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The Prince George Citizen — Wednesday, April 20, 1988 — 13 MARK ALLAN S p o r t s Sports editor CALG ARY STIFLED IN FIRST-GAME LOSS S trategy sw itch beneficial for O ilers CALGARY (CP) — Successor the Edmonton Oilers used to de pend almost solely on their explosive offence. Poor series Tuesday night it was discipline, defence and penalty killing that enabled them to subdue the Calgary Flames 3-1 in the first game of the Sm ythe D ivision best-of-seven final. forgotten “Defensive hockey isn’t something we’re accustomed to, but we have to play Calgary this way,” said Craig MacTavish, who worked tirelessly killing off nine Calgary power plays. as Gallant In a reversal of past seasons, it was the Oilers who played strong defence and tne Flames who had the better offence. scores two “I don’t know if we’ve had a big ger win in our history,” saidC a p i t a l s ' DETROIT (AP) — Detroit for Wayne Gretzky, who scored on a ward Gerard Gallant, who felt he breakaway about three minutes af played poorly in the Norris Divi ter linemate Jari Kurri got the captain sion semi-finals, is making amends game-winning goal in the 13th min in the final. ute of the final period. i n j u r e d Gallant’s fourth playoff goal “It’s a big confidence builder. LANDOVER, Md. (AP) - Wash proved to be the margin of victory After all, they were first overall . ington defenceman Rod Langway Tuesday night as the Red Wings .
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