to Sittler – shoots – GOAL! The game is tied with 10 seconds left. Now that’s a script!

So we go to OT – back and forth, Pettersson and Haworth trying to beat their old team and Daoust (already with an assist) trying to beat his old team, but Wamsley and Resch are stopping things and bodies are diving all over the ice. Then as the final minute approaches and the Rangers have iced the puck a faceoff in the Rangers end. Derlago has it, but Pettersson shoves him into the boards – he gets it, over to Korab and the Rangers work it out with a fresh line. Suave to Silk, to Ludzik – back to Silk, he shoots and beats Wamsley glove side for the winning GOAL! (52 seconds left in the game).. Rangers take it 5-4! Teams were even in shots (33), hits 17/18, scoring changes 26/27 and the Rangers swamped them in FO (58% to 41%) but it all boiled down to which goalie could hold on in OT.
STARS (all CAP)
1. DeBlois 1 goal, 1 assist
2. Crowder 1 goal, 1 assist
3. Sittler 1 goal, 1 assist

Stars

#1 MIM Quinn 1G 2pts
#2 MIM MacLean 1G 2pts
#3 MIM Campbell 1G 2pts

Stars

#1 CHI Vaive 1G 2pts
#2 CHI Anderson 1G 2pts
#3 CHI Bossy 1g

Stars

#1 SYR Broten 2G 3pts
#2 NCD McDonald 2G
#3 SYR Larson 1G 2pts

Final Score: Chicago 6 – CapJack 4

Labatts 3-Star Selection:
Star 1: CHI – Mike Bossy – 1G, 4 Pts
Star 2: CHI – Denis Savard – 2G, 3Pts
Star 3: CAP – Darryl Sittler – 2G, 3Pts

Game Winner: – Anders Hakansson

Notables:
CAP – NONE
CHI – Richard Brodeur 34 Saves, MIke Bossy 3 Assists

Final Score: Dallas 5 – Chicago 2

Labatts 3-Star Selection:
Star 1: DAL – Patrik Sundstrom – 1G, 3 Pts
Star 2: DAL – Andy Brickley – 1G, 2Pts
Star 3: DAL – Mike Ramsey – 1G, 2Pts

Game Winner: – Joe Mullen

Notables:
DAL – NONE
CHI – NONE

After Ogrodnick’s goal, New Castle tied it on a goal by Ryan Walter. After Butch Goring made it 2-1 Stags, Tony Currie continued his fine play with his third score of the year to tie it at 2-2, after one period.
In the second period, Bob Carpenter scored at 1:18 and Michigan led once again, 3-2. Mark Osborne tied it a little over a minute later and the teams went to the locker room after two periods, tied at 3-3. In the third period, it was up and down action and it was Currie who lit the lamp for the second time to put New Castle ahead 4-3 at the 4:22 mark. 5 1/2 minutes later Currie got the HAT TRICK, beating Ron Low and getting a big insurance goal. It would prove to be the game-winner when Gardner scored at 16:17 to make it 5-4. The Stags pulled the goalie and stormed the New Castle net in the final two minutes but Bouchard made save after save to come away with the victory.

THREE STARS:
1- NCD Tony Currie 3 G HAT TRICK
2- NCD Ryan Walter 1G 1 A 2 PTS
3- NCD Bobby Clarke 3 A

Clarke also won 15 of 22 faceoffs as the Ducks won 66.7% of the draws. NCD outshot MIC 36-26. In the third period it was 16-13 SOG in favor of NCD.

In the 2nd, Charlotte dominates play and Boschman gets number 11 on a power play. Then, Moller scores number 2 two minutes later. With 3:14 to go in the 2nd, McCarthy scores number 32 to tie it.

In the 3rd, Huddy scores his 4th on a power play. Then, with 1:45 left to go. Hawerchuk scores for the Dynamo to tie the game.

No one scores in OT.

Moog was sensational for Charlotte. The Saints outshot the Dynamo 47-20.

Charlotte 3 SCS 3

1-Boschman
2-Huddy
3-McCarthy

Scoring Summary
Per Time Str Team
1 4:27 EV CHA Malone (1), assisted by Kisio (15) and Nattress (5)
1 6:53 EV TEX Hughes (10), assisted by McClelland (5)
1 8:45 EV CHA Kisio (17), assisted by Malone (1) and Coffey (33)
1 14:58 EV TEX Andreychuk (23), unassisted
2 1:32 EV CHA Nicholls (20), assisted by Krushelnyski (6) and Coffey (34)
3 19:38 EV TEX Taylor (5), assisted by Nilsson (18)

Star 1: CHA Kisio 1 G, 2 Pts
Star 2: CHA Malone 1 G, 2 Pts
Star 3: TEX Andreychuk 1 G

Notables: TEX Bannerman 30 saves
CHA Nicholls 15 faceoffs won, Mattsson 31 saves

Unfortunately, this doesn’t favor the Chiefs.

Scoring Summary
Per Time Str Team
1 4:32 EV POR Siltanen (10), assisted by Gagne (5)
1 11:17 EV POR Hamel (8), assisted by Johnson (4)
1 14:00 EV CHA Kisio (18), assisted by Malone (2) and Coffey (35)
2 :32 PP POR Sutter (7), assisted by Perreault (9) and Lawton (9)
2 3:32 PP POR Ciccarelli (15), assisted by Gretzky (22) and Foligno (21)
2 4:50 EV CHA McKegney (16), assisted by Kisio (16) and Kitchen (1)
2 8:12 EV POR Gretzky (35), assisted by Crossman (14)
2 19:25 EV CHA Tremblay (7), assisted by Errey (6)
3 9:54 EV CHA Coffey (18), assisted by MacInnis (22) and Shedden (14)
3 19:19 EV POR Gretzky (36), unassisted
3 19:58 EV POR Ciccarelli (16), assisted by Lawton (10)

Star 1: POR Gretzky 2 G, 3 Pts
Star 2: POR Ciccarelli 2 G
Star 3: POR Sutter 1 G

GWG: Wayne Gretzky

Notables: POR Lemelin 30 saves
CHA None

2nd period finally delivers what the fans came for. A Rogers goal early followed by a PK effort nets a shortie for Ruskowski, and the Moose are up 2-0 less than 7 minutes in. Moose kill off another minor at the halfway mark. A skirmish between McCarthy and Campbell (must be in a bad mood today) followed by a Francis penalty creates some 4 on 3 action. And the Saints apparently like the open ice, as Wilson runs away with a steal and gets him a shortie too. 2-1 now. Shortly after the ice fills back up, Another Saint minor penalty leads to a PP goal by Kurri. and after the final 4 minutes bleed off the clock, it’s 3-1 Moose at the break.

Francis and Rogers in a skirmish early, and then we got down to some hockey. Francis and Stastny score a minute apart, and it’s tied 3-3 with 14 minutes to go. Kurri answers a minute later to give the Moose the lead. All quiet for 8 minutes, and then it’s Federko making it 4-4 with just over 4 minutes left. Kurri gets his hat-trick with just under 90 seconds to go, 5-4 Moose. Then the Saints pull their goalie and as the clock winds down near 30 seconds, they get a flurry of shots and rebounds, culminating in a goal by Gustafsson. It 5-5 and we get some free hockey,

The Saints dominate with a 5-2 SOG advantage in OT, but it’s a desperation shot from the point by MacLean with only 12 seconds on the clock that lights the lamp and gets the Moose a 6-5 OT win.

Final Moose 6, Saints 5 OT

1st star – Kurri 3G
2nd – Federko 1G 3pts
3rd – Eaves 3A

1st Star – Coffey
2nd Star – Shedden
3rd Star -Malarchuk

1. Gretzky 2G, 2A
2. Ciccarelli 1G, 2A
3. Foligno 1G, 2A

1. Fox 1G
2. Naslund 1G
3. Golmour 1G

Charlotte overcame a hattrick from Pittsburgh center Bill Derlago, who singlehandedly managed to get three of the 27 Spirit shots past winning Charlotte goalie Alan Bester. After a 1-1 tie going into the first intermission (courtesy of a Derlago goal that knotted the score), Charlotte outscored Pittsburgh 4-2 in the second period.

Three defensemen found the net for Charlotte, Thomas Erikkson, Randy Moller, and Joel Quenneville. Coming into the game the trio had only combined for just eight goals, with Erikkson scoring five of those. Charlotte outshot Pittsburgh 35-27.

Three stars:
Star 1: PIT Derlago 3 G
Star 2: CHD Anders Hedberg 1 G, 2 Pts
Star 3: CHD Quenneville 1 G, 2 Pts

The answer to the above question is no.

Brian Propp netted a pair of goals and Don Beaupre re-directed 31 shots in the 6-2 for Mackinac Island over Ohio. The Moose also lit the lamp twice during four power plays. Dan Quinn notched a goal and dished off three assists for a four-point night for Mackinac Island.

The Moose scored three first-period goals to race to a lead they would never relinquish. Mackinac Island extends its lead over the Legends to five points and the season approaches the midway point.

Brooklyn proves to be 2nd worst as they beat the Spirit 5-3.