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November 17, 1972
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Murphy Makes It With Blues After Turning Bark On Game
ST. LOUIS— Mike Murphy is playing a lot of hockey these days for someone who retired at the age of 21. Murphy is the right wing on the St. Louis Blues’ highest-scoring line with Garry Unger and Phil Roberto. He is 22 and trying to better last year’s performance when he set new rookie scoring records for the Blues with 20 goals and 23 assists for 43 points. But Murphy actually retired from pro hockey at the beginning of last season. At that time he was a member of the New York Rangers’ organization, and the Rangers had sent him back to Omaha, where he had been the Central Hockey League’s Rookie of the Year in the 1970-71 season. “I had just rejoined the Knights and I was apprehensive about my future,” Murphy said.…
Penalties Help Knock Runners Off Top Rung
PHOENIX— Phoenix Roadrunners, winless in their last three games, dropped out of the Western Hockey League lead, a point behind the surprising Seattle Totems. And coach Sandy Hucul didn’t have to ponder the reasons. He scheduled extra practice on penalty killing. In the three winless games, a tie and two losses, the Roadrunners allowed a total of nine power play goals. That's nine out of 16 allowed, including one into an empty net in a final minute gamble. The penalty break wasn’t going the Runners’ way with eight of the first 11 in a 4-2 loss at San Diego called against Phoenix. Nine of 14 in a 5-3 loss at Seattle were against Phoenix. Despite the disastrous week, Phoenix defenseman Jim Murray retained the scoring leadership and five of his teammates were among the top…
NHL Team Rosters
C-Captain. A-Alternate Captain MONTREAL GOAL Ken Dryden Michel Plasse Wayne Thomas DEFENSE Jacques Laperriere A Guy Lapointe Serge Savard Pierre Bouchard Dale Hoganson Bob Murdoch Dale Hoganson CENTER Jacques Lemaire Pete Mahovlich Rejean Houle Henri Richard C R. WING Yvan Cournoyer A Claude Larose Jimmy Roberts Chuck Arnason Murray Wilson L WING Frank Mahovlich A Marc Tardif Steve Shutt Chuck Lefley INJURED Guy Lafleur BOSTON GOAL Ed Johnston Ross Brooks DEFENSE Dallas Smith A Don Awrey Carol Vadnais Nick Beverly Kon Jones CENTER Phil Esposito A Fred Stanfield Mike Walton Greg Sheppard R. WING Ken Hodge Wayne Cashman Terry O’Reilly Fred O’Donnell L WING John Bucyk A Don Marcotte Ace Bailey INJURED Bobby Orr DETROIT GOAL Roy Edwards Denis DeJordy DEFENSE Gary Bergman A Ron Stackhouse Thommie Bergman Serge Lajeunesse Larry Johnston CENTER Red Berenson A Marcel Dionne Alex Delvecchio C Henry Boucha R. WING Mickey Redmond Bill Collins Leon Rochefort Len Fontaine L WING Nick Libett Tim Ecclestone Guy Charron Al Karlander INJURED Gary Doak TORONTO GOAL Ron Low Jacques Plante DEFENSE Mike Pelyk Jim McKenny Larry McIntyre John Grisdale Joe Lundrigan CENTER Dave Keon C George Ferguson Darryl Sittler R. WING Ron Ellis A Rick Kehoe Errol Thompson Pierre Jarry L WING Paul Henderson Denis Dupere Garry Monahan Randy Osburn INJURED Norm Ullman A Bob Baun A Brian Glennie RANGERS GOAL Ed Giacomin Gilles Villemure Peter McDuffe DEFENSE Brad Park A Rod Seiling Dale Rolfe Ab DeMarco Curt Bennett CENTER Jean Ratelie Walt Tkaczuk Pete Stemkowski Bob Rousseau R. WING Rod Gilbert A Bill Fairbairn Ron Stewart L WING Vic Hadfield C Gene…
NHL SCOREBOARD
GAMES COMPLETED Tue. Oct. 31 Vancouver 1 at Los Angeles 4 Wed. Nov. 1 Montreal 7 at Pittsburgh 1 Buffalo 1 at Toronto 7 N.Y. Rangers 3 at Chicago 2 N.Y. Islanders 6 at California 2 Atlanta 4 at Detroit 2 St. Louis 3 at Minnesota 3 Thur. Nov. 2 Montreal 6 at Atlanta 1 Boston 2 at Los Angeles 5 Pittsburgh 2 at Philadelphia 4 Fri. Nov. 3 N.Y. Islanders 2 at Vancouver 7 Boston 6 at California 6 Sat. Nov. 4 Detroit 4 at Montreal 2 St. Louis 2 at Toronto 4 N.Y. Rangers 4 at Pittsburgh 6 N.Y. Islanders 2 at Los Angeles 9 Buffalo 3 at Philadelphia 5 Chicago 3 at Minnesota 5 Sun Nov. 5 Toronto 2 at Atlanta 2 N.Y. Rangers 3 at Philadelphia 2 Boston 4 at Vancouver 2 Pittsburgh 1 at Detroit 1 St. Louis 1 at Buffalo 1 California 3 at Chicago 3 GAMES TO COME Tues. Nov. 7 Los Angeles at St. Louis Wed.…
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