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Page 18 THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday November 18 1389 i Who led the NHL during the decade of the 80s STAT SHEET JOHN When Wayne Gretzky of Los Ange les tallied the 1851st point of his ca reer early this season he became the alltime scoring leader sur passing the legendary Gordie Howe first season in the league was 197980 His remarkable average for the NHL seasons that ended in the 1980s was 1837 points per year That put far ahead of Que becs Peter Stastny the runnerup for NHL scoring honors in the 80s Stastny who won the Calder Trophy as the leagues top rookie totaled points in the 1980s fewer than Gretzky of course also set the pace in both goals and assists during the 1980s The Great One powered pucks into the net nearly more than runnerup Mike Bossy of the New York Islanders And Gretzky assisted on 1200 other goals or more than Stastny who fin ished second Its no surprise that Gretzky was No 1 in shorthanded goals with more than twice as many to as the No 2 men Mark Messier and Jan Kurn both his former teammates with the Edmonton Oilers What is surprising perhaps is that Gretzky is not in the top spot in the 1980s in powerplay goals or game- winning scores Marcel Dionne Los Angeles and New York Rangers and Michel let Quebec Nordiques were in goals 143 respectively when their teams had a man advantage Gretzky was third at Mike Bossy edged Gretzky in gamewin ners to 66 during the 80s You can make a good case for any of several NHL players as the top goalie of the decade Yet the numbers point to Pete Peeters of Philadel phia Boston and Washington Among goalies who appeared in at least 200 games Peeters had the best average 306 per game and the secondmost shutouts Also he was the only goalie to re cord two of the top singleseason NHL performances of the decade in goals allowed per game His 198283 goals against average GAA of was the top mark of the past 10 years and his 273 average in 197980 was the ninth best Pro basketball should follow NHL lead By John Grabowski OK gang quiz time Who were the three top scorers last season the National Basketball Association The top spot is easy Chicagos Michael Jordan scored points to lead the league with a 325 points per game average The next two names are a little tougher but with some thought many basketball fans will come up with the correct answers Karl Malone of Utah 2326 291 and Dale Ellis of Seattle 2253 275 Now suppose the NBA kept track of its leading scorers the same way that the National Hockey League does with assists counting the same as goals Would Air Jordan still have taken the title The answer is yes Jordan passed off for buckets last year accounting for 1300 points McNally posts tie and a loss A tie and a loss were added to Georgetowns Construc tion Minor Novice Rep teams record this past week Last Thursday night Nov 9 Brampton was in town for a good defensive battle After a scoreless first period Brampton scored the only goal of the second to go ahead lo Finally at 245 of the third period Derek Buckton off a pass from Matthew Hotham scored for Georgetown for a final score of li Travelling to Milton on Sunday afternoon was less successful for the McNally Construction team In the first period Milton scored a power play goal the only goal of the period Georgetowns Danny Smith answered back in the second with a goal assisted by Trevor Cash and Mathew However Milton scored again to go ahead by a goal With no scoring in the final period Milton beat Georgetowns Minor Novices 21 FUTURE GAMES Saturday pm in Oakville Sunday pm Georgetown Memorial Arena against Streetsville GEORGETOWN CUSTOM CAR SOUND THE CAR STEREO EXPERTS SINCLAIR AVE 8772425 GREAT TASTING CHICKEN CHIPS AND MORE TAKE OUT ONLY 232GUELPHST Added to bis own scoring total the re sult is 3933 combined points or an average of points accounted for per game Under this point system second- place last season went to Magic John son of the Los Angeles Lakers John sons assists would add 1976 points to his total giving him 3706 points accounted for or per con test Without the assists Johnsons 1730 points scored placed him 15th in the NBA Following Johnson John Stockton the playmaking guard of the Utah Jazz was third in points accounted for Stockton passed off for an incredi ble 1118 baskets last year the thirdhighest season total in league history trailing only his in 1987- and Isiah Thomass 1123 in With 1400 points last season Stock- ton tied for 44th place among NBA scorers His assists therefore helped him jump 41 places in the rankings giving him a total of 3636 points ac counted for per game Of the players who scored or more points in the only one to make a bigger jump when as sists were included was Sleepy Floyd of Houston Floyd finished with 1162 points to put him in 67th place among scorers 142 per game When his 709 assists are figured his total leaps to 2580 points accounted for or per game By more than doubling his scoring average he finishes 15th a gain of 52 spots in the listings The only other players to account for 3000 or more points last year were Kevin Johnson of Phoenix 4th place 448 Clyde of Portland 5th place and Chris Mullin of Golden State place 3006 Their actual scor ing totals respectively of 1650 2123 and 2176 points placed them 21st sixth and fourth for the year Although Michael Jordan ac counted for a leagueleading total of 3933 points on shots and assists last season that was still quite a bit less than the alltime record The level of points accounted for in a season has been surpassed by three players a total of eight times in the history of the NBA Oscar Robertson considered by many to be the games greatest all- around player reached that plateau on five different occasions Wilt The Stilt Chamberlain did so twice Robertsons high of points ac counted for occurred in 196162 He did not lead the league that year how ever as Chamberlain accounted for 4413 points and a 552 per game aver age in taking the top spot His total was based on an alltime record points and 192 assists The singleseason record however does not belong to either of these legends Tiny Archibald of the Kansas City- Omaha Kings was responsible for 4539 points in the 197273 season He became the first and only player Clothing Mens Ladies Childrens ALTERATIONS REPASS APPLE WINDSHIELD REPAIRS Hindi All Iniurance Claims Good service good coverage good price- Thats State Farm insurance 1 Guelph St Georgetown Like a good neighbor State Farm is there STATE FARM INSURANCE in history to lead the NBA in both scoring and assists in the same year with totals of and respectively NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE Support your community BLUE BOX RECYCLING It only works if we ail do our part Mike St Louis Hartford edged in whitewashings with But GAA was only 353 tied for place on the decade list Bob Philadelphia New York was closest to Peeters GAA av erage in the 1980s at 308 But appeared in only 227 contests com pared to won the Vezina Trophy symbolic of goaltending supremacy in while with the 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