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November 26, 1976
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'Untried' Michigan Fulfils Coach's Objective
ANN ARBOR— It's never a lot of laughs for a coach in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association to open the season with untested goaltenders and five freshmen skating regular shifts. And it's downright glum to have to begin the year with regular season series at Michigan Tech and Wisconsin, two of the WCHA favorites. But Dan Farrell, the University of Michigan's young coach, survived that potentially traumatic period with a smile on his face. His Wolverines split the two series, trading 7-6 overtime wins with Wisconsin and coming back to beat Tech 5-3 after losing 4-3. “We couldn't be more happy with the way everything went,” said Farrell. “Our first objective was to get a split in each series and we did that We consider Wisconsin one of the finest teams in the league.…
Mini Storm Shakes New Westminster
NEW WESTMINSTER- After winning two successive Western Canada Hockey League championships and coming oh. so close each time to earning the biggest bauble of all—the Memorial Cup—the slightest showing of mediocrity by his New Westminster Bruins burns coach Ernie McLean to no end. After a seven-game road trip that earned the Bruins half the points. McLean and his troops stopped in at Queens' Park Arena for a late night meeting, and a minor revolt shook the club. The reverberations didn't last long, however, and it's a good thing The Bruins need everybody going full out for the rest of the season, because the Western Division has turned into a torrid struggle, involving all four teams. Veteran defenseman Miles Zaharko was at the center of the mini-storm, but has since returned to play regularly. McLean apparently…
FRANK ORR SAYS
Why Not Brian? SOME VIEWS AND OBSERVATIONS from an early vantage point to the 1976-77 hockey season. Not much has been heard lately about a replacement tor NHL president Clarence Campbell. who claims he wants to retire from the job and has for the past few seasons Apparently, the governors are in as much disagreement as ever over a successor Perhaps they're looking too hard. Who's a better candidate for the post than Brian O'Neill the NHL's executive-director? He knows more about the job than any man except Cambell and operates with a remarkable quiet efficiency. The heavy ten-game suspension which Campbell handed out to Bryan Watson of the Detroit Red Wings following an incident in which Chicago's Keith Magnuson sustained a broken jaw indicates that the NHL won't stand for any garbage…
Rumors Persist Cooke To Sell Sports Empire
LOS ANGELES— Rumors persist that Jack Kent Cooke may sell some or all of his sports holdings, possibly to provide ready cash for the divorce he now is undergoing. Jack, temporarily living in Las Vegas, owns 74 percent of the Washington Redskins, and they are for sale with an asking price of $22.8 million, but they are far from home. He owns 100 percent of the Los Angeles Lakers and Kings, and the Inglewood Forum, but it reportedly would take a bid of $40 million or more to interest him in parting with the package, and recent offers of up to $25 million for most of it have not tempted him. Cooke has said he still enjoys operating his sporting empire and is not seeking to sell it, certainly not piece by piece. He…
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