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December 8, 1972
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New Blues’ Coach Talbot Tackling Job With Gusto
St. LOUIS— Jean-Guv Talbot is coaching in the National Hockey League the same way he once played in the NHL—with a lot of gusto. Talbot as a smooth-skating player was always thinking and always trying to get one step ahead of the opposition. And now in a short time as coach of the St. Louis Blues he has shown a willingness to experiment and change as much as necessary in an effort to get one step ahead of the-opposition. Talbot likes to act decisively in handling his team. If a mistake is made, he is willing to admit it and quickly reverse the decision. Talbot said, “I told the team in the first talk I had with them that I’m here as coach, and, if not me, they’d have to pay attention to somebody…
Player’s of the week
In The East Following the past week’s National Hockey League action, only one player has scored more points in NHL history than Detroit’s Mr. Consistency—Alex Delvecchio. That man, of course, is Gordie Howe. Delvecchio, the seemingly ageless centerman whose effortless playing ability has piled up a mountain of goals and assists over 21 seasons for the Motor City team, connected for three goals in three Red Wing games to give ‘Fats’ a career total of 1,220 points in regular season competition. The trio of points was sufficient to push the Detroit captain past retired Montreal great Jean Beliveau into second place behind Howe’s 1,809 in the all-time points race. In The West After a very uncertain beginning, the Minnesota North Stars are now where many hockey experts figured they’d be this season—atop the NHL…
Ambitious Central College Conference Wants Spot In Post-Season NCAA Play
ST. LOUIS— And where is the Central Collegiate Hockey Assn, going this year? That’s just what the CCHA would like to know. One place the CCHA would like to go is Boston in March for the NCAA tournament. Oh, not the whole four and soon-to-be five or more team league—just the league’s best team. That may sound fair, especially for Bowling Green and St. Louis, CCHA co-favorites. Fair isn’t always easy, however, as former independents Minnesota-Duluth Wisconsin and Notre Dame had discovered and the CCHA found out last year. The two Western representatives to the NCAA tournament have always been Western Collegiate Hockey Assn, teams, and the three-man selection, committee that chooses the two teams has always had two WCHA coaches doing the selecting. This year there is a five-man selection committee, but…
PASSING THE PUCK
• DOUG BENTLEY, one of hockey’s greatest little campaigners, died of cancer in Saskatoon on Nov. 24. Bentley, 56, was a member of Chicago’s famed Pony Line along with brother Max and Bill Mosienko. He led the NHL in scoring in 1942-43 and four times was a member of the All Star Team. One of five brothers to play professional hockey, Doug once played on a line with two brothers, Max and Reg, briefly for the Black Hawks. He was an extremely fast skater and excellent stickhandler. Doug Bentley was the third National Hockey League star to die within the past month. The others were Turk Broda and Bill Durnan. All three are members of Hockey’s Hall of Fame… It didn’t take coach Joe Crozier long to break up the…