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March 12, 1971
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WESTERN LEAGUE
HOW THEY STAND WESTERN LEAGUE (Standings on Wed. March 3) GAMES COMPLETED Mon. Fob. 22 Portland 3 at Seattle 4 Tues. Feb. 23 San D ego 2 at Denver 1 Wed. Feb. 24 Phoenix 2 at San Diego 2 Thurs. Feb 2 Phoenix 4 at Seattle 1 Fri. Feb. 26 Seattle 4 at Salt Lake 2 Sat. Feb. 27 Denver 3 at Salt Lake 5 Portland 4 at San Diego 5 Sun. Feb. 28 Portland 0 at Son Diego 5 Phoenix 2 at Seattle 4 GAMES TO COME Wed. March 3 Phoenix at Denver (at Denver) Salt Lake at Portland Thurs. March 4 Denver at San Dieqo Fri. March 5 Salt Lake at Seattle Sat. March 6 Portland at Salt Lake Phoenix at San Diego Sun. March 7 Denver at Seattle Wed. March 10 Seattle at Salt Lake Denver at Portland Fri. March 12 Phoenix at Salt Lake Seattle at San Diego LEADING SCORERS (Including Games of Sun. Feb. 21) GOALKEEPERS RECORDS Western Hockey League Summaries Fri.Feb. 5 SAN DIEGO 2…
Popein Can’t Shake Gary Veneruzzo — And He’s Glad
SEATTLE — Larry Popein had to leave the Central Hockey League to get rid of a pain in the neck but it followed him to the Western Hockey League and he’s happy about it. Popein, who switched from coach of the Omaha Knights to the bench boss this season of the Seattle Totems, remembers Gary Veneruzzo’s Central League exploits. “He was the sparkplug in Kansas City,” said Popein. “He was one pain in the neck to our hockey club.” Veneruzzo split last season between Kansas City, where he scored 20 goals and 30 assists in 50 games, and Buffalo of the American Hockey League, where he had eight goals and 11 assists in 21 games. This season he is leading the Totems in goal scoring with 21 in 51 games. He’s third in points with…
HOCKEY CROSSWORD
ACROSS 1—Pictured player. 5—Nickname of a Philadelphia farm club. 8—Scored 22 goals for Philly last season. 11—A Lyric poem. 12—An NHL left winger. 13—This NHL linesman wears No. 24. 14—Goaltenders protect this. 16—Girls name. 17—Finished 1st in the West Last year, (init.) 19—An NHL goaltender answers to this. 20—Last season’s Norris winner. 22—One of the Penguins. 26—4 down once played for this team, (abbr.) 27—Either. 28—Initials of one of the Sabres. 29—Number worn by Mohns while with Chicago. 30—An NHL captain. 31—A Vancouver farmhand. 32—Initials of former Bruin Gardner. DOWN 1—A former top Rookie. 2—A St. Louis veteran. 3—Same as 27 across. 4—Nickname of one of the Red Wings. 6—Recently traded to St. Louis. 7—A Denver forward. 9—Each, (abbr.) 10—Initials of a former Red Wing. 15—Same as 16 across. 18—Initials of Ronson of San Diego. 21—First name of one of the Red Wings. 22—Plays forward for Denver. 23—A San Diego forward. 24—First name of a Chicago veteran. 25—Finished 4th in the East last season. 26—Nothing. LAST WEEK’S…
Howe Gains 1,800-Point Career Mark
DETROIT — Gordie Howe passed another milestone during a one goal, three assist performance against Buffalo … Howe counted his 1,800th regular season point … and quickly added numbers 1.801 and 1,802. Howe notched his 20th goal in a 5-3 victory over Minnesota and it’s the 22nd straight time in his 25-season NHL career that he’s hit the 20 plateau. The Wings, best attack of the season was needed to get that 6-5 victory over Buffalo which enabled them to break even with Punch Imlach’s $6 million expansion team for the season … now the Wings are fighting to beat out the Sabres and Vancouver in the East standings. Mystifying is Mickey Redmond’s ankle injury, suffered in his first Red Wing game on Jan 14 when Pittsburgh’s Bob Woytowich fell on it in the…
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