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Mon Dec 14 12:05:58 1981
the best and the worst
The best and the worst five teams in the NHL as of Dec 12:
Top 5:
	team		games	points	%
	Edmonton	31	42	.678
	Buffalo		28	37	.661
	Boston		28	36	.643
	NY Isles	27	34	.629
	Philadelphia	28	35	.625
Bottom 5:
	Colorado	28	13	.232
	Washington	28	20	.357
	Toronto		28	21	.375
	LA		27	21	.388
	Detroit		29	23	.397

Top five scorers:
	player		games	pts	ppg
	Gretzky (Edm)	31	75	2.45
	Taylor (LA)	27	50	1.85
	P. Statsny Que	31	50	1.61
	Dionne (LA)	31	49	1.82
	Smith (Minn)	28	48	1.72

Player of the week (from the Hockey News):
Marcel Dione:  he scored 5 goals, including four in one game and one
game winner, and two assists for the week ending Dec 4 (old news!)
At that time, he had 21 goals in 21 games.
By the way, Gretzky had a four-point game last night, scoring the game
winner and three assists, when Edmonton defeated NY Islanders 4-3.