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December 17, 1971
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Hobbled Hornets Lose Sting; L’Abbe Hot Scorer For Flint
TOLEDO— When it came to talking about the slow start of the Toledo Hornets, player-coach Bill Needham wasn’t saying much. In fact, if you asked Needham about the Hornets just after Thanks giving, the coach wasn’t talking. Not that he wouldn’t, but he couldn’t. Needham underwent an operation for a jaw injury suffered in the season-opener in Port Huron and temporarily turned the team over to defenseman John Gravel. Since taking a puck in the jaw in mid-October, Needham hadn’t been able to open his mouth wider than to slip a piece of toast in. Needham went into hospital for repairs in the midst of a four-game losing streak that dropped Toledo to its low mark of the season, five games under the .500 mark. After opening the season with three straight victories, the…
Hot Run On Home Ice Helps Dallas Hawks Ride To Top
LOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKS Made in Canada by HILLERICH A BRADSBY, LTD. Arnold Street Wallaceburg, Ontario Sold in U. S. and Canada LOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKS Made in Canada by HILLERICH A BRADSBY, LTD. Arnold Street Wallaceburg, Ontario Sold in U. S. and Canada DALLAS— First place, it’s wonderful! The Dallas Black Hawks took a long time getting there, and they have no immediate intentions of vacating those choice quarters. In spite of a torrid home streak, once they got to play at home, it took coach Bobby Kromm and his Hawks six weeks to climb to the top perch on the Central League ladder. They achieved that Nov. 21, when they took a 3-1 triumph in Kansas City, while Tulsa’s former frontrunners were losing at home to Omaha, 2-1. Thanksgiving week brought a pair…
COLLEGE RACES
ECAC CONFERENCE Division I (Standings on Mon. Nov. 29) GAMES COMPLETED Clarkson 6 Sir George Williams 1 Boston University 4, U.S. Nationals 4 Providence 6, Merrimack 2 U.S. Nationals 6, Dartmouth 4 Boston College 4. Minnesota-Duluth 3 Clarkson 9, Colgate 3 St. Lawrence 7, Vermont 5 Colgate 3, St. Lawrence 2 Clarkson 6, Vermont 2 Lake Superior State 9, Boston College 2 RPI 4, Bowling Green 1 Providence 6, Pennsylvania 3 Boston University 6, Yale 3 St. Lawrence 3, Clarkson 2 Vermont 7, Cogate 2 Manitoba 4, Boston College 2 RPI 6, Bowling Green 4 Cornell 11, Laurentian 2 Brown 6, St. Louis 5 St. Louis 5, Brown 3 WCHA CONFERENCE (Standings on Mon. Nov. 29) GAMES COMPLETED North Dakota 2, Wisconsin 1 Wisconsin 3, North Dakota 2 Michigan Tech 9, Notre Dame 3 Notre Dame 6, Michigan Tech 5 Michigan 5, Michigan State 1 Michigan State 4, Michigan 2 Colorado College 5, Minnesota 2 Colorado College 5, Minnesota 4 Denver 5, U.S. Nationals 2 Denver…
Bodnar’s Rebounding Generals Solidify First Place
OSHAWA— During the first quarter of the Ontario Hockey Association Major Junior A schedule a great many coaches and fans harped on the same theme: Oshawa Generals just can’t stay in first place. After all, the Generals had been everyone’s favorite whipping boys for five years and how could they suddenly rise to first place, let alone stay there? However new Coach Gus Bodnar and his Oshawa club are gradually making believers out of doubters. Experiencing their first minor slump, the Generals lost two and tied one in a three-game stretch but then came roaring back to earn five of a possible six points with victories over London (5-2), Peterborough (5-3) and a 4-4 tie in Niagara Falls. The two wins and draw lifted the Generals out of a first place tie with Ottawa 67s…
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