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January 14, 1972
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Boston Fans Wild About Leading Braves; Tannahill Admits Club Hot After Cup
BOSTON— The recent 16-game goal famine suffered by the Braves’ 22-year-old blond left winger Don Tannahill failed to ruffle the durable youngster. “I was happy when it ended, that’s for sure,” smiled Tannahill, “but I wasn’t overly-Concerned about it. Heck, with all the shots we take, everyone’s going to get more than his share of goals.” This is Don’s first fling at the AHL after a season and a half with Oklahoma City of the CHL, and he’s enchanted with the new surroundings. “It’s really great—the league, the team and the fans,” he enthused. “The style of play up here is much closer to the NHL for one thing. There’s a lot more emphasis on defense here than in the Central League.” Boston’s hockey-crazed fans came as no surprise to Don. “I heard about them when…
DOWN EAST
Goalers Spotlighted In Holiday Tourneys ‘Twas the week before Christmas and all through the East, not a regular-season game was played. The only action of any consequence for ECAC Division One came in a couple of pre-Christmas tournaments. Notre Dame became the first WCHA team to win the ECAC Holiday Festival in Madison Square Garden, defeating Boston College 7-4 and St. Lawrence 4-2 to take the crown. In “standings” games in the Big City, the Larries upped their record to 3-1-1 with a 4-3 screamer over Brown in the tourney opener. BC broke a four-game losing streak with a 6-3 dumping of the Bruins in the consolation match, raising their slate to 4-2 in the loop. Brown fell deeper into the pit, leaving the tourney with a 1-6 mark. Boston University took the…
LA SOIREE DU HOCKEY
VANCOUVER— There was a time when being named coach of a team in the National Hockey League provided almost as much job security as an appointment to the Senate. Then came expansion in 1967 when the NHL took in six new cities and 1970 when Vancouver and Buffalo joined. Coaching suddenly became a precarious sort of thing to do. Now we find that the NHL will move ahead to 18 teams and goodness only knows where enough leaders will be found. After all with only 14 coaches now, at least five cities aren’t entirely sure their’s is good enough. Here in Vancouver the Canucks were greeted with tremendous enthusiasm in their maiden season at the Pacific Coliseum despite the fact that the biggest reason for their pre-Christmas success was a serious slump…
Montreal Man To Head New Canadiens’ Owners
MONTREAL— The Montreal Canadiens have changed hands at the ownership level but don’t look for any face lifting on the ice—unless the team goes into an unexpected tailspin. The change at the top simply means a new company headed by prominent Montreal businessman and lawyer Jacques Courtois, will control the Stanley Cup champions’ operations with the Molson brothers—David, Bill and Peter—selling out their entire interests in the club. The new shareholders consist of Edward and Peter Bronfman, the Bank of Nova Scotia and Baton Broadcasting Ltd., a Toronto-based firm which has as its president John Bassett. It seems the Canadiens will have a new acting NHL Governor in the person of Bassett, who was formerly executive’ vice-president of Toronto’s Maple Leaf Gardens and current owner of the Toronto football Argos. Bassett will replace David…
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