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March 23, 1968
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Villemure Keeps Net Record Up
GILLES VILLEMURE … Following The Line BUFFALO, N.Y. – For some reason goaltending has seldom been a problem with Buffalo hockey clubs, and nothing has ‘happened this year to alter that happy situation. The list of Buffalo goaltenders through the years contains some of the top names in the game. Jacques Plante … Denis DeJordy… Harry Lumley … are just a few that come to mind quickly. A year ago, the Bisons finished last in the Western Division, but Roy Edwards and Ed Chadwick gave the club the best goaltending in the league. Chadwick and Don Simmons started the season this time around, and Gilles Villemure joined the club Dec. 30. Villemure came here from the parent New York Rangers when he and Simmons switched jobs. Gilles has taken over as the No. 1 backstop, and…
Hockey Ad Lib
Super Stars Bugged Seeing Stars; Everywhere he goes on Chicago’s hockey trips, especially into expansion cities, Bobby Hull is besieged. Lately, Hull and Stan Mikita have been subjected to a series of luncheons. They turn around and a tape recorder is thrust at them. Chicago manager Tommy Ivan shrugs and says, “It’s part of the business. They handle themselves very well.” Coach Billy Reay says, “It’s good for the game. I don’t mind on off-days. I do mind on game-days. But Hull loves it. And Mikita has begun to do it pretty good, too. Possibly it’s distracting but stars of their magnitude have to expect it and learn to live with it.” Hull, who is a remarkably plain and pleasant person for a player of his stature, says, “It’s not so…
Orr Returns To Ice Drills
BOSTON, Mass. – ICE CHIPS - Bobby Orr returned to uniform a week earlier than anticipated originally … He donned skates just one month after his operation for removal of the medial cartilage in his left knee … Bobby skated with the B’s in practice Monday and Tuesday but avoided contact work … Although he reported his knee was sound and gave him no trouble … “I’m badly out of shape, though, “he said. “My wind is gone and my feet hurt. It will take at least a week of skating before I have my wind back and my feet toughen up again.”… Murphy recovering from his third shoulder operation in six months repeats his condition is all right … My legs feel great and my arms aren’t bothering me. But…
Mrs. Carol Masterton Thanks Sympathizers
WINNIPEG, Man. Following is a letter submitted to THE HOCKEY NEWS from Mrs. Carol Masterton, wife of the former Minnesota North Stars’ player who died Jan. 13. SAT. MARCH 2, 1968 The Editor, Hockey News, Montreal, Que. Dear Sir: So many kind people in Minnesota and ip many parts of the United States and Canada, hockey fans and others, have sent their expressions of sympathy and kindness in our tragic loss of Bill. It is simply impossible for me to acknowledge them individually. 1 am therefore hoping you will be kind enough to put this letter in THE HOCKEY NEWS to let your readers know the many hundreds of people who wrote, made contributions to the Bill Masterton Memorial Fund, and helped in so many ways; that their great kindness and sympathy is deeply appreciated by me and…
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