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October 9, 1970
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Rangers To Open NHL Campaign With Four New Faces In Lineup
NEW YORK— Early results from the camp of the New York Rangers make it seem very likely that New York will carry at least three rookies into the 1970-71 National Hockey League season. They are left wing Jack Egers, center Syl Apps Jr. and defense-man Ah DeMarco Jr. A fourth frosh, from a technical point of view undoubtedly will be goalie Gilles Villemure, who is a veteran of the minor professional wars and has subbed in the Ranger cage on occasion in the past few years. Egers is the wow of the camp. His howitzer shots on goal are accurate and accelerate with Bobby Hull miles per hour mystique. Jack likes to shoot and may become a long range threat a la Robert Marvin Hull with his constant canonading. “You bet Egers can…
Dartmouth Out Of Junior Play; Horvath New Cane Breton Coach
HALIFAX— The Maritime Junior A Hockey League will function as a three team unit during the 197071 season following the expected withdrawal of Dartmouth Lakers at an August meeting in Halifax. The Lakers asked for and received a one year leave of absence, citing the loss of all but five players to age from their 1969-70 operation, heavy financial losses and the obvious need of a new building to replace the archaic edifice that is the Dartmouth Memorial Rink. Despite elaborate promotion and a highly competitive team, Lakers couldn’t coax people into the ‘red barn’. Unless the rink situation is cleared up by next season, highly unlikely, it is assumed the Lakers are out of business permanently. Meanwhile, the three surviving teams, defending champion Charlottetown Islanders, Cape Breton Metros and Halifax Atlantics,…
New Blues’Captain, Berenson Must Fill Role Of Ice Leader
ST. LOUIS— One of the intangible factors of the success of the St. Louis Blues the past three seasons has been the leadership of Scotty Bowman. Bowman has driven the Blues and has molded them into a championship team that even on one of its bad nights is not disgraced by any of the National Hockey League’s powerhouses. The Blues have enough pride in themselves to give the maximum effort of which they are able. Probably the Blues’ chances for another division title in 1970-71 will depend more than ever on pride in performance. The team has not been significantly strengh-tened this year by a major acquisition, as it was last year by Phil Goyette and the previous season by Jacques Plante. Both of those veterans ar gone now after serving as shots of…
Reardon Optimistic ‘New Look’ To Make Clippers Title Threat
BALTIMORE— Baltimore’s “new look” Clippers went to training camp with a great deal of optimism for the 1970-71 American Hockey League campaign. Terry Reardon, who has been the Clippers’ general manager ever since the franchise was awarded to Baltimore in 1962, assumed the dual role of GM and coach, and greeted 27 candidates at the Clippers’ camp in Hershey. Shortly after the end of last season, Zan Krieger and Jake Embry, the Clipper owners, decided not to renew their working agreement with the NHL Penguins. A number of factors were involved in the decision, and out of the complex pattern emerged a Baltimore organization that would operate independently for the upcoming AHL season. Early in September, Reardon decided to return to coaching as he was unable to land a suitable replacement for Rudy Migay,…
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