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October 9, 1970
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Punch Adamant His Sabres Will Be There For Playoffs—But Not Leafs, Canucks
BUFFALO— To Punch Imlach, a nonbeliever is anyone who doesn’t think the Buffalo Sabres will make the playoffs this season. The Sabres had barely settled down in their training quarters in the picturesque Kawartha Lakes region of Peterborough before Imlach eliminated the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Vancouver Canucks as playoff material. The Leafs, of course, employed Imlach for 11 seasons before unfrocking him a year ago. Imlach would sooner lose a night’s sleep than lose an opportunity to throw a shaft at the Leafs and Stafford Smythe. The Vancouver club, like the Sabres, came into the National Hockey League this season in the second phase of expansion. The Canucks, as owners of Western and American League franchises, started with 54 players. The Sabres started with two. “You are a non-believer,” Imlach replied to a…
Totems Strike It Rich With Rangers
SEATTLE— You might say that even with the early returns still incomplete, General Manager Bill MacFarland of the Seattle Totems was not exactly displeased with his team’s new working agreement with the New York Rangers. In fact, the first two players sent to the Totems in mid-September were defenseman Randy Legge and goal-tender George Surmay. “This certainly is a strong indication,” said MacFarland in a rare burst of pleasure, “of the kind of cooperation we are hoping to get from the Rangers’ vast pool of hockey talent.” “In fact,” he continued, “Surmay and Legge could mean that the Rangers will the Totems the talent to make Seattle a definite title contender.” “And the Rangers,” MacFarland added with obvious emphasis, “have a wealth of talent.” Within 48 hours, MacFarland was looking good—and so were the Rangers, to…
Kelly Admits Pens To Be Sold But No Way They’ll Move Club
PITTSBURGH— The Penguins probably will be sold soon, but they will remain in Pittsburgh. The financial entanglements of owner Donald Parsons of Detroit were revealed in the Wall Street Journal this summer, then discussed at the annual National Hockey League meeting in Toronto in late August. The NHL, according to Penguin coach and general manager Red Kelly, does not want the Penguins out of Pittsburgh especially after the city began to perk up and support the hockey team the last part of last season when they made the playoffs. Kelly says the Penguins undoubtedly will be sold, but there’s no way they will leave Pittsburgh. “People turned out and gave them support last year. If the Penguins can play hockey, the town will support them. There’s no way the NHL governors are going to let…
New Kids Turn GM Seike On As Seals Aim For ‘Muscle’
OAKLAND— Frank Seike was excited. He rattled on over the long-distance wire with the speed of a teletype. The diminutive and effusive Seal general manager was bubbling over about the way things were going in the first few days of the club’s training camp in Oshawa, Ontario, just a Bobby Hull slap shot from Toronto. “We’ve got more good players than we’ve ever had and we’ve got some people in this camp who want National Hockey. League jobs and are willing to fight to get ’em. “There’s been more hitting in the first couple of days than at any time in any previous training camp. That’s very heartening because our objective over the summer was to get some tougher hockey players—players willing to knock other people around,” he continued. The Seals took 57 players to…
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