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Old 12-14-2015, 07:39 AM   #44
monochameleon
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Sunday November 3rd - Saturday November 9th 1985

PREMIER LEAGUE HOCKEY NEWS OF THE WEEK

Injury ends the career of Whalers goalie (5/11/1985)
When the New England Whalers goalie Midkhat Shagiakhmetov collapsed into the goalpost last night against the St. Paul Cardinals, the team were barely aware there was anything wrong. But when he was unable to get back onto his feet, the team became rapidly aware that something was amiss. The Hartford Civic Center's medical staff had to assist Midkhat from the ice as the goaltender was cradling his arm and wincing in pain. The diagnosis was a rupture of the ulnar collateral ligament - an injury to the elbow that has virtually ended the goaltender's career. Doctors have stated that he is unlikely to ever be able to play hockey again.

Shagiakhmetov was the Whaler's starting goaltender since their departure from the WHA to this year when he began sharing the spot with Dave Scopelleti. Midkhat has two St. Lawrence Trophy wins with the Whalers in 1982 and 1983 and was Playoff MVP in 1983. Our thoughts are with him and his family as he faces an uncertain future.

Scores:
Sunday November 3rd 1985
Vancouver Giants 5 - 1 Colorado Eagles
Montreal Champions 2 - 2 Ottawa Nationals
New England Whalers 3 - 5 Charlottetown Islanders
Michigan Stags 3 - 4 Toronto Aces
Calgary Mustangs 1 - 2 Los Angeles Sharks
Manitoba Vikings 2 - 3 Quebec Nordiques
Lehigh Valley Phantoms 3 - 6 San Francisco Arrows

Monday November 4th 1985
San Francisco Arrows 0 - 3 Los Angeles Sharks
Quebec Nordiques 2 - 0 Seattle Nightmare
New York Centrals 5 - 0 Chicago Cougars
St. Paul Cardinals 2 - 3 New England Whalers
Toronto Aces 4 - 2 Ottawa Nationals
Lehigh Valley Phantoms 3 - 4 Montreal Champions

Tuesday November 5th 1985
Manitoba Vikings 3 - 4 Michigan Stags

Wednesday November 6th 1985
Colorado Eagles 3 - 4 Los Angeles Sharks

Thursday November 7th 1985
Seattle Nightmare 2 - 4 Colorado Eagles
New England Whalers 4 - 5 St. Paul Cardinals
Michigan Stags 0 - 4 Los Angeles Sharks
Vancouver Giants 6 - 2 New York Giants
Lehigh Valley Phantoms 2 - 4 Manitoba Vikings
Charlottetown Islanders 2 - 2 San Francisco Arrows
Quebec Nordiques 2 - 2 Toronto Aces
Ottawa Nationals 4 - 1 Calgary Mustangs
Montreal Champions 7 - 4 Chicago Cougars

Friday November 8th 1985
New York Centrals 7 - 3 Toronto Aces

Saturday November 9th 1985
Seattle Nightmare 2 - 3 Lehigh Valley Phantoms

Center Ice Game of the Week:
Charlottetown Islanders 2 - 2 Calgary Mustangs
Federation Arena, Calgary

The Mustangs hosted the Islanders tonight in a must-win match that fizzled out into a 2-2 draw. Calgary's predicted strength this year - their incredible defensive stocks - is also proving to be their weakness as their skill players are not deep enough to get the puck to the net consistently.

One of those skill players - the excellent Filip Petersson - mustered up his 15th goal of the season at just under 4 minutes into the game to put the Mustangs 1-0 up, but after this the period would simply become a mess of penalties. Petersson had already scored on a powerplay - Pyotr Yegunov was in the box for just eight seconds on his cross-checking call when Petersson scored - but Larry Follmer and Sam Fiddler of the Mustangs both went in, as did Johan Jonsson and Bruce Richardson of the Islanders. And finally, Juraj Gajdos and Michael Lazaruk were shown the gate for fighting. Despite the welterweight of penalties, Petersson scored the only powerplay goal of the period.

The second period saw better discipline and better skating that allowed the Islanders to take the lead just 6 minutes in. First, Billy Hodges - just 22 years old but already establishing himself as one of the league's elite with 30 points from 24 games - performed one of the smoothest dekes you ever will see to slide past Mustangs defender Kevin Dennis and get an easy shot on goal just 34 seconds into the period. And then Matias Malmivaara took the lead for the Islanders with a one-timer from a Dom St. Croix pass at the six minute mark.

Near the end of the period, however, David Mazur got the equaliser for the Mustangs, a net-crashing and forceful effort that saw the makeshift left winger team up with Keli Green to push one past Fred Lind in goal. After that, however, both teams shut up shop entirely: only 19 further shots in 25 minutes of hockey punctuated a somewhat anti-climactic third period in which neither team found the back of the net. A match that the Mustangs needed to win was probably most notable for a lack of desperation to make the victory: other than the relentless Roman Vrzacek, there was no drive, no passion. The Mustangs seemed to be out for just another regular season game. The season may be long, but play like that is a sure way to ensure it doesn't get any longer.

Next week of Center Ice Saturday, the Quebec Nordiques host the Colorado Eagles at Colisee Pepsi.
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