NHL Team Rasters

Providence Faces Playoff Test Against Vees

PROVIDENCE — Despite their highly-publicised offensive might-and it is awesome to be sure the Providence Reds entered their quarter-final showdown against Nova Scotia with one very important, but highly uncharacteristic. thought in mind — defense. “I think giving up seven goals to Boston and five to Richmond in our final two home games woke the players up.” assessed GM-coach John Muckier. “They realized that they would have to tighten up for the playoffs, because we certainly wouldn’t go very far playing like that against a team like the Voyageurs. “They know now that Pete and Curt are going to need more support back there.” The key men in the Reds’ defensive scheme, of course, are goalkeepers Peter McDuffe and Curt Ridley, who combined for some fairly impressive statistics in spite of. the club’s wideopen style…

LOOKING AT THE MINOR LEAGUE SCOREBOARD

AMERICAN LEAGUE (Affiliations. 1—Montreal. 2—Detroit. 3—Boston. 4—N. Y. Rangers. 7—Los Angeles 8—Pittsburgh. 9—California. 19—Philadelphia. 11—Minnesota. 14—Buffalo. 15—N. Y. Islanders 17—Cleveland (WHA) x—Independent). PLAYOFFS GAMES COMPLETED Wed. April 3 New Haven 3 at Rochester 4 Fri. April 5 New Haven 1 at Rochester 2 GAMES TO COME Wed. April 10 Rochester at New Haven Sat. April 13 Rochester at New Haven Sun. April 14 New Haven at Rochester Tue. April 16 Rochester at New Haven Wed. April 17 New Haven at Rochester GAMES COMPLETED Fri. April 5 Nova Scotia 4 at Providence Sun. April 7 Nova Scotia 1 at Providence GAMES TO COME Tue April 9 Providence at Nova Scotia Fri. April 12 Providence at Nova Scotia Mon. April 15 Providence at Nova Scotia Wed. April 17 Nova Scotia at Providence Fri. April 19 Nova Scotia at Providence GAMES COMPLETED Fri. April 5 Richmond 2 at Baltimore 5 Sat. April 6 Baltimore 0 at Richmond 10 GAMES TO COME Tue. April 9 Richmond at Baltimore Wed. April 10 Baltimore at Richmond Fri. April 12 Richmond at Baltimore Sat.…

JUNIOR JOTTINGS

Southern Ontario League Coach Wayne Maxner’s champion Windsor Spitfires eliminated Chatham in five games as they outscored the scrappy Maroons 20-14. The hard-hitting Spits, after taking two of the first three games, were forced to come from behind in each of the final two outings to gain the playoff crown and advance against the Provincial League Wexford Raiders for the Ontario District championship. In game four, Mike Reade’s second period score broke a 2-2 tie, Scott Miller followed with his fifth goal of the series, Steve Keech and Mike Sovie added singles and the Spits had a 6-4 win. In the finale, Gary Armstrong, who scored the winner in 2-1 third game, again was the hero as he knocked in the tie-breaker with five minutes remaining to give Windsor a 4-3…