Search for your favorite player or team
© The Hockey News. All rights reserved. Any and all material on this website cannot be used, reproduced, or distributed without prior written permission from Roustan Media Ltd. For more information, please see our Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy.
February 2, 1973
The Hockey News has been providing the most comprehensive coverage of the world of hockey since 1947. In each issue, you'll find news, features and opinions about the NHL and leagues across North America and the world.
Leading CHL Storer Traded; Veisor Gives Hawks Lift
DALLAS— Rookie Mike Veisor, the stingiest netminder in the Central League, was back at the peak of his form but he has to share the CHL’s weekly spotlight with leading scorer Ralph Stewart, who suddenly found himself in the National Hockey League, possibly as a regular. Stewart was involved in a parent club trade that sent him and another Detroit chattel Bob Cook to the New York Islanders in exchange for defenseman Ken Murray and forward Brian Lavender. It was a startling move by the Detroit club but almost seemed inevitable since Stewart was running away with the CHL scoring race with 29 goals and 36 assists for 65 points a commanding 20-point bulge over his closest pursuers, while the pathetic Islanders were wanting for scoring power. The departure of Stewart may have overshadowed…
Geoffrion’s Magic Words Keep Atlanta Flames Hot
ATLANTA— There has been lingering a question on writer’s lips throughout the National Hockey League, since Bernie Geoffrion took Quebec to two AHL titles since he picked the Rangers up and had them near the top until sickness took him out, since he began his now-famous journey with the Atlanta Flames. Just what is it with this guy, anyway? What makes this former Montreal Canadien star so able to handle men when hundreds of his breed, stars on the ice, have failed so miserably? What does he talk about before a game? What kind of death-grip does he hold over his players? The question was never more pertinent than at the moment, as Geoffrion’s cocky young Flames move toward what might become the best expansion record in NHL history. Over a steak sandwich and hot…
Brown’s Play Bonus Revitalized Kings Didn’t Expect
LOS ANGELES— Perhaps the most surprising performance rendered so far on t he surprising Kings in the great drama entitled, “Return to the Playoffs,” has been by Larry Brown. Others have done better than expected, but something was expected from them and nothing from Brown. Larry, you see, has been bounced around this league. Last season, he came to the Kings from Philadelphia to Los Angeles, his fourth team, regarded as a throw-in to the deal in which Serge Bernier. Bill Lesuk and Jim Johnson also came in exchange for Eddie Joyal, Bill Flett, Ross Lonsberry and Jean Potvin. Sidelined by mononucleosis at the time, he did not play the remainder of the season and was all but forgotten. The Kings’ brass can say as they now do that they got a great…
Schinkel Feels New Pressure Behind Bench
PITTSBURGH— “Whew,” Ken Schinkel said after he won his pro coaching debut, “I’m more tired than when I played.” It had been a rough day for him. In the morning, Red Kelly had been fired as the Penguin coach and Schinkel retired as an active right wing to take his place. Schinkel had to face the blizzard of questions that accompany such sudden switches. Then he had to change his entire thinking about the season. Instead of worrying about playing his wing, he had to worry about how all the players were playing their wing, center, defense and goal. He had to worry about the two new faces the Penguins had added in the past week, defenseman Jean-Guy Lagace and left wing Jim Shires. He had to worry about the leg injury that sidelined…
Made possible with the support of
