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March 2, 1968
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NHL Player Of The Week —IN THE WEST
Oakland Seals are beginning to make little noises in the NHL’s expansion division. In the second half of the season, they have been one of the most productive clubs and one of their top performers has been veteran Gerry Ehman. The 35-year-old Ehman, a pickup by the Seals after the regular season started, has been one of the club’s few surprises. He has scored 19 times and could go on to a 25-goal season. Ehman played a big role in the Seals’ three-point weekend as he scored the winning and insurance goals to down Pittsburgh and then came back with a single in Oakland’s 3-3 tie with Minnesota. Now the Seals’ second highest point man, Ehman has more than paid off for his acquisition from Rochester of the AHL earlier in the year. THE…
Oklahoma Blazers Widen First Place Edge
FORT WORTH, Tex. - The Wings find themselves losing ground in a tough battle with the Okla-h o m a City Blazers for the f r o n t-running spot in the Southern Division of the Central Pro League. It’s been a constant building and re-building job for coach Fern Flaman. All was in order leaving training camp last fall but when the parent Detroit Red Wings found victories hard to come by and hit by a siege of injuries, they had to look to their Fort Worth farm club to help them out. First goalie Roy Edwards, who racked up four shutouts in his first nine games and was sporting a 1.33 goals-against average, was promoted to the National League club. Since then Rick McCann, Gary Marsh, Nick Libett, Pete Ma-hovlich, Warren Godfrey,…
Montreal Pursues Kitchener In ‘Showdown’ For First Place
KITCHENER. Ont. - With only three weeks remaining in the schedule five teams are still, mathematically at least, in the running for the Ontario Hockey Association junior A pennant. Since the early part of the season the league has been virtually divided into two sections. Kitchener Rangers, Montreal Canadiens, Niagara Falls Flyers, Toronto Marlboros and Hamilton Red Wings have been scrambling for the top five positions. St. Catharines Black Hawks, London Nationals, Peterborough Petes, Oshawa Generals and Ottawa 67s have been running in that order in the second division. Kitchener Rangers, after winning 14 games in succession appeared to have first place safely tucked away. However Montreal Canadiens had also been winning regularly to remain just one-half step behind. The Ranger win steak was halted when they were held to a home ice 3-3 tie by…
Penguins Perk Up Home Rink Attendance
PITTSBURGH, Pa.— Despite the erratic play of the team on the Ice, attendance at Pittsburgh Penguins home games has Increased sharply in the new year. The rise is especially evident in Saturday night games. More than 10,000 persons have turned out each Saturday night since the Penguins went over that seemingly elusive figure against Detroit Jan. 20. The Detroit-Pittsburgh game that night attracted 10,547 fans and the following Saturday night 11,156 poured in to watch Los Angeles. Then came the greatest night of the season. A standing room crowd of 12,563 — including NHL President Clarence Campbell — saw Pittsburgh come from behind to tie Toronto, 3-3, Feb. 3. Even the weekday attendance has perked up, now averaging between 6,000 and 7,000 for the last few games. “The attendance has been encouraging,” says Penguins…
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