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April 4, 1975
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Movements of Players
NATIONAL LEAGUE MINNESOTA—Bill Plager, defenseman. returned to New Haven of AHL after emergency conditions over. Kim MacDougall, defenseman, recalled from New Haven under emergency conditions and returned after one game. Tom Colley, forward, recalled from New Haven. N. Y. RANGERS—Marty Gateman, defenseman, returned to Providence of AHL after emergency conditions over. VANCOUVER—Jim Mair, defenseman, returned to Seattle of CHL KANSAS CITY—Mike Boland, forward, returned to Port Huron of IHL after completing 5-game pro trial. PITTSBURGH—Harvey Bennett, forward, recalled from Hershey of AHL under emergency conditions. WASHINGTON—Blair Stewart, forward, placed on disabled list for rest of season after suffering broken ankle. WORLD HOCKEY ASSN. CLEVELAND—Robbie Neale, forward, sent to Cape Codders of NAHL. CHICAGO—Rich Coutu, goalkeeper, returned to Long Island of NAHL. BALTIMORE—Gary Sittler, defenseman, returned to Syracuse of NAHL. VANCOUVER—Peter Driscoll, forward, recalled from Tulsa of CHL. Jim Cardiff, defenseman, assigned…
Tigers’ Murdoch Unequalled Rookie Scorer
MEDICINE HAT— How often does a Don Murdoch come along? Once in a decade? Once in a lifetime? Who knows. As a rookie goal-scorer, with the Medicine Hat Tigers Murdoch has been without an equal in the history of the Western Canada Hockey League. When it comes to filling nets, they call him ‘the Fisherman’. The statistical story which has accompagnied Murdoch through the I974-75 WCHL season belongs in an adding machine. He has cut so many records and come close to so many others, his name belongs on an RCA label. On Jan. 18, Murdoch scored his 50th goal in his 41st game, the fastest 50 by any rookie to ever crack the western major circuit. The fastest 50 goals by any WCHL skater came in 34 games, by Ron Chipperfield of Brandon…
Minor League Affiliations
NHL: 1—Montreal. 2—Detroit. 3—Boston. 4—N.Y. Rangers. 5—Chicago. 6—Toronto, 7—Los Angeles. 8—Pittsburgh. 9—California 10—Philadelphia. 11—Minnesota. 12—St. Louis. 13—Vancouver. 14—Buffalo. 15—N.Y. Islanders. 16—Atlanta. 17—Kansas City. 18—Washington. WHA: 19—Cleveland. 20—San Diego. 21—Vancouver. 22—Baltimore. 23—Toronto. 24—Québec 25—Edmonton. 26—Houston. 27—Chicago. 28—Winnipeg. 29—Minnesota. 30—New England. 31—Indianapolis. 32—Phoenix. 33—Cincinnati. Inter-League: 34—Phoenix (WHA) & Vancouver (NHL). 37—Minnesota (NHL) & N.Y. islanders (NHL) 39—St. Louis (NHL). Montreal (NHL) & N.Y. Rangers (NHL). 40—Pittsburgh (NHL) & Buffalo (NHL). 41—Boston (NHL) & Washington (NHL). 42—New England (WHA) & Cleveland (WHA). 48—N.Y. Rangers (NHL)—Kansas City (NHL). 49—Chicago (NHL)—Edmonton (WHA). 50—Vancouver (NHL). Philadelphia (NHL)—Atlanta (NHL). 51—Indianapolis (WHA)—St. Louis (NHL). 54—Indianapolis (WHA)—Toronto (WHA). 55—Buffalo (NHL). California (NHL)—Vancouver (WHA). 56—Winnipeg (WHA), Houston (WHA), Cleveland (WHA), Indianapolis (WHA)—Phoenix (WHA). 57—Baltimore (WHA), Quebec (WHA)—N.Y. Islanders (NHL). 58—Edmonton (WHA) & N.Y Rangers (NHL). 59—Minnesota (WHA) & Pittsburgh (NHL).…
Oldest Player On Stars’ Roster, Oliver Wants To Stay With Club
TWIN CITIES— In the not too distant future, like in a matter of weeks. general manager Jack Gordon of the Minnesota North Stars will bring down the gavel calling into session the meeting to decide who will, or will not, be in the club’s remodeling program for 1975-76. The name of one Murray “Muzz” Oliver is surely to come up. The 37-year-old center, who has played both wing positions for the team, is the oldest player on the roster, a roster filled with youngsters. When, and where is Oliver’s main concern at the moment, the 1975-76 season is just about a month old. Muzz will mark his 38th birthday early in his 16th season in the National League. “You know.” he observed recently, “I’m in a funny situation. My contract is up this…
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