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February 11, 1972
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Backstrom Steadiest King Despite Low Goal Production
LOUISVILLE SLUG6ER HOCKEY STICKS Made in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY, LTD. Arnold Street, Wallenburg, Ontario Sold in U.S. and Canada LOS ANGELES— Ralph Backstrom is a swift, tireless skater who sometimes seems to go in circles. He is a hustler who has trouble scoring. In 12 seasons with Montreal, he usually scored 20 or more goals, but never thirty. He usually assisted on 20 more, too, but only one season 30 or more. He is a star who is not a super star because he isn’t a super scorer. He has played on six Stanley Cup winning teams. Traded to lowly L.A. last season, he did not let defeats spoil his desire and scored 14 goals in 32 games. He continued to hustle through hard times this season, although he did not…
Tidewater Hopes Rest With Youth
NORFOLK— In an effort to salvage, what has to date been, a less than great year, the Tidewater Wings have made several changes. The first of which was the appointment of Doug Barkley as coach, replacing Larry Jeffrey who asked to be relieved of his duties in Tidewater. One of Barkley’s first moves as coach of the T-Wings was to put an emphasis on youth. Doug said, “We have to start playing as a team, not as individuals and the younger players will have a chance to prove what they can do”. In a juggling act that would make Ringling Bros, envious, the Wings shifted 10 players between Tidewater and Fort Worth. The T-Wings sent goaltender Andy Brown, defenseman Serge Lajeunesse and forwards Rene Leclerc, Ralph Stewart, Tom Martin and Bill Hicke to Fort…
WESTERN WAY
North Dakota’s Sweep Lifts Streaking Sioux North Dakota continued moving up in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, putting itself in a tie for second place with a sweep of two games from Colorado College, which meant four straight victories. With Wisconsin out in front but idle, second place became the focal point of the race, since Colorado, Denver and Minnesota-Duluth were all shooting for undisputed possession of second on the same weekend. Denver and Duluth split, as did eighth and ninth place Michigan Tech and Michigan, while lowly Minnesota absorbed two more losses from Notre Dame. The Sioux from North Dakota had to survive a stirring CC rally to win the first game of the series in Grand Forks, N.D., 8-7. Alan Hanglseben, the freshman defenseman from Warroad, Minn., won his second straight game…
Fill-In Jerry Korab Winning Raves From Black Hawks
CHICAGO— Mammoth Jerry Korab may be only the fifth defenseman and fourth left wing for the Black Hawks, but he is very near the top in the souls of the team’s afficionados. Bobby Hull is still loved, and Keith Magnuson still adored, of course, but there is something about the awesome frame of Korab leaping over the boards that prompts electricity in the Chicago Stadium gallery. “I know I’ve got a lot of fans on my side,” grinned Korab, the man with the ready fists and the wicked slapshot. “That kind of support is really super.” Just prior to the All Star game break, Korab was logging more and more ice time. Coach Billy Reay inserted him for spot turns at left wing on the established lines, plus occasional duty on the port side…
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