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December 31, 1976
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Blazers Lose High-Scoring Stewart To Bulls
SYRACUSE— Fans around the North American Hockey League are going to have to do without two of the circuit's premier performers. And both the Syracuse Blazers and the Beauce Jaros—at opposite ends of the standings—hope it won't be for very long The Blazers, only trailing the Binghamton Dusters for NAHL leadership because they'd played four fewer games, lost the services of high-scoring John Stewart to the WHA while the Jaros, mired in the league's cellar, lost colorful Joe Hardy to injury. Stewart s loss left Blazer coach Dan Belisle nearly speechless. Belisle had come to Binghamton to scout the Dusters for the two teams' crucial showdown the following Friday, Dec. 3, in Syracuse Belisle wasn't in Binghamton more than an hour before he got a phone call from Stewart, his five-foot-11, 175-pound center of the…
Soviets Hail Kharlamov's Return; WHA Grads Spark Swiss Teams
MOSCOW- Valeri Kharlamov, the 28-year-old star right winger of the Soviet Central Army team, is back in action once again. More than 12,000 fans gave him a long and warm welcome when he appeared on the ice in Moscow in his first game after a serious car accident last summer. Kharlamov scored his first goal after only four minutes of play in that first game and. along with Aleksandr Petrov and Boris Mikhailov, led the Army team to an easy 7-3 victory over the Soviet Wings. Petrov and Mikhailov played for the Soviet National team at Prague in November. The Czechs won the first game 5-3 but the Soviets came back to take the second 6-3. It is believed that Kharlamov may rejoin the Soviet National team in time for the Izvestia Cup tournament…
Rollins Critical Of Runners As Team Sets Apathy Record
PHOENIX- When the Phoenix Roadrunners lost their team record sixth straight, a 5-4 setback at home to the Quebec Nordiques, it wasn't hard to figure out who was in Al Rollins' doghouse. But it was easier to count who wasn't. “The score flattered us,” said the Phoenix general manager and coach, noting the 36 shots on rookie goalie Clay Hebenton to 21 on Quebec's Richard Brodeur. “I can't use lack of practice for an excuse, although we've only had maybe two in three weeks. And I can't blame the refereeing. “There's one little guy out there, about five-foot-seven and 150 pounds, the smallest guy on the ice, and he had more hits than the other 14. That's our problem. “Robbie Ftorek is the only guy doing any hitting and he's the one guy we don't want…
FAN FORUM
Recommendation To Do Away With Divisions Mr. Pat Snyder of Georgetown, Pa., is right. The division set up in the National Hockey League is unfair. It is unfair especially to clubs that reach more points than others by not making the playoffs. Why not one division with the top eight teams qualifying for postseason play? It would reduce the dragging out of the hockey season, and the best eight clubs would be in the playoffs, deservedly. The hockey fans are getting tired of watching hockey in June. The increasing international contests will further lengthen the season. Why the overskill? K.H. FRICKE, Thompson, Man. Penguins Problem Their Own Making I am writing in reply to the letter from a Pittsburgh fan who complained about the division set up which found the Penguins in the same division as Montreal. Instead…
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