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May 16, 1975
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Kings May Need Scorer To Boost Goal Production
LOS ANGELES— In hockey these days, 40-goal scorers are commonplace. The top teams all have players who score or approach 50 goals each season. There are even a couple of players who score 60 or 70 a season. The Kings haven’t come along to such totals and whether a player who could would make a great difference in their record is a matter of debate in their front office right now. The system installed by Bob Pulford stresses defense so it is not surprising that while the Los Angeles Kings finished with the fourth-finest regular-season record in the league during the just-concluded campaign, they finished only ninth in offense and even then were even with another team and just ahead of a couple of others, Clearly, if a top-level team in total,…
Hockey Ad Lib
And To The Losers… KANSAS CITY WON once in a while, but it seemed as though Washington hardly ever won this season. When Washington did win in Oakland late this past season, Milt Schmidt said, “It’s sweeter than winning the Stanley Cup.” The players substituted a waste basket for the Cup and paraded it around the dressing room, while happy players hollered, “Break up the Caps.” They had, you see, lost all 37 previous starts on the road. While the top teams are spotlighted in the final stages of the playoffs, the two first-year franchises of this season’s National Hockey League campaign have concluded a couple of the worst records in history and have slipped deep into the shadows. The Scouts of Kansas City won 15, tied 11 and lost 54 games…
Deadline Stoppers
NHL REJECTS CAHA MONTREAL— The NHL has decided it won’t pay out another nickel for junior hockey players until the rival WHA antes up the $190,000 it still owes the CAHA and the league does not intend to draft under-age juniors in this year’s amateur grab-bag of top amateur talent. NHL president Clarence Campbell was commenting on a statement made by Ben Hatskin of Winnipeg that the WHA will not sign an agreement to pay the CAHA for players it drafts. Campbell said the NHL does not owe the CAHA a dime for players and would not enter into any agreement with the CAHA that would put the NHL at a financial disadvantage. Campbell said it amounted to a dollar war. CAHA president Gordon Juckes said he wasn’t surprised by the NHL’s stand.…
Nordiques Discover Home-Ice Magic
QUEBEC CITY— The Quebec Nordiques returned to their loyal and sometimes not so loyal fans, determined they weren’t going to blow another game at the Colisee and they didn’t. With their best-of-seven World Hockey Association quarter-finals tied at 2-2 the Nordiques went on to win game five in Quebec 6-3 and then returned to St. Paul to finish off the Minnesota Fighting Saints 4-2 to wrap up their series in six games. The series’ win sent Les Nordiques into the Avco World Trophy final against Houston Aeros, a tough adversary for any team. Stellar goaltending by 22-year-old Richard Brodeur helped get Les Nordiques over the Minnesota hurdle and some timely scoring by Serge Bernier, Rejean Houle and Marc Tardif did the Fighting Saints in. Besides the Quebecers did a pretty good job of…
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