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March 30, 1968
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Swedish Goalie Impressed, All The Bruins Shoot Hard
BOSTON, MASS.— Leif Holmqvist, 25-year-old goalie for the Swedish National team this winter who was placed on the Boston negotiation list before the Winter Olympics at Grenoble, joined the Bruins for a tryout, working out with the team in practice. Holmqvist was spotted by B’s chief scout Garry Young when he played at an international tournament in Winnipeg early in the fall and also in the Walter Brown Memorial tournament at Colorado Springs. — The visitor impressed the Bruins with a fast left hand and quick reactions … But he was even more impressed with the shooting of the B’s “They all go whoosh’ he said. “In Sweden only two or three can shoot. Here everyone shoots.” The Bruins signed another Swede, Tumba Johansson, back in 1958. But he failed to make the…
WHL Crowds Still Climbing As Two Games Attract 26,313
SEATTLE, WASH.— On the evening of March 16, two games were scheduled in the Western Hockey League. In San Diego, the turnout was 13,243 to watch the Gulls battle the Phoenix Roadrunners. In Seattle, the Totems’ largest crowd of the year — 13,700 — swarmed the Coliseum to watch another brawling battle against the Portland Buckaroos. At least 2,000 fans were turned away, too, in Seattle. One night — two games — total turnout of 26,313. Not bad for a “minor” league,’eh? The Totems also snapped a jinx. Previously, they had lost before their six largest home crowds of all time. No, they didn’t beat Portland. But they came from behind to pull out a 2-2 tie. San Diego continues its race for a new Western League attendance record. The Gulls’ first 32 home games drew 294,085…
McNab Rates ‘Coach Of Year’ Honor Provine ‘Nice Guvs’ Can Win, Too
SAN DIEGO, Calif. - Once in a long while it is pure pleasure to be able to write a story. This is one of those times. There’s no official award but let’s exert the power of the press and name Max Mc-Nab of the San Diego Gulls as the Western Hockey League’s “coach of the year.” And take that, Leo Durocher! You can skate from Cranbrooke to Penticton and not find a nicer guy in professional hockey than McNab, who has been called genial so often the word is almost a part of his name. In fact, it had been charged in some earlier campaigns that this was McNab’s biggest problem as a coach. He was too nice a guy. But his system, whatever it is, has worked this season. As one of his players, who…
Rookie Star Disappoints With Leafs
TORONTO, ONT. — Many qualified observers felt L e a f’s Wayne Carleton would be the National Hockey League outstanding rookie this season. Well, you can add him to the list of Toronto’s 1967-68 hockey disappointments. Playing irregularly and with several different attacking combinations, Carleton produced only eight goals and 11 assists. He wasn’t even in a class with such standout newcomers as DerekSan-derson, Doug Favell and Jacques Lemaire. What went wrong? Carleton is a remarkable physical specimen and he does possess talent but what he doesn’t have is competitive experience. And that, more than anything else, has been his undoing this winter. Recently, he’d been troubled by a sore wrist and finally submitted to X-ray examination. Lo and behold, a bone was broken. That was the end of a discouraging year for the giant from…
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