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January 5, 1973
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Bruins Fined, Lose Victory; Nats Unfit Says New Coach
NEW WESTMINSTER— The Western Canada Hockey League doesn’t mind being compared to its big brother, the National Hockey League. In fact, the WCHL generals snicker and blush if someone mumbles, “Mirror, mirror, on the wall; which is the wildest of them all?” The West ern Division of the NHL has been weird and whacky this season ever since they dropped the first puck back in early October. And you get the impression the WCHL’s wonderful West has been taking lessons… because New Westminster, Calgary, Edmonton, and Medicine Hat have been getting together for a game of musical chairs every weekend. What’s more, the big bad Bruins from New Westminster love to think of themselves as reflections of the NHL Bruins from Boston. The junior Bruins wear the black, gold and white unit forms;…
Rochefort Hoping Atlanta Won’t Be Another Raw Deal
ATLANTA— Leon Rochefort stretched out naked on the training room table and studied the patterns on the ceiling. A white towel was draped modestly about his waist. The thoughts that ran through his mind that afternoon ranged from what he calls the injustices of Detroit to the contract table in Philadelphia to the cold but gratifying winters in Quebec to a schoolyard in North Atlanta. A smile began to split his rugged face as his mind centered finally in that schoolyard. His seven-year old daughter, Carole, was there now. “She makes friends quickly,” he mused. “She’s really a friendly little girl. I don’t think she’ll have many problems.” When Leon Rochefort walked into Detroit Red Wing general manager Ned Harkness’ office late last summer, he asked two things. “I wanted to know if I was…
Hawk Goalers Have Their Day; Omaha Closes Gap On Wings
DALLAS— It was hard to tell which of the Dallas Black Hawk goalkeepers was the prouder the second weekend of December—Michel Dumas for his first shutout of the season, or Mike Veisor for his son and heir, Michael Joseph Viesor Jr., who arrived in Dallas Dec. 7. And coach Bobby Kromm was proud of the whole gang of Hawks as they padded their Central League lead to nine points with a pair of victories. Veisor celebrated the arrival of his son, as the Hawks went into Tulsa the next night and posted a 5-2 decision over the Oilers. Dumas was in the nets Dec. 9, when Omaha Knights came to town for the second (and last) Sunday afternoon game of the season. He came up with a 2-0 whitewash victory, although the visitors…
Hockey Ad Lib
Shining From Shadows… WREN BLAIR BUILT this team and set its style, then surrendered the coaching to Jackie Gordon, who has settled its system. The Minnesota North Stars succeeded the St. Louis Blues as the best of the expansionists last season and now can be considered a contender for divisional laurels this season. After five full seasons we no longer should consider the original six added to the National Hockey League as new teams. They can now be considered on their merits. Forget we compared the North Stars to other expansionists. Accept them as a good team. They rose to the top after switching from youngsters to oldsters, but now have been reintroducing some talented newcomers into their lineup. They have some stars—old stars and new stars—such as Gump Worsley, Cesare Maniago,…
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