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 1981-82 NHL season - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1981-82 NHL season was the 65th season of the National Hockey League.
Prior to the start of the season, the conferences and divisions of the league were re-aligned to better reflect the geographical locations of the teams.
He also broke Phil Esposito's record of 76 goals in a season with 92, his own assists record of 109, set the year before, with 120, and his own point total of 164, set the year before, with 212.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1981-82_NHL_season   (347 words)

  
 orcb4014.txt
NHL submissions show that, if all expansion teams are excluded, the total number of local broadcasts dropped from 324 in 1981-82 to 242 in 1993-94, but much of the decline is concentrated in a few markets.
The NBA further states that 736 games were broadcast in the 1992-93 season by local over-the-air stations, representing an all-time high and an increase of nearly 60 percent over the 1982-83 season, the earliest year for which the NBA presented figures.
The NHL believes that without cable television it would be without national television distribution and asserts that the findings of the Interim Report (that hockey has not migrated to cable on a national level) should be modified to reflect that hockey had to consider cable options to survive.
www.fcc.gov /Bureaus/Cable/Orders/1994/orcb4014.txt   (20352 words)

  
 ENGLISH ENCYCLOPAEDIA - Clarence S. Campbell Bowl
From the 1974-75 NHL season to the 1981-82 NHL season, it was given to the Campbell Conference regular season champions, and from the 1982-83 NHL season to the 1992-93 NHL season, the Campbell Conference playoff champions.
It was designed to be a parallel to the Prince of Wales Trophy from its outset, being awarded to the West Division regular season champions from its inception in the 1967-68 NHL season to the 1973-74 NHL season.
The Campbell Trophy was donated by the NHL's clubs in recognition of the contributions and services of its president at the start of the Modern Era expansion.
encyclopaedic.net /english/cl/clarence_s__campbell_bowl.html   (339 words)

  
 Los Angeles Kings - Psychology Central
And by the 1981-82 NHL season, he was already the most dominant player in the league, and he made the Oilers one of the elite teams in the NHL, on their way to winning four Stanley Cup championships in the 1980's.
Season was shortened due to the 1994-95 NHL lockout.
Season was cancelled due to the 2004-05 NHL lockout.
psychcentral.com /psypsych/Los_Angeles_Kings   (4762 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Wayne Gretzky
Gretzky also holds the records for the most goals (92), assists (163), and points (215) scored in a single season, as well as numerous other records for single games, the NHL playoffs, and the NHL All-Star Game.
Before the 1996-97 season he signed with the New York Rangers, where he was reunited with his former teammate and long-time friend, Messier.
On August 9, 1988, in what is considered by many as the most significant trade in NHL history, Pocklington traded Gretzky and two Oiler teammates to the Los Angeles Kings for two players, three first-round draft choices, and cash.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761574313/Wayne_Gretzky.html   (1487 words)

  
 ESPN.com: NHL - The common theme: Take one for the team
During the 1982-83 NHL season, 82.5 percent of the NHL was Canadian born, 8.5 percent European.
It was the 1996-97 season and Keith was in his first season with the Colorado Avalanche, having been traded earlier in the season from the Washington Capitals.
NHL fans, and sports fans in general, understand sports is a billion dollar, international industry, and that the players are therefore compensated well.
espn.go.com /nhl/columns/buccigross_john/1452224.html   (4782 words)

  
 1981 Definition / 1981 Research
1981 is a special year, we try to keep at least one each of all four sizes in stock.
February 23 - Antonio TejeroAntonio Tejero Molina (born 1932, Málaga) was a Spanish Lieutenant-Colonel, and the leader of an attempted coup d'etat of the Spanish Congress in 1981.
1981 is a common year starting on Thursday.
www.elresearch.com /1981   (1454 words)

  
 rangers_history.html
NHL players were locked out due to their resistance of a salary cap, and the issue remained unresolved long enough to prompt the cancellation of the entire 2004-2005 season.
1982-83 A 35-35-10 season was enough for tenth place in the league, but the Islanders halted the Rangers in the Divisional Finals for the third straight time.
As a result, on the eve of the club's first season, the task was handed to one of professional hockey's pioneers, Lester Patrick.
www.nyc.gov /html/sports/html/rangers_history.html   (3097 words)

  
 ESPN.com: NHL - The 10 best unbreakable individual records
After six seasons in Buffalo, Bowman moved to the front office in Pittburgh, before stepping behind the bench for two seasons and leading the Penguins to the 1992 Cup title.
Four seasons later, in 1985-86, Gretzky re-wrote the record books again by ringing up 163 assists -- 28 more than the old record he had set the previous season -- and finishing with 215 points, another record.
With five goals against Philadelphia on Dec. 30, 1981, Gretzky reached the 50-goal mark in just 39 games, a feat that has yet to be even challenged in the two decades since.
espn.go.com /nhl/best/022702.html   (981 words)

  
 New York Rangers Official Web Site :: 11 Days of Mark Messier
Only five teams have ever recorded 400 goals in a single NHL season, and all five were Edmonton squads between 1981-82 and 1985-86.
He used that strong 1980-81 finish as a springboard to a 50-goal season in 1981-82 and the first of his 16 NHL All-Star selections.
A fifth straight title would tie them with the Montreal Canadiens of the late 1950s for the most championships in a row, and all that stood in their way was a high-flying Edmonton team that dominated the NHL regular season but had yet to prove itself at crunch time.
www.newyorkrangers.com /tradition/messier/11days.asp   (1339 words)

  
 Washington Capitals
From 1971-72 through 1981-82, NHL teams were permitted to play with only 17 skaters and two goaltenders.
He has scored a goal in three straight games and will be bidding for his second 20-goal season in the NHL tomorrow when the Capitals close out the season against the Penguins in Pittsburgh.
Beginning with the 1982-83 season, the number of players was set at 18 skaters plus two goaltenders.
www.washingtoncaps.com /news/index.cfm?cont_id=238786   (828 words)

  
 AllSports' National Hockey League (NHL) League News
In just his fifth NHL season, the 25-year-old Forsberg has enjoyed his status as one of the NHL's elite players for a number of years.
The 6-foot, 190-pounder won the 1995 Calder Trophy as NHL rookie of the year and helped the Avalanche win the Stanley Cup in their first season in Colorado the next year.
The record includes regular-season and playoff games in the NHL and the defunct WHA.
www.allsports.com /nhl/news/04-14-1999.htm   (1159 words)

  
 Hockey Hall of Fame Announces 2002 Inductees
Played in NHL All-Star Game (1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986).
Federko recorded four 100-point NHL seasons and on March 19, 1988 became only the 22nd player in NHL history to reach the 1,000 point plateau.
A member of the of the United States team in 1981, 1984 and 1987 Canada Cup tournaments, Langway served as the captain of the Washington Capitals from 1982 until 1993.
www.sjsports.com /unkle/2001-2002/hockey_2002_inductees.html   (1575 words)

  
 Gretzky's legacy: Records that will last forever
Now in an era where the NHL has a difficult time finding one 50-goal scorer in a single season, it's difficult to imagine a single player who once scored 92 in an 80-game schedule (1981-82) and produced at least 71 goals a year for four consecutive seasons (1981-82 through '84-85).
Gretzky's 212-point 1981-82 season, scoring a record 92 goals --including a record 50 in 39 games --is apt to be the best-ever season by a forward.
More than his NHL record 51-game streak of 1983-84, where he scored 61 goals and 153 points, this was both durability and determination matched by only one other player: Wayne Gretzky.
www.eagletribune.com /news/stories/19991121/SP_010.htm   (1604 words)

  
 Buffalo Sabres Alumni Assocciation
He continued to impress in his rookie NHL season, scoring points against every team in the league except two despite only playing in 49 games.
He was a consistent player and by playoffs emerged as one the to-go guys, scoring 4 goals and 8 points in 7 games, good enough for a third place tie among Sabres post-season scoring leaders.
He started the year by apprenticing in the minor leagues but quickly would prove he was ready for the next level when he scored an impressive 14 goals and 32 points in just 21 games.
www.sabresalumni.com /2001/haworth_alan.php   (475 words)

  
 A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey - In
In the 1981-82 season there was also an English National League which ran alongside the English League South (Inter-City League) and the English League North.
In the final season of the league there were two divisions with four teams in each division - Eastern Division and Western Division.
When the league ceased operations after the 2000-01 season there were 11 teams in its two conferences - Eastern Conference and Western Conference.
www.azhockey.com /In.htm   (1588 words)

  
 Canuck Class of '82
After playing three regular season games for the Canucks during the 1981-82 season, Heinz was sent back to the Blues that summer.
Played his final 17 NHL games with the Canucks during the 1982-83 season.
As in the regular season, he led the team in points during the playoffs with 19, setting several team records along the way.
www.comnet.ca /~dmarchak/cancla82.htm   (1251 words)

  
 Washington Capitals
His best season with the Capitals was 1981-82 when he totaled nine goals and 53 points in 67 games.
Barrett was dealt to Minnesota in February of 1988 and he closed out his NHL career by getting into one game with the North Stars that season.
Although Simpson never made it to the NHL as a player, he has served the organization in several capacities over the years including television color analyst, scout and his current role as director of hockey operations and general manager of the Portland Pirates.
www.washingtoncaps.com /history/index.cfm?cont_id=228807   (508 words)

  
 Puckin' Around vol.7-- 2002-03 NHL Season
They have challenged Dallas all season long for first overall in the NHL, and seem poised to clinch their first ever Eastern Conference title, along with a possible President’s Trophy.
Vadnais played 19 NHL Seasons with Boston, New York Rangers, Oakland, Montreal, and New Jersey.
Ken Houston played 10 NHL Seasons and did it twice and tied once.
www.sportsbyline.com /puckin/puckin_03042003.htm   (2257 words)

  
 CNNSI.com - 2002 Sportsman of the Year - Sportsman of the Year: 1982 - Wayne Gretzky - Monday September 16, 2002 04:13 PM
During the 1981-82 NHL season, 20-year-old Edmonton Oilers center Wayne Gretzky put together the greatest offensive season in the history of professional hockey.
The Great One also won his third consecutive MVP award in his third NHL season.
On the two teams, taking nothing away from the rest of the guys, who in the hell else out there do you want to look at but Gretzky?'"
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /features/2002/sportsman/1982   (139 words)

  
 The Retro Hockey League - 1981-82 Season Page
The third RHL season was another successful campaign.
New records were set as Bossy tallied 74 goals and the Leafs, having finished out of the playoffs in the first two years of the RHL, came back to set a new points standard, taking the President's Trophy with 109 points.
The high-powered offenses of Detroit and Toronto scorched defenses around the league and set up one of the best conference races in league history as Edmonton, Vancouver and St. Louis all joined Toronto and Detroit in a tight Campbell race.
www.legendsport.com /rhl82.htm   (444 words)

  
 1982 NHL Entry Draft -- David Shaw
Shaw's 12-Game Suspension: Shaw was suspended 12 games by the NHL during the 1988-89 season for slashing Mario Lemieux at 3:41 of the first period of the N.Y. Rangers' Oct. 30, 1988, game vs. Pittsburgh.
Was N.Y. Rangers' team representative to NHLPA from 1989-90 season until he left team in 1991.
Missed parts of 1992-93 season with thigh injury, suffered in October 1992, with foot injury, suffered in December 1992, and with injured ribs, suffered in March 1993.
www.hockeydraftcentral.com /1982/82013.html   (928 words)

  
 ChannelCincinnati.com - NHL - Retired NHL Player Charged In Magnuson's Death
Magnuson, who was 56, played all 11 seasons of his NHL career with the Blackhawks, also coaching the franchise during the 1980-81 season and for parts of the 1981-82 campaign.
The two former players were returning from the funeral of former NHL player Keith McCreary, who passed away last week after a bout with cancer.
Toronto, ON -- Rob Ramage, a retired NHL defenseman, was charged Tuesday with impaired driving causing death in the three-car accident that killed former Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Keith Magnuson.
www.channelcincinnati.com /nhl/2707533/detail.html   (243 words)

  
 Saturday Evening Post: Hockey's gentleman on ice - Wayne Gretzky
In his fourth season as a professional, 1981-82, Gretzky broke the record for most goals--92--in an NHL season and erased Phil Esposito's mark of 76.
By the time Gretzky was rewriting the NHL record book and helping his team win a league championship, he was also setting new standards in financial areas for hockey players.
Gretzky's first season in Edmonton was outstanding, but it was only a hint of things to come.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1189/is_v257/ai_3660919   (1521 words)

  
 N.Y. Rangers
1962/63, 63/64, 64/65, 65/66 NHL Seasons - The Rangers miss the playoffs and Emile Francis is hired as the new head coach during the 1964/65 season.
1938/39 NHL Season - The NHL was reduced to 7 teams for the 38/39 season.
1926/27 NHL Season - In their first season the Rangers finished with a 25-13-6 record making the playoffs but losing to the Boston Bruins in a 2 game total goal series (3-1 goals).
home.westman.wave.ca /~football/Rangers/Rangers_main.htm   (7733 words)

  
 Indianapolis Checkers 1981-82 season review
Their NHL parents — the Islanders and Oilers — were beginning a feud as the league’s reigning dynasties.
The Checkers’ championship looked a long way from the beginning of the season, where they were trying to jell with a new coach and a new system.
But despite a number of new faces on the roster, Creighton had a number of returnees including a pair of goaltenders who had joined the Chex at the end of the previous season, and were on their way to becoming household names in Indianapolis — veteran Rob Holland and rookie Kelly Hrudey.
www.hockeyresearch.com /indyhistory/chexchl/chex-review8182.htm   (5970 words)

  
 Retro Hockey League
The RHL is the sister league of the Northern Lights Hockey League but seperate, in that where the NLHL uses players from the most recently completed NHL season, the RHL goes year-by-year through those glorious seasons past.
Fresh from their victory over the rival WHA, the NHL entered the new decade with a galaxy of new stars - names like Gretzky, Lemieux, Messier, Gartner, Bossy and so many others carried the league into a new and exciting era.
Beginning with the 1979-80 season, we will play, in succession, every year in hockey history.
www.legendsport.com /rhl.shtml   (210 words)

  
 NSHL - Wayne Gretzky
Gretzky enjoyed his greatest season in 1981-82 when he absolutely smashed perhaps the most famous seasonal record ever held: the elusive 50 goals in 50 games.
Scoring his 200th point of the season against Calgary in 1982 - the only player to score 200 points in one season.
Gretzky was ruled ineligible for rookie status as he played one season with the WHA, but that would remain a record for most points by a player in his first year in the league to this day.
www.nshl.com /hall/gretzky.html   (1446 words)

  
 ESPN.com - NHL - The Mark Messier timeline
The Oilers, starring Gretzky, finish 28-39-13, one of the worst records in the NHL that season.
At end of 2004 season, his 25th in the NHL, he boasts totals of 1,756 games, 694 goals, and 1,193 assists (1,887 career points).
In his rookie season, scores 12 goals and adds 21 assists for 33 points.
sports.espn.go.com /nhl/news/story?id=2159389   (794 words)

  
 St. Louis Blues Online News Releases
TRANSACTIONS: Traded to St. Louis by Calgary with Calgary's 4th round choice (Didier Tremblay) in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft for Phil Housley and St. Louis' 2nd round choices in the 1996 (Steve Begin) and 1997 (John Tripp) NHL Entry Drafts on July 4, 1994.
With his 218 shots this season, he moved into fourth in Blues' history with 1,727 shots.
Prior to the eye injury he suffered this season, he was having a Norris Trophy year, and after returning from the injury, his level of play returned to that level."
www.stlouisblues.com /news/0001/010529.html   (359 words)

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