On October 17th, Cincinnati had three major league teams playing on the
same day. The Reds, Bengals and Stingers. The Cincinnati Reds were playing in Game 2 of
the World Series at Riverfront Stadium against the New York Yankees. The Bengals were
playing the Pittsburgh Steelers in Pittsburgh and the Stingers were playing the Quebec
Nordiques in Quebec.
The Reds went on to defeat the New York
Yankees by a score of 4-3 to give them a two to none game lead in the World Series. The
Bengals (who were first in the division) lost to the Steelers by a final score of 23-6.
While the Stingers went on to defeat the Quebec Nordiques with a final score of 5-2. It
was the first loss of the season for Quebec.
Jaques Locas and Dennis Sobchuk each
scored a pair of goals in the victory. While Blaine Stoughton also managed to score.
Sobchuks goal came after three minutes of play when he intercepted a pass in the
Nordiques' end and beating their goalie Richard Brodeur for the score. The Nordiques
answered with two straight goals by Buddy Cloutier and Charles Constantin. Cloutier's goal
came at 8:11 during a power play, while Constantin's goal came on a 40 foot shot at 11:14.
The Stingers Blaine Stoughton tied the game back up at 13:07 in the first period.
Jacques Locas put the Stingers back
ahead at 3:25 in the second period on a rebound after teammate Claude Laroses shot was
deflected. Locas would score again midway through the third period on a 2-on-1 rush with
teammate Pierre Guite. The Stingers then downshifted into defense and head coach Terry
Slater lined up four players on the blue line, using one man to harass the Nordiques
attackers. The tactic worked because the Nordiques only managed to get three shots on goal
during the final period. Cincinnati managed fourteen shots on goal and in the closing
seconds of the period, the Stingers Dennis Sobchuk scored again from the left point for
good measure.
Slater would say after the game.
"We did our job. We played defense". Much of the credit for the win belonged to
the young goalie Norm LaPointe, who knocked back at least three different shots that were
batted at him by last years league leading scorer Marc Tardiff. The Stingers as a club
allowed the Nordiques only three lowly shots on goal in the final period. |
