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July 1, 1976

The Hockey News July 1, 1976

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0038-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0038-01194/3652916-1-eng-US/f0038-012.jpg"></div><h2><b><i>Southwest Champs &mdash; Amarillo Wranglers</i></b></h2><p class="dropcap"><b><span>T</span>he Amarillo Wranglers dominated the Southwest Hockey League O&rsquo;NEILL, PAT SEVERYN, GLENN MclVOR, TIM MARCHUK, RON league and playoff races this season winning both titles. They won HIRSCHFIELD, RON CHIUPKA, BRIAN DIDDIER and GRAHAM the league playoff championship in eight straight games. Front row, HONAKER. Back row, DON BILLS, owner, STEVE BRADFORD, KEN from the left, FREDDIE SWENSON, PETER FRIESTADT, VINCE HOPE, HARRISON, KIRK FYFFE, BARRIE STAFFORD, ROSS WESEEN, BARRY BROCK KALUZNICK, CAL SWENSON, coach and general manager, FROST, trainer, and RAYMOND PAETZOLD, owner MARC SEVERYN, KELLY KEHOE and DOUG ALLAN. Middle row, TOM</b></p><h2><b>FINAL STANDINGS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0038-02146/3652909-1-eng-US/f0038-022.jpg" title="f0038-02" width="589" height="352"></div><h2><b>leading Scorers</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0038-03107/3652902-1-eng-US/f0038-032.jpg" title="f0038-03" width="590" height="353"></div><p><b>Final Scoring By Teams</b></p><h2><b>CHICOUTIMI</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0038-0470/3652895-1-eng-US/f0038-042.jpg" title="f0038-04" width="590" height="852"></div><h2><b>CORNWALL</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0038-0549/3652888-1-eng-US/f0038-052.jpg" title="f0038-05" width="591" height="800"></div><h2><b>HULL</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0038-0638/3652881-1-eng-US/f0038-062.jpg" title="f0038-06" width="588" height="875"></div><h2><b>LAVAL</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0038-0733/3652874-1-eng-US/f0038-072.jpg" title="f0038-07" width="588" height="252"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0038-0822/3652867-1-eng-US/f0038-082.jpg" title="f0038-08" width="587" height="677"></div><h2><b>MONTREAL</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0038-0919/3652860-1-eng-US/f0038-092.jpg" title="f0038-09" width="591" height="819"></div><h2><b>QUEBEC</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0038-1017/3652853-1-eng-US/f0038-102.jpg" title="f0038-10" width="584" height="355"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0038-1115/3652846-1-eng-US/f0038-112.jpg" title="f0038-11" width="590" height="457"></div><h2><b>SHAWINIGAN</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0038-1214/3652839-1-eng-US/f0038-122.jpg" title="f0038-12" width="583" height="848"></div><h2><b>SHERBROOKE</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0038-1310/3652832-1-eng-US/f0038-132.jpg" title="f0038-13" width="588" height="576"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0038-148/3652825-1-eng-US/f0038-142.jpg" title="f0038-14" width="592" height="133"></div><h2><b>SOREL</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0038-157/3652818-1-eng-US/f0038-152.jpg" title="f0038-15" width="586" height="673"></div><h2><b>TROIS-RIVIERES</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0038-166/3652811-1-eng-US/f0038-162.jpg" title="f0038-16" width="588" height="803"></div><h3><b>COMING RECORDS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0038-175/3652804-1-eng-US/f0038-172.jpg" title="f0038-17" width="582" height="201"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0038-184/3652797-1-eng-US/f0038-182.jpg" title="f0038-18" width="592" height="1168"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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IN THIS ISSUE

Quebec Major Hockey League Statistics

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WHA All Star Teams

<h2><b>FINAL STANDINGS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-01180/3652592-1-eng-US/f0036-012.jpg" title="f0036-01" width="584" height="177"></div><h2><b>PLAYOFF FINALS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-02132/3652585-1-eng-US/f0036-022.jpg" title="f0036-02" width="580" height="81"></div><p><b>(Charlotte wms best-of-seven series 4-1)</b></p><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h3><p><b>Sun. March 21</b></p><p>Hompton 2 at Charlotte 5</p><p><b>Tue. March 23</b></p><p>Hampton 2 at Charlotte 3</p><p><b>Wed. March 24</b></p><p>Chorlotte 1 at Hampton 5</p><p><b>Fri. March 26</b></p><p>Charlotte 4 at Hompton 1</p><p><b>Sat. March 27</b></p><p>Hampton 0 at Charlotte 8</p><h2><b>SEMI-FINALS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-0399/3652578-1-eng-US/f0036-032.jpg" title="f0036-03" width="589" height="76"></div><p><b>(Charlotte wins best-of-seven series 4-2)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-0466/3652571-1-eng-US/f0036-042.jpg" title="f0036-04" width="586" height="74"></div><p><b>(Hampton wins best-of-seven series 4-0)</b></p><h2><b>TOP PLAYOfF SCORERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-0540/3652564-1-eng-US/f0036-052.jpg" title="f0036-05" width="588" height="553"></div><h2><b>PLAYOFF GOALING</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-0626/3652557-1-eng-US/f0036-062.jpg" title="f0036-06" width="584" height="224"></div><h2><b>TOP LEAGUE SCORERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-0722/3652550-1-eng-US/f0036-072.jpg" title="f0036-07" width="587" height="280"></div><h2><b>FINAL SCORING BY TEAMS</b></h2><h3><b>CHARLOTTE</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-0817/3652543-1-eng-US/f0036-082.jpg" title="f0036-08" width="592" height="651"></div><h2><b>GREENSBORO</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-0916/3652536-1-eng-US/f0036-092.jpg" title="f0036-09" width="590" height="605"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-1014/3652529-1-eng-US/f0036-102.jpg" title="f0036-10" width="589" height="605"></div><h2><b>HAMPTON</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-1113/3652522-1-eng-US/f0036-112.jpg" title="f0036-11" width="584" height="870"></div><h2><b>ROANOKE</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-1212/3652515-1-eng-US/f0036-122.jpg" title="f0036-12" width="584" height="158"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-1310/3652508-1-eng-US/f0036-132.jpg" title="f0036-13" width="600" height="732"></div><h2><b>TIDEWATER</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-148/3652501-1-eng-US/f0036-142.jpg" title="f0036-14" width="596" height="977"></div><h2><b>WINSTON-SALEM</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-158/3652494-1-eng-US/f0036-152.jpg" title="f0036-15" width="587" height="682"></div><h2><b>GOALING RECORDS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-167/3652487-1-eng-US/f0036-162.jpg" title="f0036-16" width="583" height="125"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-175/3652480-1-eng-US/f0036-172.jpg" title="f0036-17" width="580" height="133"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-185/3652473-1-eng-US/f0036-182.jpg" title="f0036-18" width="581" height="182"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-194/3652466-1-eng-US/f0036-192.jpg" title="f0036-19" width="579" height="211"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-203/3652459-1-eng-US/f0036-202.jpg" title="f0036-20" width="589" height="203"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-213/3652452-1-eng-US/f0036-212.jpg" title="f0036-21" width="591" height="124"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Southern Hockey League Statistics

<p>MONTREAL&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he National Hockey League made five rules changes during the summer pro sessions and all were aimed at one thing: removing the goon element from big league hockey.</p><p>The NHL rules committee approved regulations aimed at getting rid of &ldquo;goons&rdquo; and making hockey more eniovable for the fans while cracking down on excessive violence and speeding up the game.</p><p>Here are the five basic rule changes:</p><p>1. Major and game misconduct - or a major penalty - on any player who starts a fight - whether instigator or aggressor and his intentions are deemed either intimidating or punitive.</p><p>2. Game misconduct for any player who physically interferes with spectators.</p><p>3. Double minor for first player to leave team or penalty bench during altercation, plus a game misconduct. In addition, player&rsquo;s club to be fined $1,000 for first such incident, $3,(MX) for second, $5,000 for third and subsequent</p><p>4. President of league, at his discretion, can review any incident during or in aftermath of game and assess additional fines or suspensions.</p><p>5. $50 fine for a boarding check which causes injury to player&rsquo;s face or head.</p><p>The NHL Players&rsquo; Association had gone even farther and bid to have fighting eliminated completely from hockey but was over ruled and settled on a compromise. The players wanted immediate game expulsion of both players involved in fisticuffs no matter if they had thrown only one punch. But the owners decided it was too radical a change for the game and defeated the NHLPA proposal 13-4 with one abstention.</p><p>The NHL owners backed the rules committee&rsquo;s proposals for stricter rules involving player-fan altercations that landed four Philadelphia Flyers in court after last spring&rsquo;s Stanley Cup playoffs.</p><p>It was unanimously approved that all penalty bench areas be partitioned off from spectators. It was also urged that player benches be closed to eliminate fan interference and stick swinging. Two such NHL rinks to be affected are Toronto&rsquo;s Maple Leaf Gardens and the Montreal Forum, where players and fans are in close proximity. Both teams agreed it will present a problem carrying out the changes but agreed they were needed.</p><p>The NHL also said no to game misconduct penalties for stick swing as proposed by the player&rsquo;s association.</p><p>Also passed was a ruling calling for fines and suspensions imposed by the president for incidents involving players behind the backs of officials.</p><p>Because a game official can only call a penalty if he sees the infraction, the president would have the right to impose a penalty if an unfavorable report is filed on the incident. &ldquo;This is a major step,&rdquo; said referee-in-chief Scotty Morrison. &ldquo;50 percent of our games are now supervised and reports filed.&rdquo;</p><p>New faceoff rulings were also passed as a means of speeding up the game. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got to speed it up. We don&rsquo;t want any more time consumed jockeying for faceoffs. We&rsquo;ll be implementing new markings and officials will be calling faceoff infractions more closely,&rdquo; Morrison added.</p><p>the rules meeting also marked the first time in NHL history three player representatives were invited to attend a rules meeting.</p><p>The three players &mdash; Bobby Clarke of Philadelphia, Andre Boudrias of Vancouver and Bob Gainey of Montreal&mdash;attended the session along with NHLPA executive director Alan Eagleson.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

NHL Rule Changes Aimed At ‘Goons’

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01905/3648216-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>The Swedish team for the fall Canada Cup series will have no less than eight NHL and WHA pros on it. Borje Salming, above, Leafs&rsquo; All Star defenseman, will be playing for Sweden in the six-country tournament.</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>SWEDES NAME TOP PROS</b></h2><p><b>STOCKHOLM &mdash;</b></p><p class="dropcap"><b><span>T</span>he Swedish National team that will participate in the forthcoming Canada Cup Of Hockey Series will be no pushover. The Swedes are loading up with experienced WHA and NHL pros and at last count had eight named for their starting team.</b></p><p><b>New Swedish hockey coach Hans Lindberg, however, could be sitting on a powder keg. The &lsquo;North American&rsquo; pros from Sweden have insisted that the Abrahamsson brothers, Crister and Thommy, of the New England Whalers, must be included on the team or else they will boycott the tournament. Lindberg has named Borje Salming and Inge Hammarstrom of the Toronto Leafs, Juha Widing of the L.A. Kings, and five members of the WHA champion Winnipeg Jets, Anders Hedberg, Ulf Nilsson, Lars-Erik Sjoberg, Willy Lindstrom and Thommie Bergman, to the team. The Abrahamssons&rsquo; selection is apparently being blocked back home by Swedish officials.</b></p><h2><b>HOULE JUMPS BACK</b></h2><p><b>MONTREAL&mdash;</b></p><p><b>Rejean Houle has jumped back to the NHL with the Montreal Canadiens after a three-year sojourn in the WHA. Houle signed a three-year contract with the Stanley Cup champs and cited &lsquo;personal solidarity for coming back to the NHL.</b></p><p><b>The 30-year-old Houle, a right winger, scored 118 goals in three years with the Nordiques and finished with 103 points this year. He said he offered his services to the WHA club this year but they failed to come up with the kind of offer he said he needed for his family&rsquo;s future security and when the Canadiens showed an interest in him, he jumped at the idea of returning. Houle was drafted by the Canadiens in 1969 and put in three years with the club.</b></p><h2><b>SCOUTS GET DEADLINE</b></h2><p><b>KANSAS CITY&mdash;</b></p><p><b>The fate of the Kansas City Scouts is still up in the air and unless the financially-troubled NHL club comes up with new ownership by July 1, the club will be out of business.</b></p><p><b>The NHL&rsquo;s board of governors set the deadline because of the finalization of the 1976-77 schedule and they said that lack of new funding by that date would end the franchise. There have been some thought to move the club to Cleveland or Denver but the NHL said it would wait for the July 1 deadline before casting the Scouts aside.</b></p><h2><b>SHERO NOT CUP COACH</b></h2><p><b>GOTEBORG&mdash;</b></p><p><b>The coaching job with Team Canada is still undecided and Fred Shero hasn&rsquo;t been confirmed as the man who will direct the Canadian entry in the super Canada Cup series in September. Sam Pollock, the person entrusted with the task of selecting and naming Canada&rsquo;s players and coach, said the position was never offered to Shero.</b></p><p><b>A report from Sweden, where Shero is attending a coaching symposium, quoted the Philadelphia coach as saying he would be glad to accept the honor, thinking he had already been offered the job. Pollock said four men are in the running for it &mdash; Al MacNeil, Bobby Kromm, Don Cherry and Floyd Smith &mdash; and Pollock said he would pick the coach himself.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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DEADLINE STOPPERS

<h2><b>NHL TEAMS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03632/3648320-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="485" height="656"></div><h2><b>WHA TEAMS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-04432/3648313-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg" title="f0002-04" width="477" height="497"></div><h2><b>OTHER LEAGUES</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-05307/3648306-1-eng-US/f0002-052.jpg" title="f0002-05" width="483" height="209"></div><h2><b>COLUMNISTS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-06211/3648299-1-eng-US/f0002-062.jpg" title="f0002-06" width="483" height="162"></div><h2><b>OTHER FEATURES</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-07127/3648292-1-eng-US/f0002-072.jpg" title="f0002-07" width="465" height="121"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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WHERE YOU’LL FIND IT ALL

<div class="byline">BY GORAN STUBB</div><p>STOCKHOLM&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>W</span>hen the Russians head for North America and the 1976 Canada Cup competition they won&rsquo;t look the same to hockey audiences on the other side.</p><p>They won&rsquo;t have Vladimir Petrov, Alexander Gusev and Valery Kharlmalov. It&rsquo;s-like saying the Canadiens were without Guy Lafleur, Pete Mahovlich and Yvan Cournoyer or the Philadelphia Flyers without Bobby Clarke, Reg Leach and Bill Barber.</p><p>But such has been the turnover in the Russian hockey picture that the likelihood of these three Soviet super stars playing in the forthcoming international series appear remote. Certainly the Russians won&rsquo;t have Kharlmalov under any conditions. The slick puck handling Soviet star had the misfortune of breaking both his ankles in a car accident in Moscow and he&rsquo;ll be unable to start skating again until tfie end of September. By then the Canada Cup series will be completed since it is being staged Sept. 2 to Sept. 17.</p><p>The situation with Petrov and Gusev is entirely different. Both were dropped from the National team this spring because of their apparent attitude towards the game, their teammates and coaches according to an article published in the Russian news agency APN. The agency quotes the players as saying the two members of the past world championship teams were playing more as individuals than team performers. The APN says Petrov refused to take orders from coach Boris Kulagin.</p><p>Gusev was becoming embroiled in too many fights and collecting to many meaningless penalties to satisfy the Russian coaches, who left him off the team along with Petrov during their recent loss of the world championship to Czechoslovakia at Katowice, Poland.</p><p>The Russians are still reeling from their title loss to the Czechs. The players have taken the setback as a personal matter and they have told the APN they do not hold the coaches to blame for their defeat. They said their attitude wasn&rsquo;t good in the tournament and they cited their 6-4 upset by lowly-ranked Poland as an indication of how they performed below form.</p><p>While the atmosphere isn&rsquo;t too harmonious in the Russian camp, there is a definite air of optimism in Czechoslovakia where cocoaches Karel Gut and Jan Starsi are readying their 1976 world champs for the Canada Cup series against the Russians, Canada, the U.S.A.. Finland and Sweden.</p><p>The Czechs will be bringing their championship team to North America plus an additional five new players picked from a training camp to be held in August. The Czechs will wind up their camp workouts with a pair of warm-up games Aug. 23 and 24 in Prague against Finland&rsquo;s National team.</p><p>Both the Finns and Swedes will be coming to the Canada Cup tournament with new coaches. Hans Lindberg is the 31-year old new bench boss of the Swedish team. Lindberg is a former National team player and played with the Swedish championship team, Brynas Gavle. He also was a former teammate in Sweden of Toronto Leafs&rsquo; stars Borje Salming and Inge Hammarstrom.</p><p>Meanwhile the Finnish National team will have a new man at the top by the name of Seppo Liitsola, who is highly respected in his country&rsquo;s coaching circles. Liitsola will turn the team over to Lasse Heikkila, who will coach the team in the Canada Cup series with the help of former NHL star defenseman Carl Brewer. Brewer played and coached in Finland for several years and is well versed in the European style of play.</p><p>In other European hockey developments, one of the biggest coaching seminars ever held on this side of the world was conducted in Goteborg, Sweden in June with Arne Stromberg, former Swedish National team coach, directing the event with the help of Fred Shero, the coach of the Philadelphia Flyers. Shero was a guest lecturer at the symposium which attracted hockey people and coaches from all over the world. Other lecturers at the seminar included Stromberg, Liitsola, Tommy Sandlin, Verner Persson, Ake Lundstrom, Vladimir Kostka, and Ludak Bukac, the last two from Czechoslovakia.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02830/3648261-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="559" height="963"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>VALERY KHARLAMOV &hellip;To Miss Cup Series</b></figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-01254/3648254-1-eng-US/f0027-012.jpg" title="f0027-01" width="1175" height="1184"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>EUROPEAN SCENE</b></p><p><b>The firms will have Jorma Valtonen playing goal for them in the Canada Cup matches. Valtonen is currently playing in Italy but will fly to Canada with the Finnish players for the tournament.</b></p></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-02202/3648247-1-eng-US/f0027-022.jpg" title="f0027-02" width="1798" height="1182"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Here are five of the Finns&rsquo; top players during a lull in practice session. From the left are Tapani Levo, Kan Makkonen, Tapani Koskinen, Tapio Hinck and Jouni Rinne. At least two of the Finns, Makkonen with Phoenix and Rinne with California, will be playing pro hockey next season.</b></figcaption></div><p>The North American interest in European players continues. The success of the Winnipeg Jets in winning the WHA championship with the likes of Ulf Nilsson, Anders Hedberg, Willy Lindstrom, Veli-Pekka Ketola, Mats Lindh, Thommie Bergman, Curt Larsson, Lars-Erik Sjoberg and Hexi Riihiranta, has spurred other clubs into looking over here for future ice talent. California Seals of the NHL and Phoenix Roadrunners of the WHA are keenly interested in Swedish and Finnish players. Al Rollins of Phoenix came over to look at Kari Makkonen, Juhani Wallenius and Seppo Repo of Finland and scout Gordon McRae of the Seals said he wanted to sign Finland&rsquo;s top scorer, Jouni Rinne. The Seals were also looking at Roland Eriksson and Bengt Lundholm from the Leksand club of Sweden. The Winnipeg Jets haven&rsquo;t sat still because they won the WHA championship. They&rsquo;ve already got a line on Dan Labratten of the Leksand team for next season.</p><p>The Seals selected Bjorn Johansson of the Orebro IK team, a top defenseman, as their No. 1 pick in the recent NHL amateur draft. They hope to have him under contract for next season, which is one of the reasons they had a scout in Europe looking at the burly rearguard.</p><p>While most of the player flow is from Europe to Canada and the U.S., at least two Canadian players are going the other way for the 1976-77 season.</p><p>Morris and Darwin Mott, two former pros, have been signed to new contracts by Arne Stromberg for his Vastra Frolunda team in Goteborg. Morris played briefly with the NHL Seals. Both players played impressively for the Swedish team last season.</p><p>One of the big questions being asked around Europe is what NHL players can be expected to line up with their native countries for the September Canada Cup tournament. At the present time all the answers aren&rsquo;t available but one thing is certain, Phoenix defenseman Pekka Rautakallio won&rsquo;t be with Finland for the cup series. He has undergone a shoulder operation and isn&rsquo;t likely to be ready in time.</p><p>However, the Finns will have 30 players to select from including Ketola, Riihiranta, Lauri Mononen and Juhani Tamminen, all who left Finland to play pro hockey. Finnish ace Matti Murto is not going to Canada. He says the tournament will take too much of his time and keep him away from his family and business.</p><p>Finland will also bring over seven pros including Lasse Oksanen and goaler Jorma Valtonen, who have been playing in Italy. The Swedes are planning to play 12 to 15 pro players in their lineup. Sweden and Finland will play two exhibition games prior to leaving for Canada when they meet in Gavle and Stockholm Aug. 26 and 27.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Russians Eye Canada Cup Without 3 Top Players

<div class="byline">- BOB VERDI</div><p>CHICAGO&mdash;</p><p>Bobby Orr thinks he can play hockey again, and play it well for the Chicago Black Hawks.</p><p>The most important man in the world seconds the notion. His doctor.</p><p>&ldquo;The way Bobby&rsquo;s leg looks now, he could play as is,&rdquo; said Dr. John Palmer of Toronto General Hospital, where the 28-year-old ice prodigy underwent a thorough examination of his troublesome lift knee June 10 one day after agreeing to a multi-year, multimillion dollar Chicago contract.</p><p>&ldquo;I see no reason to be pessimistic,&rdquo; said Dr. Palmer, whose experience as team physician for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Toronto Argonauts has well acquainted him with athletic injuries.</p><p>&ldquo;Bobby has had five operations on the one knee, but there is no reason to perform a sixth at this time,&rdquo; said Dr. Palmer. &ldquo;We scored the knee and flushed out some loose particles of bone and cartilage.</p><p>&ldquo;He has no cartilage left in the knee, and as a result there can be some grinding, or from time to time, the leg may catch on him or give. But it is not serious.</p><p>&ldquo;There is no problem with the outer half of the knee. It&rsquo;s the inner half that has been damaged. But the ligaments are good and the muscles are strong. If he makes very sure that he is ready to play when he starts&mdash;and that&rsquo;s important&mdash;I foresee no problems.</p><p>&ldquo;It would probably be wise for Bobby not to push it at the start. He likes to play a vigorous game of about 35 or 40 minutes. Perhaps, he might want to start playing only half that much.</p><p>&ldquo;It also would be wise for him to realize that there are probably only a certain amount of miles left on that knee, and that one day those miles probably will be used up.</p><p>&ldquo;But barring something unforeseen, there&rsquo;s no reason to think that he cannot play well for several more yehrs. If he gets hit hard in the spot where he&rsquo;s had all the trouble, the knee probably will just be sore for a while.</p><p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s where the size of the man&rsquo;s heart comes in. It&rsquo;s immensely important, and I think Bobby is the kind of person who is very strong that way. If I had the money, and the team, I believe I would have done just what the Chicago people did.&rdquo;</p><p>And Orr, who has the money now, leaves very little doubt that he will make good in his new home after leaving the Boston Bruins.</p><p>&ldquo;I feel super, mentally and physically.&rdquo; said Orr. &ldquo;The last year has been the longest of my life, but it&rsquo;s all behind me now.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m planning on coming to Chicago, finding a home, and living there year round. The Black Hawks have a good team. They have a chance to go places, and not because I&rsquo;ll be there. They have a lot of talent. They shouldn&rsquo;t have gone out four straight against Montreal in the playoffs. I saw a couple of those games on TV and the Hawks are too good for that to happen.&rdquo;</p><p>Orr&rsquo;s all-consuming ebullience makes the Hawk gamble appear as a stroke of genius, though everything has its price.</p><p>&ldquo;I just set the point record last season for Black Hawk defensemen,&rdquo; said Dale Tallon, a good friend of Orr&rsquo;s. &ldquo;I had 62. Now it looks like that record will last until about Christmas.&rdquo;</p><p>Anyone for Thanks giving?<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Doctor Convinced Orr Will Make It

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01909/3648351-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>ORR DEAL SIMPLY BUSINESS DECISION &mdash; WHEEZING HAWKS NEEDED HEART TRANSPLANT AND THEY SHELLED OUT TO GET IT</b> <span class="photo-credit">(Photo by Stove Babineau)</span></figcaption></div><p>CHICAGO&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>S</span>ome curmudgeons call it a publicity stunt. Others view it as a belated quest to find a surrogate Bobby Hull. Still others deem it an outrageous gamble by a bunch of rich men out for a good time at the craptable.</p><p>But it is none of the above. Rather. Bobby Orr is to the Black Hawks a bargain at $3 million.</p><p>For them, entering the battle of wounded knee was worth the price of Admission. If he is healthy, they are healthy. If he is not, they can always say they tried and it was fun while it lasted.</p><p>Surely, when better business decisions are made, they will be made by Arthur Wirtz, the baron of the bottom line.</p><p>And let us not delude ourselves into thinking this bold move was anything but that&mdash;a business decision. It was not provoked by civic pride or out of altruism, but it was arranged simply because the Black Hawks needed a heart transplant.</p><p>This hockey team, which has been wheezing ever since Hull left, played before approximately 3,000 empty seats per game last season. If Orr can bring those people back 40 times next season, that&rsquo;s $600,000 right there without selling any beer or kosher red hots. If he can bring them back over five seasons, that, by gosh, adds up to $3 million, Bingo.</p><h2><b>HOCKEY SPECIAL BY BOB VERDI</b></h2><p>&ldquo;We didn&rsquo;t have that many empty seats to fill,&rdquo; said Boston Bruins&rsquo; president Paul Mooney. &ldquo;And that, basically, was the story of Bobby Orr leaving us. The Black Hawks were willing to pay more money for him than us, and for a reason.</p><p>&ldquo;My owners could afford to pay Bobby Orr $3 million. They could afford to buy your newspaper. They could afford to buy the hotel in Montreal where the deal was made.</p><p>&ldquo;But they don&rsquo;t want your newspaper or the hotel or Bobby Orr at that price. We were offered the same deal to sign him as Chicago was. We just didn&rsquo;t take it.&rdquo; said Mooney.</p><p>So the Black Hawks, reeling from a severe case of the blahs, rushed to&rsquo;the rescue and saved a bad situation they somewhat helped create.</p><p>Go back to last summer when Storer Broadcasting was having trouble digesting Orr&rsquo;s contract wishes. There was talk that the game&rsquo;s best player would jump leagues like Hull, and the National Hockey League was worried, very worried.</p><p>Black Hawk president Bill Wirtz told his partners at a meeting that Jeremy Jacobs of Buffalo&rsquo;s muchlinvestigated Emprise Corporation wanted tha Bruins and that Orr would be signed if the sale went though. The franchise was sold in a matter of hours which, if you know the NHL Board of Governors, is a matter of amazement. Their sole area of agreement usually is disagreement.</p><p>So Orr had new bosses again. His first owner. Weston Adams, treated Orr like a son. The Storer crew treated him like any other account. The Jacobs regime, which has made much money selling peanuts and cracker jacks, treated Orr like a concession Trouble.</p><p>&ldquo;When we started talking contract with them.&rdquo; recalled Orr&rsquo;s attorney Alan Eagleson, &ldquo;they put a Detroit lawyer on our case. We had problems, and I once remarked to him that &ldquo;Bobby Orr wouldn&rsquo;t be having trouble signing now if Weston Adams were around.&rdquo; The lawyer looked at me and said &lsquo;Who&rsquo;s Weston Adams?&rsquo; Can you believe that?&rdquo;</p><p>Gradually, Orr and Eagleson gravitated toward thinking Chicago. The relationship with Black Hawk brass seemed so much designed in heaven that another NHL owner wondered whether Wirtz didn&rsquo;t promote Jacobs so as to collect a future IOU.</p><p>&ldquo;I think the Orr deal with Chicago was made a lonfe time ago,&rdquo; said one NHL owner. &ldquo;He was a free agent June 1 and he&rsquo;s a Black Hawk June 9. That&rsquo;s pretty quick work, isn&rsquo;t it?&rdquo;</p><p>Actually, the transfer ran into an hellacious 11th hour snag which, admittedly, the Wirtz-Jacobs relationship helped solve. Whatever, a buynow. pay-later compromise brought Orr to the Hawks and great sadness to Boston, where June&rsquo;s clam chowder was watered down.</p><p>&ldquo;He was to us like Paul Revere.&rdquo; said Boston Mayor Kevin White. State treasurer Bob Crane rued the passing of a &ldquo;natural resource to New England.&rdquo;</p><p>Indeed, in Orr, the Hawks acquired not only a class athlete, but a class person. Not just a super star but a super competitor. A player of his talent easily could survive by coasting just once in a while, but Orr eschews mediocrity with a passion.</p><p>That example cannot be lost on his new Black Hawk teammates, some of whom occasionally forget the virtues of exercise Orr figures to radiate throughout the locker room; he is the leader that has been missing.</p><p>It is there, too, where Orr will do most of his talking, and on the ice where he does all of his performing. Otherwise, he is a private, almost bashful person. You&rsquo;ll notice that the pictures from Montreal marking the start of the Orr Era in Chicago featured Eagleson and Hawk general managerTommy Ivan.</p><p>Where was Orr? Slipping out the back door. He&rsquo;ll duck all the folderol concommitant to being hockey&rsquo;s best and highest-paid player. His next flashy quotation will be his first. You&rsquo;ll almost never hear him say anything juicy for publication, he avoids controversy, and never, never does he become involved in much ado about anything but hockey.</p><p>For his endless pursuit of privacy and close friends rather than the mass autograph sessions and toothpaste ads, Orr has absorbed the occasional criticism. Which is unfortunate. A great painter doesn&rsquo;t have tosing, too, does he?</p><p>&ldquo;I just don&rsquo;t volunteer anything,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ll answer a question if somebody asks me. but I don&rsquo;t ask a lot of questions.&rdquo;</p><p>Is he loyal, though? Well, when he was home nursing that leg injury last season, he called the Boston bathhouse every day just to see how the boys were doing.</p><p><b><i>&ldquo;&hellip;We were offered the same deal to sign him (Bobby Orr) as Chicago was. We just didn&rsquo;t take it.&rdquo;</i></b></p><p><b>&mdash;PAUL MOONEY, Bruins&rsquo; President</b></p><p>Is he unassuming? Well, after agreeing to that big contract the other day, he was still calling Tommy Ivan &ldquo;Mr. Ivan&rdquo; and Billy Reay &ldquo;Mr. Reay.&rdquo;</p><p>Is he unpretentious? Well, he drive a 1971 automobile, &ldquo;the oldest one of any of my clients,&rdquo; said Eagleson.</p><p>At game&rsquo;s start, Orr sheds all his shyness and, stick in hand, conducts the game. His zeal is matched only by his genius, and anyone who questions the Black Hawks&rsquo; costly pursuit of Orr simply doesn&rsquo;t recognize a prodigy.</p><p>Before he was shaving back in Parry Sound, Ont., he was being hailed as The Great One.</p><p>&ldquo;I scouted him when he was 14, recalled Wren Blair, then a Boston employee, now Pittsburgh Penguins&rsquo; general manager. &ldquo;He was fantastic then. Not only his ability but his instincts.&rdquo;</p><p>When he joined the Bruins at age 18, he became a one man rebuilding project. They were bad then, far more ordinary than the Hawks are now, and he not only renovated the Boston club, but the whole game.</p><p>&ldquo;We used to call him Moses,&rdquo; said former teammate Eddie Johnston now of the St. Louis Blues. &ldquo;Every game, there was a new move, a new twist. My biggest problem being a goalie for Boston was watching him and forgetting what I was doing.&rdquo;</p><p>The Black Hawks knew what they were doing. They have made some questionable talent assessments in bygone years, but this was not one. If Orr is a gamble, The brass is gambling with its own money&mdash;not with other players or other loyalties. If they have to surrender quality athletes down the line, it will only mean that Orr was a smash hit. Players compensation to the Bruins for Orr still has to be worked out.</p><p>He will be here soon to cross the t&rsquo;s and dot the i&rsquo;s. Unless the brass indiscreetly gives away No. 9 again, there&rsquo;s a No. 4 jersey available for Orr. Doug Jarrett wore it last and it hasn&rsquo;t as yet been retired. Then it will be a short talk for Bobby, and out the door. Until September.</p><p>He will be exciting, probably the best athlete ever to play for a Chicago team. But that isn&rsquo;t half of it. The Black Hawks will have something else brand new-next season. It&rsquo;s called a power play and Orr will be on it.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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BLACK HAWKS BOLDLY GAMBLING ORR WILL PUT FANS BACK IN CHICAGO SEATS

<div class="byline">Ken McKenzie&#x2019;s</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01961/3648427-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="439" height="449"></div><p>&bull; <b>TRAGEDY STRUCK</b> Minnesota North Star coach Ted Harris and his family when his 18-year old son James was found dead of accidental asphyxiation in the garage at the family&rsquo;s home in Lakeville, Minn. The youth was apparently installing a tape deck in his car&hellip; Dick Dillman, P.K.director of the North Stars, suffered a heart attack at the recent NHL meetings. He is hoping to be back at his desk shortly&hellip;Ray Miron is said to have the Central Hockey League&rsquo;s presidency if he wants it. Ray should make a good CHL prez. Incidentally, Ray&rsquo;s son Monte is playing hockey right now in South Africa&hellip;Tom Lockhart, the 84-year old hockey legend, still hale and hearty, will visit Australia this summer. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s about the only country I haven&rsquo;t seen,&rdquo; Tommy reported&hellip;. Eleven members of the New York Islanders wore helmets last season&hellip; Norm Beaudin has left the Winnipeg Jets to become a player coach in Switzerland&hellip; Gilles Meloche is said to have signed his best contract yet with the California Seals&hellip; Andre Boudrias no longer figures in the Vancouver Canucks plans. The Canucks are trying tounload him but without success&hellip; When is the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame selection committee going to name Bill Stewart, a top NHL referee for many years and an NHL coach who led the Chicago Black Hawks to the Stanley Cup in 1938? Stewart, a native of the Boston area, appears a natural for the hockey shrine&hellip; Will the Boston Bruins retire Bobby Orr&rsquo;s No. 4 jersey? &hellip; Gordie Howe wants to start a rumor. The grand old man of the Houston Aeros says: &ldquo;I&rsquo;m going to play next season but my sons are going to retire.&rdquo;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02917/3648420-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="270" height="404"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gilles Meloche</b></figcaption></div><p>&bull; <b>KEITH ALLEN</b> denied that Rick MacLeish is available for trade. The Flyer scoring star was rumored going to Chicago in a package that would bring Phil Russell and John Marks to Philadelphia. Trading for MacLeish would be risky right now as he has to continue workouts to strengthen his left knee (two torn ligaments, torn cartilage)&hellip;Red Dutton, president of the NHL prior to Clarence Campbell, plans to retire from the selection committee of the Hockey Hall of Fame. Dutton used to run the old New York Americans and recalls operating an entire season on a budget of $215,000. Sweeney Schriner, a great goal scorer of the time and a member of Hockey&rsquo;s Hall of Fame, drew top salary, $1,700 a season&hellip;Howie Meeker has been named director of the Muscular Dystrophy Association&hellip;The Boston press feels badly that Bobby Orr&rsquo;s image in Boston should be tarnished by recent events blamed on his advisor Alan Eagleson. If you listen to the talkers on the various sports shows you wonder how one guy would decline in popularity so rapidly. Even without Orr the Bruins will still pack them in at the venerable Boston Garden&hellip; Bill Hunter, one of the founders of the World Hockey Association, resigned as general manager of the Edmonton Oilers and promptly lashed out at &ldquo;critics, rumor mongers and sadists&rdquo; who he said are endangering the club&rsquo;s chances of survival in the WHA. Hunter owns one-third of the club and will remain as vice-president, secretary and director&hellip; Trumpeter Al Hirt, an avid hockey fan, is reportedly ready to ante up some money to save the floundering Kansas City Scouts&hellip; Pittsburgh Penguins made a smart move in hiring Baz Bastien as assistant general manager. Baz spent 25 years in Pittsburgh connected with the hockey club and is very popular in that area He will be the top assistant to Wren Blair&hellip; Johnny Bucyk, veteran captain of the Boston Bruins, received the Charlie Conacher MemorialTrophy as the NHL player making the greatest contribution to humanity over the past year&hellip;The ailing Dit Clapper, first living player to be elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame, was thrilled when his grandson, Gary Theberge, was recently drafted by Peterborough Juniors in the Ontario midget draft.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03812/3648413-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="292" height="423"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Baz Bastien</b></figcaption></div><p>&bull; <b>VANDALS</b> recently did $15,000 worth of damage to the United States Hockey Hall of Fame at Eveleth, Minn. It was most unfortuate as the hard-working U.S. Hall of Fame committee had done a marvellous job sprucing up the beautiful building&hellip; Toronto Maple Leaf-captain Darryl Sittier has received 3,500 requests for autographs since February and the night he picked up 10 scoring points&hellip;Maple Leafs hope to sign Borje Salming&rsquo;s brother, Stig, who&rsquo;s playinq for the Swedish Nationals&hellip;Bobby Clarke would make the logical captain for Team Canada&hellip; Hockey violence was discussed by provincial attorneys-general at a meeting in Vancouver last month&hellip; Detroit Red Wings will announce a new coach any day now. General manager Alex Delvecchio has nine candidates under consideration &hellip;Don Murdoch, New York Rangers&rsquo; No. 1 draft choice, signed an NHL contract. He is a brother of Bob Murdoch, who play&rsquo;s for California Seals. Don was junior hockey&rsquo;s top scorer last season with 88 goals and 77 assists with Medicine Hat of the Western Canada League &hellip;More player trades between NHL clubs are expected before next season starts&hellip;Hap Day, one of hockey&rsquo;s all-time great coaches, celebrated his 75th birthday recently.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04710/3648406-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="283" height="407"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Alex Delvecchio</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05578/3648482-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg"></div><h2><b>Eagleson Playing With Orr&rsquo;s Career</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>W</span>ell finally the Bobby Orr situation is all ceared up. After 10 grand and glorious years in Boston, Alan Eagle-son decided it was no place for Bobby. There certainly must be a political motive behind it all for Eagleson. We feel he used Bobby, to acclaim fame not for Bobby, but for Alan Eagleson who in the near future will announce ambitions of being Prime Minister of Canada. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a shame Bobby that you had to leave us because of politics. They never did mix with sports.</p><p><b>LARRY MARCUM Revere, Mass</b></p><h2><b>How Can Chicago Justify Orr Deal?</b></h2><p>I used to be a Chicago Black Hawks fan. Rut after the infamous &ldquo;trade&rdquo; with Boston. I wavered a little. Then they refused to give Bobby Hull the money he deserved. So he defected and made the Winnipeg franchise in the WHA Cup champions. How can Mr. Wirtz give wobbly knees Orr a three million dollar five year contract, when he laughed when Bobby Hull wanted only one million for five years? People in Chicago are right in staying away in droves, you can only put up with so much bumbling by management.</p><p><b>BOB LEBLANC Vernon, B.C.</b></p><h2><b>Flyers Enjoyed Great Hockey Year</b></h2><p>Before the discussions and articles begin, &ldquo;Can the Flyers recover from defeat?&rdquo; - &ldquo;The end of a short dynasty?&rdquo; or Can the Flyers come back next year after being losers?&rdquo; I think the following should make the above &ldquo;questions&rdquo; rather pointless.</p><p>The Philadelphia Flyers have concluded their finest season in history - they finished first in their division and conference for the third year in succession, winning the Campbell Cup now three years running. This year marked their finest record in history, 116 total points.</p><p>They led the NHL in scoring, the Flyers also had the best defensive record, two of the past three years (first, if averaged out over the three previous years). The Philadelphia line of Clarke, Leach and Barber scored more goals this year than any other line in history. Reggie Leach scored more goals this season including playoffs than any other player in history. The - Flyers set a new NHL record for least losses at home for one season (two). Philadelphia tied an NHL record going 23 games without a loss.</p><p>The Flyers have won 50 or more games three successive years (and barring anything unforeseen, should continue the string). They advanced to the post season playoff finals three successive years, winning two of three.</p><p>The most valuable player in the playoffs in the past three years was a Flyer. Most valuable player in the league in the past two years also a Flyer, Bobby Clarke. No other team in the past three years can come close to match this.</p><p>Now, before the Montreal Canadien fans&rsquo; blood pressure starts to rise, let me hasten to say that I am a hockey fan first, and a Flyer fan second. My admiration and feeling for the &ldquo;tradition steeped&rdquo; Habs is so clpse to what I feel for the Flyers, it is almost a tossup. There will never be another Rocket Richard and my all-time everything the &ldquo;incomparable,&rdquo; Beliveau. But, we must crawl before we walk and run before we skate. It takes a long time.</p><p>While there should not be any question in anyone&rsquo;s mind as to which was the better team this year, I can only hope that we all have the pleasure and privileqe of seeing the Flyers and Habs do battle next year in the finals, but this time with a healthy Parent, Clarke and MacLeish.</p><p><b>YALEBELETZ, Philadelphia, PA</b></p><h2><b>Will Finally Leafs Be Cup Threat</b></h2><p>Being a fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs I have seen my team physically abused and mauled by bigger, aggressive teams such as Boston and Philadelphie.</p><p>It appears that these days are over and done with. With players such as Kurt Walker, Tiger Williams, Pat Boutette, Bob Neely, Dave Dunn and Scott Garland, the &lsquo;Carlton Street Crunchers&rsquo; can trade blows with anyone in the league.</p><p>With the addition of a veteran forward and an Ed Van Impe-type of defenseman plus a high-scoring draft pick, the Leafs will be Stanley Cup contenders next season.</p><p>Good luck Leafs and thanks to Jim Gregory for assembling a young, exciting team!</p><p><b>JOEY BROZA, Nakina, Ont.</b></p><h2><b>Best Team Won The Stanley Cup</b></h2><p>Five years ago I received THE HOCKEY NEWS for a birthday present. I enjoyed it so much that I haven&rsquo;t missed a single issue since then. It is the highlight of the week when it comes in the mail.</p><p>As a diehard New York Islander fan I must say that I am very disappointed that my favorite team lost in the playoff to Montreal. But I am also proud to say that the series was so close that either team could have won it.</p><p>For the mighty Canadiens I have nothing but praise, because they are indeed &ldquo;mighty&rdquo;. Their defense was difficult to penetrate and the offense unstoppable.</p><p>In a year or two maybe the Islanders will turn the tables, with such young stars as Denis Potvin, Billy Harris, and Bryan Trottier improving. But, for this year I can say the best team won the Stanley Cup!</p><p><b>ROBERT FITTERMAN Greenlawn, L.I.</b></p><h2><b>Hockey Referees Need More Help</b></h2><p>It would seem to me that the real solution to the violence in hockey which has caused many serious problems and injuries during the past several seasons would be to give the referees more assistance by allowing the linesmen or another official to be able to call penalties.</p><p>The violence did not start recently because I remember a game in New York that I witnessed about 20 years ago when one of the players hit a Ranger over the head with his stick and the referee unfortunately had his back to the serious infraction.</p><p>This act caused with no penalty could have been avoided had the linesmen had authority to call a penalty. The game was delayed quite awhile with fans shouting &ldquo;the referee is a bum&rdquo; and showering the ice with all kinds of debris. It took four hours to complete the game and fans came close to rioting.</p><p>The head official in a hockey game needs help on the ice and most of them do the best they can but could at long last use assistance on calling penalties in the majority of cases would stop some of the more serious violence.</p><p>It is time in my opinion that the key officials in hockey, give the game officials some long awaited help on the ice. If it takes putting a fourth official and calling him umpire then that is the step that should be taken.</p><p>Pro football long ago added a fifth and sixth official to handle the increasing activity on the field.</p><p><b>ANDYDENONN, Claxton, Ga</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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FAN FORUM

<div class="byline">BY CHARLIE HALPIN</div><p>MONTREAL&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he practice of economics, which has crept into professional hockey at all levels, was prevalent in the recent National Hockey League amateur draft. The NHL teams put reasoning ahead of spending and drafted only 135 players as compared to 217 last year.</p><p>The better than 35 percent drop in the 1976 drafting had been forecast well before the NHL clubs sat down June 1 to do their picking. Considerable talk centered on the fact all 18 teams would only sign their No. 1 picks and wait for training camp to offer the rest pro contracts. This wasn&rsquo;t quite the case but it was a good indication of how the big league clubs were thinking when they entered into the draft.</p><p>Some NHL teams decided not to wait because of the competition being provided by the WHA tor the amateurs&rsquo; services. Led by the Philadelphia Flyers, who signed their first four draft picks, the 18 NHL teams managed to get nine No. 1 selections under contract. However, this constituted another cutback from last season when the NHL had 10 of its 18 top drafts signed in a matter of weeks after the Montreal meetings.</p><p>But the NHL is still running ahead of the WHA in this respect after signing nine first round choices. The Cincinnati Stingers were the only WHA team to grab a draft signee away from the NHL when they inked Sherbrooke scor inq star Peter Marsh to a multi year contract. The rival WHA drafted 121 players in comparison to the 135 by the NHL.</p><p>The NHL again had the distinction of signing its No. 1 pick overall when defenseman Rick Green accepted an offer from the Washington Caps. They also got their second and third in line as well. Blair Chapman of Saskatoon was the second choice and Pittsburgh signed him promptly. Center Glen Sharpley of Hull was the No. 3 draft and Minnesota signed him just hours after the draft.</p><p>The Montreal Canadiens had three first-round picks, Peter Lee of Ottawa, Rod Schutt of Sudbury and Bruce Baker of Ottawa 67s but only Baker was signed. However, the Habs were expected to announce both Lee and Schutt had accepted terms from Stanley Cup champs as soon as GM Sam Pollock could tear himself away from his new and demanding Team Canada selection chores.</p><p>Only one NHL club, the Atlanta Flames, managed to sign more than one first round pick. The Flames inked defenseman Dave Shand of Peterborough and left wing Harold Phillipoff of New Westminster to NHL pacts.</p><p>Other first draft signings included right wing Don Murdoch of Medicine Hat by the Rangers, left wing Clay Pachal of New Westminster by Boston and defenseman Mark Suzor of Kingston by Philadelphia.</p><p>Other first round picks still unsigned were center Fred Williams of Saskatoon by Detroit, Bjorn Johansson. the best defenseman in European hockey from the Swedish Orebro IK club, by California Seals, center Bernie Federko of Saskatoon by St. Louis, left wing Paul Gardner of Oshawa by the financially-troubled Kansas City Scouts, right wing Alex McKendry of Sudbury by NewYork Islanders, center Greg Carroll of Medicine Hat by Washington and right wing Real Cloutier of the Quebec Norpiques of the WHA, who was chosen ninth in the draft by the Chicago Black Hawks. The gambling Hawks own Cloutier&rsquo;s NHL rights in the event the league folds or the fast-skating young Quebecer decides he wants to give the NHL a whirl. The Hawks are betting on the. latter.</p><p>In the 135 player draft by the NHL, the OHA led with 47 players claimed. The WCHL lost 33, the Quebec League 17, 26 were taken from U.U. college ranks, another eight came from European teams. Eachplayer drafted cost the NHL an automatic $1,000 plus another $4,000 when he signs a pro conract. The NHL club will also ante up $5,000 for each 40 NHL games the prospect plays up to $15,000 The money will be distributed to the player&rsquo;s amateur club as development payment.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01856/3648520-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="563" height="958"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>The Philadelphia Flyers moved swiftly to sign their No. 1 draft choice, defenseman Mark Suzor, of Kingston, left, and Drew Callander, a right wingerfrom Regina.</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02707/3648513-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="565" height="949"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Teams Sign Nine Of 18 Top Amateur Selections

<h2><b>ATLANTA FLAMES (6)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03508/3648670-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="689" height="177"></div><h2><b>BOSTON BRUINS (5)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-04335/3648663-1-eng-US/f0005-042.jpg" title="f0005-04" width="689" height="154"></div><h2><b>BUFFALO SABRES (4)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-05215/3648656-1-eng-US/f0005-052.jpg" title="f0005-05" width="694" height="125"></div><h2><b>CALIFORNIA SEALS (7)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-06136/3648649-1-eng-US/f0005-062.jpg" title="f0005-06" width="691" height="204"></div><h2><b>CHICAGO BLACK HAWKS (7)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0780/3648642-1-eng-US/f0005-072.jpg" title="f0005-07" width="688" height="193"></div><h2><b>DETROIT RED WINGS (8)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0854/3648635-1-eng-US/f0005-082.jpg" title="f0005-08" width="688" height="222"></div><h2><b>KANSAS CITY SCOUTS (4)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0934/3648628-1-eng-US/f0005-092.jpg" title="f0005-09" width="688" height="127"></div><h2><b>LOS ANGELES KINGS (5)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-1020/3648621-1-eng-US/f0005-102.jpg" title="f0005-10" width="693" height="156"></div><h2><b>MINNESOTA NORTH STARS! 8)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-1114/3648614-1-eng-US/f0005-112.jpg" title="f0005-11" width="692" height="225"></div><h2><b>MONTREAL CANADIENS! 15)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-1211/3648607-1-eng-US/f0005-122.jpg" title="f0005-12" width="685" height="408"></div><h2><b>NEW YORK ISLANDERS (6)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-139/3648600-1-eng-US/f0005-132.jpg" title="f0005-13" width="689" height="176"></div><h2><b>NEW YORK RANGERS (7)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-146/3648593-1-eng-US/f0005-142.jpg" title="f0005-14" width="690" height="195"></div><h2><b>PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (7)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-156/3648586-1-eng-US/f0005-152.jpg" title="f0005-15" width="691" height="199"></div><h2><b>PITTSBURGH PENGUINS (7)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-165/3648579-1-eng-US/f0005-162.jpg" title="f0005-16" width="692" height="201"></div><h2><b>ST. LOUIS BLUES (16)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-173/3648572-1-eng-US/f0005-172.jpg" title="f0005-17" width="693" height="430"></div><h2><b>TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS (7)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-183/3648565-1-eng-US/f0005-182.jpg" title="f0005-18" width="684" height="202"></div><h2><b>VANCOUVER CANUCKS (7)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-192/3648558-1-eng-US/f0005-192.jpg" title="f0005-19" width="684" height="206"></div><h2><b>WASHINGTON CAPITALS (9)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-202/3648551-1-eng-US/f0005-202.jpg" title="f0005-20" width="686" height="251"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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How NHL Teams Picked The Amateurs

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Top 18 Picks By Teams

<div class="byline">&#x2014;BY BILL LIBBY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01993/3648739-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="408" height="468"></div><h2><b><i>A Piece Of Peace&hellip;</i></b></h2><p class="dropcap"><b><span>J</span>IM PARK,</b> a 24-year-old rookie goaltender, was one of the pleasant surprises of this past season for the surprising Indianapolis Racers of the World Hockey Association. He credits Transcentental Meditation in part for his superb performances.</p><p>&ldquo;I sat in on a preliminary course last season and checked it out to see if it was okay. Early this season I enrolled. I went four consecutive days. There were kids, housewives, and even businessmen in <b>the course,&rdquo; he told Dick Denny of the L. A. News.</b></p><p>&ldquo;The first two sessions are two-hour private lectures. Then you have two more sessions of about 90 minutes each with about 15 or 20 ot her people.</p><p>&ldquo;They give you a word, which I can&rsquo;t reveal, and you repeat it to yourself while you meditate.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02769/3648732-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="795" height="1004"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Islander star Denis Potvin credits meditating for his improved performance on the ice this season. Potvin won the Norris as best defenseman.</b> <span class="photo-credit">(Photo by Steve Babineau)</span></figcaption></div><p>After awhile, you fade off with your thoughts.</p><p><b>&ldquo;I get to the arena 90 minutes before a game.</b> For the first 20 minutes I tape two or three sticks. Then I meditate for half an hour. After that I take a shower. <b>Then I meditate for five more minutes. Then I get dressed for the game.&rdquo;</b></p><p>At this point, he feels prepared. He has had trouble bearing down in games and has gotten tired, but hefeelsTM has changed this.</p><p>&ldquo;It allows me to concentrate for 60 minutes. Apparently it relaxes both my mind and my body. It eliminates the need for so much sleep. Also it seems to speed up your reflexes.&rdquo;</p><p>There are, of course, many who consider Transcendental Meditation just so much nonsense, but Park is not the only believer in sports or in major league hockey. In fact, it was after reading about the experiences of some of the New York Islanders that the youngster looked into it and liked what he found.</p><p>Don Leopold, a mod young man, who is director of the In titute for Fitness and Athletic Excellence, is maybe the main person who has been promotingTM among athletes.</p><p>He first encountered it at Harvard after he found his roommate &ldquo;meditating.&rdquo; He says, &ldquo;I thought we&rsquo;d lost him. I expected him to grow hair to his knees, and run off to some cave. But it improved him, so I tried it and it worked for me, too.&rdquo;</p><p>An angry amateur on the tennis court, he found he could control his temper. And his play improved. So, a business was born.</p><p>The Pittsburgh Pirates got in touch with him, then the New York Jets, then others. Joe Namath and Arthur Ashe gave it a try and apparently approved the results.</p><p>THE ISLANDERS were the first hockey team to approach him. Denis Potvin, a bright young man with many interests in life, cannot say for sure that TM made him the newly-named winner of the James Norris Memorial Trophy as the outstanding defenseman in the National Hockey League, but he believes it helped his season.</p><p>&ldquo;I get enjoyment from it as well as a lot out of it.&rdquo; he told me late this past season. &ldquo;I got into it in training camp and I got off to the best start of my three seasons in the majors. I seem to have more desire to play and more enthusiasm in games. I&rsquo;m not as easily discouraged by reversals and I have sustained my interest throughout the season.</p><p>&ldquo;Essentially, it&rsquo;s just a system for getting off by yourself and clearing your mind. It&rsquo;s entirely possible to do it without the help of a TM system, but most of us would not and could not do it. This is a way that works. You have a system to use and you discipline yourself to use it. And any of us that gets away from that madness out there for a few minutes has to benefit.</p><p><b>&ldquo;ALL I DO IS I TAKE</b> 20 minutes early in the day to be by myself to meditate. I repeat my mantra&mdash;a word with a sound that is appealing&mdash;to myself until my mind becomes clear. We all have so many mixed-up things on our minds all the time it&rsquo;s really marvellous to go blank briefly. My mind wanders. I can feel my heart beat. I come to life. I really like that time and look forward to it.</p><p>&ldquo;Afterwards. I find I am relaxed and at peace. It&rsquo;s a little piece of peace I&rsquo;ve stolen from the world. It sounds silly, but instead of me telling my mind what to do. my mind goes in whatever direction it seems to want. I find I do what I really want to do, down deep.</p><p>&ldquo;The rest of the day I am more mentally aware of life around me, more sensitive to the stuff of life. I read far faster than I used to. I do everything more economically. I have more time for other things. And when it is time to do my job, I find I can do it better than ever before.&rdquo;</p><p>Concludes Denis. &ldquo;It may sound like a freaky thing, but I have found it fascinating, personally. I didn&rsquo;t have to shave my head and stand on it. I just had to relax and give it a chance to work for me. It has worked for me.&rdquo;</p><p><b>ANOTHER BELIEVER</b> among the Islanders is Jude Drouin, the veteran forward. &ldquo;It really relaxes you and refreshes you. It seems to sharpen your mind and makes your whole day interesting. If you can&rsquo;t find 20 minutes once or twice a day for that, there&rsquo;s something wrong with your life. Sadly, sometimes I can&rsquo;t.&rdquo;</p><p>The goaltender. Glenn &ldquo;Chico&rdquo; Resch, tried it. but has not stayed with it. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a little too ritualistic for me. And I do have trouble finding the timeat times.&rdquo; headmits.</p><p>&ldquo;Oh, it does work. It&rsquo;s beneficial. It has a positiveeffect on you. But so would any method of relaxation. Everyone would benefit from relaxation during the day, but everyone doesn&rsquo;t have to do it the same way.</p><p>&ldquo;Some take a nap. Others lie down and stare at the ceiling. Still others grab a beer and make circles on the table with the bottle.</p><p>&ldquo;I do it working around the house, using the time to make myself useful. Sometimes, sitting down and reading a book gets me away from the world. I don&rsquo;t need a word. I didn&rsquo;t find any fantastic results from TM. If someone else does, fine.&rdquo;</p><p>Fred Shero, who is always willing to try something new, has looked into it and recommended it to his players. He says, &ldquo;The only people who don&rsquo;t feel stress are six feet under.&rdquo; However, his star, Bobby Clarke, the newly-named Hart Trophy winner as MVP. says, &ldquo;Our coach has so many ideas, it&rsquo;s tough to keep track. This sounds a little unusual.&rdquo;</p><p>Hart Trophy winner&rsquo; meet Norris Trophy winner.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Hockey Ad Lib

<div class="byline">BY BILL FLEISCHMAN</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-03546/3648770-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>OREST KINDRACHUK&hellip; Played In Pain During Playoffs</b> <span class="photo-credit">(Photo by Bruce Bennett)</span></figcaption></div><p>PHILADELPHIA&mdash;</p><p>And how, you may wonder, are the Philadelphia Flyers accepting their new role as &ldquo;losers?&rdquo;</p><p>Those who have spent the last few seasons despising the twotime Stanley Cup champions, those who find absolutely no socially redeeming value in the Flyers, would surely think the area near the Spectrum had been plundered and City Hall had been reduced to rubble by Dave Schultz and associates.</p><p>Those close to the Flyers knew the dethroned champions would react differently. Beneath the occasional terror tactics beat the hearts of classy athletes. Because they are not goons, the Flyers did not sulk, blame the officiating or resort to alibis.</p><p>Although still stunned by the four-game sweep administered by Montreal, the Flyers saluted the Canadiens.</p><p>&ldquo;We gave it our best, but they were better,&rdquo; said Orest Kind-rachuk, the talented playmaker whose backache bothered him more than he would admit.</p><p>&ldquo;I thought eventually they&rsquo;ve got to crack the way we went after them,&rdquo; said Terry Crisp, the still valuable utility-man who has probably played his last game for the Orange Army. &ldquo;But they just shrugged it off. They&rsquo;ve got a heckuva machine.&rdquo;</p><p>Perhaps coach Fred Shero&rsquo;s note to Montreal coach Scotty Bowman summed up the Flyers&rsquo; feeling best:</p><p>&ldquo;Congratulations on such a fantastic season,&rdquo; read Shero&rsquo;s handwritten note. &ldquo;You&rsquo;re true champions, not only of the league but the world.&rdquo;</p><p>While paying tribute to the Canadiens, who played four nearly perfect games, the Flyers were nagged by &ldquo;ifs.&rdquo; They felt the first three games could have been theirs with one of hockey&rsquo;s proverbial &ldquo;breaks.&rdquo; All three games were decided in the third period.</p><p>With Bernie Parent and Rick MacLeish healthy, the Flyers felt the series would have been at least prolonged. After the final handshake, Bobby Clarke confirmed he was playing on a gimpy knee. The good news was, Clarke probably wouldn&rsquo;t need surgery to correct the strained ligaments.</p><p>Before starting work on possible trades and the amateur draft, GM Keith Allen took time to dismiss any notions that Montreal&rsquo;s &lsquo;Dream Team&rsquo; had advanced several strides ahead of the Flyers.</p><p>&ldquo;I think our teams are very comparable,&rdquo; said Allen. &ldquo;In goal if Bernie&rsquo;s right, we have the edge. On defense they have a little edge. The forwards are a toss-up. Clarke is the best in hockey. With MacLeish, Kindrachuk and Bridgman I don&rsquo;t think another team can match us down the middle.&rdquo;</p><p>Montreal&rsquo;s biggest edge over the Flyers, and over other team in sight, is all those first-round draft choices GM Shrewd Sam Pollock collects.</p><p>Players such as Kindrachuk and Don Saleski, who Soared among the playoff scoring leaders prior to the finals, were held pointless against Montreal. Bill Barber, Gary Dornhoefer and Ross Lonsberry didn&rsquo;t provide scoring suppor for Reg Leach&rsquo;s one-man offense, but there is no reason to think these proven NHLers won&rsquo;t regain their scoring touches next season. All the Flyers welcomed the summer break, but the impression was they&rsquo;re anxious for next season. As Dornhoefer said, &ldquo;Now we know what the other side ofthe coin is like. We&rsquo;ll be back.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Flyers Accept Cup Loss Vowing They’ll Be Back

<p>Following are the latest off-season movements in hockey:</p><h2><b>NATIONAL LEAGUE</b></h2><p>CHICAGO&mdash;<b>Bobby Orr,</b> defenseman, signed to multi-year contract as free agent. Player remuneration to be made to Boston later.</p><p>MONTREAL&mdash;<b>Rejean Houle,</b> forward, signed three-year contract after jumping back from Quebec Nordiques of WHA.</p><p><b>RANGERS&mdash;Rick Middleton,</b> forward, traded to Boston in exchange for <b>Ken Hodge,</b> forward. <b>Don Murdoch,</b> right wing, first draft pick, signed to contract. <b>Dave Farrish,</b> defenseman, second draft pick, signed to contract.</p><p><b>MONTREAL&mdash;Glenn Gold-up,</b> forward, traded to Los Angeles for future considerations. <b>Bruce Baker,</b> right wing, third draft choice, signed to contract.</p><p>BOSTON&mdash;Traded free agents right to <b>Andre Savard,</b> forward, to Buffalo in return for free agents right of <b>Peter McNab,</b> forward. Both players signed with new clubs. <b>Clay Pachal,</b> left wing, first draft pick, signed to contract.</p><p><b>PHILADELPHIA&mdash;Mark Suzor,</b> defenseman, first draft pick, <b>Drew Callander,</b> right wing, second draft pick, <b>Craig Hamner,</b> defenseman, third draft pick, and <b>Dave Hynek,</b> left wing, fourth draft pick, all signed to contracts.</p><p><b>MINNESOTA&mdash;Alex Pirus,</b> right wing, third draft pick in 1975, signed to contract from Notre Dame University. Tom <b>Youghans,</b> right wing, signed from U.S. Olympic team. <b>Glen Sharpley,</b> center, first draft pick, signed to contract.</p><p><b>ATLANTA&mdash;Claude St. Sauveur,</b> forward, returned to Calgary of <b>WHA. Rich Lemieux</b> and <b>Dave Kryskow,</b> forwards, released as free agents. Dave <b>Shand,</b> defenseman, first draft pick, <b>Harold Phillipoff,</b> right wing, second draft pick, and <b>Robert Simpson,</b> forward, third draft pick, signed to contracts.</p><p><b>PITTSBURGH&mdash;Blair Chap</b>man, right wing, first draft pick, and <b>Greg Malone,</b> forward, second draft pick, signed to contracts.</p><p>TORONTO&mdash;<b>Randy Carlyle,</b> defenseman, second draft pick, signed to contract.</p><h2><b>WORLD HOCKEY ASSN.</b></h2><p>CINCINNATI&mdash;<b>Bernie MacNeil,</b> forward, traded to Cleveland for <b>Russ Walker,</b> forward. <b>Rich Leduc,</b> forward, secured from Cleveland in cash transaction. <b>Murray Myers,</b> forward, returned to Calgary. <b>Mike Byers</b> and <b>Lorne Rombough,</b> forwards, and <b>Terry Ball,</b> defenseman, released as free agents. <b>Peter Marsh,</b> right wing, first draft pick, signed to contract. Dennis <b>Abgrall,</b> forward, signed as free agent from Los Angeles of NHL.</p><h2><b>COACHING CHANGES</b></h2><p><b>QUEBEC &mdash; Marc Boileau</b> named coach to replace <b>Jean</b>Guy Gendron, who was released with one year left on contract.</p><p><b>RANGERS&mdash;Jean-Guy Talbot</b> named assistant coach to John Ferguson.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Hockey Players On The Move…

<div class="byline">BY DICK JOHNSTON</div><p>BUFFALO&mdash;</p><p>The Buffalo Sabres took two steps to toughen up their forward corps during the first month after they bowed out of the Stanley Cup playoffs.</p><p>They picked a big, strong forward from the Memorial Cup champion Hamilton Fincups as their first choice in the amateur draft. He is Joe Kowal, a 6&rsquo;4&rdquo; 216 pound left winger who scored 32 goals and assisted on 45 in 52 games and who spent 140 minutes in the penalty box.</p><p>Next, immediately after the National Hockey League meetings in Montreal, they traded center Peter McNab to Boston for another center, Andre Savard.</p><p>Savard. Boston&rsquo;s first pick in the 1972 draft, isn&rsquo;t as big as McNab but he&rsquo;s a tough defensive player. At least, he always has been when he checked Buffalo&rsquo;s super center, Gil Perreault, in Boston Garden. The 22-year old, 6T&rdquo;, 180 pounder usually played on the Bruins&rsquo; top checking line.</p><p>Although he was a 61-goal scorer one junior season with the Quebec Remparts, Savard turned into a hard-nosed checker with the Bruins.</p><p>The move away from Buffalo probably was good for McNab. The son ot the Washington Capitals&rsquo; general manager, Max McNab, was one of the hardest workers on the Buffalo club and looked like a real scorer. But he appeared to lose his confidence when the crowd got on him after he spoke out against their jeering the club during a prolonged mid-season slump.</p><p>McNab suffered a concussion shortly before the playoffs and never did get back in as a regular during Stanley Cup play. The Sabres drafted him sixth in 1972 while he was still a student at Denver University.</p><p>He played one more season for Denver, then turned pro to play with the Sabres&rsquo; Cincinnati farm club in the American League. In his first season with Buffalo, Pete missed much of season with injuries but managed to score 22 goals and assist on 21 in 53 games. He had 24 goals and 32 assists this past season.</p><p>Savard had 17 goals and 23 assists in 1975-76.</p><p>It was not actually a trade but a deal without precedent in the NHL. The clubs traded free agent rights to the players and, at the timeoftheannouncement, neither player had signed a contract with his new club.</p><p>Should they both agree to terms, each club would get the new player as compensation for the free agent lost. If either would not sign with his new club, Imlach said, the club would agree to some other compensation.</p><p>Imlach got his first look at Kowal during the Montreal meetings and was impressed, although he did not sign the big younster then and there. The Sabres did not have a first-round pick and Kowal was the 32nd player chosen in the draft.</p><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s a big one, though,&rdquo; said Punch,&rdquo; and he seems eager to play. If he can just get out in front of the goal and stay there, he will be doing something that nobody else did for us this season.&rdquo;</p><p>The Sabres had four other free agents after the June 1 deadline and none seemed in a hurry to sign a contract with the club.</p><p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t blame them,&rdquo; said Imlach. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s something new and they want to see what they can get. We&rsquo;ve offered them what we think are fair contracts.&rdquo;</p><p>Rene Robert, right winger for the famed French Connection, was the principal player unsigned. All sorts of rumors circulated around the Montreal meetings about where he was going to end up.</p><p>Floyd Smith, the Sabre coach, said, &ldquo;I would like to think Rene will be back with us. He is a very talented player and an important part of our hockey club. He would be very hard to replace.&rdquo;</p><p>Robert had 100 and 89 points the last two seasons as right winger on the club&rsquo;s high-scoring line with Gil Perreault and Rick Martin.</p><p>Others whose contracts ran out June 1 are Jim Lordntz, Brian Spencer and goalie Gary Bromley.</p><p><b>ICE CHIPS:</b> When Perreault made the NHL second All Star team it was the first time the smooth ever received All Star recognition at the end of the season since he entered the league in 1970. His winger, Martin, dropped down from the first team two years in a row, tothe second team.</p><p>Many of the Sabres and other players living along the Frontier were scheduled to play in the third annual Tim Horton Memorial Golf Tournament in Fort, Erie, Ont., July 9.</p><p>Jacques Richard, Sabre forward, escaped injury when two masked men entered a Quebec tavern in which he was an occupant and started shooting machine guns. Andre Deschamps of Hershey Bears, a Sabre minor league, was hit in the leg.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01898/3648825-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="574" height="1021"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>ANDRE SAVARD &hellip; Tough On Defense</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Sabres Move To Strengthen Attack Picking Off Top Draft, Bruin Pivot

<div class="byline">BY DONALD BERNS</div><p>ST. LOUIS&mdash;</p><p>The St. Louis Blues&rsquo; strength at center ice would seem to invite the trading talents of Emile Francis.</p><p>The Blues increased their impressive stable of centers by using their first-round amateur draft choice on Saskatoon&rsquo;s Bernie Federko, the top scorer among Canada&rsquo;s Junior A players last season.</p><p>The Blues already have Garry Unger, Red Berenson, Derek Sanderson and Larry Patey. There is little room for Federko, but hockey men say he is good enough to make room for himself.</p><p>Francis, coach and general manager of the Blues, denies he has any trades in mind. Francis says a team needs to be strong at center, and hardly anyone can dispute his statement However, in the era of inflated salaries with just two of the five, Sanderson and Unger, accounting for more than $250,000 of Francis&rsquo; payroll annually there is doubt the Blues will be carrying five centers.</p><p>To make the dilemma a reality Federko has to make the team. If he is found wanting at the Blues&rsquo; training camp, he can look forward to a snowy winter in Providence. But if he can transfer part of his spectacular junior success to the National Hockey League, he will enjoy a milder but more ex-hilarating winter in St. Louis.</p><p>Federko, playing for the Saskatoon Blades in the Western Canada Hockey League, scored 72 goals and 115 assists for a new league record of 187 points. The old record of 178 was by Bobby Clarke, playing for the Flin Flon Bombers in the 1967-68 season before starting his career with the Philadelphia Flyers.</p><p>So, if Federko is as dazzling in the St. Louis training camp as he has been in his junior career, the Blues may be forced into a move.</p><p>Unger is the most secure of the other four centers. He is the enduring star of the franchise, and trading him would be difficult to imagine. Even though Francis is a trader, he shows some respect for order and permanence.</p><p>Sanderson, Berenson and Patey could be considered tradable. Francis traded Sanderson from the New York Rangers to the Blues and perhaps could be motivated to trade him again. But Sanderson, playing with Chuck Lefley and Claude Larose, contributed much to one of the highest-scoring lines in the NHL. Francis has spoken in admiration of what that trio was able to accomplish and also has said he considers Sanderson one of the league&rsquo;s finest penalty-killers.</p><p>Berenson in his second stint with the Blues again has proven his worth. He is working and smart and can handle any assignment given to a forward. His age of 36 reduces his value on the trading market, and Red probably will be allowed to finish his career in the city where it bloomed.</p><p>Patey really hasn&rsquo;t settled into the Blues&rsquo; lineup yet. He came to the team in the Wayne Merrick trade last fall, was injured was booed because he wasn&rsquo;t playing as well as Merrick, recovered slowly from the ankle injury, was benched, finally was given a chance to play regularly and played well. His status would have to be considered uncertain.</p><p>In the first couple months of last season Francis had a similar situation with the Rangers &mdash; five centers, including one untested in the NHL. Francis had Jean Ratelle, Walt Tkaczuk, Sanderson, Pete Stemkowski and Wayne Dillon. The objective at the time was to work Dillon into the lineup, and the means toward that end was trading Sanderson.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01982/3648856-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="548" height="605"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BERNIE FEDERKO &hellip; Could Make Club</b></figcaption></div><p>In St. Louis this season Francis may decide the simplest solution to the same dilemma is still the nice, quick trade.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Drafting Federko Makes Blues Five Deep At Center

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02882/3648887-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="568" height="746"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>FRED WILLI AMS &hellip; He Comes To Play</b></figcaption></div><p>DETROIT&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>D</span>ennis Polonich, one of the National Hockey League&rsquo;s more &ldquo;aggressive&rdquo; young players has been offered a new three-year contract - with a year still remaining on his existing contract. Polonich flew in from Foam Lake, Sask. June 14 for the signing in general manager Alex Delvecchio&rsquo;s Olympia Stadium office. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve always been impressed with Polo&rsquo;s hustle and toughness,&rdquo; said Delvecchio, &ldquo;but, this past season he showed us that he can play hockey too.&rdquo;</p><p>Polonich, certainly not one of the league&rsquo;s present day giants on skates at 5&rsquo;6&rdquo; and 170 pounds, has been in the Detroit organization for three years, being exposed to pro hockey for the first time in Bruce Norris&rsquo; London. England venture coached by Doug Barkley. He won the MVP award for his performance in Geneva, Switzerland during one of the many international invitational tournaments that the London Lions took part in. The second year in the organization he became a sparkplug for the now defunct Virginia Red Wings in the American Hockey League&hellip;and then came his big chance to play in the NHL. Following a rugged training camp in Kalamazoo. Mich. Polonich exemplified the kind of desire that the Red Wing brass were seeking in order to win hockey games and bring the fans back to Olympia who remember the days of feuding Detroit teams.</p><p>In 57 sparsely-played games, at least for the major part of his initial stay with the parent club, Polonich managed to amass 302 minutes in penalties (sixth most in the NHL) which made him an instant hit with Detroit fans. Naturally Delvecchio liked the aggressiveness of Polonich, but &ldquo;he needs a lot of polish and he has to stop taking so many retaliation type penalties. We were the second most penalized team in the league which has to hurt you somewhere along the line.&rdquo; However, in Polonich, Delvecchio saw a lot more than just a tough little guy playing on guts and desire; he proved to everyone that he can play hockey.</p><p>In other developments, the Wings rookie sensation Michel Bergeron signed a new pact. Bergeron, a 21-year old first year player this past season established a new record for goals by a Detroit rookie, scoring 32 times despite missing the last six games of the season due to an eye injury.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Wings Hand Polonich New Contract

<div class="byline">BY VARTAN KUPELIAN</div><p>DETROIT&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>F</span>red Williams was down the list of scoring leaders in the Western Canada Hockey League, ranking 15th at the end of the season. As far as the pro scouts were concerned, he was potentially a late first round choice but more likely to go in the second round.</p><p>But the Detroit Red Wings saw something they liked in the 5&rsquo;11&rdquo;, 178 pound center and claimed him on the first round of the National Hockey League amateur draft. He was the fourth player taken overall.</p><p>The Wings, committed to drafting a center on the first round, passed over more heralded junior centers in favor of Williams, a five-year veteran with the Saskatoon Blades. There had to be a reason.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve seen an awful lot of Fred for five years,&rdquo; said Dan Summers, director of amateur scouting for the Wings. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s got a tremendous attitude. He&rsquo;s very dedicated.</p><p>&ldquo;Our guidelines for the draft were competitiveness. We went after boys who want to play. We didn&rsquo;t want any prima donnas. We want kids with the proper attitude.&rdquo;</p><p>Glen Sharpley, the center from Hull, was the first player on Detroit&rsquo;s list but Minnesota, picking just ahead of Detroit, claimed the Marcel Pronovost protege. The Red Wings wasted little time taking Williams, who was next on their list.</p><p>While Williams&rsquo; scoring statistics aren&rsquo;t as overwhelming as most junior stars, they are good. He scored 31 goals and 88 assists for 119 points in 72 games. The ratio of three assists to every goal particularly impressed general manager Alex Delvecchio.</p><p>&ldquo;I like to see that,&rdquo; he smiled. &ldquo;A center&rsquo;s job is to make plays for his wingers. Fred does that. We needed a playmaker and I think we got a good one. Saskatoon used all its big guns on its top line while Williams played with a variety of wingers. Despite that, he had good stats.&rdquo;</p><p>Williams is considered an excellent skater, playmaker and defensive player. In the Red Wings&rsquo; scheme of things, a competent defensive center was of top priority. Williams is rated the best checking forward among all the available juniors and Summers said he is capable of handling penalty killing duties and power play responsibilities in the NHL.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m very pleased and happy, especially at being picked so high,&rdquo; said Williams, who was also drafted by the WHA&rsquo;s New England Whalers. &ldquo;The NHL is best and when you&rsquo;re picked this high, it&rsquo;s tough to go anywhere else.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m more of a checker and playmaker than a scorer. When somebody is open you just have to give him the puck. My biggest problem is that I don&rsquo;t shoot enough. I try to be a two-way player.&rdquo;</p><p>The Wings&rsquo; search for hardworking kids found three more in the mold&mdash;2nd choice Reed Larson, a defenseman from the University of Minnesota, and former New Westminster Bruins&rsquo; linemates Fred Berry and Kevin Schamehorn. Detroit&rsquo;s brass was surprised to find Larson still available on the second round. He was the eighth player on Detroit&rsquo;s list and the Wings&rsquo; snapped him up quickly when their turn came around for a second time.</p><p>Berry, a center, was New West&rsquo;s leading scorer with 59 goals and 87 assists for 146 points. The Wings had him rated quite high, too. In fact, most observers figured Berry would be drafted before Williams. The Wings reversed that order and were tickled to get both.</p><p>&ldquo;As for Williams, he&rsquo;s a finesse player, very clever, and reminds me a lot of Alex Delvecchio as a youngster.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Attitude Seen Key To Wings’ Drafting

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01951/3649082-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="355" height="517"></div><h2><b>CCM</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02839/3649075-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="539" height="381"></div><h2><b>BAUER</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03628/3649068-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="533" height="372"></div><h2><b>LANGE</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04508/3649061-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="534" height="373"></div><h2><b>ROOS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-05391/3649054-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="534" height="251"></div><p><b>Last of the handmade skates Please give alternate choices wherever possible.</b></p><p><b>CANADA&rsquo;S LARGEST STOCK OF GOALTENDING EQUIPMENT</b></p><h2><b>GOAL GLOVES</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-06333/3649047-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="541" height="951"></div><h2><b>GOAL PADS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-07292/3649040-1-eng-US/f0009-072.jpg" title="f0009-07" width="545" height="956"></div><h2><b>BODY PADS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-08268/3649033-1-eng-US/f0009-082.jpg" title="f0009-08" width="527" height="401"></div><h2><b>HELMETS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-09258/3649026-1-eng-US/f0009-092.jpg" title="f0009-09" width="527" height="347"></div><h2><b>SHOULDER ARM</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-10236/3649019-1-eng-US/f0009-102.jpg" title="f0009-10" width="531" height="500"></div><p><b>PLEASE WRITE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</b></p><h2><b>CARRYING BAGS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-11205/3649012-1-eng-US/f0009-112.jpg" title="f0009-11" width="533" height="202"></div><h2><b>PANTS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-12167/3649005-1-eng-US/f0009-122.jpg" title="f0009-12" width="531" height="497"></div><p><b>NO SPECIAL ORDER FORMS NECESSARY. SEND CHEQUE, MONEY ORDER, BANK AMERICARD, AMERICAN EXPRESS, MASTERCHARGE OR CHARGEX. ADD 5% FOR POSTAGE AND HANDLING.</b></p><h2><b>ELBOW PADS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-13151/3648998-1-eng-US/f0009-132.jpg" title="f0009-13" width="537" height="548"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-14123/3648991-1-eng-US/f0009-142.jpg" title="f0009-14" width="528" height="397"></div><h2><b>SHOULDER PADS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1599/3648984-1-eng-US/f0009-152.jpg" title="f0009-15" width="534" height="655"></div><h2><b>REFEREES</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1670/3648977-1-eng-US/f0009-162.jpg" title="f0009-16" width="528" height="357"></div><h2><b>COOPER SHIN PADS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1755/3648970-1-eng-US/f0009-172.jpg" title="f0009-17" width="536" height="793"></div><h2><b>ANKLE GUARDS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1834/3648963-1-eng-US/f0009-182.jpg" title="f0009-18" width="527" height="244"></div><h2><b>ACCESSORIES</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1930/3648956-1-eng-US/f0009-192.jpg" title="f0009-19" width="534" height="409"></div><h2><b>STICKS per Doz.</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-2022/3648949-1-eng-US/f0009-202.jpg" title="f0009-20" width="521" height="255"></div><p><b>NOTE: NO MAIL ORDER TO U.S.A. ON STICKS ONLY</b></p><h2><b>COOPER GLOVES</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-2120/3648942-1-eng-US/f0009-212.jpg" title="f0009-21" width="533" height="599"></div><p><b>PHONE ORDERS</b></p><p><b>FOR IMMEDIATE ORDER PROCESSING PLEASE CONTACT:</b></p><p><b>SHAWN ALLAN</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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CANADA’S # 1 HOCKEY MAH ORDER HOUSE

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0010-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01971/3649137-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>The summer hockey meetings brought together the NHL&rsquo;s four major individual awards&rsquo; winners with their respective trophies. From the left, Jean Ratelie of Boston, Byng Trophy; Bryan Trottier of the Islanders, Calder Trophy; Denis Potvin, Islanders, Norris Trophy; and Bobby Clarke of Philadelphia, holding the Hart Trophy as the NHL&rsquo;s most valuable player for the third time in four years.</b> <span class="photo-credit">(Photo by Rotor Woolley)</span></figcaption></div><p>MONTREAL&mdash;</p><p>Nine trophies in seven years?</p><p>That&rsquo;s the score on Bobby Clarke, the Flyers&rsquo; super center.</p><p>Clarke added to his collection of hardware when he annexed the Hart Trophy, presented annually to the National Hockey League&rsquo;s most valuable player, for the second straight year and the third time in the last four seasons.</p><p>Quite typically, the Flyers&rsquo; captain thought the award should have gone to someone else.</p><p>&ldquo;I would have voted for Wayne Stephenson,&rdquo; Bobby said. &ldquo;When Bernie Parent got hurt, Wayne stepped in and did the job. That&rsquo;s why we finished first.&rdquo;</p><p>The Professional Hockey Writers Association obviously felt otherwise. They voted Clarke his third MVP award by a wide margin over defenseman Denis Potvin, of the New York Islanders.</p><p>Clarke has been the motivating force behind the Flyers almost from the day he first donned a Philadelphia jersey in 1969. He has earned the respect of everyone in hockey with his never-say-die play and his off-ice leadership.</p><p>An indication of the high esteem in which he is held was given by Boston general manager Harry Sinden when the recent bidding war for Bobby Orr developed.</p><p>&ldquo;Philadelphia is the only team from which I would accept only one player for Orr,&rdquo; Sinden said. &ldquo;That would be Bobby Clarke.&rdquo;</p><p>Clarke, who recently was named president of the NHL Players&rsquo; Association, has always shunned personal acclaim for team honors. In accepting the Hart Trophy at the NHL Award Luncheon in Montreal, Bobby said:</p><p>&ldquo;I hope that I&rsquo;m here again next year&hellip; to accept the Stanley Cup.&rdquo;</p><p>In his seven years with the Flyers, Clarke has won: two Stanley Cups; three Campbell Bowls; three Hart Trophies and the Masterton Trophy once.</p><p>Clarke was one of four players named as recipients of individual trophies for the 1975-76 regular NHL season. Jean Ratelie, who began the season with New York Rangers but was traded to Boston Bruins early in the season in one of the biggest deals in NHL history, won the Lady Byng Trophy best combining a high standard of playing ability with the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct.</p><p>Denis Potvin of New York Islanders ended the eight-year reign of Bobby Orr in winning the Norris Trophy as the best all-around defenseman and teammate Bryan Trottier was selected as the most outstanding rookie and received the Calder Trophy.</p><p>Three members each from the Stanley Cup champion Montreal Canadiens and the team they defeated in the final, Philadelphia Flyers, were named to the first and second 1975-76 NHL All StarTeams.</p><p>Canadiens and Flyers placed two players each on the first team and one each on the second team.</p><p>The Canadiens named to the first team were goaltender Ken Dryden and right winger Guy Lafleur. who also won the Art Ross Trophy as the individual scoring champion this past season. Clarke and left winger Bill Barber were the Philadelphia first team choices. Defenseman Guy Lapointe of Montreal was named to the second team while right winger Reggie Leach of Flyers, the NHL&rsquo;s leading goal scorer with 61, was also named to the second team.</p><p>Rounding out the first team were defensemen Denis Potvin and Brad Park. Other members of the second team were goaltender Glenn Resch of New York Islanders, defenseman Borje Salming of Toronto Maple Leafs, center Gilbert Perreault and left winger Richard Martin, both of Buffalo Sabres.</p><p>Each member of the first team received $2,000 from the league and second team players got $1,000. Total award money for Lafleur and Dryden from the NHL is $23,250 each.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Hart Trophy Win Ninth Major Award For Clarke

<p><b>Following is the complete voting results for each of the four individual NHL awards:</b></p><p><b>Hart. Clarke, 246; Denis Potvin, 75; Guy Lafleur, 62; Ken Dryden, 29; Brad Park, 15; Jean Ratelle, 11; Pete Mahovlich, 10; Gilbert Perreault, 10; Darryl Sittier, 8; Dave Burrows, 5; Marcel Dionne, John Bucyk, Jean Potvin and Pierre Larouche, 3; Tom Lysiak, Bryan Trottier, Denis Herron, I.</b></p><p><b>Byng, Ratelle: 145; Jean Pronovost, 72; Guy Lafleur, 37; Butch Goring, 27; Errol Thompson, 22; John Bucyk, 20; Gilbert Perreault, 18; Marcel Dionne, 15; Brvan Trottier. 14: Rod Gilbert, 13; Yvan Cournoyer, 11; Chuck Lefley, 11; Borje Salming, 11; Syl Apps, 11; Pete Mahovlich, 9; Bill Clement, 6; Pit Martin, 6; Ron Schock, 5; Garry Unger, 5; Phil Esposito, 5; Yvon Labre, 5; Ed Westfall, 5; Lowell MacDonald, 3; Guy Charron, 2; Craig Ramsay, Jacques Lemaire, Pierre Larouche, Joe Watson, Fred Stanfield, Rich Kehoe, Eddie Johnston and Bob Nevin. 1.</b></p><p><b>Norris, Denis Potvin, 237; Brad Park, 96; Borje Salming, 56; Guy Lapointe, 39; Serge Savard, 23; Jimmy Watson, 13; Dave Burrows, 8; Jean Potvin, 5; Terry Harper, 3; Andre Dupont, 3; Dallas Smith, Don A wrey and Larry Robinson, 1.</b></p><p><b>Calder, Trottier, 262; Glenn Resch, 99; Dennis Maruk, 59; Michel Bergeron, 32; Mel Bridgman, 8; Rick Blight, 8; Bernie Wolfe, 6; Larry Goodenough, 4; Doug Jarvis, 2; Gary Sargeant, 2; Tony White. Tim Young, Bruce Affleck and Hartland Monahan. 1.</b></p><p><b>Following is the complete list of players who received votes, along with their point totals in the 1975-76 voting for All-Star teams:</b></p><p><b>Goal: Ken Dryden, 256; Glenn Resch, 162; Wayne Stephenson, 38; Dan Bouchard, 10; Wayne Thomas, 9; Tony Esposito, 5; Denis Herron, 3; Gilles Gilbert, 1; Gilles Meloche, 1; Cesare Maniago, 1.</b></p><p><b>Defense: Denis Potvin, 255; Brad Park, 183; Guy Lapointe, 131; Borje Salming, 123; Serge Savard, 85; Jimmy Watson, 66; Dave Burrows, 20; Larry Robinson, 13; Carol Vadnais, 11; Andre Dupont, 10; Jean Potvin, 10; Jim Schoenfeld, 7; Jocelyn Guevremont, 7; Ron Stackhouse, 7; Phil Russell, 6; Terry Harper, 6; Dick Redmond, 6; Tom Bladon, 5; Jerry Korab, 4; Bill White, 4; Bobby Orr, 3; Don Awrey, 3; Dallas Smith. 2; DaleTallon, 2; Bob Dailey, 1; Larry Goodenough, 1; Bob Murdoch, 1.</b></p><p><b>Center: Bobby Clarke, 268; Gilbert Perreault, 75; Pete Mahovlich, 66; Pierre Larouche, 31; Jean Ratelle, 22; Darryl Sittier, 12; Brvan Trottier, 8; Garry Unger, 3; Marcel Dionne, 1.</b></p><p><b>Right Wing: Guy Lafleur, 266; Reggie Leach, 116; Jean Pronovost. 72; Danny Gare, 20; Bill Harris, 4; Dennis Ververgaert, 3; Rene Robert, 2; Rod Gilbert, 2; Lowell MacDonald, 1.</b></p><p><b>Left Wing: Bill Barber, 232; Richard Martin. 122; Chuck Lefley, 46; Steve Shutt, 35: John Bucyk, 27; Errol Thompson, 11; Clark Gillies, 4; Steve Vickers, 3; Curt Bennett, 3; Yvon Lambert, 1; Wayne Cashman, 1; Dan Maloney, 1.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

How Awards Voting Went

<div class="byline">BY HARRY KLAFF</div><p>LONG ISLAND&mdash;</p><p>Although general manager Bill Torrey had intimated previously that the Islanders might be busy in the trade market at the annual National Hockey League June meetings, the roster remained unchanged at the conclusion of business.</p><p>But the Isles did find themselves active in the hardware department, as the four-year-old club walked off with two individual trophies and two All Star berths.</p><p>Denis Potvin finally proved himself as the heir-apparent to the Norris Trophy&mdash;also known as the Bobby Orr Trophy&mdash;as the league&rsquo;s top defenseman. He was the odds-on favorite to take the award when Orr underwent knee surgery last fall, but was pressed hard by Brad Park, who enjoyed a spectacular season until he too, suffered knee miseries.</p><p>While Potvin outballotted Park for the Norris, it was a no contest battle for the Calder. There it was 19-year-old Bryan Trottier who found himself in a class by himself, and almost captured the award unanimously.</p><p>As far as Islander fans were concerned, they could have begun inscribing the old heirloom as early as Oct. 11. That&rsquo;s the night that Bryan tied a club record by notching five points including a hattrick in the Islanders&rsquo; home opener against the Los Angeles Kings. By mid-season, Trottier was almost 20 points ahead of his nearest competitor.</p><p>&ldquo;Trots&rdquo; closed out the regular season with 32 goals and 63 assists for 95 points. He incurred only 21 minutes in penalties during the course of the year, making him a future candidate for the Lady Byng.</p><p>Trottier&rsquo;s contribution to the Islander cause cannot be measured only in terms of goals and assists. He proved to be the flux for the high-scoring line with Clark Gillies and Billy Harris, who finally achieved the success that was predicted for him back in 1972.</p><p>As the Trottier line goes, so go the Islanders. When the unit faltered in the playoffs last season, additional pressure was placed on the other two lines to produce. It was this that ultimately contributed to the club&rsquo;s fall to Montreal in the semi-finals.</p><p>Perhaps equally as important as Trottier capturing the Calder, is that it was teammate Glenn Resch who finished second. Most fans would hardly have recognized Chico as a rookie after his stellar. performance in the 1975 Stanley. Cup playoffs, but since he appeared in only 25 games that year, he was still eligible for this year&rsquo;s award.</p><p>Chico had said time and time again during the season that he shouldn&rsquo;t even be considered because, &ldquo;first of all, I played 25 games last season and a lot in the playoffs, and second because I&rsquo;m 27. They should have an age limit on it, something like 22 or 23.&rdquo;</p><p>If Resch would have felt strange accepting a rookie&rsquo;s award, he certainly could have felt nothing but pride in learning that he was named to the second All Star team behind Ken Dryden. Resch tolled a 2.07 goals-against average and seven shutouts as he and Bill Smith moved the Islanders into second place in overall goals-against.</p><p>Denis Potvin was voted to the first All Star team, of course, for the second year in a row. He has been the Islanders&rsquo; main standard-bearer ever since he walked off with the Calder in 1974. After three NHL seasons, some fans have taken his play for granted, but without Denis, the Islanders stall out, perhaps more on offense than on defense.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Islanders Steal Off-Season Awards’ Spotlight

<div class="byline">BY JACK MCCARTHY</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0011-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01938/3649192-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Here&rsquo;s new Bruin Rick Middleton after 4-goal night with Rangers during last season.</b> <span class="photo-credit">(Photo by Bruce Bennett)</span></figcaption></div><p>BOSTON&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he Bruins are making more news off the ice than thev have been making on it, what with the trade of Kenny Hodge to the Rangers for Rick Middleton; a blasting of Hodge by coach Don Cherry, and signing of free-agent Bobby Orr by the Chicago Black Hawks.</p><p>The trade of Hodge to the Rangers was made on May 26, and GM Harry Sinden said, &ldquo;We had an opportunity to add youth to our team, and made the deal in the best interest of our club.&rdquo;</p><p>Outside of the continuing acrimony between Hodge, and the Bruins brass in general, there is the youth-for-age thing. Middleton, a right winger and a first pick in the 1973 amateur draft, is 22. Big Hodge is 32. He has played nine seasons with the Bruins.</p><p>Hodge has not been really happy here since Sinden picked his linemates, Phil Esposito and Wayne Cashman, for Team Canada, and left Hodge off. Kenny has had a stormy career in Boston, and it was only this past season that the fans got off his back and began to root for him (as an underdog, no doubt, in his clash with brass). He wound up being voted the Gallery Gods Award no less, so somebody up there liked him.</p><p>Cherry obviously did not and it was a certainty that Hodge would be gone after this past season. It was only a question of where and if he wanted to go (no trade contract) when the Bruins proposed a deal.</p><p>He had one year to go on a five-year contract with Boston, and it is believed that he got a new five-year, no-trade contract with New York. It was not approved by Hodge until the last minute.</p><p>It was a bitter-sweet departure for Hodge, although he was happy with the contract and that he would be re-joining Esposito. He was quoted as saying, &ldquo;I think this trade is going to make me a happy hockey player. I know it will make Don Cherry a happy coach.&rdquo;</p><p>About a week later, Cherry told a Boston reporter that he understood Hodge had been attacking him in the press and on radio and TV in the States and Canada. Hodge denies this.</p><p>Cherry was quoted as saying that Hodge was a country club player and that he had had it with him. The coach also said that he understood that Hodge saidthat theteam had gone downhill since he took over as coach. Cherry said, &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think that&rsquo;s true. I think we proved differently this year, and I think some people around hockey feel the same.&rdquo;</p><p>Cherry was reported as saying,&rdquo; Well, I wanted to trade him, that&rsquo;s for sure. I didn&rsquo;t want him around anymore after last season. The guy is oneway. He thinks only of Kenny Hodge. He doesn&rsquo;t care about his team or his teammates&hellip;&rdquo;</p><p>Hodge was surprised by Cherry&rsquo;s outburst, saving, &ldquo;I just can&rsquo;t understand all of this. I haven&rsquo;t gone around criticizing Don Cherry. You won&rsquo;t find remarks by me about him in the Boston papers, and I haven&rsquo;t discussed the situation with anyone in Canada, so I don&rsquo;t know what he&rsquo;s talking about when he says I&rsquo;ve been knocking him in Canada&hellip;&rdquo;</p><p>Meanwhile, the Bruins held a press conference to introduce Middleton. during which Sinden. who is taking a hard line with some new free agents, said then that he doubted a couple of them would return. A few days later the Bruins announced they had signed free agent Pete McNab of Buffalo and transferred the rights of cent er Andre Savard to the Sabres.</p><p>He also noted that Jean Ratelie has agreed to (not signed) a new two-year contract. The Bruins, said Sinden, are &ldquo;very interested&rdquo; in several other free agents, but will wait until they see the compensation that they receive for the loss of Orr.</p><p>Believed to be free agents, although some of whom are sure to sign, are Earl Anderson, Darryl Edestrand, Doug Gibson, Steve Langdon, Al Sims and Dallas Smith.</p><p>Sinden doubts that Smith will be back with the Bruins. And Harry was apparently miffed at Edestrand, saying he may return, &ldquo;if we decide we want him&hellip;&rdquo;</p><p>Middleton, meanwhile visited Boston to meet the press after a huddle with Sinden, Bruins&rsquo; president Paul Mooney and assistant GM Tom Johnson. Said Rick, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m happy now about the trade. It&rsquo;s my first and my last, I hope. Orr? I was hoping he&rsquo;d be here. I&rsquo;d rather play with him. I like to play with a center who&rsquo;ll feed me the puck. I played some with Phil Esposito in New York, but he likes to shoot the puck and so do I. I&rsquo;m happy I didn&rsquo;t sign a lease on my new house in Long Beach, Long Island, N.Y. I&rsquo;d like to score 35 goals or so next season&hellip;&rdquo;</p><p>Regardingthe junior amateur draft, the Bruins picked Clayton Pachal of New Westminster Bruins of the Western Junior League No. 1. He is a stocky center and left wing who scored 41 goals and had 57 assists last season. No. 2 was tall defenseman Larry Gloeckner of Victoria in the Western League. &ldquo;The fact is, we came out with just the players we figured in the first two rounds,&rdquo; said Sinden.</p><p>The Bruins skipped the third round, after trading the choice to Toronto. In the fourth round, they took a Boston-area player, Bob Miller of Billerica, Mass., who had played one season at the University of New Hampshire in 1974-75; then was a member of the U.S. Olympic team and finished up last year at Ottawa in the OHA. He is a center-left wing. Fifth choice was center Ted Olson of Calgary, who had 443 penalty minutes last season.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Hodge Says Trade By Bruins Will Make Cherry Happy Coach

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0012-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01943/3649230-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg"></div><h2><b>Clarke Gave It Sock</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>H</span>AD THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE National Hockey League Players&rsquo; Association been some effete teatherduster, the announcement that the players were suggesting a complete ban on hockey fights wouldn&rsquo;t have packed much punch.</p><p>But when the NHLPA met in Bermuda and passed a motion, 16-4 to tell the rules committee meeting at the NHL annual gathering in Montreal that any player throwing a punch should be ejected from the game, it also elected Bobby Clarke, the captain of the Philadelphia Flyers as its president.</p><p>Now, Clarke is one of hockey&rsquo;s most aggressive performers and a guy who hasn&rsquo;t retreated a single inch in his life, Clarke is also a wise articulate man, who&rsquo;s outspoken and blunt, There&rsquo;s no way Clarke would voice any view in which he didn&rsquo;t believe.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02810/3649223-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="547" height="596"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bobby Clarke</b></figcaption></div><p>When he made the pitch to the rules committee, it was heard.</p><p>But even though its players wanted to ban fighting, the NHL didn&rsquo;t accept their recommendation.</p><p>Instead, the NHL passed legislation which cracks down on the &ldquo;instigator&rdquo; in any outbreak of fisticuffs. A player who deliberately starts a fight will be booted out of the game. Repeat offenses will earn increasing tines and suspensions.</p><p>Any player drawing three game or gross misconducts during a season will facesimilar punishment.</p><p>The plavers said they were pleased with the new rules. Obviously they didn&rsquo;t expect to have the men in charge of the league takesucha drastic step as a ban in fisticuffs.</p><p>Perhaps they wanted to sow the seed of the way they rethitiking this season, then come back with similar recommendations next year &mdash; if what the players feel is the garbage continues in games.</p><p>&ldquo;We want the new rules &mdash; plus the old ones which stop bickering with officialsand trying to continue fights &mdash; called strongly, Clarke said, &ldquo;We plan to tell the officials that now and remind them during the season if we don&rsquo;t feel they&rsquo;re doing the job.</p><h2><b>Players Express Concern</b></h2><p>CLARKE STATED EMPHATICALLY that his views were strongly backed by the other players. He said that discussions with other top stars in Bermuda showed the concern many players felt about thetrends in the game in recent seasons.</p><p>&ldquo;The plavers were very concerned about some of the bad features which have been growing in the game, such as being jumped and pummelled in fights,&rdquo; Clarke said, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s fair to say that there have been players in the league who used fighting to take good players off the ice.</p><p>&ldquo;Players felt obligated to fight back or be called chicken. Now this new rule which gives heavy penalties to the instigators will allow a player to skate away from a fight and be called smart, not a coward.</p><p>&ldquo;Look, maybe fighting has been used to sell tickets in the past but the game is good enough to attract crowds without the brawling and nonsense. Our team (Flyers) has been big and tough but we can&rsquo;t start fights now.</p><p>&ldquo;The trends in the game have been bad because they ve taken away from poor skill and poor teams have tried to build themselve up the ladder by adding big, tough players.</p><p>&ldquo;These new rules will give smaller hockey players a chance to excel. If the trends had continued, only the reallv big guys, no matter how much skill they lacked, would have taken over.</p><h2><b>McMurtry An Inspiration</b></h2><p>THE PLAYERS GROUP acknowledged that the crackdown on hockev violence ordered by Ontario attorney-general Roy McMurtry which saw five players charged had some influence on their proposal.</p><p>&ldquo;Of course, we re concerned about players being charged and facing the possibility of jail,&rdquo; Clarke said. &ldquo;But the players have expressed concerns for a couple of years about some things in the game&hellip;</p><p>&ldquo;Players at the meeting had real concern about being hurt by cheap shots from behind and getting jumped deliberately. I he game can be tough and hard without the nonsense. When people say they won&rsquo;t take their kids to games because of fighting, then it&rsquo;s time to do something.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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FRANK ORR SAYS

<div class="byline">BY NORM MocLEAN</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0012-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03634/3649261-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>KEN HODGE&hellip; Big Catch For Rangers</b> <span class="photo-credit">(Photo by Bruce Bennett)</span></figcaption></div><p>NEW YORK&mdash;</p><p>The controversial swap of youthful right winger Rick Middleton for Ken Hodge means that Phil Esposito will remain a New York Ranger.</p><p>&ldquo;Hodge will definitely help me,&rdquo; said Esposito. &ldquo;I won&rsquo;t even have to look for him. I know where he is and he knows where I am. You have to remember that we played together for nine years. His biggest asset will be on the power play. You can&rsquo;t move him out of there.&rdquo;</p><p>The Rangers gave away ten years in swapping the 22-year old Middleton for the 32-year old Hodge. But Hodge is a proven goal scorer, who has 305 goals, 427 assists and 732 points in 785 NHL games. Twice he has scored 105 points and once, in 1973-74, he hit the 50 goal plateau. Even this season, while playing only part time because of an open feud with coach Don Cherry, he scored 25 goals and 36 assists for 61 points in 72 games.</p><p>Middleton, a slick, 5&rsquo;11&rdquo;, 170 pounder, scored 24 goals and 26 assists for 50 points in 77 games in 1975-76.</p><p>Cherry rapped Hodge, saying, &ldquo;Three of the last four coaches in Boston couldn&rsquo;t stand Hodge. That&rsquo;s Harry Sinden, Bep Guidolin and me. The biggest problem with Hodge is that he&rsquo;s a country clubber. He doesn&rsquo;t want to pay the price. The Boston Bruins of today are a working man&rsquo;s club, and our dressing room isn&rsquo;t a country club, it&rsquo;s a sweat shop.&rdquo;</p><p>Hodge, Esposito and left wing Wayne Cashman, a tough corner man still hold the NHL record for most points by a line in one season 336, in 1970-71.</p><p>Cherry noted, &ldquo;That line scored a million goals in 1974-75, but they were only a plus 17. That&rsquo;s not good enough.&rdquo;</p><p>Among active right wingers only Rod Gilbert and Yvan Cournoyer have more points that Kenny.</p><p>Included among Hodge&rsquo;s total last year were eight power play goals and five game winning tallies.</p><p>The Rangers commitment to Hodge and Esposito means that a left winger who can go in the corners and get the puck out to Phil in the slot is a must. General manager John Ferguson might try for Cashman, but most likely Cash isn&rsquo;t up for sale or barter.</p><p>New York drafted seven amateurs in the overage junior lottery, tabbing right wing Don Murdoch of Medicine Hat number one, and defenseman Dave Farrish of Sudbury number two, with Farrish signing up at the annual meetings in Montreal.</p><p>&ldquo;Both of these young men have a chance to stick with the Rangers next season,&rdquo; said Ferguson. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ll go after Murdoch now and try to sign him. The other fellows will have to win jobs in training camp.&rdquo;</p><p>Such is also the status of right wing Billy Collins, who hasn&rsquo;t been offered a contract, but will go to camp. Another familiar face in the Rangers September diggings will be Dale Rolfe, who recently signed as a scout with New York.</p><p>&ldquo;I was asked to come to camp. Mostly I will help the young defensemen. But you never know, I might take a shot at it, although I don&rsquo;t really think so,&rdquo; said Dale, now 36.</p><p>The idea of Rolfe, a defensive blueliner back on the Ranger rearguard is tantalizing, but Ranger fans should not hope that much. It is possible, that Farrish, a second round selection might make the team. He plays the right side along with Carol Vadnais, Nick Beverley and Sacharuk.</p><p>Ferguson, making moves carefully, has hired three other scouts, Clint &ldquo;Snuffy&rdquo;Smith, an old time Ranger, who will cover the Western portion of Canada, Paul Moreau, United States colleges and Lasse Lilja, European hockey.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Reunion With Hodge To Aid Ranger Leader

<p>NEW YORK&mdash;</p><p>Former National Hockey League All Star defenseman Jean-Guy Talbot has signed a two-year contract as assistant coach of the New York Rangers, it was announced by John Ferguson, the club&rsquo;s general manager-coach. The hiring of Talbotwas predicted in May 21 issue of THE HOCKEY NEWS.</p><p>Talbot, 43 years old, formerly coached the St. Louis Blues of the NHL and the Denver Spurs of the Western Hockey League, following an outstanding 16-year-old playing career, which included a first team. All Star berth in 1960-61.</p><p>Following his playing career, Talbot became coach of the Denver club in 1971-72, and guided the Spurs to the league championship and the Lester Patrick Cup as playoff champion that year. He later served as coach ot the St. Louis Blues, both in 1972-73 and in 1973-74, before returning to Denver as general manager-coach in 1974-75.</p><p>&ldquo;Needless to say, I&rsquo;m extremely happy to name Jean-Guy to this position,&rdquo; said Ferguson. &ldquo;I played with him for many years. His hockey career has covered virtually every facet of the game, and I know he will be a tremendous asset to myself and the entire Rangers&rsquo; organization. Jean-Guy is a winner all the way, as his record certainly shows, and we&rsquo;re both eagerly anticipating the coming season.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Talbot Hired By Rangers

<div class="byline">BY PAT THOMPSON</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0013-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01916/3649316-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>PIERRE JARRY&hellip; Inks New Contrac</b> <span class="photo-credit">(Photo by Bruco Bonnot)</span></figcaption></div><p>TWIN CITIES</p><p>The Minnesota North Stars didn&rsquo;t let the bigone get away this year.</p><p>Going with a rebuilding program tied to the draft, general manager Jack Gordon will not have to spend the next year explaining why the No. 1 pick Bryan Maxwell in the 1975 draft signed with the AVHA.</p><p>Gordon took pride in early June in announcing the signing of Glen Sharpley, the team&rsquo;s top pick in the 1976 NHL amateur draft and the third player selected in the opening round.</p><p>The 5&rsquo;11&rdquo;, 190 pound Sharpley, a native of Toronto, scored 60 goals and 74 assists in 69 games for the Hull Festivals in the Quebec Junior Hockey League.</p><p>&ldquo;Im very very happy to join the North Stars.&rdquo; said Sharpley &ldquo;I think I have a chance at breaking into the lineup the first year. That might not have been the case if I had been drafted by one of the top teams.&rdquo;</p><p>The North Stars were happy Sharpley was available in the draft, although many observers feel the greatest need is at defence.</p><p>&ldquo;He was considered among the three top players in junior hockey,&rdquo; said coach Ted Harris. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s bound to help us. Tim Young was the 16th player taken in the first round last year and he turned out to be a pretty good hockey player.&rdquo;</p><p>Young, acquired in a trade with Los Angeles, finished his rookie season with 51 points and shared scoring honors on the team with Bill Hogaboam.</p><p>Sharpley&rsquo;s signing was the third of the off-season for the North Stars. They previously-had signed 1975 draftee Alex Pirus, a left winger, and Pierre Jarry, a veteran who scored 21 goals after a November trade with Detroit. Also, the North Stars signed collegian Tom Younghans, a forward, just before the close of season in April.</p><p>The North Stars drafted eight players in the May draft, but will not try to sign all of them at this time. For example, third pick Donald Jackson, a 6&rsquo;3&rdquo; hometown defenseman, is returning to Notre Dame for his junior year by mutual consent.</p><p>Jim Roberts, who scored 27 goals and 56 assists for Ottawa in the Ontario Hockey Association, was taken on the second round and will be offered a contract. The other draft choices were right wing Ron Zanussi, London Ont., alsoa third round pick; and defenseman Mike Fedorko, Hamilton, Ont. fourth round; left wing Phil Verchota, University of Minnesota freshman, fifth round; center Dave Delich, Colorado College freshman, sixth round, and defenseman Jeff Barr, Michigan State sophomore, seventh round.</p><p>Gordon hopes to strengthen the team defensively via a trade or by signing top Swedes on the club&rsquo;s negotiation list. However, he returned from the June meetings in Montreal without making a deal. &ldquo;Everybody talked trade, but nothing materialized for our club,&rdquo; Gordon said.</p><p>The Minnesota manager also has a summer of work ahead in negotiating with free agents. The North Stars released their list of such players in June, and they included, alphabetically, center Mike Antonovich; defenseman Dwight Bialowas; center Tom Colley; center Blake Dunlop; left wing John Flesch; left wing Norm Gratton; left wing Ernie Hicke; defenseman Lowell Ostlund; defenseman Billy Plager; left wing Glen Sather; defenseman John Sheridan, and left wing Dave Lee.</p><p>Not many of the above will be offered new contracts.</p><p><b>STAR DUST:</b> Bialowas spent the first few weeks of the off-season on the golf course and was rewarded with a hole-in-one on a 130 yard trap and water-lined hole with an eightiron.</p><p>Dick Dillman, North Star PR director who has been honored by hockey writers as operating the best press box in the NHL the last several seasons, was stricken with a heart attack during the June meetings in Montreal. Dillman will be back on duty in July.</p><p>Al Shaver was appointed director of communications with the club in expansion of his play-by-play broadcast duties. Al has called all but one game&rsquo; in the team&rsquo;s nine-year NHL history.</p><p>North Star trainer Doc Rose is at work, preparing for training camp after minor surgery this summer.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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North Stars Move Swiftly To Sign Top Draft Choice

<div class="byline">Bill Fleischman&#x2019;s</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01926/3649354-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="308" height="466"></div><p><b>WRAPPING UP</b> a thought provoking hockey season that was filled with excitement and embarrassment.</p><p>The excitement included Montreal finally fulfilling its destiny with a sweep of defending Stanley Cup-champion Philadelphia, Reg Leach&rsquo;s 80-goal season, Darryl Sittier&rsquo;s emergence as one of hockey&rsquo;s most influential team leaders, and Bryan Trottier&rsquo;s brilliant rookie season.</p><p>The embarrassment centered on the Flyers-Toronto playoff fiascos, the court involvement of four Philadelphia players and the sickening attack by Calgary&rsquo;s Rick-Jodzio on Quebec&rsquo;s Marc Tardif.</p><p>Some other season-ending thoughts:</p><p>&bull; <b>Philadelphia fans should</b> never again be criticized for unsportsmanlike displays after their reaction to Montreal dethroning the Fivers at the Spectrum. The Flyers&rsquo; faithful gave the record-breaking Bobby Clarke-Reg Leach-Bill Barber trio a standing ovation in the closing minutes. Later, as Canadiens&rsquo; captain Yvan Cournoyer carried the cherished Stanley Cup around the Spectrum ice the fans responded with sincere applause. Said Montreal goaltender Ken Dryden:</p><p>&ldquo;At times you can&rsquo;t stand them (fans), some of them can be so obnoxious. But then they can be so great&mdash;tonight they were so kind.&rdquo;</p><p>Philadelphia&rsquo;s newspapers editorially hailed the Canadiens, Flyers and fans. Said the Daily News:</p><p>&ldquo;The Flyers, outplayed by magnificent opponents, went down to defeat in class. There is no shame in losing to an extraordinary team&hellip; We applaud the fans&mdash;disappointed but not disenchanted &mdash; for their magnanimity.&rdquo;</p><p>&bull; <b>One of the playoffs&rsquo; most</b> rewarding experiences was seeing Dave Newell referee two consecutive Flyers&rsquo; games without incident. Newell, whose relationship with the Flyers had reached the breaking point, seemed to be displaying the confidence he gained from NHL supervisors who ranked him No. 3 among the league&rsquo;s referees. One key to Newell&rsquo;s success was not whistling every minor violation he saw. He evidently adopted Llovd Gilmour&rsquo;s time-proven theory of &ldquo;Let &lsquo;em play.&rdquo;</p><p>&bull; <b>Another heart-warming</b> sight was Scotty Bowman, drenched with champagne, beer and perspiration, talking with writers after the Cup-clincher. All the pressure to pry the Cup loose from the Flyers&rsquo; firm grip had vanished. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve never felt so relieved.&rdquo; said Bowman who then telephoned his wife. The Canadien coach hasn&rsquo;t alway been hockey&rsquo;s most popular person, but give him credit: he took a team that was supposed to win and, and with some masterful moves, guided it through the playoffs with just one loss.</p><p>&bull; <b>Memorable quote: from</b> Philadelphia&rsquo;s Jack Mcllhargey, on what Stanley Cup pressure is like for a rookie. &ldquo;I haven&rsquo;t slept for two weeks. I&rsquo;ve never faced so much pressure. Day and night it was worry. worry.&rdquo; Mcllhargey wasn&rsquo;t alone in his jittery finals&rsquo; performance: the Smithers Brothers, Jimmy and Joe Watson, were the Flyers&rsquo; only steady defensemen.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02782/3649347-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="1124" height="986"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Philadelphia fans showed their class in the playoffs by giving both the Hyers and Canadiens a standing ovation after Montreal regained the cup.</b></figcaption></div><p>&bull; <b>Biggest upset: the St.</b> Louis Blues didn&rsquo;t name another coach during the playoffs.</p><p>&bull; <b>Nuttiest reaction by a</b> paying customer: the Soupy Sales fan in the Southwest League who hit coach Cal Swenson in the face with a cream pie. Fred Shero would say wiping cream filling out of your eyes is much better than removing spit, as the Flyers&rsquo; coach has nearly done several times.</p><p>&bull; <b>Another memorable</b> quote: by Clarence Campbell, on violence. &ldquo;The most violent thing that happens in a hockey game is the language. And most of it is by the coach against the players.&rdquo; (Campbell spoke before the ugly playoff troubles in the NHLand WHA).</p><p>&bull; <b>Best major-league job by a</b> minor-league publicist: Frank Bertucci. of the NAHL-champion Philadelphia Firebirds. Some NHL clubs could take a few tips from Bertucci&rsquo;s efficiency and knowledge of the game.</p><p>&bull; <b>Worst sport coat, playoff</b> division: worn by Bob Verdi, the Chicago Tribune&rsquo;s talented. writer. THE HOCKEY NEWS correspondent tested everyone&rsquo;s stomach witha multi colored jacket that looked like it had once served as a Harem curtain.</p><p>&bull; <b>Best award presentation,</b> playoff division: by Verdi, at the Stanley Cup luncheon. Samples: &ldquo;We have to be out of this room by two o&rsquo;clock because Sam Pollock just traded it for a draft choice.&rdquo; On Rod Gilbert winning the Masterton Trophy: &ldquo;With this $1,000 check Rod can buy two lunches in New York.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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HOCKEY WORLD

<p>MONTREAL&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he first order of business when the National Hockey League opened its 59th annual summer meeting was the unanimous reelection of Clarence S. Campbell as president.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03594/3649392-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="564" height="739"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>CLARENCE CAMPBELL &hellip;Starts 31st Year</b></figcaption></div><p>A league spokesman said the board of governors acted on the following resohltion: &ldquo;Upon motion duly made and seconded it was unanimously resolved that Clarence S. Campbell be elected president of the National Hockey League to serve, in accordance with his previous expression concerning his resignation, until such time as the presidential search committee makes its final report to the governors and a successor is chosen.&rdquo;</p><p>The unanimous election marks the commencemerit of Campbell&rsquo;s 31st year as NHL president. The Board&rsquo;s search committee told the governors it &ldquo;hopes to make a report by or near the end of 1976,&rdquo; on a possible successor to Campbell.</p><p>Meanwhile, John A. Ziegler, Jr., 42-year old vice president and general counsel of the Detroit Red Wings, was elected chairman of the NHL&rsquo;s board of governors. He succeeds William Wirtz of the Chicago Black Hawks.</p><p>Elected to a two year term Ziegler has been associated with the Red Wings since 1959. In 1966, he was appointed alternate governor for the Red Wings.</p><p>Ziegler is a graduate of the University of Michigan and the University of Michigan Law school, and has been in private practice since 1957. He is presently a partner in the law firm of Ziegler, Dykhouse, Wise, and Huth in Detroit.</p><p>Ziegler is also a vice president of Norris Grain Company, chairman of the executive - committee of Louis Sherry, Inc. a director of National Hockey League Services, a director of the Norin Corporation, and a director of National Investors Life Insurance Company.</p><p>An avid hockey fan, Ziegler played junior and senior hockey from 1949 to 1969.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-04428/3649385-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="567" height="734"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>JOHN ZIEGLER &hellip; Heads The Board</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Campbell Back As NHL Elects Ziegler Chairman

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0015-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02752/3649454-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg"></div><p><b>15 Pages Of Statistics</b></p><p><b>MONTREAL</b></p><p><b>CANADIENS</b></p><p><b>Stanley Cup Champs</b></p><p><b>WINNIPEG JETS</b></p><p><b>Avco Trophy Champs</b></p><p><b>NOVA SCOTIA VOYAGEURS</b></p><p><b>Calder Cup Champs</b></p><p><b>TULSA</b></p><p><b>OILERS</b></p><p><b>Adams Cup Champs</b></p><p><b>DAYTON GEMS</b></p><p><b>Turner Cup Champs</b></p><p><b>PHILADELPHIA</b></p><p><b>FIREBIRDS</b></p><p><b>NAHL Champions</b></p><p><b>CHARLOTTE</b></p><p><b>CHECKERS</b></p><p><b>SHL Champions</b></p><p><b>SPOKANE</b></p><p><b>FLYERS</b></p><p><b>Allan Cup Champs</b></p><p><b>HAMILTON</b></p><p><b>FINCUPS</b></p><p><b>Memorial Cup Champs</b></p><p><b>MILWAUKEE</b></p><p><b>ADMIRALS</b></p><p><b>USHL Champions</b></p><p><b>AMARILLO WRANGLERS SWHL Champions</b></p><p><b>MINNESOTA</b></p><p><b>GOPHERS</b></p><p><b>NCAA Champions</b></p><p><b>TORONTO</b></p><p><b>UNIV. BLUES</b></p><p><b>CIAU Champions</b></p><h2><b>Stanley Cup Champs &mdash; Montreal Canadiens</b></h2><p><b>The Montreal Canadiens completed a championship &lsquo;double&rsquo; in the NHL this past season winning the overall league title and taking the Stanley Cup by winning 12 of 13 games. The Habs regained the cup from Philadelphia and they did it with a solid, all-round team effort in which offense and defense put it all together to win. First row, from the left, KEN DRYDEN, SCOTTY BOWMAN, coach, PETER BROFMAN, chairman of the board, SAM POLLOCK, vice-president and general manager, YVAN COURNOYER, JACQUES COURTOIS, president, EDWARD BROFMAN, director, JEAN BELIVEAU, vice-presient and director, CLAUDE RUEL, director player development, and MICHEL LAROCQUE. Second row, EDDY PALCHAK, trainer, MARIO TREMBLAY, GUY LAFLEUR, JIM ROBERTS, DOUG RISEBROUGH, JACQUES LEMAIRE, JOHN VAN BOXMEER, MURRAY WILSON and PIERRE MEILLEUR, asst, trainer. Third row, DON AWREY, STEVE SHUTT, SERGE SAVARD, BOB GAINEY, GUY LAPOINTE and PIERRE BOUCHARD. Fourth row, DOUG JARVIS, BILL NYROP, RICK CHARTRAW, PETE MAHOVLICH, YVON LAMBERT and LARRY ROBINSON.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03600/3649447-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="2412" height="1102"></div><h2><b>Avco Trophy Champs &mdash; Winnipeg Jets</b></h2><p><b>There were smiling faces everywhere after the Winnipeg Jets wrapped up the Avco World Trophy by sweeping the Houston Aeros in four straight. The Jets are shown gathered around the trophy after they ripped through the World Hockey Association playoffs by winning 12 of their 13 games to complete their domination of the league this past season. Visibily shown around cup, front row, by number are WILLY LINDSTROM (20), BOBBY HULL (9), NORM BEAUDIN (11), ANDRES HEDBERG, left holding cup, LARRY HORNUNG (5), MIKE FORD (3), and backup goaler CURT LARSSON, extreme right. Others in background from left, include DUKE ASMUNDSON, LARS-ERIK SJOBERG, VELI-PEKKA KETO LA, LYLE MOFFAT, TOMMY BERGMAN and MATS LINDH. Others on the Jets and somewhere in photo background are HEIKKI RIIHIRANTA, ULF NILSSON, PETER SULLIVAN, TED GREEN, goaler JOE DALEY, BOBBY GUINDON, BILL LESUK, LARRY HILLMAN and coach of the year BOBBY KROMM.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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SALUTES THE 1975-76 CHAMPIONS

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WHERE TO FIND STATISTICS

<p><b>(Final Standings For 1975-76 Season)</b></p><h2><b>PRINCE OF WALES CONFERENCE</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-2246/3649757-1-eng-US/f0016-222.jpg" title="f0016-22" width="581" height="331"></div><h2><b>Home Record</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-2344/3649750-1-eng-US/f0016-232.jpg" title="f0016-23" width="582" height="666"></div><h2><b>CLARENCE CAMPBELL CONFERENCE</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-2442/3649743-1-eng-US/f0016-242.jpg" title="f0016-24" width="586" height="312"></div><h2><b>Away Record</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-2538/3649736-1-eng-US/f0016-252.jpg" title="f0016-25" width="590" height="676"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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HOW RACES FINISHED

<p><b>Final Statistics</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-2148/3649788-1-eng-US/f0016-212.jpg" title="f0016-21" width="592" height="642"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Team Penalties

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0016-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01733/3649705-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Canadians finished with best defensive record in NHL this past year and much of the credit belonged to goaler Ken Dryden, who played in 62 of Habs&rsquo; 80 games and won Vezina Trophy for second time.</b> <span class="photo-credit">(Photo by Bruce Bennett)</span></figcaption></div><h2><b>FINAL 1975-76 STATISTICS</b></h2><h3><b>Top 25 Scorers</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02628/3649698-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="592" height="656"></div><h3><b>Top 10 Rookies</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03501/3649691-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="592" height="276"></div><h3><b>Top 10 Bod Men</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-04390/3649684-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg" title="f0016-04" width="583" height="284"></div><h2><b>ATLANTA</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-05290/3649677-1-eng-US/f0016-052.jpg" title="f0016-05" width="585" height="848"></div><h2><b>BOSTON</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-06234/3649670-1-eng-US/f0016-062.jpg" title="f0016-06" width="582" height="928"></div><h2><b>BUFFALO</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-07211/3649663-1-eng-US/f0016-072.jpg" title="f0016-07" width="579" height="159"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-08192/3649656-1-eng-US/f0016-082.jpg" title="f0016-08" width="583" height="461"></div><h2><b>CALIFORNIA</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-09170/3649649-1-eng-US/f0016-092.jpg" title="f0016-09" width="585" height="800"></div><h2><b>CHICAGO</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-10148/3649642-1-eng-US/f0016-102.jpg" title="f0016-10" width="584" height="608"></div><h2><b>DETROIT</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-11134/3649635-1-eng-US/f0016-112.jpg" title="f0016-11" width="586" height="150"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-12117/3649628-1-eng-US/f0016-122.jpg" title="f0016-12" width="588" height="754"></div><h2><b>KANSAS CITY</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-13106/3649621-1-eng-US/f0016-132.jpg" title="f0016-13" width="592" height="856"></div><h2><b>LOS ANGELES</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1499/3649614-1-eng-US/f0016-142.jpg" title="f0016-14" width="590" height="438"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1589/3649607-1-eng-US/f0016-152.jpg" title="f0016-15" width="586" height="312"></div><h2><b>MINNESOTA</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1686/3649600-1-eng-US/f0016-162.jpg" title="f0016-16" width="590" height="837"></div><h2><b>MONTREAL</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1778/3649593-1-eng-US/f0016-172.jpg" title="f0016-17" width="602" height="658"></div><h2><b>ISLANDERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1871/3649586-1-eng-US/f0016-182.jpg" title="f0016-18" width="580" height="182"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1966/3649579-1-eng-US/f0016-192.jpg" title="f0016-19" width="582" height="404"></div><h2><b>RANGERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-2051/3649572-1-eng-US/f0016-202.jpg" title="f0016-20" width="600" height="811"></div><h2><b>PHILADELPHIA</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01613/3649565-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg" title="f0019-01" width="592" height="663"></div><h2><b>PITTSBURGH</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-02505/3649558-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg" title="f0019-02" width="610" height="901"></div><h2><b>ST. LOUIS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-03393/3649551-1-eng-US/f0019-032.jpg" title="f0019-03" width="601" height="824"></div><h2><b>TORONTO</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-04334/3649544-1-eng-US/f0019-042.jpg" title="f0019-04" width="590" height="610"></div><h2><b>VANCOUVER</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-05274/3649537-1-eng-US/f0019-052.jpg" title="f0019-05" width="590" height="438"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-06213/3649530-1-eng-US/f0019-062.jpg" title="f0019-06" width="591" height="259"></div><h2><b>WASHINGTON</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-07186/3649523-1-eng-US/f0019-072.jpg" title="f0019-07" width="594" height="542"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-08170/3649516-1-eng-US/f0019-082.jpg" title="f0019-08" width="593" height="578"></div><p class="dropcap"><b><span>T</span>he edge is always with the goaler when penalty shots are called. This was evident last year when 11 were called in the NHL and only one player &mdash; Bob Nevin of the L.A. Kings&mdash;scored.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0017-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-02544/3650022-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Guy Lafleur, left, of Canadiens, and Flyers&rsquo; captain Bobby Clarke, shake hands over the Stanley Cup during summer NHL hockey meetings. Clarke won Hart Trophy as MVP with Lafleur third in voting.</b> <span class="photo-credit">(Photo by Peter Woolley)</span></figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01630/3650029-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="199" height="355"></div><h2><b>PLAYOFF STANDINGS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-03442/3650015-1-eng-US/f0017-032.jpg" title="f0017-03" width="598" height="325"></div><h3><b>Home Record</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-04337/3650008-1-eng-US/f0017-042.jpg" title="f0017-04" width="597" height="333"></div><h3><b>Rood Record</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-05268/3650001-1-eng-US/f0017-052.jpg" title="f0017-05" width="588" height="328"></div><p><b>Preliminary Round</b></p><h2><b>SERIES&rsquo;A&rsquo;</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-06225/3649994-1-eng-US/f0017-062.jpg" title="f0017-06" width="591" height="78"></div><p><b>(Buffolo wine best-of-three series 2-1)</b></p><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETE</b></h3><p><b>Tue. April 6</b></p><p>Buffalo 2 at St. Louis 5</p><p><b>Thu. April 1</b></p><p>St. Louts 2 at Buffalo 3</p><p><b>Fri. April 9</b></p><p>St. Louis 1 at Buffolo 2</p><h2><b>SERIES &lsquo;B&rsquo;</b></h2><p><b>(Islonders wins best-of-three series 2-0)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-07194/3649987-1-eng-US/f0017-072.jpg" title="f0017-07" width="587" height="81"></div><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETE</b></h3><p><b>Tue. April 6</b></p><p>Vancouver 3 at N.Y Islonders 5</p><p><b>Thu. April 8</b></p><p>N.Y. Islonders 3 at Voncouver 1</p><h2><b>SERIES &lsquo;C&rsquo;</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-08161/3649980-1-eng-US/f0017-082.jpg" title="f0017-08" width="587" height="80"></div><p><b>(Los Angeles wins best-of-three series 2-0)</b></p><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h3><p><b>Tue. April 6</b></p><p>Atlanta 1 at Los Angeles 2</p><p><b>Thu. April 8</b></p><p>Los Angeles 1-at Atlanta 0</p><h2><b>SERIES &lsquo;D&rsquo;</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-09144/3649973-1-eng-US/f0017-092.jpg" title="f0017-09" width="595" height="79"></div><p><b>(Toronto wins best-of-three series 2-1)</b></p><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h3><p><b>Tue. April 6</b></p><p>Pittsburgh 1 at Toronto 4</p><p><b>Thu. April 8</b></p><p>Toronto 0 at Pittsburgh 2</p><p><b>Fri. April 9</b></p><p>Pittsburgh 0 ot Toronto 4</p><p><b>Quarter-Finals</b></p><h2><b>SERIES&lsquo;E&rsquo;</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-10132/3649966-1-eng-US/f0017-102.jpg" title="f0017-10" width="591" height="81"></div><p><b>(Montreal wins best of eeven series 4-0)</b></p><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETE</b></h3><p><b>Sun. April 11</b></p><p>Chicago 0 at Montreal 4</p><p><b>Tue. April 13</b></p><p>Chicago 1 at Montreal 3</p><p><b>Thu. April 15</b></p><p>Montreal 2 at Chicago 1</p><p><b>Sun. April 18</b></p><p>Montreal 4 at Chicago 1</p><h2><b>SERIES&lsquo;F&rsquo;</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-11115/3649959-1-eng-US/f0017-112.jpg" title="f0017-11" width="586" height="80"></div><p><b>(Philadelphia wins best-of-seven series 4-3)</b></p><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h3><p><b>Mon. April 12</b></p><p>Toronto 1 at Philadelphia 4</p><p><b>Tue. April 13</b></p><p>Toronto 1 at Philadelphia 3</p><p><b>Thu. April 15</b></p><p>Philadelphia 4 at Toronto 5</p><p><b>Sat. April 17</b></p><p>Philadelphia 3 at Toronto 4</p><p><b>Tue. April 20</b></p><p>Toronto 1 at Philadelphia 7</p><p><b>Thu. April 22</b></p><p>Philadelphia 5 at Toronto 8</p><p><b>Sun. April 25</b></p><p>Toronto 3 ot Philadelphia 7</p><h2><b>SERIES &lsquo;G&rsquo;</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-12104/3649952-1-eng-US/f0017-122.jpg" title="f0017-12" width="596" height="79"></div><p><b>(Boston wins best-of-seven series 4-3)</b></p><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h3><p><b>Sun. April 11</b></p><p>Los Angeles 0 at Boston 4</p><p><b>Tue. April 13</b></p><p>Los Angeles 3 at Boston 2</p><p><b>Thu. April 15</b></p><p>Boston 4 at Los Angeles 6</p><p><b>Sat. April 17</b></p><p>Boston 3 at Los Angeles 0</p><p><b>Tue. April 20</b></p><p>Los Angeles 1 at Boston 7</p><p><b>Thu. April 22</b></p><p>Boston 3 at Los Angeles 4</p><p><b>Sun. April 25</b></p><p>Los Angeles 0 at Boston 3</p><h2><b>SERIES &lsquo;H&rsquo;</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1385/3649945-1-eng-US/f0017-132.jpg" title="f0017-13" width="586" height="80"></div><p><b>(Islanders win best-of-seven series 4-2)</b></p><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h3><p><b>Sun. April 11</b></p><p>Islanders 3 ot Buffalo 5</p><p><b>Tue. April 13</b></p><p>Islanders 2 at Buffalo 3</p><p><b>Thu. April 15</b></p><p>Buffalo 3 at Islonders 5</p><p><b>Sat. April 17</b></p><p>Buffalo 2 at Islonders 4</p><p><b>Tue. April 20</b></p><p>Islanders 4 at Buffalo 3</p><p><b>Thu. April 22</b></p><p>Buffalo 2 at Islanders 3</p><p><b>Semi-Finals</b></p><h2><b>SERIES&lsquo;I&rsquo;</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1474/3649938-1-eng-US/f0017-142.jpg" title="f0017-14" width="593" height="79"></div><p><b>(Montreal wins best-of-seven series 4)</b></p><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h3><p><b>Tue. April 27</b></p><p>Islanders 2 at Montreal 3</p><p><b>Thu. April 29</b></p><p>Islanders 3 at Montreal 4</p><p><b>Sat. May 1</b></p><p>Montreal 3 at Islanders 2</p><p><b>Tue. May 4</b></p><p>Montreal 2at Islanders 5</p><p><b>Thu. May 6</b></p><p>Islanders 2 at Montreal 5</p><h2><b>SERIES &lsquo;J&rsquo;</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1563/3649931-1-eng-US/f0017-152.jpg" title="f0017-15" width="590" height="76"></div><p><b>(Philadelphia wins best-of-seven series 4-1)</b></p><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h3><p><b>Tue. April 27</b></p><p>Boston 4 at Philadelphia 2</p><p><b>Thu. April 29</b></p><p>Boston 1 at Philadelphia 2</p><p><b>Sun. May 2</b></p><p>Philadelphia 5 at Boston 2</p><p><b>Tue. May 4</b></p><p>Philadelphia 4 at Boston 2</p><p><b>Thu. May 6</b></p><p>Boston 3 at Philadelphia 6</p><p><b>Finals</b></p><h2><b>SERIES &lsquo;K&rsquo;</b></h2><p><b>(Montreal wins best-of-seven series 4-0)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1661/3649924-1-eng-US/f0017-162.jpg" title="f0017-16" width="590" height="78"></div><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h3><p><b>Sun. May 9</b></p><p>Philadelphia 3 at Montreal 4</p><p><b>Tue. May 11</b></p><p>Philadelphia 1 at Montreal 2</p><p><b>Thu. May 13</b></p><p>Montreal 3 at Philadelphia 2</p><p><b>Sun. May 16</b></p><p>Montreal 5 at Philadelphia 3</p><h2><b>Top Playoff Scorers</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1752/3649917-1-eng-US/f0017-172.jpg" title="f0017-17" width="588" height="470"></div><p><b>Scoring by Teams</b></p><h2><b>ATLANTA</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1845/3649910-1-eng-US/f0017-182.jpg" title="f0017-18" width="593" height="455"></div><h2><b>BOSTON</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1937/3649903-1-eng-US/f0017-192.jpg" title="f0017-19" width="590" height="600"></div><h2><b>BUFFALO</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-2026/3649896-1-eng-US/f0017-202.jpg" title="f0017-20" width="589" height="560"></div><h2><b>CHICAGO</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-2115/3649889-1-eng-US/f0017-212.jpg" title="f0017-21" width="589" height="451"></div><h2><b>LOS ANGELES</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-2213/3649882-1-eng-US/f0017-222.jpg" title="f0017-22" width="593" height="444"></div><h2><b>MONTREAL</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-2312/3649875-1-eng-US/f0017-232.jpg" title="f0017-23" width="592" height="508"></div><h2><b>ISLANDERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-249/3649868-1-eng-US/f0017-242.jpg" title="f0017-24" width="594" height="497"></div><h2><b>PHILADELPHIA</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-259/3649861-1-eng-US/f0017-252.jpg" title="f0017-25" width="590" height="148"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-269/3649854-1-eng-US/f0017-262.jpg" title="f0017-26" width="589" height="332"></div><h2><b>PITTSBURGH</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-277/3649847-1-eng-US/f0017-272.jpg" title="f0017-27" width="585" height="446"></div><h2><b>ST. LOUIS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-287/3649840-1-eng-US/f0017-282.jpg" title="f0017-28" width="595" height="473"></div><h2><b>TORONTO</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-297/3649833-1-eng-US/f0017-292.jpg" title="f0017-29" width="587" height="499"></div><h2><b>VANCOUVER</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-306/3649826-1-eng-US/f0017-302.jpg" title="f0017-30" width="590" height="476"></div><h2><b>PlAYOFF GOAUNG</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-315/3649819-1-eng-US/f0017-312.jpg" title="f0017-31" width="590" height="475"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0017-02

Canadiens Captured 12 Of 13 Games In Winning Stanley Cup From Flyers

<div class="byline">BY FRANK ORR</div><p><b>LOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKS</b></p><p>Made in Canada by MILLERICH & BRADS8Y, LTD Arnold Street. Wallaceburg. Ontario Sold in U.S. and Canada</p><p><b>LOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKS</b></p><p>Made in Canada by MILLERICH & BRADS8Y, LTD Arnold Street. Wallaceburg. Ontario Sold in U.S. and Canada</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01641/3650060-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="570" height="1051"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>RANDY CARLYLE &hellip; Much In Demand</b></figcaption></div><p>TORONTO&mdash;</p><p>The most important telephone call of the Toronto Maple Leafs&rsquo; off-season could turn out to be the one made to assistant general manager Johnny McLellan by a friend in Sudbury.</p><p>The result of that call was the Leaf signing of defenseman Randy Carlyle, the acquisition of a player of first-round amateur draft calibre in a year when the Leafs&rsquo; first dip into the harvest of graduating juniors was No. 30, well into the second round.</p><p>The rather bizarre scenario goes like this. The Leafs&rsquo; had traded their first round selection in the 1976 draft to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for goalie Wayne Thomas.</p><p>Carlyle&rsquo;s showing with Sudbury juniors had him rated somewher between eight and 14 on the list of junior prospects on the lists of most scouts. But the day before the NHL draft, the clubs received a Telex message from president Clarence Campbell that he&rsquo;d been informed that Carlyle had &ldquo;signed&rdquo; with Cincinnati Stingers of the World Hockey Association.</p><p>Carlyle&rsquo;s agent Norm Kaplan of Montreal had passed the information to the NHL.</p><p>But when the Leafs&rsquo; turn came up on the second round, they picked Carlyle. Leaf GM Jim Gregory rationalized the move by saying Carlyle was by far the best player available and Leafs were willing to wait until his contract with the Stingers expired, then try to sign him. There was always the chance, too, that the WHA would fold, the NHL&rsquo;s fondest dream.</p><p>Then, two days later, the Leafs announced that they had signed Randy Carlyle to a multi-year contract.</p><p>Sure, it was a little puzzling back in May, too. It turned out that Carlyle had signed only a letter ol intent with the Stingers and when the Maple Leafs&rsquo; legal people told Gregory they didn&rsquo;t feel the letter was binding, Gregory made a quick-trip to Sudbury and signed Carlyle to a contract.</p><p>That&rsquo;s where McLellan&rsquo;s friend came in handy. On the evening of the NHL draft, McLellan&rsquo;s buddy called him with the disclosure that Carlyle had only signed a letter of intent, not a contract with the WHA team.</p><p>Of course, the move gave everyone involved a little jolt. Agent Kaplan claimed that Carlyle had signed a &ldquo;letter-form contract&rdquo; with the Stingers with a standard form WHA player contract attached to it which he had initialled.</p><p>The Stingers and the WHA claimed they planned legal action, which hadn&rsquo;t been forthcoming by late June. Maple Leafs simply counted their blessings.</p><p>&ldquo;My understanding of what I&rsquo;d signed was that it said that if I was drafted by the WHA, it had to be by Cincinnati,&rdquo; Carlyle said. &ldquo;I certainly didn&rsquo;t feel it committeed me to the Stingers and ruled me out of the NHL. When Mr. Gregory called me after the draft, I told him that.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0018-01

Leafs Beat Stingers To Sudbury Star Carlyle

<div class="byline">BY BILL LIBBY</div><p>LOS ANGELES&mdash;</p><p>The Los Angeles Kings have gotten along without Gordie Howe and Bobby Hull. They have gotten along without Bobby Clarke, and now, we suppose, they can get along without Bobby Orr. Of course, the Kings have not yet won a Stanley Cup crown, but then Boston only won two in 10 years with Orr.</p><p>After Alan Eagleson announced Los Angeles was the logical place for Orr to leap, Orr announced he didn&rsquo;t want to move so far from home, nor take on the travel that comes with a California base. Clearly, Alan the Agent could speak about Bobby, but not for him.</p><p>It may be the best deal Jack Kent Cooke never made. He wanted Orr and was willing to go as high as anyone for him. But, if he&rsquo;d had to compensate Boston with top players and then had to send Orr to surgery, the Kings could have collapsed.</p><p>A player whose left knee collapses on him walking through a hotel lobby, who couldn&rsquo;t even sit at a conference table without hurting, simply is not a good gamble. Chicago, deeper in player resources, may he better prepared to run the risks.</p><p>Of course, a healthy Orr would have boomed business at the box office and might have made the club a cup contender on the ice.</p><p>Coach Bob Pulford believes the Kings will be better next season, anyway. Before leaving for his summer vacation at his cottage in Northern Ontario, he observed &ldquo;We dragged in off a disappointing playoff this past season, but we&rsquo;ll go in with momentum from an impressive playoff next season.</p><p>&ldquo;Montreal got so far in front of us so fast we let down. If we can keep close to them this next season, we can become more consistent. I think we&rsquo;ll be better psychologically and I think that&rsquo;s as important an aspect of this game as anything.&rdquo;</p><p>Although the Kings went down in goals for, and up in goals against, he believes a tightened defense will contribute to an improved offense: &ldquo;When we&rsquo;re playing good defense and we&rsquo;re forechecking, we have the puck more and have more opportunities at the other end.&rdquo;</p><p>He does not believe the team must make changes to improve. Although he did not play Gary Sargent in the playoff loss to Boston, Pully says &ldquo;Gary Sargent, Neil Komadoski and Dave Hutchison matured a lot last season, and should continue to improve. With these three strong youngsters and some veterans on defense, and the best goalkeeping in the league (Rogie Vachon and Gary Edwards), we have the ability to be better.&rdquo;</p><p>Hully&rsquo;s vacation ends Aug. 9 when he takes over the U.S. Team in the Canada Cup competition. If it goes all the way, he will miss by two days the Sept. 15 opening of the Kings&rsquo; camp. Because of horse and ice shows, the Kings will not start training at home this season, but after one week at the San Diego Arena will return to their suburban Forum and open their exhibition schedule.</p><p>Jake Milford would coach for a couple of days in that case. Jake has been trying to deal for a big forward, but so far has come up with only a promising minor leaguer who was a second-round draft-choice by Montreal in 1963. He is Glenn Goldup, the son of former NHL player Hank Goldup. Glenn is 23 years old and a 6 foot, 185-pound left wing. A former Toronto Marlboro, he has had a couple of short stints with the Canadiens during three seasons as a pro, with Nova Scotia in the American League. He was a second AHL All Star this season. A fair scorer, he scored eight goals in nine games as the team breezed to the AHL playoff title.</p><p>Having failed to sign their first draft choice last season, the promising Tim Young, who went to Minnesota, the Kings have been trying to nab their number one this year, Steve Clippingdale who was the 21st player taken from amateur ranks.</p><p>Clippingdale is a 6&rsquo;2&rdquo;, 195-pound left-wing, who scored 51 goals for New Westminster of the Western Canada League last season. He was third on the Memorial Cup runners-up in points with 117.</p><p><b>KINGS THINGS:</b> Marcel Dionne placed a close second to Ottawa end Tony Gabriel in the Canadian version of the television &ldquo;Super star&rdquo; competition. Dionne won $8,400 and the chance to compete in the richer U.S. show this summer. He won the batting and rowing contests and was second in tennis.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Kings Lose Orr, Get Goldup As Pulford Eases Changes

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0019-09" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-09146/3650129-1-eng-US/f0019-092.jpg"></div><h2><b>TOP 10 GOALING LEADERS</b></h2><h2><b>TOP 10 WINNING GOALERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-10127/3650122-1-eng-US/f0019-102.jpg" title="f0019-10" width="1143" height="374"></div><h2><b>Final Goalkeeping Records For All NHL Teams</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-11111/3650115-1-eng-US/f0019-112.jpg" title="f0019-11" width="1164" height="2190"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0019-09

LOOKING AT NHL GOALERS

<div class="byline">BY TONY GALLAGHER</div><p>VANCOUVER&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he Vancouver Canucks said their number one priority at the June National Hockey League meetings in Montreal was to sign forwards Don Lever and Dennis Ververgaert for next season and longer.</p><p>But while this priority was taken care of when superman Al Eagleson and Canucks&rsquo; coach and general manager Phil Maloney finally got some time together, it would have been more noteworthy if indeed the two had not resigned long-term contracts with the club.</p><p>What the Canucks really wanted to do was to try and swing a trade or two at the meetings, but apparently a deal that the Canucks were close to fell through. Maloney has been trying to do something about some of the problem areas on his roster, and it would appear that he cannot logically have Andre Boudrias, Gary Smith or Tracy Pratt come to training camp in September.</p><p>Trading them is a difficult business, but mandatory if there is to be any harmony on the team. It had been rumored that the Canucks were close to a deal with the Detroit Red Wings for Smith, the Wings then having someone to back up the slight Jim Rutherford and the aging Eddie Giacomin. But nothing was finalized.</p><p>Maloney, who still has to deal with now free agents Bobby Lalonde, Dennis Kearns and Ken Lockett, is also still interested in signing winger Paulin Bordeleau to another contract despite the fact thathe hardly played all last season. Bordeleau, who was drafted two years ago from the Toronto Marlboros, had said at the end of the year thathe didn&rsquo;t feel he was wanted in Vancouver. But Maloney&rsquo;s attitude may have changed his viewpoint somewhat.</p><p>Regardless of Bordeleau&rsquo;s status, the Canucks must make those trades they&rsquo;ve been working on if they hope to strengthen for next season. They didn&rsquo;t get too much promising in the amateur draft as they had their first pick in the 26th slot, and with the exception of left winger Brad Gassoff making the club after his great year in Tulsa, Canucks have only the trade route to helping themselves.</p><p>And Maloney has been trying. &ldquo;Some days you think you&rsquo;re ahead and you wake up the next day and find out you&rsquo;re behind,&rdquo; says Maloney about the art of trading. &ldquo;You try to lay the ground work and then see if anything develops on the movement of players. So far, nothing has developed.&rdquo;</p><p>The trading block has become so important because at such a low pick in the draft, the club selected six-foot, 185-pound defenseman Bob Manno from the St. Catharines Black Hawks of the OHA&rsquo; a man not expected to play in the NHL next year.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-12104/3650160-1-eng-US/f0019-122.jpg" title="f0019-12" width="581" height="1188"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GARY SMITH &hellip;He Has To Go</b></figcaption></div><p>&ldquo;He is a good puck-carrying defenseman who comes to play,&rdquo; said Canucks&rsquo; Scout Jack MacDonald. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s tough and he&rsquo;s very good when he has the puck. &ldquo;</p><p>Unfortunately, added MacDonald, &ldquo;he has to leam to play defense, buthe&rsquo;ll probably be able to make Tulsa.&rdquo;</p><p>Manno had nine goals and 54 assist with the Hawks last year, and he was one of only two players from the East the Canucks drafted, tending to go with players from the Western Canada Hockey League.</p><p>Their second pick (third round) was left winger Rob Flockhart a 6&rsquo;1&rdquo;, 185-pounder from the Kamloops Chiefs and next was a rugged winger named Elmer Ray from the Calgary Centennials.</p><p>Ray distinguished himself in Vancouver in somewhat unpleasant fashion when he single-handedly took on the toughest players with the New Westminster Bruins.</p><p>One published report said that Ray &ldquo;looked more like Elmer Fudd&rdquo; after his ordeal with the Bruins, but it probably earned him a fairly high draft status.</p><p>Maloney didn&rsquo;t say how many of the picks in the draft would be offered contracts, but that won&rsquo;t likely come until the end of training camp when the players are assigned to Tulsa, Fort Wayne and points south.</p><p>Maloney said at the time of the draft thathe would have enjoyed making a number one selection, but that his gaining the services of goaltender Curt Ridley from the Atlanta Flames towards the end of last season more than made up for the loss of a first round choice.</p><p>&ldquo;When I look at the names in that first round, and when you consider the way he (Ridley) played for us and the situation (with goalie Gary Smith) that developed, it was a great deal for us.&rdquo; said Maloney.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0019-12

Canucks Keep Club’s Top Snipers In Fold While Talking Trade

<p>OAKLAND&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he California Seals dipped into Europe&rsquo;s large pool of hockey talent and emerged with two top Scandinavian players in the National Hockey League&rsquo;s annual amateur draft.</p><p>Seeking to bolster their defense, the Seals selected Sweden&rsquo;s Bjorn Johansson, a tough 20-year-old blueliner, as their top draft choice. The versatile Swede, who can play either right or left defense, was the fifth pick overall in a draft which saw California choose seven players, including three defensemen, in six rounds.</p><p>The Seals&rsquo; second European choice was one of Finland&rsquo;s outstanding players, right winger Jouni Rinne, who was taken on the sixth round.</p><p>Following the success of last year&rsquo;s second round pick center Dennis Maruk, the Seals went right back to Maruk&rsquo;s old team&mdash;the London Knights of the Ontario Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; circuit, for another second draft choice. It was also for a center, smooth skating Vern Stenlund.</p><p>California then plunged into U.S. college ranks for three players. Highly-rated left winger Mike Fidler of Boston University was nabbed in round three; center Warren Young of Michigan Tech was tabbed in round four, and Denver University defenseman Cal Sandbeck was the Seals&rsquo; second selection in round five&mdash;a pick gained from St. Louis in the Dave Hrechkosy trade. Fidler and Young were rated among the top eight U.S. college prospects.</p><p>Another defenseman, Darcy Regier of the Lethbridge Broncos in the Western Canada Junior League, was the Seals&rsquo; regular pick in round five.</p><p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re really pleased with this year&rsquo;s draft,&rdquo; enthused Seals general manager Bill McCreary, who conducted the California end of the trans-continental telephone hook-up from the Seals office. &ldquo;In Johansson, we have an aggressive player, a very good skater with a fine shot. He is an excellent puck carrier and has an added dimension that&rsquo;s not always found: toughness.&rdquo;</p><p>Johansson, who was recently named to the Swedish national team that will play in the world tournament in Canada this fall, led his Orebro IK team to the Division I championship in Sweden this past season. The six-foot, 185 pounder is rated by scouts as one ofthe top pro prospects in Europe.</p><p>Of the three college players, only Fidler is expected to attend the Seals&rsquo; camp this year. Young and Sandbeck both plan to remain in college for at least one more season. Fidler&rsquo;s 22 goals and 24 assists helped a Boston University powerhouse to first place in the EC AC&rsquo;s Division I this season with 21-2 record.</p><p>Regier, considered to be &ldquo;young, developing player&rdquo; at 19, was a standout on a Lethbridge team that struggled to finish third in the Eastern Division of the Western Canada loop. &ldquo;He is a smart hockey player,&rdquo; said McCreary, &ldquo;and while not too big at 5-11, 191, he can handle the puck well and our people were high on him.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Seals Select Top Swede As First Amateur Draft

<div class="byline">BY SCOTT HERRON</div><p>MONTREAL&mdash;</p><p>Nothing can be finer: living in Montreal, playing for the famous Les Canadiens and winning the Stanley Cup.</p><p>But Bill Nyrop, a rookie defenseman for Montreal, didn&rsquo;t assume the swagger of a jaunty French-Canadian dandy as he toured the cafes and bistros with his celebrating teammates and friends.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-01462/3650215-1-eng-US/f0020-012.jpg" title="f0020-01" width="562" height="1117"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BILL NYROP &hellip; It Was Mind Boggling</b></figcaption></div><p>He&rsquo;s a member of Montreal&rsquo;s world champion professional hockey team, but he&rsquo;s an American from Minnesota and is not shy to let people know it.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m proud that I&rsquo;m from Minnesota,&rdquo; says Nirop, who played on a Minnesota state high school championship hockey team in 1969. &ldquo;I tell everybody when they ask me where I&rsquo;m from.&rdquo;</p><p>Nyrop, a former All American at Notre Dame, may surprise followers of Les Canadiens by acknowledging his American heritage. Americans on Stanley Cup championship teams have been rarities in the National Hockey League.</p><p>In fact, a record check with the U.S.Hockey Hall of Fame in Eveleth, Minnesota, reveals that the last American to play on a Stanley Cup winner was another Minnesotan, goalie Frank &ldquo;Mr. Zero&rdquo; Brimsek, 35 years ago when the Boston Bruins won the 1941 championship.</p><p>No doubt, Nyrop hopes that his niche in Stanley Cup history becomes as legend as Brimsek&rsquo;s. The Hall of Famer from Eveleth appeared in the 1946 Stanley Cup finals, except his Bruins lost to Montreal. A series victory then would have given Brimsek three Cup crowns. He played for the Bruins in 1939 when they beat Toronto 4-1 in the Cup finals, a series in which another Minnesota player and Hall of Famer, Ed &ldquo;Doc&rdquo; Romnes, gave Toronto its only victory with an overtime goal against Brimsek.</p><p>Unlike his famed predecessor, however, Nyrop didn&rsquo;t make it to the NHL by playing for senior amateur and minor league professional teams. Although he played much of this year and all of last with Nova Scotia of the American Hockey League, Nyrop learned his trade playing for the Irish in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association.</p><p>And the 6&rsquo;2&rdquo;, 207 pound defender has no second thoughts that college hockey was the proper road for him to take to the big leagues.</p><p>&ldquo;Look at all the plusses,&rdquo; he says, &ldquo;You get an education so maybe if you don&rsquo;t want to play anymore you have that. I know when I was a junior or senior I enjoyed what I was majoring in (business). I was 50-50 whether I wanted to continue playing. But I decided to play some more hockey and have fun. If I make it fine, if I don&rsquo;t I can take that too. Hockey isn&rsquo;t my only goal in life.&rdquo;</p><p>Nyrop admits, though, that hockey is playing a major role in his life now. He says simply: &ldquo;I&rsquo;m very fortunate to be able to be here. You have to have a little luck and be in the right position and make use of it. For anybody to be successful you have to get a break or two. You just have to be ready for that break and walk through the door.&rdquo;</p><p>Nyrop explains thathe first got his break when Don Awrey hurt his knee. Then Guy Lapointe sustained an injury and Serge Savard was hurt, and after that &ldquo;I guess I showed well enough for them to keep me.&rdquo;</p><p>Montreal apparently isn&rsquo;t afraid of signing American players. Former Minnesota AllAmerican Mike Polich of Hibbing, Minn., is one of its star players at Nova Scotia and should be playing in the NHL soon, and two other Gophers are in the Canadiens&rsquo; plans. They&rsquo;ve already drafted Joe Micheletti of Hibbing and are expected to pick Reed Larson this year. Rick Chartraw of Erie, Pa., is a Montreal reserve defenseman.</p><p>&ldquo;Montreal has one of the best scouting systems in the league,&rdquo; says Nyrop. &ldquo;And they&rsquo;re after the best hockey players no matter where they come from. I&rsquo;d say the WCHA is right on par with the top Junior A league in Canada. You get plenty of skating in college hockey. The only difference is that you don&rsquo;t play the 60 or 70 games a year. But you can pick that up in a year or two.&rdquo;</p><p>Nyrop played the last 20 games of the season with the Canadiens and he says that despite his inexperience he wasn&rsquo;t awed by playing for the Stanley Cup. &ldquo;Maybe it was my ignorance and I was overconfident,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;I just know that the tougher times for me were at practice against our own guys. I hadn&rsquo;t seen anything like it before.&rdquo;</p><p>Despite his level-headed approach to the game, Nyrop admits that his Stanley Cup experience was &ldquo;mind boggling.&rdquo; It was a fantastic experience for a young man living in Montreal and playing for Les Canadiens, even though he is an American.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0020-01

Nyrop First U.S. Player On Cup Winner In 35 Years

<div class="byline">BY ALAN TRUEX</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-01305/3650253-1-eng-US/f0021-012.jpg" title="f0021-01" width="516" height="475"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-02215/3650246-1-eng-US/f0021-022.jpg" title="f0021-02" width="462" height="452"></div><p>ATLANTA&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>F</span>lames players are finding that once their contracts expire, they may have to move elsewhere. Contract renewals are by no means automatic, even for athletes who had considerable ice time.</p><p>Dave Kryskow, who played regularly at left wing for the Flames last season, has been released, now that his contract has run out. General manager Cliff Fletcher said. &ldquo;We do not intend to offer him a new contract.&rdquo;</p><p>Kryskow only 24, scored 40 points and 15 goals in the 1975-76 season.</p><p>&ldquo;We just feel we can improve out-selves in that area,&rdquo; Fletcher said. The Flames&rsquo; other left wingers are Curt. Bennett, Eric Vail and Tim Ecclestone, who has recoved from a late-season knee injury.</p><p><b>Fletcher also dumped a</b> couple of other young players, centers Claude St. Sauveur and Richie Lemieux.</p><p>St. Sauveur, who scored 24 goals and 48 points and led the team in power play goals with 11 last year, was returned to Calgary of the World Hockey Association.</p><p>He came to the Flames last September in an interleague transaction. The Flames were given an option to return St. Sauveur to the WHA after one year. Fletcher had until June 1 to decide if he wanted to continue paying the Saint&rsquo;s multiyear contract, believed to be close to $100,000 per year, but declined the chance.</p><p>St. Sauveur, 23, played well offensively for Atlanta but because of defensive deficiencies, he did not get a regular shift.</p><p>Fletcher said the decision whether or not to keep him hinged on the readiness of 19-year old Guy Chouinard to play in the NHL.</p><p>The Flames are overstocked at center, with Tom Lysiak. Bill Clement and Rey Comeau, in addition to St. Sauveur, Chouinard and Lemieux.</p><p>Chouinard scored 40 goals and 80 points for Nova Scotia in the American Hockey League last season, and he was impressive in several brief trails with Atlanta. Fletcher had indicated he feels the youngster is ready for the NHL, which would be bad news for St. Sauveur and Lemieux.</p><p>Lemieux played the entire year in Nova Scotia, but he was called up to the NHL for the playoffs, and he looked good in the Flames&rsquo; two games of Stanley Cup action. However. Fletcher said he doubted the club had room to keep the former Kansas City Scout.</p><p>Last year, the Flames did not renew the contract of their captain. Keith McCreary, and they made their top right winger of the previous season. Ecclestone available to the rest of the league before finally renewing his contract.</p><p>This year, the only Flames contracts expiring were those of Kryskow, Lemieux and Comeau. Of those, only Comeau was offered a new contract. The rest of the Flames are still covered by long-term contracts.</p><p>Kryskow was one of 85 players listed as free agents on June 1. Some like Gilles Meloche and Serge Savard, have since signed new contracts. Even Bobby Orr was listed. Two others. Peter McNab of Buffalo and Boston&rsquo;s Andre Savard were traded between the two clubs. Here is a breakdown of players who are still listed a free agents:</p><p>Atlanta-Rey Comeau, centre; Dave Kryskow, left wing; Noel Price, defense.</p><p>Boston-Earl Anderson, right wing; John Bucyk, left wing; Darryl Edestrand, defense; Doug Gibson center; Steve Langdon, left wing; Al Sims, defense; Dallas Smith, defense.</p><p>Buffalo-Gary Bromley, goal; Jim Lorentz, center: Rene Robert, right wing; Brian Spencer, left wing; Morris Titanic, left wing.</p><p>California-Al MacAdam, right wing; George Pesut, defense; Paul Shakes, defense; Butch Williams, right wing.</p><p>Chicago-Dale Tallon. forward and defense.</p><p>Detroit - Terry Richardson, goal.</p><p>Kansas-Chuck Arnason, right wing; Gary Bergman, defense; Guy Charron, left wing; Denis Herron, goal; JeanGuy Lagace, defense; Craig Patrick, rightwing.</p><p>Los Anqeles-Larry Brown, defense; Mike Corrigan, right wing; Vic Venasky, center.</p><p>Minnesota-Mike Antonovich, center; Dwight Bialowas, defense; Tom Colley, center: Blake Dunlop, center; John Flesch, left wing: Norm Gratton, left wing: Ernie Hicke. left wing; Lowell Ostlund, defense; Billy Plager, defense; Glen Sather, left wing; John Sheridan, defense; David Lee, left wing.</p><p>Montreal-None.</p><p>Islanders-None.</p><p>Rangers-Bill Collins, right wing; Ron Harris, defense.</p><p>Philadelphia-Terry Crisp, center.</p><p>Pittsburgh-Wayne Bianchin, left wing; Nelson Debenedet, left wing; Barry Wilkins, defense; Bob Taylor, goal.</p><p>St. Louis-Doug Palazzari, center. Toronto-Dave Dunn, defense;</p><p>George Ferguson, riqht wing; Scott Garland, center; Brian Glennie, defense; Greg Hubick. defense and forward; Rod Seiling, defense; Blaine Stoughton, forward.</p><p>Vancouver-Paulin Bordeleau, left wing; Dennis Kearns, defense; Bobby Lalonde, center; Ken Lockett, goalie.</p><p>Washington-Michel Belhumeur, goal; Willie Brossart, defense; Ron Jones, defense; Gerry Meehan, center; Nelson Pyatt, center, Blair Stewart, center.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Flames Cut Kryskow Loose Before Deadline

<div class="byline">BY RICH PASSAN</div><p>CLEVELAND&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>his city by Lake Erie, one of the original 12 cities of the World Hockey Association back in 1972, may not be that by I he time you read this.</p><p>Cleveland Crusaders&rsquo; owner Jay Moore, who purchased the club from Nick Mileti a year ago March, agreed to sell the team to Bill Putnam of Atlanta for an estimated $1.4 million.</p><p>Putnam, former president of the National Hockey League Philadelphia Flyers and Atlanta Flames and an ex-official of the WHA, intends to move the team to Hollywood, Fla., and make them tenants of the New Sportatorium.</p><p>The move is being construed in some quarters as the first step in securing an NHL franchise for Cleveland. The NHL, it is known, would like to move into the Richfield Coliseum.</p><p>And there are two teams that are having problems and are &lsquo;prime candidates for a franchise transfer, the California Seals and Kansas City Scouts.</p><p>The Seals would like to play in San Francisco, but owner Mei Swig has met with failure in his attempt to construct a new building there. The building, proposed to be constructed in the Yerba Buena area of the city, became a political football.</p><p>So Swig went looking for a buyer because he couldn&rsquo;t survive in thesmall Oakland Coliseum. He solicited Denver and then San Jose. But in the background, unbeknownst to Swig, a move was under way to buy the Seals and move them to Cleveland.</p><p>George Gund III. a former Clevelander, owns one-third of the Seals&rsquo; stock and would like to bring the NHL to his hometown. But Guild will not make any moves until the Crusaders are in Florida.</p><p>Several minor legal entanglements, according to Moore, are holding up the sale. Once they are cleared up, the C&rsquo;s will move.</p><p>Another factor in the favor of Cleveland is the new owner of the Coliseum. Sandford Greenberg, a 35-year-old real estate tycoon from Washington, became 90 percent owner of the Coliseum after buying Mileti&rsquo;s 45 percent.</p><p>Greenberg, who has a large interest in the Capital Center in Landover. Md., also owns a chunk of the NHL Washington Capitals and National Basketball Association Washington Bullets.</p><p>When the Crusaders move, there will be a potential 40 dark nights this winter and Greenberg is expected to make a move to prevent that.</p><p>The Crusaders spent four stormy seasons in Cleveland. The first year, they surprised everybody and finished a st rung second in the East Division behind the New England Whalers. However, they were knocked out of the World Trophy playoffs by the Whalers in the second round.</p><p>Jack Vivian moved in as general manager the next season, which saw the C&rsquo;s win a playoff spot on the last day of the season as they finished third in the East. Toronto beat them in five games in the first round of the playoffs.</p><p>Vivian fired original coach Bill Needham and replaced him with John Hanna. Hanna lasted less than half a season and Vivian, the subject of mounting criticism, took over the bench chores and guided the C&rsquo;s to another third-place finish.</p><p>John Wilson became the coach in the fourth and stormiest campaign. Vivian finally resigned under pressure; the Crusaders staged a black armband night to protest Moore&rsquo;s visit to Kansas City to seek a possible shift of that franchise.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Crusaders Leaving Cleveland For Florida?

<div class="byline">BY RICH PASSAN</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0022-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-01331/3650284-1-eng-US/f0022-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>The Cincinnati Stingers grabbed off their first amateur draft pick again when they signed Peter Marsh of Sherbrooke to a pro contract. The smiling youngster, who was chosen the Quebec League&rsquo;s MVP and finished with 156 points, is shown with his new Stinger jersey between Bill DeWitt Jr., left, executive vice-president, and Brian Heekin, the Club&rsquo;s president.</b></figcaption></div><p><b>LOUISVILLE SLUGGER</b></p><p><b>HOCKEY STICKS</b></p><p><b>Made in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY LTD Arnold Street Wallaceburg Ontario Sold in U S and Canada</b></p><p><b>LOUISVILLE SLUGGER</b></p><p><b>HOCKEY STICKS</b></p><p><b>Made in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY LTD Arnold Street Wallaceburg Ontario Sold in U S and Canada</b></p><p>CINCINNATI&mdash;</p><p>The Cincinnati Stingers earned the distinction of signing their first round choice in the World Hockey Association&rsquo;s 1976 amateur draft not long after they had been the first, along with Cleveland Crusaders among WHA teams, to go to the trade mart following the playoffs.</p><p>The Stingers drafted Peter Marsh of Sherbrooke second in the WHA&rsquo;s top round selection but got the drop on the other clubs by signing the high-scoring Quebec League right winger to a professional contract. Marsh, who scored 75 goals and had 156 points in 69 games last season with Sherbrooke while winning the league MVP award, joined a select group with the Stingers.</p><p>His signing marked the fifth first draft choice to ink a contract with the Cincinnati club. The Stingers drafted both Dennis Sobchuk and Jacques Locas in the first round in 1973, John Hughes in 1974, Claude Larose in 1975 and Marsh this year. All were offered and accepted contracts immediately following the drafts by the Stingers.</p><p>Earlier the Stingers and Crusaders got together to do a little player trading.</p><p>Not waiting for the end of the playoffs, the two East Division opponents made a one for one swap of wingers. The C&rsquo;s sent three year veteran right winger Russ Walker to the Bees in exchange for Bernie MacNeil, a six-year man who can play the left side or center.</p><p>Walker, whose three-year contract was up after last season, is being actively sought by the National Hockey League Los Angeles Kings. The Stingers, however, believe they can sign him.</p><p>The 6-2, 195-pounder scored 52 goals for the Crusaders, including 23 this past season. He has a big shot, but has deficiencies in many other vital areas and has not reached the potential forecast for him.</p><p>MacNeil is not a goal scorer. His 15 last season with the Stingers was his high mark as a professional.</p><p>MacNeil&rsquo;s forte is penalty killing and defense. One-third of his goals last season were of the shorthanded variety and two came against the Crusaders in one game.</p><p>This is the first of what coach and general manager John Wilson hopes will be several moves in an effort to improve the fortunes of the Clevelanders. He believes left wing could be further strengthened with right wing the next area of concern.</p><p>Wilson, who is trying to build a scrappy and hustling team, has his eye on left wingers George Morrison of Calgary and Gary Veneruzzo of Phoenix. He has a plethora of defensemen and center icemen and would be willing to part with some of them.</p><p>The C&rsquo;s picked up two right wingers and two left wingers in the first four rounds in the first half of the 10-round amateur draft May 17. The draft was completed May 27 in Winnipeg.</p><p>Glen Sharpley of the Hull Festivals of the Quebec Junior League and Jeff McDill of the Victoria Cougars of the Western Junior League are the right wingers, while Rod Schutt of the Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey Association and Rocky Maze of the Edmonton Oil Kings of the Western League represent the left side.</p><p>Vern Stenlund of the OHA London Knights and Bob Miller of the United States Olympic team, a pair of centers, were tapped in the fifth round.</p><p>Realistically, Wilson is hoping to sign one man from each position as he seekslo inject more youth in his club.</p><p><b>CINCINNATI:</b> The Stingers had four selections in the first two rounds of the draft and came up with some plums.</p><p>First choice was Marsh from Sherbrooke. He promptly signed a WHA contract with Cincinnati. The other first-round choice was sturdy defenseman Randy Carlyle from Sudbury.</p><p>In the second round, the Stingers chose right winger Don Murdoch and center Greg Carroll, linemates for the Medicine Hat Tigers of the Western Canada League. Carroll rang up 111 assists and Murdoch cashed in on 88 of those opportunities.</p><p>Barry Melrose, a defenseman from Kamloops in the WCJHL, was the Stingers&rsquo; fourth-round selection.</p><p><b>INDIANAPOLIS:</b> The Racers drafted in the first rounds for the immediate future, the second round for a couple of years from now, the fourth round for the long-range picture and the fifth round on pure chance.</p><p>The first-round pick was Robert Simpson, a 56-goal left winger with Sherbrooke last season. &ldquo;We look for Simpson to make it right away, &ldquo;said Indianapolis general manager Jim Browitt.</p><p>Alex McKendry, a 6-4, 200 pound left winger from Sudbury, was the No.2 choice of the Racers. &ldquo;It may take a year or so in devel oping him,&rdquo; said Browitt. &ldquo;He has a lot of possibilities. Don&rsquo;t look for him to make it right away.&rdquo;</p><p>The Racers&rsquo; third-round pick went to Edmonton to complete the trade for right winger Blair MacDonald. In the fourth round, Indy took Dave Dornseif, a sophomore defenseman from Providence College. &ldquo;We prefer him to stay in school.&rdquo; said Browitt. &ldquo;If he wants to quit of his own volition, that&rsquo;s one thing.&rdquo;</p><p>The fifth-round pick was smallish defenseman Jean Gagnon of the Quebec Remparts. &ldquo;Jacques (coach Jacques Demers) is high on him and thought he might be a sleeper,&rdquo; said Browitt of the 5-8, 175 pound Gagnon. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s the kind of a kid you roll dice with.&rdquo;</p><p><b>NEW ENGLAND:</b> The Whalers, eliminated by the Houston Aeros in seven tough games in the semi-final round of the World Trophy playoffs, went heavily for U.S. collegians in the draft.</p><p>After forfeiting their first-round choice after signing underage defenseman Gordie Roberts last season, the Harpoonists proceeded to tap five American collegiate performers out of their seven choices in the succeeding four rounds.</p><p>In the second round, they took Boston University left winger Mike Fidler.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Stingers Sign 5th First-Round Draft Choice

<p>QUEBEC CITY&mdash;</p><p>The coaching turnover in the World Hockey Association continued with the appointment of Marc Boileau to direct the Quebec Nordiques for the 1976-77 season and the possibility that Bep Guidolin will move into the Edmonton job with the Oilers.</p><p>The naming of Boileau, who was sacked by the Pittsburqh Penguins of the NHL midway in last season, to coach the Nordiques was not surprising despite the fact Jean-Guy Gendron had another year to run on his Quebec coaching contract.</p><p>The Nordiques have been having their problems again and the fact the club slumped so badly against Calgary in the WHA playoffs this spring after losing scoring ace Marc Tardif, moved club directors to make a chanqe. The Nords recently lost Rejean Houle to the Montreal Canadiens and defenseman Dale Hoqanson has informed the club he will be going back to the NHL with an unnamed team for next season.</p><p>The loss of Houle and the serious head injury that could impair Tardif&rsquo;s playing career next season, have been blows the Nordiques didn&rsquo;t need. Their fans and the club directorate have been clamoring for a winner and the Nordiques appeared they had the talent to turn it around this year with some new acquistions that brought the long-awaited muscle to the club.</p><p>But the Nordiques faded in the stretch and the playoffs and Boileau has been given the job of putting the team back on a winning keel. He was more than a little successful with Pittsburgh and could transform the Nordiques into the kind of club Quebecers had been hoping for.</p><p>In other WHA developments, Guidolin was reportedly being eyed by the Oilers for the coaching job. Currently unemployed after being fired by the Kansas City Scouts, Guidolin said he was interested in the Edmonton job but only if he &lsquo;called the shots&rsquo; behind the bench. Guidolin said he would not consider moving to the Oilers if he had to put up with the kind of interference that has plagued Oiler coaches over the years.</p><p>Bill Hunter announced that he was steppinq down from his coaching and general manager roles with the Oilers because of opposition to his efforts and would remain with the team as vice-president.</p><p>The Toronto Toros were still seeking a home with St. Paul, Minn., and Birmingham, Alabama, again mentioned as possible sites. But the club has been strangely silent since the close of the hockey season and owner John Bassett has made no announcement lately on the future fate of the club or the players.</p><p>All Canadian Division teams took their share in the amateur hockey draft of 121 players. The Calgary Cowboys didn&rsquo;t have a first round pick passing their selection on to the Cincinnati Stingers while the Winnipeg Jets grabbed Thomas Gradin, a Swedish center, as their first choice. Edmonton took Blair Chapman of Saskatoon, who has already signed with Pittsburgh, and Bernie Federko, also of Saskatoon, who was drafted by St. Louis but is still unsigned.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-01311/3650339-1-eng-US/f0023-012.jpg" title="f0023-01" width="566" height="676"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>MARC BOILEAU &hellip; Replaces Gendron</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Boileau Named Nordiques’ Coach

<h2><b>CALGARY COWBOY S(8)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-02245/3650454-1-eng-US/f0023-022.jpg" title="f0023-02" width="694" height="228"></div><h2><b>CINCINNATI STINGERS (10)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-03189/3650447-1-eng-US/f0023-032.jpg" title="f0023-03" width="694" height="277"></div><h2><b>CLEVELAND CRUSADERS (11)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-04153/3650440-1-eng-US/f0023-042.jpg" title="f0023-04" width="530" height="301"></div><h2><b>HOUSTON AEROS (9)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-05128/3650433-1-eng-US/f0023-052.jpg" title="f0023-05" width="515" height="254"></div><h2><b>EDMONTON OILERS (11)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-06114/3650426-1-eng-US/f0023-062.jpg" title="f0023-06" width="693" height="305"></div><h2><b>INDIANAPOLIS RACERS (9)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-07100/3650419-1-eng-US/f0023-072.jpg" title="f0023-07" width="697" height="253"></div><h2><b>NEW ENGLAND WHALERS (11)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0885/3650412-1-eng-US/f0023-082.jpg" title="f0023-08" width="707" height="297"></div><h2><b>WINNIPEG JETS (11)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0971/3650405-1-eng-US/f0023-092.jpg" title="f0023-09" width="685" height="300"></div><h2><b>SAN DIEGO MARNERS (11)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-1060/3650398-1-eng-US/f0023-102.jpg" title="f0023-10" width="690" height="303"></div><h2><b>TORONTO TOROS (10)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-1147/3650391-1-eng-US/f0023-112.jpg" title="f0023-11" width="685" height="275"></div><h2><b>PHOENIX ROADRUNNERS (7)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-1239/3650384-1-eng-US/f0023-122.jpg" title="f0023-12" width="688" height="209"></div><h2><b>QUEBEC NORDIQUES (8)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-1334/3650377-1-eng-US/f0023-132.jpg" title="f0023-13" width="691" height="231"></div><h2><b>Top 9 Picks By Teams</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-1432/3650370-1-eng-US/f0023-142.jpg" title="f0023-14" width="1101" height="279"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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How WHA Teams Picked The Amateurs

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0024-19" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-1920/3650698-1-eng-US/f0024-192.jpg"></div><h2><b>CANADIAN DIVISION</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-2019/3650691-1-eng-US/f0024-202.jpg" title="f0024-20" width="1060" height="491"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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How The Races Finished

<h2><b>TOP 25 SCORERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-01319/3650660-1-eng-US/f0024-012.jpg" title="f0024-01" width="580" height="649"></div><h2><b>TOP 10 ROOKIES</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-02249/3650653-1-eng-US/f0024-022.jpg" title="f0024-02" width="589" height="280"></div><h2><b>TOP 10 BAD MEN</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-03172/3650646-1-eng-US/f0024-032.jpg" title="f0024-03" width="584" height="279"></div><h2><b>TOP 10 GOALER$</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-04127/3650639-1-eng-US/f0024-042.jpg" title="f0024-04" width="588" height="277"></div><h2><b>CALGARY</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0597/3650632-1-eng-US/f0024-052.jpg" title="f0024-05" width="591" height="1056"></div><h2><b>CINCINNATI</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0683/3650625-1-eng-US/f0024-062.jpg" title="f0024-06" width="590" height="397"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0769/3650618-1-eng-US/f0024-072.jpg" title="f0024-07" width="587" height="482"></div><h2><b>CLEVELAND</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0864/3650611-1-eng-US/f0024-082.jpg" title="f0024-08" width="593" height="948"></div><h2><b>EDMONTON</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0959/3650604-1-eng-US/f0024-092.jpg" title="f0024-09" width="588" height="774"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-1053/3650597-1-eng-US/f0024-102.jpg" title="f0024-10" width="595" height="108"></div><h2><b>HOUSTON</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-1151/3650590-1-eng-US/f0024-112.jpg" title="f0024-11" width="587" height="677"></div><h2><b>INDIANAPOLIS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-1245/3650583-1-eng-US/f0024-122.jpg" title="f0024-12" width="590" height="1124"></div><h2><b>MINNESOTA</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-1335/3650576-1-eng-US/f0024-132.jpg" title="f0024-13" width="582" height="224"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-1429/3650569-1-eng-US/f0024-142.jpg" title="f0024-14" width="586" height="230"></div><h2><b>NEW ENGLAND</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-1525/3650562-1-eng-US/f0024-152.jpg" title="f0024-15" width="586" height="573"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-1623/3650555-1-eng-US/f0024-162.jpg" title="f0024-16" width="580" height="304"></div><h2><b>OTTAWA</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-1721/3650548-1-eng-US/f0024-172.jpg" title="f0024-17" width="581" height="409"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-1820/3650541-1-eng-US/f0024-182.jpg" title="f0024-18" width="1175" height="1691"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Winnipeg ace Ulf Nilsson was a hot commodity for the Jets this season. He finished third in the scoring race over the regular season with 114 points and led all playoff scorers with 26 points.</b> <span class="photo-credit">(Photo by Stove Babineau)</span></figcaption></div><h2><b>PHOENIX</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-02191/3650534-1-eng-US/f0025-022.jpg" title="f0025-02" width="589" height="704"></div><h2><b>QUEBEC</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-03128/3650527-1-eng-US/f0025-032.jpg" title="f0025-03" width="595" height="855"></div><h2><b>SAN DIEGO</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0496/3650520-1-eng-US/f0025-042.jpg" title="f0025-04" width="594" height="409"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0581/3650513-1-eng-US/f0025-052.jpg" title="f0025-05" width="595" height="360"></div><h2><b>TORONTO</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0665/3650506-1-eng-US/f0025-062.jpg" title="f0025-06" width="589" height="1001"></div><h2><b>WINNIPEG</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0762/3650499-1-eng-US/f0025-072.jpg" title="f0025-07" width="588" height="628"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0854/3650492-1-eng-US/f0025-082.jpg" title="f0025-08" width="590" height="55"></div><h2><b>GOAUNG RECORDS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0948/3650485-1-eng-US/f0025-092.jpg" title="f0025-09" width="599" height="1980"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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WORLD HOCKEY ASSOCIATION FINAL 1975-76 STATISTICS

<p>PHOENIX&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>A</span>l Rollins, director of player personnel and heir apparent to the coaching job with the Roadrunners, has completed arrangements for training camp in Finland.</p><p>During his six-day whirlwind tour of Finland. Rollins also reached agreement on a two-year contract with Seppo Repo. 28-year-old center-ice star of the Finnish Ice Hockey League.</p><p>The Roadrunners had two Finns on the club last season, defenseman Pekka Rautakallio and right wingLauri Mononen.</p><p>The Roadrunners will hold training camp, Sept. 10-Oct. 1, at Tampere, about two hours by bus from Helsinki. Rollins also arranged an eight-game pre-season schedule against Finnish teams.</p><p>Proceeds from the games go to the Finnish Ice Hockey League, which together with Finn-Air, is underwriting the Roadrunners&rsquo; training camp expenses.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Roadrunners Plan Games, Training Camp In Finland

<div class="byline">BY DOUG McCONNELL</div><p>SAN DIEGO&mdash;</p><p>Andre Lacroix will play for the San Diego Mariners next season&mdash;if there is a Mariner franchise.</p><p>Lacroix reached a verbal agreement with Peter Graham, owner of the San Diego Sports Arena, who is trying to organize a group to buy the club.</p><p>Graham and Lacroix agreed on a five-year contract. Terms were not disclosed but Lacroix was enthusiastic about the contract.</p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s the best contract I&rsquo;ve had since I&rsquo;ve been in pro hockey,&rdquo; he said.</p><p>Graham had been given until June 7 by the World Hockey Association to round up the buyers or the backing.</p><p>That deadline has come and gone, but so too the WHA&rsquo;s annual meeting was put off from June 18-19 to 29-30.</p><p>Observers considered Graham&rsquo;s deal with Lacroix a certain sign of the WHA&rsquo;s permanence in San Diego.</p><p>&ldquo;Our package is 90 percent complete.&rdquo; was the most recent word from the Canadian millionaire. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m confident the club will operate this season. If I weren&rsquo;t I wouldn&rsquo;t bother tying up Lacroix.&rdquo;</p><p>The Mariners have been without an owner since Baltimore businessman Joe Schwartz defaulted the franchise in March. The Mariner players automatically became free agents but continued playing and most have indicated they would like to return to San Diego if there is a team. Meanwhile Gordie Howe, the Houston Aeros&rsquo; playing-president. is facing the retirement question for the third time in his career.</p><p>Many are betting the 48-year old living legend will continue playing. Howe says he hasn&rsquo;t made up his mind yet.</p><p>&ldquo;When you look at giving something up that&rsquo;s been your whole life, it&rsquo;s difficult,&rdquo; said Howe, who scored over 100 points and led the Aeros to the WHA finals. &ldquo;But I haven&rsquo;t given up yet. &ldquo;</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll just have to decide if I can be an asset to the WHA and this club, which with 100 points last year 11 hink I was an asset.&rdquo;</p><p>Howe gained the National Hockey League&rsquo;s Hall of Fame after his 25 year career with the Detroit Red Wings. After two years in retirement, he joined his sons, Mark and Marty, to lead the Aeros to two consecutive WHA championships and to the finals this year.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-1035/3650784-1-eng-US/f0025-102.jpg" title="f0025-10" width="569" height="1195"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>ANDRE LACROIX &hellip; Gets Best Pact</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Lacroix Contract New Hope San Diego Will Stay Alive

<p>EVELETH&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>W</span>hat do two broadcasting executives and a Don Rickies look-alike have in common? They&rsquo;re all in show biz, right? Well, sort of. but that&rsquo;s not really the answer we are looking for. Come next Oct. 16 all three &mdash; John Mayasich, Bob Ridder, and Bill Cleary &mdash; will be installed as enshrinees of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame (USHHF).</p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s an Olympic year and all our new enshrinees have an Olympic touch&rdquo;, commented Roger Godin, the Hall&rsquo;s director, in making the formal announcement. John Mayasich and Bill Cleary are best remembered for their role in bringing the United States its first and only gold medal, while Bob Ridder managed both the 1952 and 1956 teams.&rdquo;</p><p>The latest selections to the Eveleth, Minnesota based Hall bring the total number of enshrinees to 42. A total of 25 were selected in the 1973 charter year, nine in 1974, and five last year. Godin indicated that he expects future annual selection to continue in this year&rsquo;s vein of three. The present makeup of the Hall now shows 28 players, six coaches, seven administrators, and one referee.</p><p>The Eveleth born and reared Mayasich has long been regarded as the finest post war amateur hockey player produced in the United States. From the days when Eveleth High School was the perennial Minnesota state champion, 1948-1951, Mayasich&rsquo;s name has been linked with hockey. A member of four state championship teams, the smooth skater went on to three great years at Minnesota being named an All American in 1952-53. 1953-54, and 1954-55. He played on eight U.S. Olympic National teams starting with the 1956 silver medal winner. However, Mayasich is most remembered as one of three key late additions to the 1960 Olympic Team, Cleary and Jack McCartan were the others, which literally made the gold medal a reality. He now works for KSTP Radio-TV in St. Paul.</p><p>The other broadcasting executive, WCCO Minneapolis Radio-TV board chairman Ridder, has had a long and distinguished career as a hockey administrator. One of the nine owners of the Minnesota North Stars, Ridder was a founding father of the Minnesota Amateur Hockey Association back in 1947. The Minnesota organization now ranks as one of the leading amateur associations in North America trailing behind only Ontario and Quebec in the number of registered players. Virtually all of the Minnesota produced American professionals have been a part of the MAHA&rsquo;s program. Ridder began his hockey administrator career as manager of the Duluth Coolorators, an amateur team of the 1940&rsquo;s. By 1952 his interests had advanced to the point of being named manager of the Olympic team. Along with fellow USHHF enshrinee John Mariucci as coach, Ridder also handled the 1956 team which brough home a silver medal from Cortina, Italy. He continues his hockey interests through the North Stars, as a USHHF director, and by coaching a youth team.</p><p>Cleary, who acknowledges laughingly that he does resemble TV comedian Rickies, was the most outstanding post war player produced in the East and at Harvard where he now serves as hockey coach. Coming out of a traditional New England prep school background (Belmont Hill) Cleary had a standout career for the Crimson. Such school records as most goals in a season, 42; most points in a season, 89; and most assists in a game, eight, belong to him. In addition, he shares the Harvard record for most goals in a game, six along with two other players. Cleary captured the coveted John Tudor Cup, a MVP type award, for the 1954-55 season when Harvard finished 17-3-1 for the year. He was named to the 1954-55 All American team.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Three Hockey Olympians Joins U.S. Hall of Fame

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0026-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-02217/3651021-1-eng-US/f0026-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>John Kenny, left, an assistant vice-president of Avco Financial Services, and his wife Jan, recently hosted a reception at the Winnipeg Inn in honor of the Avco World Trophy playoff sweepstakes contest. Two of their guests were the WHA&rsquo;s two most famous performers, Gordie Howe and Bobby Hull, right. Winners were selected from 94,000 entries and saw the final WHA championship game between Winnipeg and Houston as their prizes.</b></figcaption></div><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-01270/3651028-1-eng-US/f0026-012.jpg" title="f0026-01" width="121" height="334"></div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div><h2><b>PLAYOFF STANDINGS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-03180/3651014-1-eng-US/f0026-032.jpg" title="f0026-03" width="584" height="275"></div><h2><b>HOME RECORD</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-04137/3651007-1-eng-US/f0026-042.jpg" title="f0026-04" width="579" height="277"></div><h2><b>AWAY RECORD</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-05110/3651000-1-eng-US/f0026-052.jpg" title="f0026-05" width="579" height="273"></div><h2><b>PLAYOFF FINALS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0687/3650993-1-eng-US/f0026-062.jpg" title="f0026-06" width="587" height="81"></div><p><b>(Winnipeg wins best-of-seven series 4-0)</b></p><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h3><p><b>Thu. May 20</b></p><p>Winnipeg 4 at Houston 3</p><p><b>Sun. May 23</b></p><p>Winnipeg 5 at Houston 4</p><p><b>Tue. May 25</b></p><p>Houston 3 at Winnipeg 6</p><p><b>Thu. May 27</b></p><p>Houston 1 at Winnipeg 9</p><h2><b>SEMI-FINALS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0776/3650986-1-eng-US/f0026-072.jpg" title="f0026-07" width="578" height="81"></div><p><b>(Houston wins best-of-seven senes 4-3)</b></p><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h3><p><b>Wed. May 5</b></p><p>New England 4 at Houston 2</p><p><b>Fri. May 7</b></p><p>New England 2 at Houston 5</p><p><b>Sun. May 9</b></p><p>Houston 1 at New England 4</p><p><b>Tue. May 11</b></p><p>Houston 4 at New England 3</p><p><b>Thu. May 13</b></p><p>New England 2 at Houston 4</p><p><b>Sat. May 15</b></p><p>Houston 1 at New England 6</p><p><b>Sun. May 16</b></p><p>New England 0 at Houston 2</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0867/3650979-1-eng-US/f0026-082.jpg" title="f0026-08" width="586" height="78"></div><p><b>(Winnipeg wins best-of-seven series 4-1)</b></p><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h3><p><b>Fri. April 23</b></p><p>Calgary 1 at Winnipeg 6</p><p><b>Sun. April 25</b></p><p>Calgary 2 at Winnipeg 3</p><p><b>Wed. April 28</b></p><p>Winnipeg 6 ot Calgary 3</p><p><b>Fri. April 30</b></p><p>Winnipeg 3 ot Calgary 7</p><p><b>Sun. May 2</b></p><p>Calgary 0 at Winnipeg 4</p><h2><b>QUARTER-FINALS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0961/3650972-1-eng-US/f0026-092.jpg" title="f0026-09" width="586" height="84"></div><p><b>(New Englond wins best-of-seven series 4-3)</b></p><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h3><p><b>Fri. April 16</b></p><p>New England 4 at Indianapolis I</p><p><b>Sat. April 17</b></p><p>New England 0 at Indianapolis 4</p><p><b>Wed. April 21</b></p><p>Indianapolis 0 ot New England 3</p><p><b>Fri. April 23</b></p><p>Indianapolis 1 at New England 2</p><p><b>Sat. April 24</b></p><p>New England 0 at Indianapolis 4</p><p><b>Tue. April 27</b></p><p>Indianapolis 5 at New England 3</p><p><b>Thu. April 29</b></p><p>New England 6 at Indianapolis 0</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-1058/3650965-1-eng-US/f0026-102.jpg" title="f0026-10" width="590" height="77"></div><p><b>(Houston wins best-of-seven series 4-2)</b></p><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h3><p><b>Wed. April 21</b></p><p>San Diego 6 at Houston 3</p><p><b>Fri. April 23</b></p><p>San Diego 1 at Houston 3</p><p><b>Sun. April 25</b></p><p>Houston 8 at San Diego 5</p><p><b>Tue. April 27</b></p><p>Houston 2 at San Diego 3</p><p><b>Wed. April 28</b></p><p>Son Diego 3 at Houston 2</p><p><b>Fri. April 30</b></p><p>Houston 3 at San Diego 2</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-1155/3650958-1-eng-US/f0026-112.jpg" title="f0026-11" width="588" height="78"></div><p><b>(Winnipeg wins best-of-seven series 4-0)</b></p><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h3><p><b>Fri. April 9</b></p><p>Edmonton 3 at Winnipeg 7</p><p><b>Sun. April 11</b></p><p>Edmonton 4 at Winnipeg 5</p><p><b>Wed. April 14</b></p><p>Winnipeg 3 at Edmonton 2</p><p><b>Fri. April 16</b></p><p>Winnipeg 7 at Edmonton 2</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-1249/3650951-1-eng-US/f0026-122.jpg" title="f0026-12" width="583" height="81"></div><p><b>(Calgary wins best-of-seven series 4-1)</b></p><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h3><p><b>Sat. April 1 0</b></p><p>Calgary 3 at Quebec 1</p><p><b>Sun. April 11</b></p><p>Calgary 8 at Quebec 4</p><p><b>Wed. April 14</b></p><p>Quebec 2 at Calgary 3</p><p><b>Fri. April 1 6</b></p><p>Quebec 4 at Calgary 3</p><p><b>Sun. April 1 8</b></p><p>Colgary 6 at Quebec 4</p><h2><b>PRELIMINARY ROUND</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-1349/3650944-1-eng-US/f0026-132.jpg" title="f0026-13" width="586" height="81"></div><p><b>(San Diego wins best-of-five series 3-2)</b></p><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h3><p><b>Fri. April 9</b></p><p>San Diego 2 at Phoenix 3</p><p><b>Sat. April 1 0</b></p><p>Phoenix 2 at Son Diego 4</p><p><b>Tue. April 1 3</b></p><p>Son Diego 4 at Phoenix 6</p><p><b>Thu. April 1 5</b></p><p>Phoenix 1 at San Diego 5</p><p><b>Sat. April 17</b></p><p>San Diego 2 at Phoenix 1</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-1445/3650937-1-eng-US/f0026-142.jpg" title="f0026-14" width="583" height="79"></div><p><b>(New England wins best-of-five series 3-0)</b></p><p><b>Fri. April 9</b></p><p>Cleveland 3 at New England 5</p><p><b>Sat. April 1 0</b></p><p>New England 6 at Cleveland 1</p><p><b>Sun. April 11</b></p><p>New England 3 at Cleveland 2</p><h2><b>TOP PLAYOFF SCORERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-1542/3650930-1-eng-US/f0026-152.jpg" title="f0026-15" width="580" height="644"></div><h2><b>PLAYOFF SCORING BY TEAMS</b></h2><h3><b>WINNIPEG</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-1634/3650923-1-eng-US/f0026-162.jpg" title="f0026-16" width="583" height="354"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-1730/3650916-1-eng-US/f0026-172.jpg" title="f0026-17" width="581" height="227"></div><h3><b>HOUSTON</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-1829/3650909-1-eng-US/f0026-182.jpg" title="f0026-18" width="576" height="570"></div><h3><b>INDIANAPOLIS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-1928/3650902-1-eng-US/f0026-192.jpg" title="f0026-19" width="577" height="543"></div><h3><b>NEW ENGLAND</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-2025/3650895-1-eng-US/f0026-202.jpg" title="f0026-20" width="583" height="576"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-2123/3650888-1-eng-US/f0026-212.jpg" title="f0026-21" width="597" height="111"></div><h3><b>SAN DIEGO</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-2222/3650881-1-eng-US/f0026-222.jpg" title="f0026-22" width="583" height="546"></div><h3><b>CALGARY</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-2320/3650874-1-eng-US/f0026-232.jpg" title="f0026-23" width="581" height="640"></div><h3><b>PHOENIX</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-2417/3650867-1-eng-US/f0026-242.jpg" title="f0026-24" width="583" height="549"></div><h3><b>CLEVELAND</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-2515/3650860-1-eng-US/f0026-252.jpg" title="f0026-25" width="584" height="572"></div><h3><b>EDMONTON</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-2612/3650853-1-eng-US/f0026-262.jpg" title="f0026-26" width="593" height="548"></div><h3><b>QUEBEC</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-2710/3650846-1-eng-US/f0026-272.jpg" title="f0026-27" width="582" height="597"></div><h3><b>PLAYOFF GOALING</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-287/3650839-1-eng-US/f0026-282.jpg" title="f0026-28" width="584" height="985"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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How Winnipeg Jets Dominated WHA’s Avco Trophy Playdowns

<h2><b>Goalers</b></h2><p><b>1 Markus Mattsson</b></p><p><b>18 Antti Leppanen</b></p><p><b>19 Jorma Valtonen</b></p><h2><b>Defense</b></h2><p><b>2 Pekka Rautakallio</b></p><p><b>3 Timo Nummelin</b></p><p><b>4 Tapio Flinck</b></p><p><b>5 Heikki Riihiranta</b></p><p><b>6 Hannu Happalainen</b></p><p><b>7 ReijoLaksola</b></p><p><b>8 Tapani Levo</b></p><p><b>9 Timo Saari</b></p><p><b>10 Lasse Litma</b></p><p><b>27 Jouni Peltonen</b></p><p><b>28 Pertti Valkeapaa</b></p><h2><b>Forwards</b></h2><p><b>11 Kari Makkonen</b></p><p><b>12 Esa Peltonen</b></p><p><b>13 Veli-Pekka Ketola</b></p><p><b>14 Tapani Koskinen</b></p><p><b>15 Lasse Oksanen</b></p><p><b>16 Juhani Tamminen</b></p><p><b>17 Harri Linnonmaa</b></p><p><b>20 Matti Hagman</b></p><p><b>21 Seppo Repo</b></p><p><b>22 Jorma Vehmanen</b></p><p><b>23 Hannu Kapanen</b></p><p><b>24 Matti Rautianinen</b></p><p><b>25 Jouni Rinne</b></p><p><b>26 Pertti Loivulahti</b></p><p><b>29 Lauri Mononen</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Finland Picks 29 Tourney Players

<div class="byline">BY JOHN ARNOLD</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-01241/3651107-1-eng-US/f0028-012.jpg" title="f0028-01" width="938" height="1259"></div><p><b>SOLUTION IN AUGUST ISSUE</b></p><h2><b>ACROSS</b></h2><p><b>1. Norm Ullman was born in this Alberta town.</b></p><p><b>9. A Bruin center.</b></p><p><b>10. Native Province of Bill Barber. (abbr)</b></p><p><b>11. 15th and 12th letters of the alphabet.</b></p><p><b>12. Former AHL forward.</b></p><p><b>13. By way of.</b></p><p><b>14. A house of lodging.</b></p><p><b>16. An NHL general manager answers to this.</b></p><p><b>17. An NHL City, (init)</b></p><p><b>19. Preposition.</b></p><p><b>20. A North Star defenseman answers to this.</b></p><p><b>22. One of the Flyers, (first name)</b></p><p><b>23. Defense playing brothers.</b></p><p><b>27. Former Leaf forward. (Init)</b></p><p><b>28. Former North Star center, (init)</b></p><p><b>29. Pictured player.</b></p><h2><b>DOWN</b></h2><p><b>1. High scoring Pittsburgh forward.</b></p><p><b>2. 9 across used to play for this team, (abbr)</b></p><p><b>3. Jean Potvin was born here.</b></p><p><b>4. 22nd and 5th letters of the alphabet.</b></p><p><b>5. 1 5th and 1 2th letters of the alphabet.</b></p><p><b>6. No team wants to start like this.</b></p><p><b>7. Many fans see NHL games via this.</b></p><p><b>8. An NHL city.</b></p><p><b>15. Number worn by Don Lever.</b></p><p><b>18. Usually tough shots for goalies to stop.</b></p><p><b>21. WHA MVP answers to this.</b></p><p><b>22. First name of an NHL general manager.</b></p><p><b>24. An NHL coach, (first name)</b></p><p><b>25. One of the Rangers answers to this.</b></p><p><b>26. Morning.</b></p><p><b>28. Initials of a Winnipeg forward.</b></p><h2><b>ANSWERS FOR JUNE ISSUE</b></h2><h3><b>ACROSS</b></h3><p><b>1. ST. LOUIS.</b></p><p><b>5. T.E.</b></p><p><b>6. OO.</b></p><p><b>7. ANDREA.</b></p><p><b>12. ROSS.</b></p><p><b>13. R.O.</b></p><p><b>14. LEY.</b></p><p><b>16. WON.</b></p><p><b>17. END.</b></p><p><b>18. B.N.</b></p><p><b>19. LES.</b></p><p><b>20. CAN.</b></p><p><b>22. R.M.</b></p><p><b>23. U.W.</b></p><p><b>24. RONTY.</b></p><p><b>27. PRONOVOS</b></p><p><b>29. ED.</b></p><p><b>30. BYNG.</b></p><p><b>31. BLUE.</b></p><h3><b>DOWN</b></h3><p><b>1. STANLEY CUP.</b></p><p><b>2. TEN.</b></p><p><b>3. UKES.</b></p><p><b>4. S.O.</b></p><p><b>8. DRYDEN.</b></p><p><b>9. R.O.</b></p><p><b>10. A.S.</b></p><p><b>11. CONN SMYTHE.</b></p><p><b>13. ROBERTS.</b></p><p><b>15. E.N.</b></p><p><b>21. AWREY.</b></p><p><b>24. ROD.</b></p><p><b>25. O.V.</b></p><p><b>26. NOEL.</b></p><p><b>28. REG.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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HOCKEY CROSSWORD

<div class="byline">BY AL FISCHER</div><p><b>LOUISVILLE SLUGGER</b></p><p><b>HOCKEY STICKS</b></p><p><b>Made in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY LTD Arnold Street Wallaceburg Ontario Sold in U S and Canada</b></p><p><b>LOUISVILLE SLUGGER</b></p><p><b>HOCKEY STICKS</b></p><p><b>Made in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY LTD Arnold Street Wallaceburg Ontario Sold in U S and Canada</b></p><p>SPRINGFIELD&mdash;</p><p>Color the American Hockey League expectant, flexible and guardedly optimistic.</p><p>Although the Ides of March have long since passed, the AHL is still finding ominous signs along the way in preparation for its 41st campaign.</p><p>Three franchises, Providence, Rochester and Springfield were on the seller&rsquo;s market shortly before the summer meetings were to convene, although league president Jack Butterfield and his aide Gordon Anziano were hopeful that the sales would be completed and approved by the Board of Governors.</p><p>It was confirmed that in all three cases&rsquo; interested parties were bidding for the franchises&rsquo; although in Springfield, the Civic Arena Commission had not yet released current owner Eddie Shore from his contract, a factor that must be resolved before the sale can be concluded. If the Indians are sold, look for John Hanna to return to the AHL as Springfield coach.</p><p>Ironically, it is George Leary, a longtime friend of Shore&rsquo;s who has acted in the past as attorney for the legendary Springfield owner, who is acting as spokesman for an interested businessmen&rsquo;s group in Springfield.</p><p>The sale of the Springfield franchise would bring to an end the longest single person ownership of any team in the league. Shore, the former Boston Bruin playing great, and the center of many controversies over the past 40 seasons of AHL competition, has been the owner of record since the Massachusetts city became a charter member of the league at its inception back in 1936.</p><p>Although Springfield dropped out of the league on two occasions, 1942-1946, and again from 1951-1954, Shore has always managed to hold onto ownership of the AHL franchise. His departure from the AHL scene will leave a definite void in the ranks.</p><p>In Rochester, Dick Altier has been the spokesman for a group of businessmen from that city, who are attempting to purchase the franchise from current owner and club president Don Clark.</p><p>The Amerks apparently began to pave the way for a possible transition of ownership early in June when general manager coach Dick Mattiussi resigned his post.</p><p>It is no secret that Boston, working affiliate of the Amerks, was not too happy with Mattiussi, and although it was not said in so many words. Mattiussi&rsquo;s resignation bore the stamp of one of those ultimatums that guardedly say, &ldquo;it&rsquo;s either him or us,&rdquo; and Rochester opted for a continued working agreement with the Bruins.</p><p>Despite a second consecutive second place finish. Rochester experienced a falloff in attendance after a steady three-year growth, and Clark found his ledgers filled with red ink. However, that three-year growth period has convinced others that Rochester is a viable entity in the AHL and therefore the bidding for the franchise.</p><p>With new ownership apparently in the offing, Jack Stanfield, a former player with the Amerks, has been prominently mentioned as Mattiussi&rsquo;s successor. The fact that brother Fred once played for Boston, certainly doesn&rsquo;t hinder Jack&rsquo;s chances.</p><p>Mattiussi&rsquo;s successful two-year tenure as Amerk coach should put him in line for a position elsewhere, perhaps even with another American League club. With Providence and Springfield due to undergo changes, general managers and coaches in those two cities are anxiously awaiting results and renewals of contracts.</p><p>Providence owner George Sage, who feels he &ldquo;has tried as hard as I can,&rdquo; now feels perhaps younger management is needed, has been negotiating for some time with both a Boston group headed by Mike Collins, and a Providence businessmen&rsquo;s group, whom Sage will not identify.</p><p>The Reds, who dropped to third place this past season in defense of their Northern Division title, may be wont to replace general manager-coach Johnny Muckier under the expected new ownership.</p><p>Muckier, who is under contract to the New York Rangers, handled the Providence operation under a five-year agreement with New York and Providence. However, this past season the Reds entered into a second working agreement with St. Louis, and new owners may want to dissolve the partnership with New York now that the time limit has expired.</p><p>Muckier&rsquo;s long hockey experience and success in both Providence and earlier in Cleveland, will be welcomed by many clubs.</p><p>There have been rumors, although most call them unfounded, that Muckier may replace Terry Reardon in Baltimore, should that franchise tie up in an agreement with the Rangers.</p><p>New York is one of many teams that Baltimore has been talking with in an effort to complete a working plan. The Clippers have been operating independently for some time, getting players from whatever source has been available. A horrendous last place finish in the 1975-76 campaign, has apparently convinced Baltimore investors that an affiliation with a National League team is a must if the franchise is to survive.</p><p>Spokesmen for Baltimore, and there have been several, have stated, unequivocally, &ldquo;We must have an affiliation with a National League team in order to survive. We will do our utmost to come up with such an agreement, but our investors insist that unless such an agreement is forthcoming, we will not be able to continue as members of the American Hockey League.&rdquo;</p><p>Negotiations with National League clubs have been imminent.</p><p>Two major obstacles seemed to be holding up the agreement, 1. the amount of money salaries thte NHL club would pay players sent to Baltimore, and 2. the right of the NHL affiliate to name a general manager and coach. The latter point appeared to be causing the most consternation, since Reardon had been with the club since its beginning back in 1962 and many investors wanted him retained as general manager, although there appeared to be no reservations as to the NHL club naming a coach.</p><p>The Baltimore club has already cut back on its front office personnel, releasing promotions director Woody Ryan and secretary and Girl Friday Mary Jo Lodge.</p><p>Baltimore officials are well aware that an announcement had to be made soon in order to launch a season ticket drive, that will certainly need to be more convincing that the 1,700 &ldquo;save the franchise&rdquo; sold last year.</p><p>Richmond and New Haven have launched season ticket drives on a reduced money basis. The Robins and Nighthawks, both having experienced a big drop in attendance, are pushing &ldquo;$100 season ticket drives&rdquo;. Both cities are hoping for a 3,000 or better response. In Richmond, there are factions sitting on the side waiting to see what the ticket drive will produce. A poor response may prompt owner E.C. Robins to sell the franchise. In that event, there is a group of interested parties who would like to move the Richmond club into the Southern League, where salaries and travel costs are not as high as in the AHL.</p><p>The Robins are going all out in an effort to keep the franchise afloat in the AHL. A large newspaper advertisement pleads &ldquo;Save an Endangered Species-Our Robins.&rdquo; Early results are not conclusive enough to determine final success or failure of the effort.</p><p>Although New Haven has mounted a ticket drive, the Nighthawks were one of only three teams to give the league complete assurance of continuation in the 1976-77 campaign, Hershey and Nova Scotia were the others.</p><p>The Hawks, third place finishers in the Southern Division and eliminated early in the playoffs suffered severely at the gate this season after an excellent year in 1974-75. A slow start and a slump in the final weeks of the campaign soured the fans somewhat and the $100 drive is an effort to retrieve some of the lost fans and also an attempt to create new ones, especially among the younger hockey generation.</p><p>In Hershey, where the season&rsquo;s attendance soared well over the 200,000 mark once again, the chief concern was what the club may lose in the way of talent.</p><p>When a team wins its division with ease, plus reaches the playoff finals, major league scouts, both from the NHL and WHA take a good look at all players on the squad.</p><p>There is a good chance that defenseman Mario Faubert may earn a job with Pittsburgh next season, while Jean-Guy Gratton, the league&rsquo;s leading scorer, and young Gary MacAdam, may be spending next season in the big time.</p><p>The dual agreement with Pittsburgh and Buffalo will apparently continue in Hershey, where it has flourished now fortwo seasons.</p><p>Chuck Hamilton, perhaps the most under-rated coach in the league, has accomplished much in his three campaigns as Bear mentor, winning the Calder Cup in his first year as boss man in 1973-74, and securing the Southern Division title and a berth in the cup finals this past season, before the Bears were beaten by the star-studded Nova Scotia club.</p><p>As has been the case now since 1971 when he took over as Nova Scotia general manager and coach, reports of Al MacNeil leaving the club for an NHL poet are sounding again. The appointment of Noel Price as assistant coach this past year, have led many to believe that the amiable defenseman was being groomed to fill MacNeil&rsquo;s shoes However, all reports thus far concerning MacNeil&rsquo;s departure from the Maritimes have been denied and it is expected that the popular coach will return once again to groom Montreal farmhands for eventual promotion to the NHL.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Franchise Sales Make Loop’s Future Uncertain

<h2><b>Final Standings</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-01207/3651236-1-eng-US/f0029-012.jpg" title="f0029-01" width="590" height="328"></div><p><b>TOP 20 SCORERS</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-02171/3651229-1-eng-US/f0029-022.jpg" title="f0029-02" width="591" height="505"></div><p><b>FINAL SCORING BY TEAMS</b></p><h2><b>BALTIMORE</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-03118/3651222-1-eng-US/f0029-032.jpg" title="f0029-03" width="603" height="937"></div><h2><b>HERSHEY</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0489/3651215-1-eng-US/f0029-042.jpg" title="f0029-04" width="594" height="817"></div><h2><b>NEW HAVEN</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0661/3651208-1-eng-US/f0029-062.jpg" title="f0029-06" width="590" height="1024"></div><h2><b>NOVA SCOTIA</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0749/3651201-1-eng-US/f0029-072.jpg" title="f0029-07" width="590" height="600"></div><h2><b>PROVIDENCE</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0842/3651194-1-eng-US/f0029-082.jpg" title="f0029-08" width="590" height="744"></div><h2><b>RICHMOND</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0937/3651187-1-eng-US/f0029-092.jpg" title="f0029-09" width="590" height="250"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-1032/3651180-1-eng-US/f0029-102.jpg" title="f0029-10" width="587" height="706"></div><h2><b>ROCHESTER</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-1128/3651173-1-eng-US/f0029-112.jpg" title="f0029-11" width="591" height="789"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-1224/3651166-1-eng-US/f0029-122.jpg" title="f0029-12" width="590" height="187"></div><h2><b>SPRINGFIELD</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-1318/3651159-1-eng-US/f0029-132.jpg" title="f0029-13" width="592" height="876"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-1417/3651152-1-eng-US/f0029-142.jpg" title="f0029-14" width="587" height="365"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-1513/3651145-1-eng-US/f0029-152.jpg" title="f0029-15" width="591" height="606"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-1611/3651138-1-eng-US/f0029-162.jpg" title="f0029-16" width="579" height="847"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GLENN GOLDUP</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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American Hockey League Statistics

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0029-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0580/3651267-1-eng-US/f0029-052.jpg"></div><p><b>Most Valuable Player-Ron Andruff, Nova Scotia. Best Defenseman-Noel Price, Nova Scotia.</b></p><p><b>Rookie of year &mdash; Greg Holst, Providence, and Pierre Mondou, Nova Scotia (tied).</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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AHL All Star Teams

<h2><b>PLAYOFF FINALS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-1710/3651389-1-eng-US/f0029-172.jpg" title="f0029-17" width="543" height="80"></div><p><b>(Nova Scotia wins best-of-seven series 4-1)</b></p><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h3><p><b>Wed. April 21</b></p><p>Hershey 3 at Nova Scotia 6</p><p><b>Fri. April 23</b></p><p>Hershey 2 at Nova Scotia 8</p><p><b>Sat. April 24</b></p><p>Nova Scotia 1 at Hershey 5</p><p><b>Mon. April 26</b></p><p>Nova Scotia 4 at Hershey 2</p><p><b>Wed. April 28</b></p><p>Hershey 4 at Nova Scotia 5</p><h2><b>SEMI-FINALS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-1810/3651382-1-eng-US/f0029-182.jpg" title="f0029-18" width="544" height="74"></div><p><b>(Nova Scotia wins best-of-seven series 4-0)</b></p><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h3><p><b>Mon. April 12</b></p><p>Rochester 2 at Nova Scotia 6</p><p><b>Wed. April 1 4</b></p><p>Rochester 3 at Nova Scotia 5</p><p><b>Fri. April 1 6</b></p><p>Nova Scotia 5 at Rochester 1</p><p><b>Sun. April 1 8</b></p><p>Nova Scotia 6 at Rochester 3</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-195/3651375-1-eng-US/f0029-192.jpg" title="f0029-19" width="537" height="78"></div><p><b>(Hershey wins best-of-seven series 4-1)</b></p><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h3><p><b>Sat. April 10</b></p><p>Richmond 4 at Hershey 2</p><p><b>Sun. April 11</b></p><p>Hershey 4 at Richmond 3</p><p><b>Tue. April 13</b></p><p>Richmond 1 at Hershey 3</p><p><b>Fri. April 16</b></p><p>Hershey 7 at Richmond 5</p><p><b>Sat. April 17</b></p><p>Richmond 1 at Hershey 2</p><h2><b>QUARTER-FINALS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-204/3651368-1-eng-US/f0029-202.jpg" title="f0029-20" width="537" height="75"></div><p><b>(Rochester wins best-of-five series 3-0)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-214/3651361-1-eng-US/f0029-212.jpg" title="f0029-21" width="542" height="78"></div><p><b>(Richmond wins best-of-five series 3-0)</b></p><h2><b>TOP PLAYOFF SCORERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-224/3651354-1-eng-US/f0029-222.jpg" title="f0029-22" width="541" height="281"></div><p><b>PLAYOFF SCORING BY TEAMS</b></p><h2><b>NOVA SCOTIA</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-234/3651347-1-eng-US/f0029-232.jpg" title="f0029-23" width="540" height="504"></div><h2><b>HERSHEY</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-244/3651340-1-eng-US/f0029-242.jpg" title="f0029-24" width="537" height="551"></div><h2><b>RICHMOND</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-254/3651333-1-eng-US/f0029-252.jpg" title="f0029-25" width="539" height="450"></div><h2><b>ROCHESTER</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-263/3651326-1-eng-US/f0029-262.jpg" title="f0029-26" width="536" height="152"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-273/3651319-1-eng-US/f0029-272.jpg" title="f0029-27" width="537" height="381"></div><h2><b>PROVIDENCE</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-283/3651312-1-eng-US/f0029-282.jpg" title="f0029-28" width="538" height="475"></div><h2><b>NEW HAVEN</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-293/3651305-1-eng-US/f0029-292.jpg" title="f0029-29" width="541" height="454"></div><h2><b>PLAYOFF GOALING</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-303/3651298-1-eng-US/f0029-302.jpg" title="f0029-30" width="537" height="325"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Calder Cup Playoff Picture

<div class="byline">BY TOM LOBAUGH</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0030-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-01238/3651420-1-eng-US/f0030-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>The CHL is pondering the appointment of a president for the 197677 season and the man likely to inherit the job is Ray Miron of Oklahoma City, shown here in center with other CHL officials. From the left are Jack Patterson, Dallas, Jay Bratcher, president of the Hawks, Miron, Ed Chadwick, GM of Fort Worth and Bill Adler, the loop&rsquo;s director of information who has been conducting the CHL&rsquo;s affairs since Max McNab left to become GM of the Washington Caps late last season. Miron has been associated with CHL teams for the past 12 years as a manager and coach.</b> <span class="photo-credit">(Photo by Fetor Woolley)</span></figcaption></div><p><b>LOUISVILLE SLUGGER</b></p><p><b>HOCKEY STICKS</b></p><p><b>Made in Canada by HILLE RICH 6 BRADSBY LTD Arnold Street Wallaburg Ontario Sold in U S and Canada</b></p><p><b>LOUISVILLE SLUGGER</b></p><p><b>HOCKEY STICKS</b></p><p><b>Made in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY LTD Arnold Street Wallaburg Ontario Sold in U S and Canada</b></p><p>OKLAHOMA CITY&mdash;</p><p>Local ownership of the Oklahoma City Blazers in the Central League became a reality when 10 local businessmen reached a working agreement with the National League&rsquo;s St. Louis Blues, who will be the Blazers&rsquo; new parent club.</p><p>Spokesman for the syndicate of investors was travel agency operator Bill Levins, who was general manager for the Blazers for seven seasons (1965-72) when they were affiliated with the Boston Bruins.</p><p>Levins would not identify other members of the syndicate, but one is believed to be Murray Davison, a defenseman on the original Blazer club in 1965-66 and later their coach for five seasons in the Bruins system.</p><p>Davison was reportedly the syndicate&rsquo;s choice to be the new Blazers general manager. Levins insisted he was not interested in returning to the front office.</p><p>Emile Francis, new general manager in St. Louis, conferred with the investors in Oklahoma City in late May. Much of the groundwork for the new agreement was reached when &ldquo;The Cat&rdquo; visited Oklahoma City during the CHL playoffs in April.</p><p>Francis said the Blues will provide most of the Oklahoma City players, but other personnel will come from the Detroit Red Wings, &ldquo;may be five or six players.&rdquo;</p><p>With the St. Louis-backed team taking over the mammoth OC Myriad, the Toronto Maple Leafs pulled out of that city and prepared to join the Chicago Black Hawks in operating a joint CHL farm in Dallas. Chicago has been the lone parent club in Dallas since 1967, when the Hawks moved their farm from St. Louis. Neither Toronto nor Chicago had sufficient players under contract last season to stock a CHL farm without help from other sources.</p><p>At its June 8 meeting in Montreal the CHL officially announced it would operate for the 1976-77 season as a six-team league, without announcing the six teams involved.</p><p>Unofficially it was learned five clubs were practically set. These were the defending champion Tulsa Oilers (backed by the Atlanta Flames and Vancouver Canucks), the new St. Louis-Detroit venture in Oklahoma City, the Toronto-Chicago collaboration in Dallas, the Salt Lake Golden Eagles (backed by the California Seals) and the Tucson Mavericks (backed by the Phoenix Roadrunners, the only World Hockey Association parent club in the NHL-dominated farm league). Both California and Phoenix reportedly were asking player help from other sources in the NHL.</p><p>Phoenix president Bill MacFarland apparently has given up on the idea of getting help from other WHA clubs, which have proven unable to give enough succor in two seasons. (The Runners had a farm in Tulsa for one season before opening the Tucson franchise last year.)</p><p>The CHL officially announced from Montreal that only a few minor details remained to be cleared up before all six league teams were to be announced.</p><p>But sources close to the scene indicated there was a real hangup at Omaha, where the Los Angeles Kings and New York Islanders had been prepared to move their joint club, which operated in Fort Worth last season.</p><p>Omaha, a charter member of the CHL, was without pro hockey last winter. The city has been a league member 11 of the 13 seasons since the CHL was founded. Previous parent clubs there have been the Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers and Atlanta Flames.</p><p>St. Louis has had three previous ventures in the Central League &mdash; five seasons in Kansas City, one at Fort Worth in a joint operation with Detroit, and 1974-75 in Denver after the Western League folded.</p><p>Except for Orland Kurtenbach, set to return at Tulsa, there were no announcements as to committee to interview applicants for the presidency, vacated when Max McNab resigned last January to become general manager of the Washington Capitals. Since then the CHL has been run by a four-man committee, chaired by Jim Gregory, general manager of the Maple Leafs. Other committee members were Chicago GM Tommy Ivan, Brian O&rsquo;Neill of the NHL, and McNab.</p><p>Leading candidate for the presidency is reported to be Ray Miron, general manager at Oklahoma City the past two seasons alter spending 10 seasons as Tulsa manager (coaching the Oilers as well in 1973-74).</p><p>Miron told a reporter that if he became league president, he would recommend moving the CHL office from Dallas to Oklahoma City, but he said he would move to Dallas if that were preferred by the league governors.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Omaha May Return To Replace Fort Worth

<p>MONTREAL&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he doors of hockey&rsquo;s Hall of Fame swung open for five new members this year including former Leafs&rsquo; goaling great Johnny Bower and ex-Boston Bruins and Detroit Red Wing defenseman Bill Quackenbush.</p><p>The five new inductees were named by Frank J. Selke, member of the hall&rsquo;s governing committee.</p><p>Bower and Quackenbush are the player additions to the hall while the other three two of whom are deceased, were named as builders. They include the late Philip D. Ross, the late Dr. John (Jack) Gibson and William W. Wirtz of the Chicago Black Hawks.</p><p>Membership in the Hall now stands at 211&mdash;150 players, 53 builders and eight referees.</p><p>Bower, although he came into the NHL at a late age, clearly established himself as one of the greatest goaltenders in the game. He played on four Stanley Cup championship teams, shared a Vezina Trophy triumph with all-time great Terry Sawchuk, was named Toronto&rsquo;s most valuable player.</p><p>Quackenbush was an outstanding defenseman with Detroit and Boston. Noted for smooth play, he was an effective checker and rusher and once played 131 consecutive games without a penalty. A Lady Byng Trophy winner, he also was named three times to the NHL&rsquo;s first All Star team and twice to the second.</p><p>Wirtz, a man of high character and integrity, is president of the Chicago Black Hawks and is currently finishing a second term as chairman of the NHL board of governors. Under his leadership the Black Hawks became consistent contenders for league honors and the NHL expanded to include Vancouver, Buffalo, New York Islanders and Atlanta. His personal credibility was an outstanding factor in re-establishing a good rapport with the Players Association and the successful negotiation of a collective bargaining agreement - an achievement unmatched by any other professional sport.</p><p>Philip Ross was the original trustee of the Stanley Cup and retained that position 56 years, until his death in 1949. An outstanding athlete himself, Ross played on the Ottawa Rebels team with Hon. Edward Stanley, Lord Stanley&rsquo;s son, and helped interest the Governor-General to present the world&rsquo;s foremost hockey trophy.</p><p>Jack Gibson, a dentist by profession, is recognized as organizer of the first pro hockey league in the world - the International League of 1903-04 &mdash; and he played on the Portage Mich;, team of that year, a club considered by many old-timers as one of the greatest ever assembled.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Bower, Quackenbush Among Five New Hall Of Famers

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NHL All Star Teams

<h2><b>Final Standings</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-02174/3651569-1-eng-US/f0031-022.jpg" title="f0031-02" width="588" height="178"></div><h2><b>TOP 20 SCORERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-03146/3651562-1-eng-US/f0031-032.jpg" title="f0031-03" width="594" height="530"></div><h2><b>FINAL SCORING BY TRAMS</b></h2><h3><b>DALLAS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-04117/3651555-1-eng-US/f0031-042.jpg" title="f0031-04" width="588" height="477"></div><h3><b>OKLAHOMA CITY</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-05103/3651548-1-eng-US/f0031-052.jpg" title="f0031-05" width="586" height="175"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-0679/3651541-1-eng-US/f0031-062.jpg" title="f0031-06" width="586" height="379"></div><h3><b>FORT WORTH</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-0767/3651534-1-eng-US/f0031-072.jpg" title="f0031-07" width="585" height="555"></div><h3><b>SALT LAKE</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-0860/3651527-1-eng-US/f0031-082.jpg" title="f0031-08" width="589" height="524"></div><h3><b>TULSA</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-1039/3651520-1-eng-US/f0031-102.jpg" title="f0031-10" width="594" height="505"></div><h3><b>TUCSON</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-1134/3651513-1-eng-US/f0031-112.jpg" title="f0031-11" width="599" height="539"></div><h3><b>GOALING RECORDS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-1217/3651506-1-eng-US/f0031-122.jpg" title="f0031-12" width="595" height="560"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Central Hockey League Statistics

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0031-09" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-0948/3651600-1-eng-US/f0031-092.jpg"></div><p><b>Most Valuable Player &mdash; Ian McKegney, Dallas. Rookie of the Year &mdash; Brad Gassoff, Tulsa.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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CHL All Star Teams

<h2><b>Finals</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-1314/3651694-1-eng-US/f0031-132.jpg" title="f0031-13" width="538" height="81"></div><p><b>(Tulsa wins best-of-seven series 4--1)</b></p><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h3><p><b>Fri. April 16</b></p><p>Dallas 2 at Tulsa 4</p><p><b>Sat. April 17</b></p><p>Dallas 4 at Tulso 3</p><p><b>Tue. April 20</b></p><p>Tulsa 3 at Dallas 2</p><p><b>Thu. April 22</b></p><p>Tulsa 2 at Dallas 1</p><p><b>Fri. April 23</b></p><p>Dallas 3 at Tulsa 7</p><h2><b>Semi-Finals</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-1412/3651687-1-eng-US/f0031-142.jpg" title="f0031-14" width="540" height="87"></div><p><b>(Tulsa wins best-of-seven series 4-0)</b></p><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h3><p><b>Wed. April 7</b></p><p>Oklahoma City 2 at Tulsa 5</p><p><b>Fri. April 9</b></p><p>Oklahoma City 3 at Tulsa 5</p><p><b>Sat. April 10</b></p><p>Tulsa 3 at Oklahoma City 0</p><p><b>Wad. April 14</b></p><p>Tulsa 4 at Oklahoma City 1</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-1512/3651680-1-eng-US/f0031-152.jpg" title="f0031-15" width="539" height="88"></div><p><b>(Dallas wins best-of-seven series 4-1)</b></p><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3><p><b>Wed. April 7</b></p><p>Salt Lake 1 at Dallas 3</p><p><b>Fri. April 9</b></p><p>Salt lake 1 at Dallas 4</p><p><b>Sat. April 10</b></p><p>Dallas 6 at Salt lake 7</p><p><b>Mon. April 12</b></p><p>Delias 4 at Salt Lake 2</p><p><b>Wed. April 14</b></p><p>Salt lake 0 at Dallas 5</p><h2><b>TOP PLAYOFF SCORERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-1610/3651673-1-eng-US/f0031-162.jpg" title="f0031-16" width="545" height="439"></div><h2><b>PLAYOFF SCORING BY TEAMS</b></h2><h3><b>TULSA</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-179/3651666-1-eng-US/f0031-172.jpg" title="f0031-17" width="546" height="485"></div><h3><b>DALLAS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-188/3651659-1-eng-US/f0031-182.jpg" title="f0031-18" width="538" height="379"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-197/3651652-1-eng-US/f0031-192.jpg" title="f0031-19" width="534" height="109"></div><h3><b>SALT LAKE</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-207/3651645-1-eng-US/f0031-202.jpg" title="f0031-20" width="541" height="503"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-215/3651638-1-eng-US/f0031-212.jpg" title="f0031-21" width="546" height="515"></div><h3><b>GOALING RECORDS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-225/3651631-1-eng-US/f0031-222.jpg" title="f0031-22" width="545" height="227"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Adams Cup Playoff Picture

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0032-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0032-01217/3651725-1-eng-US/f0032-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>Turner Cup Champs &mdash; Dayton Gems</b></p><p><b>The Dayton Gems led from start to finish this season in the IHL and when they returned with the Turner Cup after their four-game final playoff sweep of Saginaw, there were few surprised faces. Here are the Gems, who won both league and playoff honors this season despite losing their coach Tommy McVie to the Washington Caps of the NHL. Front row, from the left, GARY CARR, LARRY BOLONCHUK, BRIAN KINSELLA, JIM BANNATYNE, IVAN PREDIGER, who succeeded McVie as coach and did a great job, ED RALPH, general manager, STEVE SELF, BRIAN STAPLETON, GORDIE LANE and JIM PETTIE. Back row, DAVE GOUBEAUX, sales director, ROCKY MENARD, MURRAY FLECK, BILL RILEY, BLAIR MACKASEY, MIKE POWERS, JACK PATTERSON, LES AUGE, PAUL NICHOLSON, TIM AMPLEFORD. STAN JONATHAN and KEITH PARKER, trainer.</b></p></figcaption></div><p><b>LOUISVILLE SLUGGER</b></p><p><b>HOCKEY STICKS</b></p><p>Made in Canada by HIUERICH&BRADSBY LTD Arnold Street Wallaceburg Ontario Sold in U S and Canada</p><p><b>LOUISVILLE SLUGGER</b></p><p><b>HOCKEY STICKS</b></p><p>Made in Canada by HIUERICH&BRADSBY LTD Arnold Street Wallaceburg Ontario Sold in U S and Canada</p><p>MONTREAL &mdash;</p><p>The International Hockey League has announced the completion of its sixth annual agreement with the National Hockey League. Under provisions of the agreement, the refinements of which will be ratified in August, NHL teams place players with IHL clubs for development.</p><p>&ldquo;Our agreement with the NHL has been the prime reason for our improved calibre of play,&rdquo; stated IHL commissioner Bill Beagan. &ldquo;This quality is the reason that our attendance was the highest in our 31 year history.&rdquo;</p><p>Beagan told the IHL&rsquo;s governors that attendance passed 1.2 million fans during the regular season, and that over 114,000 fans saw the league&rsquo;s 35 playoff games.</p><p>In other activities in the second day of sessions, Port Huron Flags&rsquo; general manager Morris G. Snider was unanimously selected IHL Executive of the Year. Snider&rsquo;s club, coached by first All Star team coach Bob McCammon, advanced to the finals of the Turner Cup playoffs before bowing to Dayton.</p><p>John Snider, governor of the Muskegon Mohawks&rsquo; franchise was appointed second vice-president of the league, a post which carries a one year term.</p><p>The IHL&rsquo;s policy of a player ballot to determine the All Star game teams was approved for the 197677 season. Next season&rsquo;s game will be played on Jan 18, 1977 at the IMA Arena in Flint.</p><p>In order to prevent involvement of fans in altercations with olavers, a growing concern in all of hockey&rsquo;s leagues, commissioner Beagan asked that all arena managers install protective railings and glass or screens at the playing and penalty benches.</p><p>Meanwhile, Robert Stork, president of the Flint club, announced that coach Doug Carpenter has been rehired and has been given the additional duties of manager coach for the 1976-77 season. Carpenter has served as coach of the Generals since January 1973 when he took over the coaching reins from Jerry Serviss. During Doug&rsquo;s tenure, the Generals have compiled a 91-74-20 record. In his first full season as coach in 1974-75, he was named IHL coach of the Year by his fellow coaches. Last season the Generals finished third in the North Division with a 34-30-14 record.</p><p>At the same press conference Stork announced that former owner Frank Gallagher has been retained as executive director and Consultant for the Flint club. It was also revealed that the Generals have the benefit of a firm working agreement with the Chicago Black Hawks of the NHL. Since Chicago will share the responsibility of stocking a CHL club with another NHL team, Toronto,, next season more player help has been assured for Flint.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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IHL Ratifies 6th Player Agreement With NHL

<h2><b>Final Standings</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-01196/3651812-1-eng-US/f0033-012.jpg" title="f0033-01" width="592" height="369"></div><h2><b>Final Scoring Records</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-02147/3651805-1-eng-US/f0033-022.jpg" title="f0033-02" width="610" height="2170"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-03109/3651798-1-eng-US/f0033-032.jpg" title="f0033-03" width="597" height="2749"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-0490/3651791-1-eng-US/f0033-042.jpg" title="f0033-04" width="591" height="756"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-0572/3651784-1-eng-US/f0033-052.jpg" title="f0033-05" width="596" height="756"></div><h2><b>Goaling Records</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-0658/3651777-1-eng-US/f0033-062.jpg" title="f0033-06" width="587" height="758"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-0749/3651770-1-eng-US/f0033-072.jpg" title="f0033-07" width="575" height="644"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>LEN FONTAINE&hellip;Scoring Champ</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-0842/3651763-1-eng-US/f0033-082.jpg" title="f0033-08" width="582" height="653"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GARY SUTLER&hellip;&lsquo;IHL Bad Man&rsquo;</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-0934/3651756-1-eng-US/f0033-092.jpg" title="f0033-09" width="567" height="693"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>STU IRVING</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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International Hockey League Statistics

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-1030/3651843-1-eng-US/f0033-102.jpg" title="f0033-10" width="937" height="566"></div><p><b>Most Valuable Player &mdash; Len Fontaine, Port Huron. Outstanding Defenseman &mdash; Murray Flegel, Muskegon.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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IHL All Star Teams

<h2><b>Finals</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-1129/3651986-1-eng-US/f0033-112.jpg" title="f0033-11" width="544" height="83"></div><p><b>((Dayton wins best-of-seven series 4-0)</b></p><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h3><p><b>Sun. April 25</b></p><p>Port Huron 2 at Dayton 7</p><p><b>Tue. April 27</b></p><p>Port Huron 4 at Dayton 8</p><p><b>Fri. April 30</b></p><p>Dayton 5 at Port Huron 3</p><p><b>Sat. May 1</b></p><p>Dayton 5 at Port Huron 2</p><h2><b>Semi-Finals</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-1228/3651979-1-eng-US/f0033-122.jpg" title="f0033-12" width="537" height="77"></div><p><b>(Port Huron wins best-of-seven series 4-3)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-1319/3651972-1-eng-US/f0033-132.jpg" title="f0033-13" width="545" height="78"></div><p><b>(Dayton wins best-of-seven series 4-1)</b></p><h2><b>Quarter-Finals</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-1417/3651965-1-eng-US/f0033-142.jpg" title="f0033-14" width="548" height="85"></div><p><b>(Saginaw wins best-of-seven series 4-1).</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-1513/3651958-1-eng-US/f0033-152.jpg" title="f0033-15" width="546" height="75"></div><p><b>(Dayton wins best-of-seven series 4-2).</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-169/3651951-1-eng-US/f0033-162.jpg" title="f0033-16" width="550" height="77"></div><p><b>(Port Huron wins best-of-seven series 4-0).</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-179/3651944-1-eng-US/f0033-172.jpg" title="f0033-17" width="545" height="72"></div><p><b>(Fort Wayne wins best-of-seven series 4-0).</b></p><h2><b>TOP PLAYOFF SCORERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-187/3651937-1-eng-US/f0033-182.jpg" title="f0033-18" width="545" height="319"></div><p><b>FINAL PLAYOFF SCORING BY TEAMS</b></p><h2><b>DAYTON</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-196/3651930-1-eng-US/f0033-192.jpg" title="f0033-19" width="540" height="421"></div><h2><b>FLINT</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-206/3651923-1-eng-US/f0033-202.jpg" title="f0033-20" width="540" height="423"></div><h2><b>FORT WAYNE</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-215/3651916-1-eng-US/f0033-212.jpg" title="f0033-21" width="538" height="425"></div><h2><b>KALAMAZOO</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-225/3651909-1-eng-US/f0033-222.jpg" title="f0033-22" width="539" height="399"></div><h2><b>MUKEGON</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-234/3651902-1-eng-US/f0033-232.jpg" title="f0033-23" width="538" height="475"></div><h2><b>PORT HURON</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-244/3651895-1-eng-US/f0033-242.jpg" title="f0033-24" width="539" height="422"></div><h2><b>SAGINAW</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-254/3651888-1-eng-US/f0033-252.jpg" title="f0033-25" width="537" height="428"></div><h2><b>TOLEDO</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-263/3651881-1-eng-US/f0033-262.jpg" title="f0033-26" width="537" height="447"></div><h2><b>GOALING RECORDS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-273/3651874-1-eng-US/f0033-272.jpg" title="f0033-27" width="534" height="299"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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