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October 15, 1976
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MONTREAL UNANIMOUS PICK TO REPEAT; PHILLY, CHICAGO, RUFFALO TOP CHOICES
HOCKEY NEWS POLL MONTREAL- The Montreal Canadiens’ decisive victory last spring in the Stanley Cup finals has had a lasting effect on the men who do the annual prognosticating of the National Hockey League races. For the first time in many years, the powerful Canadiens were accorded a unanimous vote among the 18 hockey writers and broadcasters polled by THE HOCKEY NEWS on the outcome of the 1976-77 races. In picking the Montrealers on every ballot to finish first, the selectors showed a distinct respect for the awesome might of the Canadiens which carried them to 12 victories in 13 playoff games last season on their way to dethroning the Philadelphia Flyers. The Canadiens, with the best defense in hockey and a potent offense led by Guy Lafleur. the 197576 scoring champion, will be…
FAN FORUM
Maybe Hockey Should Be More Emotional Regarding a letter which appeared in the September issue of The Hockey News concerning the wrong concept for Team Canada: If the team that represented Canada was the wrong concept of what a representative team should be, tell me how it could have improved. If the selections of Bobby Orr and Phil Esposito were made for emotional reasons, maybe hockey should become more emotional. Roggie Vachon was magnificent in nets. Who could have done better among the available goalies? It was a great series of games, and the best team won—wrong concept or not. Team Canada represented the best. In closing, I may as well bust everybody up by predicting the Stanley Cup will be coming back to Philadelphia this year. BILL McCOY Aston, Pa. City Of Philadelphia Deserves More Credit In answer to…
Hockey Players On The Move…
Following are the latest player movements in hockey: NATIONAL LEAGUE CHICAGO- Jim Harrison, forward, signed as free agent after Hawks obtained his NHL rights from Toronto in return for a second-round draft choice in 1977. Harrison jumped Calgary of WHA after winning court ease in which a judge ruled his WHA contract had been breached and declared him a free agent. Bob Volpe, goaler, Randy Holt, defenseman, Jim Koleff, Terry McDonald and Pierre Giroux, forwards, assigned to Dallas. Volpe later transferred to Flint of IHL PHILADELPHIA- Dave Schultz, forward, traded to Los Angeles for future considerations. Rick St. Croix, goaler, Norm Barnes and Danny Nelson, defensemen, assigned to Springfield of AHL. Les Crozier, forward, returned to Philadelphia Firebirds of NAHL. COLORADO- Jim Corsi, goaler and Tim Lawson, forward, sent to Flint of IHL Brian…
NHL BOOSTER CLUB NEWS
Here We Go! ’’AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT” booster club news! You knew we were out here, but we’ve kept relatively silent except for an occasional trip into your arena where we’ve raised our voices in an attempt to drown out your own cheers. But in the last few years booster clubs for National s Hockey League teams have been multiplying and expanding like wildfire. This column will be devoted to bringing you monthly news of our activities. Does it seem odd to you that the members of different booster clubs even speak to one another? Well, it all started in 1971 when WALTER METTLER and his vociferous St. Louis Blueliners decided to invite booster clubs from all round the league to a summertime get-together in St. Louis. Fans from the…
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