Word: cups
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...embarrassment for the New York Islanders. They led the Minnesota North Stars by a lopsided three games to none in the finals of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The Islanders, defending Stanley Cup champions, were simply overwhelming the young, plainly awed North Stars. The champagne (nonvintage California) was waiting in the locker room, chilled and ready for postvictory pouring. Some of the Islanders' wives had even flown out to Minneapolis to be on hand for the inevitable festivities...
...Uniondale, L.I., the New Yorkers brooded about their loss. "Of course we wanted the sweep," Coach Al Arbour admitted. "But I know my team, and they'll be ready for the next one." They were ready all right, crushing Minnesota 5-1 to win their second consecutive Stanley Cup. The Islanders were never really in trouble. They scored three goals, two of them within 25 seconds of each other, in first-period play and one each in the second and third periods. Said Defenseman Denis Potvin: "We did it in high fashion...
...Stanley Cup Playoffs...
...North Stars avoided elimination from the Stanley Cup finals last night when they downed the Islanders, 4-2. A Steve Payne goal, his 17th of the 1981 playoffs, at 12;26 in the third period secured the win for the North Stars. Minnesota's Brad Maxwell, who missed the third game of this series because of a shoulder injury, assisted all four goals. The defending champion Islanders hold a 3-1 advantage in the series and will try to secure the Cup with a victory in Thursday night's game in New York...
...Harvard lightweight crew smashed the old course record by more then 12 seconds (three boatlengths) but finished second to top seeded Princeton relinquishing the Jope Cup for the first time in 14 years at the Eastern Sprints in Woreester yesterday...