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June 1, 1972
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McLellan Will Be Back To Coach If Health OK
TORONTO— If John McLellan feels up to it physically, he can have his coaching job back with the Toronto Maple Leafs next season. So says Harold Ballard, the Leafs’ owner who insists that the ailing McLellan is his man as long as he is medically fit and the team is a reasonable winner. Ballard, who admitted trying unsuccessfully to lure former Bruins’ coach Harry Sinden to Toronto when McLellan fell ill late in the 1971-72 season and had to be replaced by King Clancy, says he doesn’t see why McLellan can’t return to run the Leafs. “The year before last, McLellan was the coach of the year. Last season he was going pretty well until he got those ulcers. The doctor now says he’s all right and shouldn’t have any trouble physically next season,”…
BOOK REVIEW:
With the pulsating BostonNew York Stanley Cup final series still fresh in every hockey fan’s mind, it is difficult to imagine a more timely book than John Devaney’s WE LOVE YOU BRUINS (Sport Magazine Press, 183 pages). As a team history, Devany’s treatment of the amazing vicissitudes in the fortunes of the Boston Bruins during their colorful 47-year tenure in the National Hockey League is just about perfect. With a light but extremely readable touch, the author brushes relatively quickly over the early Bruin years and the team’s first idols such as Eddie Shore (the original Big, Bad Bruin), Dit Clapper, and the Krauts, but saves his best for the analysis of the contemporary galaxy of stars that currently shine in the Boston black and gold livery. While avoiding many of the…
Creighton Omaha Coach As Knights Change Hands
OMAHA— Fred Creighton, successful coach at Charlotte in the Eastern League, is the new pilot of the Omaha Knights, who will become a farm club of the expansion Atlanta team next season. Creighton succeeds Larry Popein, who is rumored to be the next coach at Providence in the American League. The New York Rangers have announced that Providence will become their No. 1 farm club next season, although they are promising to supply some players for Omaha, since Atlanta may not have enough to fill the squad. Creighton brings one of the best minor coaching records in the game to Omaha. Last season, he was selected coach-of-the-year by THE HOCKEY NEWS after leading the Checkers to both the league and playoff titles. To enhance his selection. Creighton went out and did it again…
Protected List No Problem But Poile Pulls Surprises
VANCOUVER— There are times when being one of the new boys on the block has its advantages. One of those times comes up early in June when members of the National Hockey League gather in Montreal to stock two new franchises—Atlanta and Long Island. Teams like Boston, New York, Montreal and Chicago may have trouble protecting some of their more useful performers from the new members. That won’t be a major problem for the Vancouver Canucks, whose 48 points last season was the least recorded in either the east or west divisions. But the Canucks, like the other 13 existing clubs, will lose three players, a prospect that doesn’t exactly thrill Vanouver general manager Bud Poile. “I don’t want to lose any of our players,” he says. “We’ve worked hard building up our organization and while…
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