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April 28, 1972
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Marotte, Willing, Goring Kings’ Sparklers
LOS ANGELES— When a team has a bad season, the accomplishments of its individuals often are overlooked. The Los Angeles Kings had another bad season, a dreadful year, but some of the King players did not do too bad individually. Publicist John Wolf, who can always find a bright spot in a dark situation, has located some sparkling statistics. Oustanding was rugged defenseman Gilles Marotte who matured into consistency, played steady and tough on defense, scored 10 goals and assisted on 24 others. He was the Kings’ strongest player on the rearguard, the only one to make an offensive contribution and Most Valuable Player for the season. Juha Widing, last season’s MVP, became the first King to score 25 or more goals in two consecutive seasons as he topped the team in goals…
Williams Finds Range To Lift Braves
BOSTON— After almost two months of anemic point production, the Braves multitalented forward Tommy Williams decided to come out of the wilderness and play the kind of hockey he and everyone else knew he could, and the Providence Reds had to bear the brunt of his wrath. Plucked from the roster of the California Golden Seals back in February, Tom was being counted upon to take some of the pressure off of captain Garry Peters by establishing himself as a team leader over the final third of the season. “When I was first notified that I’d be joining the Braves, I reacted with mixed emotions,” admitted the fair-haired Duluth, Minn., product. “I was happy to be coming back to Boston alright, but it was still a demotion from the NHL to the AHL.” Williams…
Street Hockey Game Catching On Like Wildfire With Boston Kids
BOSTON— The not-so relatively new game of street hockey is the current rage of New England and especially the Greater Boston area, where the stick and puck have become as much a part of the life style as long hair and moddress did in England when Beatlemania swept the country. Youngsters and oldsters, boys and girls of all ages have become enraptured with the game, playing it in many different variations in all sorts of locations. Aside from the street and backyard, league and pickup games are held on school playgrounds, various parking lots and tennis courts. The sport has created so much interst in the area that local and metropolitan newspapers actually cover and print the schedules and results of league games. There are city, neighborhood and district leagues, some containing as many…
Stemmer, Tkaczuk Deal Habs Out
NEW YORK— The New York Rangers delt the Montreal Canadiens their first playoff loss at the hands of the Gothamites in over 20 years last week and the men who helped manoeuver the club into the Stanley Cup semi-final playoffs against Chicago were three fellows named Walter Tkaczuk, Peter Stemkowski and Billy Fairbairn. The Rangers’ hot-scoring trio were the designers of defeat as the vaquished Stanley Cup champions faded into oblivion. Tkaczuk, who triggered the game and series-winning goal in the Rangers’ windup 3-2 victory over Montreal after Fairbairn had continued his scintillating playoff scoring with the game’s first two goals, was more concerned with the feats of the Rangers’ Polish Prince—the 28-year-old Stemkowski. “He always gets the big goals,” said Tkaczuk, admiringly after Stemkowski almost single handedly gave New York its third win…