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January 19, 1973
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WORLD HOCKEY ASSOCIATION
WHA FEAT OF THE WEEK After a two-week scoring famine that frustrated both him and his ciub, New York’s RON WARD went to the other extreme to break his slump as he pumped five pucks past the Ottawa Nationals Jan. 4 to raise his season total to 33 goals and a leading 69 points. Ward became the second WHA player to score five times in one game this season. Chris Bordeleau turned the trick first for Winnipeg in the first month of the schedule.…
One-Time Center Larry Robinson Wins Raves As Vees’ Defenseman
HALIFAX— As recently as three seasons ago, Larry Robinson was a center. Now, at the age of just 21, this same youngster not only is being acclaimed as a surefire American American Hockey League All Star defenseman, h e s being boomed as an NHL super star rearguard of the future. Al MacNeil, who has the 6-4 210-pounder as one of his Nova Scotia Voyateurs, in typical Larry Robinson Al MacNeil fashion refuses to put the “superstar” label on his prize blueliner. “He’s certainly one of the best defensemen in the American League today without question,” says MacNeil. And that’s about as strong a recommendation as Al ever gives anyone for publication. But as MacNeil goes on talking about Robinson, it isn’t hard to get the idea that the Vees’ coach is enthusiastic over his…
Young Suspension Lifted By WHL After One Game
PHOENIX Howie Young’s suspension was lifted after one game. Western Hockey League president Bill MacFarland had imposed an indefinite ban on the Phoenix defenseman for his stick-swinging trip into the crowd behind the visitors’ bench in the Seattle Center Coliseum. Young’s actions were prompted, say his teammates, by beer throwing and abusive language. MacFarland said the suspension was imposed to allow time to investigate the incident. The Roadrunners had a six-day layoff, thus the eightrday suspension involved only one game. Roadrunners were required to post a $1,000 bond before Young was reinstated. Club president Jim Wells said he took less than 10 minutes to arrange the bond. MacFarland said the case was not closed, that there were threats of litigation and that the $1,000 bond was “imposed in order that the WHL may be indemnified against…
‘Boomer’ High On Bennett
ATLANTA— Curt Bennett sat on the locker room bench, naked save for a pair of figured shorts, and talked about a new dictionary he bought. “I love words,” said the handsome youngster, “and this thing is so neat. It used to be about 15 volumes but they’ve condensed it now into two. In microfilm, I think. It comes with a magnifying glass. “I read it all the time.” There is Curt Bennett, complete in three paragraphs. A figure far wider than the shoulder pads and thin skates of your average hockey player. He is quite easily the Bill Bradley of his game. Once he was asked if he studied himself. “Oh yes,” he said. “I keep a diary and after every game, I evaluate the way I played, both pro and con. I think I make…
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