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January 25, 1974
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Stalwart King Defense Not A “Long” Time Coming
LOS ANGELES One of the Kings’ better players this season has been Barry Long, which is a surprise since the big defenseman was a disappointment as a rookie in the majors last season after four seasons in the minors. He was one of the heroes as the Kings surged from an 3-0 deficit to upset visiting Toronto 5-3. the first Saturday in January, a big victory since it came just in front of a seven-game road swing which could be brutal. Long had been a goat earlier as a Leaf blew past him for a goal. Then the Kings caught fire. Long made a big play by batting a clearing pass out of the air al the blue line and feeding Mike Murphy a perfect pass for his second goal of the…
National Hockey League Summaries
Mon. Jan. 7 PHILADELPHIA 1 at MONTREAL 2 FIRST PERIOD 1—Montreal. Lapointe (Lemaire) … 5:26 Penalties Bladon 3.40. Jim Watson 5:23. Robinson 7:00. Clarke 9:54. Jim Watson. Cournoyer 10:57. Saleski 13:00. SECOND PERIOD 2—Montreal. Wilson (Lambert. Robinson) … 0.40 3—Philadelphia. Nolet (Dornhoefer. MacLeish) … 6.49 Penalties: F. Mahovlich 6:26. Thomas (served by Lefley) 10:35. Dupont 14:43. Lonsberry 18:06. Van Impe 19:14 THIRD PERIOD No scoring Penalties Dornhoefer. Laperriere 1:37. Clarke Thomas (served by Lafleur) 5:49. Bladon, P. Mahovlich 7:50. P. Mahovlich 10:14. Barber 10:33. Shots against: Attendance 19,040 ATLANTA 2 at TORONTO 6 FIRST PERIOD 1—Toronto. Keoe (Pelyk. Ecclestone) … 7:56 2—Toronto. Sittler (Glenme. McDonald) … 9:48 3—Toronto. Ellis (Henderson. Ullman) … 12:30 Penalties Lysiak. Turnbull (minor misconduct) 17:24 SECOND PERIOD 4—Toronto. Pelyk (Harnmarstrom) … 4:37 Penalties Quinn 12:04. Murray 17:11 THIRD PERIOD 5—Atlanta Morrison (Hextail. Murray) … 1:31 6—Toronto. Sutler (McDonald. Harnmarstrom) … 15:17 7—Toronto. Sutler (McDonald. Turnbful) … 15:42 8—Atlanta. Rochefort (Comeau. Stewart) ……
Movements of Players
Following are the latest player movements in hockey: NATIONAL LEAGUE N.Y. RANGERS: Gene Carr, forward, recalled from Providence of AHL. CALIFORNIA: Brent Meeke, defenseman. recalled from Salt Lake of WHL. MINNESOTA: Lyle Carter, goalkeeper. Jerry Byers, and Rick Chinnick. forwards, recalled from New Haven of AHL. Dean Prentice, forward, placed on voluntary retired list. VANCOUVER: Danny Gloor, Larry Gould and Steve Stone, forwards. recalled from Seattle of WHL. ST. LOUIS: Bernie MacNeil and Butch Williams, forwards, recalled from Denver of WHL. Bob Collyard, forward, returned to Denver. DETROIT: Tom Mellor, defenseman. assigned to London Lions and later recalled. Ken Murray, defenseman, recalled from Virginia of AHL and later returned. LOS ANGELES: Steve Rexe, goalkeeper, recalled from Springfield of AHL. Bob Vroman, goalkeeper, returned to Portland of WHL. Bob Buhr, forward, recalled ‘from Springfield of AHL and as ‘signed…
Totems’ Pride Gets Better Of Them As They Surprised Russians, Czechs
SEATTLE— “Bring on those (Bleep Bleep) Swedes,” cried Seattle Totems’ captain Dave Amadio. The Totems had just beaten the Russian Nationals 8-4 and two weeks earlier had come from an early 3-0 deficit to down the Czechoslovakian National team 6-4. A crowd of 12.710 came with 800 of filling the Seattle Center Coliseum to watch the Russians take their first loss since the Team Canada series about 15 months ago. In earlier games against Western Hockey League opponents, the Russians had scored two goals in the last 1:40 of play, both on power plays, to defeat the defending WHL. champion Phoenix Roadrunners 3-1 before a sellout 12.155 crowd in Phoenix, then followed with easy victories at Portland, 8-3, and San Diego, 11-3. “They’re a heck of a hockey club,” crowed defenseman Jim Mair. “They’re not…
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