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March 23, 1968
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Three-Year Old Trade Pays Off For Clinton
CLINTON, N.Y. – A deal that-was consummated three years ago played a large role In the Clinton Comets’ current ranking as the greatest team ever to perform In the Eastern Hockey League. The Comets were getting this universal acclaim as they opened the first round of the playoffs against the Long Island Ducks. They were heavy favorites to make mincemeat of the Ducks and to earn the right to meet the survivors of the New Haven — Johnstown set. The transaction that helped make the Comets what they are today brought Pat Kelly, Borden Smith and Ed Babiuk to the Comets and shipped Norm DeFelice, Benny Woit, Ed Szydlowski, Lorne O’Donnell and Hector Lalande to the Jersey Devils. At the time, it looked like a grood trade for both sides, but today the…
Veteran Dick Duff Aims To Join 250-Goal Club By Season’s End
MONTREAL, Que. – Dick Duff aims to be a card-carrying member in hockey’s 250-goal club by the time this season is over. The hardrock Canadlens winger needs just two goals by March 31st to join the scoring elite. He had 248 goals with eight games left in the schedule. Duff, who was 32 last month, is having a dandy season with Habs. He had 43 points (25-18) despite missing eight games through injury, and was playing with more dash than he’d shown in some time. Mostly, he’s been working on a line with rookie Jacques Lemaire and Bobby Rousseau, and they’ve been the second highest scoring unit on the team. This is Duff’s 13th season in the league and he’s had his share of ups and downs. A star with Toronto during the late…
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…
Boston Bids For ‘Second’ In Final Run
BOSTON, Mass. The Boston Bruins are breathing a little easier after putting the clincher on the National Hockey League Playoff berth that has eluded them for nine years. The rejuvenated Bruins knocked the Toronto Leafs out of the playoff hunt by toppling Montreal 3-1 last weekend while the Leafs fell victims of the Philadelphia Flyers 7-4. If the Leafs were to win their remaining seven games and Boston was to lose its last five, the Bruins would still get the fourth and final playoff position on a superior goal average between the two clubs. However, there appears little chance of this happening with the Bruins rolling in high gear for the forthcoming playoffs, their first since 195859 when Milt Schmidt, the team’s current general manager, piloted the B’s to a second place finish. The…
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