Search for your favorite player or team
© The Hockey News. All rights reserved. Any and all material on this website cannot be used, reproduced, or distributed without prior written permission from Roustan Media Ltd. For more information, please see our Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy.
October 24, 1975
The Hockey News has been providing the most comprehensive coverage of the world of hockey since 1947. In each issue, you'll find news, features and opinions about the NHL and leagues across North America and the world.
Guidolin Turns Paiement Loose After Medical OK
KANSAS CITY— Wilf Paiement is a tine broth of a lad. a bull not to be trusted by even the most careless china shop proprietor. The Kansas City Scouts, how-ever, choose to look upon him as fragile merchandise, to be handled only with the most tender, loving care. After all, who else is there Ito protect Wilf from himself? “I don’t want to take a chance with him,” said Bep Guidolin. the Scouts’ coach. “He’s a kid who wants to play. You know how they are—they’ll tell you anything.” The day before the Scouts were scheduled to meet the St. Louis Blues in a pre-season exhibition game Paiement was telling Bep there was no reason he could not be in uniform. Yes. the left ankle hurt a little bit but, no, there was…
FRANK ORR SAYS:
No End To The Nonsense UNDOUBTEDLY THERE ARE still a few hockey fans who get their jollies watching those ridiculous bench-clearing incidents in hockey, the ones which wire service stories always refer to as “bench-clearing brawls.” Actually, very few of them ever reach the brawl stage. They do—if your definition of a brawl consists of a gang of guys paired off and pulling each other’s sweaters. Mostly, those brawls are a long duration of posturing in which most players who vacate the bench look around for a “safe” opponent to grab. During the pre-season preparations of National Hockey League and World Hockey Association teams, there were several bench-clearers, which in-dicates that the more hockey claims that it’s changed, the more it stays the same. NHL president Clarence Campbell assessed almost $16,000 in fines…
AHL Coaches Faced With New Challenge
LOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKS Made in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY. LTD Arnold Street, Wallaceburg Ontario Sold in U. S. and Canada LOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKS Made in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY. LTD Arnold Street, Wallaceburg Ontario Sold in U. S. and Canada BALTIMORE— One of the oldest adages in the his tory of sport is the one that purports that “a coach is only as good as his material.” That theory will be well-tested in the American Hockey League this season as six bench coaches and two playing mentors put their talents on the line for all to see. Coaches get recognition very few times in their careers, and those who struggle through the early stages of their profession in the minor leagues probably deserve more credit than those who reach the big…
MINOR LEAGUE SCOREBOARD
AMERICAN LEAGUE (Standings on Tue. Oct. 14) NORTH DIVISION SOUTH DIVISION GAMES COMPLETED Fri.Oct 10 Hershey 0 at Baltimore 2; Nova Scotia 3 at Rochester 6, New Haven 4 atSpringfield 3. Sat. Oct. 11 Novo Scotia 3 at Hershey 0; Rochester 2 atSpringfield 3. CENTRAL LEAGUE (Standings on Thu. Oct. 16) GAMES COMPLETED Fri. Oct. 10 Dallas 3 at Fort Worth 6; Tucson 0 at Salt Lake 6; Oklahoma City 4 at Tulsa 5 Sat. Oct. 11 Tucson 2 at Fort Worth 2; Dallas 5 at Oklahoma City 1. Sun. Oct. 12 Tucson 3 at Tulsa 5.…
Made possible with the support of
