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December 31, 1976
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Carr's Comeback Kings' Highlight
LOS ANGELES— A sensitive soul who reads, writes poetry, likes music and communes with nature, Gene Carr confesses he likes playing hockey better than anything. “If I didn't know that before I injured my back, I've known it ever since,” he says. It was a year ago New Year's night that Carr felt something “pop.” It was passed off as a muscle pull, but he was put in traction for eight days. Skating again, he felt fine. Then, sitting down, a disc ruptured. Wife Kathy Bess got him to a hospital in pain, his legs numb. Dr. Fredric Edelman did a delicate operation with the understanding that if it didn't work, Carr might not walk again, much less skate. Today Carr is so grateful to the doctor that he says, “If I'm ever…
Graves Admits Surprise Over Trade
VANCOUVER— It's been upside down all season for the Vancouver Canucks. Instead of leading the division, they've been trailing the league. Phil Maloney has been rumored gone so many times the post office doesn't deliver his mail. Even when things go well, it's odd. Take for instance the unit which did all the scoring for the club on their most successful road trip of the season. Not Don Lever, Mike Walton and Rick Blight, but rather Hilliard Graves, Chris Oddleifson and Garry Monahan. Nobody in Vancouver can figure it. On the aforementioned road trip, the losses came to Colorado and Washington and the wins in Chicago and Toronto. No wonder Orland Kurtenbach, the heir apparent as coach if Maloney has to go, has one ear on the phone in Tulsa. When the Canucks make defensive…
Win Over Czechoslovakia Gives Jets Moscow Boost
WINNIPEG— If the Winnipeg Jets needed a lift prior to embarking for Moscow and a date in the Izvestia tournament, they provided it themselves just a few hours prior to departure. The Jets were prepping for their invasion of Europe with an exhibition against a touring Czechoslovakian squad at the Winnipeg Arena. It was a sorrowful experience for two periods as the Czechs mounted a 4-0 lead, much to the disappointment of the sellout throng of 10,023. Then the real Jets arrived on the scene, pumping six pucks past Vladimir Dzurilla in the final 20 minutes to come away with a highly-exciting 6-5 victory on a game-winning goal by Peter Sullivan, who once had aspirations of playing regularly with the Montreal Canadiens. “I never thought for one minute they were better than us,” said…
JUNIOR JOTTINGS
Ontario Provincial The Ontario Provincial Jr. A League coaching casualty list grows with every passing week as more and more coaches decide to call it quits when unable to move their clubs. The first to go was Brian Cuddy at Aurora, replaced by Gene Popeil who has lifted the Tigers from the cellar into sixth place…Brian McCarthy, who started with Markham, was replaced by manager Jack Watson, who will double in brass as manager-coach…Scott Jones got the chop at Weston after Dodgers skidded to a seven-game losing streak Team owner Bob Smith has taken over position temporarily while seeking a successor. Pat Grace resigned at Dixie with the Beehives having won only one and tied two of 17 games. Bill MacNicol, sidelined by illness, moves back in…MacNicol is a veteran with…
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