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November 26, 1976
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HOCKEY TALK
Orr Missed Homecoming AS FAR AS HOMECOMINGS go, it wasn't one. Robert G. Orr, whose middle name stands for something other than Gordon around here, never made it. His ghost attended instead. There were 12 goals scored, almost 15,000 people in the freshly painted Boston Garden, lots of wide-open, pure, unbridled shinny, when the Bruins beat the Chicago Black Hawks 7-5 on Nov. 4. Yet, the evening's most dominant figure was back home in Illinois listening to the game on radio. Bobby Orr, superstar, was fighting another battle of wounded knee. “How is he?” asked Gerry Cheevers, who likes horses that travel fast and pucks that travel slow. “If he was here tonight, he might have made a difference, you know. I think we were all so up for seeing him here in a…
MacLeish's Amazing Comeback Proves A Bright Spot For Struggling Flyers
PHILADELPHIA— Through the Flyers' erratic win-some, lose-some start. Rick MacLeish has been one of the positive signs. To Flyers' management, a healthy MacLeish is better news than finding a way to add 5,000 seats to the Spectrum. Hmmm…maybe management's opinion would be divided over MacLeish or 5.000 seats. Anyway, MacLeish has had few lingering effects of the knee surgery that sidelined almost half of last season. The former 50-goal scorer has taken some jarring hits on the left knee that was crunched by a Harold Snepsts check last Feb. 5, but has survived them all. “I still wear a brace on the knee,” said the first Philadelphia player to hit the 10-goal level this season. 'The brace still bothers me a little, but I'm getting used to it.” While the Bobby Clarke line, specifically 61-goal…
Big Effort From Goalie Rutledge Has Houston Flying Right Side Up
HOUSTON— After a shakey start, including one disastrous road trip in which they lost three games while allowing 19 goals, the Houston Aeros are flying right side up again. “I hate to single out any individual because so many of our players are playing well,” said Houston coach Bill Dineen, “but you just can't overlook the job Wayne Rutledge is doing in goal. He's been just outstanding.” Rutledge shut out the Oilers 4-0 in Edmonton and stopped the Jets 3-1 in Winnipeg, breaking his own club record for consecutive shutout minutes by more than five with 142:52. He followed with a near flawless performance against the Phoenix Roadrunners in a 9-1 rout to reduce his goals against average for seven games to 2.05. The Aeros have scored 18 power play goals in 14 games and…
NHL WEEK …In Review
MONTREAL— A glance at the recent exploits of the Boston Bruins and New York Islanders reveals some remarkable similarities. Consider the following facts: each club leads its division with 27 points after 17 games for a league-leading 794; they are the only two teams in the NHL which have yet to lose at home; each has lost only one of its last 10 games over-all; each has scored 13 power-play goals and given up nine. Going back to last season. Bruins have gone 28 games without a loss at Boston Garden. They were last defeated in a regular-season home game. Dec. 23. 1975 when Los Angeles Kings shaded them 4-3. Since then, they have won 23 games and tied five. Four of those five ties were consecutive at the end of the 1975-76…
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