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April 17, 1970
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CENTRAL LEAGUE
LOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKS Made in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY. LTD. Arnold Street, Wallacaburg, Ontaria Sold in U.S. and Canada LOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKS Made in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY. LTD. Arnold Street, Wallacaburg, Ontaria Sold in U.S. and Canada CHL PLAYOFFS CENTRAL LEAGUE Semi-Finals GAMES COMPLETED Wed. March 25 Omaha 1 at Fort Worth 2 Fri. March 27 Omaha 2 atFort Worth 3 Sat. March 28 Fort Worth 1 at Omaha 5 Sun. March 29 Fort Worth 1 at Omaha 3 Tues. March 31 Omaha 6 at Fort Worth 1 Wed. April 1 Fort Worth 5 at Omaha 4 Fri.April 3 Omaho 3 at Fort Worth 0 GAMES COMPLETED Wed. March 25 Tulsa 2 at Iowa 4 Sat. March 28 Tulsa 1 at Iowa 2 Sun. March 29 Iowa 0 at Tulsa 5 Tues. March 31 Iowa 6 at Tulsa 2 Wed. April 1 Tulsa 5 at Iowa 3 Fri. April 3 Iowa 4 at Tulsa 0…
Voyageurs Romp In First AHL Year, Drouin’s 106 Points Wins Scoring
MONTREEAL— For a first-year hockey club, one would have to say the Montreal Voyageurs were excellent. The club set a couple of records and the players worked hard the entire season, despite injuries and call-ups to the parent Montreal Canadiens. “This is atremendousteam,” said club trainer Noel Geoffroy. “I’ve seen a fewgood teams and this one is tremendous.” Geoffroy has been trainer for several dazzling Junior clubs. “There were times where there were missing quite a lot of guys from the team but the others picked up the slack and came through,” player-coach Al MacNeil said. Too, the Voyageurs were fortunate in having such talented players as Jude Drouin, Guy Charron, Dennis Hextali, Phil Roberto, Marc Tardif, Rejean Houle and many others up front. Jack Norris was a standout in goal and the defense of MacNeil,…
HOW THEY STAND
NEW ENGLAND LEAGUE (Final Standings) PLAYOFF GAMES (Semi-Finals) Finals GAMES COMPLETED Sat. March 14 Concord 6 Nashua 5 Fri. March 20 Concord 4 Nashua 3 Sat. March 27 Nashua 4 Concord 3 Fri. March 27 Concord 5 Nashua 1 Sat. March 28 Concord 6 Nashua 5 MICHIGAN JUNIOR LEAGUE FINALS GAMES COMPLETED Sun. March 15 Olympia 5, Lee 2 Wed. March 18 Olympia 11, Lee 0 Sun. March 22 Olympia 12, Lee 2 SEMI-FINALS GAMES COMPLETED Fri. March 6 Olympia 11, Tri-County 0 Sun. March 8 Olympia 7, Tri-County 6 GAMES COMPLETED Sun. March 8 Lee 7, Ellis 2 Fri. March 13 Lee 4, Ellis 1…
Buffalo, Montreal Dominate 18th Annual Coaches’ Teams
HARRISBURG— The Buffalo Bisons and Montreal Voyageurs swept five first all-star team positions and three of the four individual awards in the 18th annual American Hockey League coaches’ dream teams selected for THE HOCKEY NEWS and the Harrisburg Patriot-News. Goalie Gilles Villemure, one of two unanimous selections to the first team, was voted the most valuable player, while his coach Fred Shero walked off with coach-of-the year honors. As in past years the coaches based their choices on home and away play performances. The teams are all-opponent, that is, no coach voted for his own player in team balloting. Rookie-of-the-year went to Jude Drouin, Montreal Voyageurs center and the league’s top scorer, while Noel Price, Springfield Kings, was picked as the best defenseman. Both were first team selections. Villemure, with eight shutouts to his credit…
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