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October 15, 1971
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WHO’S MISSING……FROM LAST YEAR?
MONTREAL: Jean Beliveau and John Ferguson retired. BOSTON: All regulars back. VANCOUVER: Marc Reaume, Darryl Sly, Ray Cullen and Andy Bathgate have dropped from the NHL scene. Reaume and Cullen retired. Sly has returned to amateur hockey with Barrie of the Ontario Senior League where he will take up a teaching position. Bathgate is attempting to get his amateur card back to play and coach in Europe. NEW YORK: All regulars back. BUFFALO: Jean-Guy Talbot retired. DETROIT: Gordie Howe, Larry Jeffrey and Hank Monteith are missing from last year’s opening game roster. Howe quit recently after 25 glorious years to become an executive vice-president with the wings. Injuries forced Jeffrey to retire early last season and he is now a Detroit scout. Monteith has retired for the purpose of returning to college. TORONTO: George Armstrong is…
PASSING THE PUCK
• ALEX DELVECCHIO is furious because the Detroit Red Wings plan to use him as an extra man this season and not on a regular shift. The 21-year NHL veteran, angered by his demotion from a full-time role, said: “That’s the only way I’ll stay on this team. I’ve always been a regular and I want to stay that way until I retire”…Coach Doug Barkley of the Wings has other plans for the Detroit captain, however. “Alex can play any of the forward positions, but he’s 39 years old and just can’t keep up with a 78-game schedule. We plan to use him as an extra man and he’ll work on the power play and penalty killing team”…Los Angeles Kings have been talking to Bert Olmstead about a coaching job.…
U.S. Nats Get Nine Vets Back
BLOOMINGTON— A nucleus of nine veterans from last year’s National sextet are among the 26 candidates coach Murray Williamson brought together for the 1972 United States Olympic hockey team’s fall training camp. The camp opened September 15 at Metropolitan Sports Center in Bloomington, Minn., before shifting to Bemidji, Minn., September 18. It appears this will be a young U.S. team, for the 26 training camp participants average 22 years of age. But it was young players such as Henry Boucha, Jim McElmury and Tom Mellor—all returning this year—who turned in the strongest performances for the U.S. in the 1971 World Championships. Others with National team experience include Keith Christiansen, Craig Patrick, Tim Sheehy, Kevin Ahearn and Pete Fichuk. Ahearn attended the Montreal Canadiens’ training camp. Boucha was at Detroit’s and Patrick tried out with…
Sanderson’s New Approach To Include No Popping Off, Bid At 40-Goal Year
BOSTON— If there is to be a new look to the Bruins this year attribute it to an old lace—that of self-styled modernist Derek Michael Sanderson. Derek Michael now is about to start his fourth season with the B’s and to the 25-year-old blithe spirit from Niagara Falls everything right now is sweetness and light. After a summer of golf and a month of communication with nature in wilderness and solitude, that was broken only by a challenge of minds on contract matters. Derek reported to the Bruins training camp with a new philosophy for this season. “There will be no popping off from this kid, he said. “I’m happy with my contract and I have no beefs about management. “I just want to play hockey this year.” Although he carried contract negotiations down to the…
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