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March 1, 1974
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Canadian College Scene…
Canadian collegiate hockey is now moving into the final weeks of the season and. so far, there have been few surprises with respect to the leaders in the individual leagues. In the west, the University of Calgary is riding atop its division which boasts some fine competition in the Alberta Golden Bears and U.B.C., Thunderbirds. Clare Drake’s Alberta squad is a perennial threat for league honors only the year, with the loss of few key lettemen. his charges have struggled to little better than a .500 record though they have outscored the rest of the league. And the Thunderbirds, who fared so well during Christmas in an exhibition tour of China, have found the regular schedule tough with a rejuvenated Calgary team playing sound defensive hockey. The Calgarians are currently rated…
NHL WEEK — In Review
MONTREAL — Boston Bruin center Phil Esposito has become the 10th player in National Hockey League history to score 1.000 points and it took him 164 fewer games than any of the previous nine players to reach the exclusive plateau. Esposito, the NHL’s leading goal-scorer and point-man this season. picked up his 100th point of the season last week against California during a 9-6 win on the West Coast and then reached the 1,000-point mark of his career at Vancouver in a 4-2 victory. It was an assist on a goal by John Bucyk. another player over the 1,000-point level. The milestone point for Esposito was in his 745th regular-season game. The previous fewest number of games to collect 1.000 points was 909 by Bobby Hull of Chicago Black Hawks. Here are the…
New Kings Help Lift Club Into Playoff Contention
LOS ANGELES— Often it is the little things that do not show up in the statistics or the headlines that win games in any sport. Coach Bob Pulford has the Kings doing the little things and it was paid off with rise from the lower depths to a position of playoff contention in the Western Division. The forewards are forechecking, skating their positions and coming back with their wingers to allow the defensemen to stand up at the blue line to meet the opposition, reducing the difficult shots on the goaltender. Everyone is hustling after the loose puck. Everyone is following shooters in for rebounds. Over the last 10 weeks from the start of the first full week in December through the finish of the first full week in February the Kings had…
Glover Out As NHL Takes Over
OAKLAND — The California Seals have had a common interest this season. It had to do with the coming of the Messiah to deliver them from their miseries. Well, it finally happened and the National Hockey League, which has taken over the troubled Californians. is hoping that while all that glitters is not gold, there is a good deal of gold among the young Seals that will start glittering under new management. The NHL stepped in to completely change the face of the last-place Seals with a major facelift at the management level. The Seals have a new president, coach and director of player personnel. Munson Campbell, a one-time friend of former owner Charles O. Finley, and now a New York marketing consultant, is the new president of the Seals. Veteran defenseman Marshall Johnston has…
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