
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, March 2, 1990                   TAG: 9003023077
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B10   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: From Associated Press reports
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GAME SETS NHL RECORD FOR PENALTIES

Apparently nothing will stop brawling in the NHL, says Wayne Gretzky, an outspoken opponent of fighting who took the company line after the Los Angeles Kings and Edmonton Oilers battled to a league-record 86 penalties.

"I've said all I can say about fighting," Gretzky said Wednesday night after the Kings' 4-2 victory in a game that was essentially a 3 1/2-hour brawl. "If the NHL wants to do anything about it, fine. And if they don't want to do anything about it, fine."

The 86 penalties, totalling 356 minutes, broke the old record of 84 set by the Minnesota North Stars and Boston Bruins on Feb. 26, 1981. Edmonton's 45 penalties broke the record for one team, surpassing the 42 set by each of the teams in that 1981 Bruins-North Stars game.

by CNB