BRUINS AIMING AT RANGERS

Clippers Fulfill Prediction Turning ‘Spoilers’ In Race

BALTIMORE— It wasn’t too long ago that Floyd Smith, Cincinnati Swords coach, predicted that the Baltimore Clippers “would make it rough” for opponents before the season was over. Smith, whose Swords have all but clinched the Western Division flag, made his assestment of the Clippers when the club was in a long losing slump. Shortly after Smith’s prediction. coach Jim Morrisons charges put an end to their losing ways, dropping Richmond by a 5-2 count, then shutting out the Rochester Americans, 2-0. It marked the first time this season the Clippers won back-to-back games. Goalie Jim Shaw was brilliant in the win over Rochester, one of the East’s best clubs. In the final period, Shaw kicked away 15 Amerk shots to register his first shutout of the campaign and his ninth victory. And Morrison had the…

Interlocking Play Rough On San Diego

SAN DIEGO— If and when a Western Hockey League merger with the Central Hockey League comes to a vote, the San Diego Gulls can’t be blamed for voting against it. The Gulls lost all eight games in CHL cities in the partial interlocking schedule this season. They also lost two players on the last of their two four-game swings. through the CHL. Len Ronson, the Gulls’ all-time scoring leader, suffered a cracked right elbow in the first game of the four-game road trip. Carrying the puck at center ice. Ronson at tempted to ward off a bodycheck and took the full weight on his arm. He is expected out about two weeks. A couple of nights later, the Gulls lost defenseman Jim Graham for about four weeks with a broken hand. Graham, who had started the trip…

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