The purpose of the Rewind Hockey League (RHL) is to replay NHL hockey seasons using the Strat-O-Matic computer hockey game, starting with the 1974-75 season. The RHL will attempt to maintain a certain amount of the integrity of the actual franchise rosters through those years, while at the same time allow owners the flexibility to manipulate their team through trades and yearly free agent drafts. The RHL is designed for owners who may be fans of a single club, and want to experience both the high and low points that their favorite team went through in the past. For the league's inaugural season, each owner selected a team and received the most prevalent players on that team for the 1974-75 season. They will automatically receive all future rookies (non computer-only) for their teams. Four more teams joined the RHL for the 1979-80 season. We are currently playing the 1984-85 season.
If you are interested in joining the RHL, contact Derek Jones at djones90@yahoo.com.
The Islanders and Oilers, not surprisingly, are leading the pack after two months of the season, with each team leading their respective divisions with 48 points. In the Norris, the North Stars hold a two-point lead over the Sabres and a five-point lead over the Blackhawks. Meanwhile, the Whalers are the talk of the Adams Division, leading the Nordiques by three points. Hartford made a move to hold on to its lead, acquiring Eddy Beers from the Islanders for a 4th-round draft pick.
The Sabres scored three goals in the first period against the Jets at the Winnipeg Arena, but they only needed one. Tom Barrasso stopped all 37 shots that he faced in Buffalo's 3-0 victory. The goal scorers for the Sabres (8-10-4) were Dennis Maruk, Ken Linseman, and Craig Ramsay. The best scoring chance Winnipeg (15-11-3) had was a shot form the slot by Dale Hawercuk early in the second period that Barrasso turned aside.
Mike Bossy scored his 500th career RHL goal 12 minutes into the game, then added two more goals to lead the Islanders to a 6-2 win over the Nordiques at Le Colisee. Denis Potvin had four assists for New York (20-3-4). Michel Goulet had two goals for Quebec (14-12-2).
Bobby Carpenter registered a hat trick to help lead the Kings to a 10-3 win over the Maple Leafs at the Inglewood Forum. However, that was not the only memorable moment of this game. Marcel Dionne picked up four assists in the contest, including one on Carpenter's final goal as time wound down in the third. That assist was Dionne's 1300th career point in the RHL, becoming only the second player in league history to reach that milestone. (Montreal's Guy Lafleur accomplished the feat last season.) Larry Murphy added three assists for Los Angeles (7-6-3). Stewart Gavin had a goal and an assist for Toronto (1-13-2).
The Whalers rallied from a 3-1 deficit by scoring four goals in the first 10 minutes of the third period en route to a 5-4 win over the Rangers at the Hartford Civic Center. Ron Wilson and Sylvain Turgeon each scored twice for Hartford (8-3-2). Mark Johnson and Rik Wilson each had a goal and an assist for New York (6-8-1).