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December 1, 1972
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THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY Vol. 26—No. 9 DECEMBER 1, 1972 Price: 35c INJURY JINX STRIKES RANGERS BOBBY SCHMAUTZ: HOTTEST THING ON ICE BUFFALO’S NEW LOOK SHOWS UP IN ICE PLAY RICHARD MARTINTraining Program Helped Make Him 16-Goal Scorer ROOKIE VICKERS GLOWING RANGER FLAMES SURPRISE REST OF NHL BUT NOT THE BOOMER JIM HARRISON SLICKEST OILER IN WHA…
Ottawa Puts It All Together But Home Fans Not Noticing
OTTAWA— Almost overnight the Nationals have become a very respectable hockey team. The only problem, hardly anyone in town seems to notice. At least that’s the indication from the sparse turnouts for Nats’ home games at the Civic Arena. The attendance has been averaging around 2,000. Take the Nats’ recent 2-1 victory over the Philadelphia Blazers. Only 1,880 showed up but they were treated to one of the finest games of the young season. Not only was it a comeback victory, but the Nationals didn’t break the tie until only 2 ½ minutes remained in the game when Brian Conacher beat young goalie Yves Archam bault. The guy in the Nats’ net was a familiar face, Les Binkley, who was making his first start since injuring the finger on his catching hand in the second game…
Mileti Goes To Governors To Shift Club; Americans Get ‘People’s Choice’ Back
CLEVELAND— Cleveland Barons, one of only two charter members of the American Hockey League in the circuit for all of its 37 years, may be playing else where soon…or possibly even by now. Owner Nick Mileti asked for a special meeting of the league’s board of governors at which he sought for approval to move the Barons to another city immediately. Mileti wouldn’t say where he wanted to go until he told the governors his plan. But he reportedly was in Lewiston, Maine, and met with mayor Robert Clifford, who said “we’ll welcome the Barons with open arms”. The Lewiston arena reportedly seats 2,800, the nearest airport is about 20 miles away and the latest population figure was 40,804. Indianapolis, Milwaukee and Oklahoma City were other cities mentioned as possible sites for the Barons,…
HOCKEY CROSSWORD
SOLUTION IN DECEMBER 8 ISSUE ACROSS 1—Pictured player. 7—Former Montreal and Chicago forward, (init.) 8—NHL goaltender. 10—Fran Huck once played for Canada’s (abbr). 13—Initials of one of the Bruins. 14—Richmond forward. 15—Senior baseball circuit. 16—Initials of a former Ranger. 17—Pronoun. 18—Lo6 Angeles forward (init.) 19—Small child. 20—Former NHL defenseman. 21—NHL right winger (init.) 22—Denotes scoreless tie. 23—Americal Football League (init.) 27—Used in golf. 28—Houston forward. 30—Girl’s name. 31—Pictured player has never won this trophy. 32—Initials of a former Hawk. DOWN 1—Recently won a car. 2—Former city in Central League 3—Ex-pro Cushenan. (init.) 4—Harper played in this division last year 5—Initials of a San Diego For ward. 6—Philly right winger 9—An NHL forward. 11—Preposition. 12—Initials of an NHL city. 17—Former minor league for ward 24—California forward 25—U.S. State, (abbr.) 26—Former Boston line. 28—Past Calder Trophy winner. 29—England (abbr.) LAST WEEK’S ANSWERS Across 1—FIANTE. 7—A.S. 9—ARBOUR 10—LAL 11—EN. 12—ICE 14—LEACH 16—11. 18—NOR 20—EEL 22—VAL 23—N.H.A. 24—E.S. 25—ROBERTS 30 VADNAIS 31—O.C. 32—E A. 33—NINETEEN Down 1—RAFHN. 2—LJL 3—ABEL 4—NOK 5—T.U. 7—ALE. 8—S.M 13—CHKVERS 15—HULL 17—10. 19—REARDON 21—EAST. 23—NEVIN. 26—ONCE 27—B.A. 28—E.I. 29—SEA. 32—E.N.…
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