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December 21, 1973
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Of Trades And Players… RECENTLY, EMILE ERANCIS, general manager of the New York Rangers, referring to talk of trades around his team. said. “All those rumors about trades we’re supposed to make are nothing but baloney. Just a lot of sensational headlines. Trades aren’t always an answer to your problems. A shake-up? Heck, no. Not as long as I’m around. I don’t believe in panic.” Whereupon he traded Mike Murphy, Tom Williams and Sheldon Kannegeisser to Los Angeles for Gilles Marotte and Real Lemieux. Sometimes, as readers should have learned lately, the criticism men in power direct toward the news media is misplaced. Which is not to criticize Francis, for we are one of those in The Cat’s corner. We remember all too well when the Rangers were a weak team which usually finished…
WHL Moves To Curtail Denver Brawling Tactics
SEATTLE — Bill MacFarland. president of the Western Hockey League, took steps to deal with the number of brawls occuring in WHL games this season. Many of the outbreaks involved the Denver Spurs and often centered around Ray Schultz or Bob Gassoff. Schultz, in 22 games with the Spurs before being traded, broke the WHL record for major penalties. He was assessed 14. The old record of 13 was set last season by Dave Westner of the Seattle Totems. Gassoff leads the WHL in penalty minutes with 167 minutes in 25 games. The Spurs lead the WHL by a wide margin with 812 minutes. The WHL team record for a single season is 1472 set by the Phoenix Roadrunners two years ago. The single season record for penalty minutes assessed an individual is 306 set…
Defense - Minded Maple Leafs Put Emphasis On Lower GA Mark
TORONTO ─ A decade ago when the Maple Leafs were headed for their third consecutive Stanley Cup there was no doubt about their successful approach. They prospered without winning any scoring championships or becoming known as a powerhouse. The name of their unspectacular game was defense — keeping the goals-against down to 180 or fewer each 70-game season. Management and coaching personel has changed almost completely since then, but it’s significant that the people now running the team were involved back in the glory days. General manager Jim Gregory managed and coached Leafs’ junior team, Toronto Marlboros, and coach Leonard Kelly played for Leafs. It’s no wonder, then, that the current team is developing in the direction which worked in the past. Gregory and Kelly, 10 years later, are looking at Leafs’ weaknesses and strengths…
Comets, Dusters Swap Offense For Defense
COMMACK— There have been a few transactions made this season in the NA HL but a recent deal between Broome Dusters and Mohawk Valley Comets could prove to be one of the most significant ones. The play of the Comets has been picking up lately thanks to player personnel moves engineered by coach and general Manager Brian Conacher After improving a thin defensive corps with the likes of Jim Ivison, Paul Laplante, and Michel Poirier, Conacher made a move to give the offense equal time. He obtained forwards Jacques Royer and Ed James from Broome in exhange for right wing Jerry Fortier was also brought in to replace Frank Blum who is up with the WHA Toros replacing the injured Les Binkley. BROOME: “We promote to the hilt,” said General Manager Fred Muller…
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