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January 7, 1977
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Leafs Turnbull Is Owner Of A Brilliant Plus-33
TORONTO- Ian Turnbull’s lot on hockey life has been to work in the shadows cast by two great players. In his concluding season of junior hockey with the Ottawa 67s, Turnbull shared a blueline with Denis Potvin, the most publicized—and best—junior of the era. When he moved into the National Hockey League with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Turnbull joined forces with Borje Salming, the solemn Swede who now is one of the best half dozen hockey players on the globe. This season, Salming is playing superbly, challenging Larry Robinson of the Montreal Canadiens for the spot as the NHL’s highest scoring defenseman. But not even the gigantic silhouette cast by Salming can obliterate Turnbull’s performance. Through the first 28 games of the ’76-77 schedule. Turnbull had produced an 8-23-31 point total and accumulated a plus-33,…
DEADLINE STOPPERS
QMHL BEATS SOVIETS EDMONTON— The Quebec Major Hockey League All Stars flexed their muscles for the visiting Soviet Union’s crack junior ice squad and came away with a Labatt Cup opening tournament win over the Russian side. Coming up with three unanswered second-period goals the Quebecers skated over the Soviets 7-4 in the start of the four-team round robin tourney. In the other game, the Western Canada League All Stars beat the Kingston Canadians 6-5 in their c bombarded two Soviet goalers with 49 shots and only some brilliant netminding by Dmitri Kuroshun kept the score down. Brian Hill led the WCHL All Stars to their win with three goals. The Soviets face Kingston, the OHA’s representative, in round two while the two Canadian giants, the WCHL and QMHL, square off. OHA FINCUPS ROMP PRAGUE— The…
Streaking Sabres Playing Like The Good Old Days
BUFFALO— Jim Schoenfeld came back, Danny Gare came back, coach Floyd Smith realigned his forwards, and the Buffalo Sabres began playing great hockey. Maybe it won’t last, but for the first three games under the new set-up the Sabres looked like the Buffalo club of 1974-75 that went to the Stanley Cup finals. Smitty’s skaters traveled to the West Coast and won two games, over Los Angeles, 4-2, and over Vancouver, 6-3, for four straight victories on the two western trips in the 1976 portion of the schedule. Then they returned home and thrashed the New York Rangers, 7-2. Going into the game, the Rangers had lost only once in their last 12 games. They had the best power play in the league. And their rookie phenom. Don Murdoch, had 25 goals in 32…
Indians Showing Positive Signs; Vees Stay On Top With Road Split
SPRINGFIELD— The Springfield Indians, whos fortunes on the ice have not been as bright as their box office statements, showed some definite signs of putting it all together following back-to-back wins last weekend. The week started out like most other weeks for the Indians who have been cellar dwelling most of the season. Wins on the road have been hard to come by and this week started out the same for coach John Hanna s charges, losing by decisive scores at Hershey and Providence On Saturday, the Tribe returned to the friendly surroundings of the Eastern States Coliseum in West Springfield and they went on the war path against the same Rhode Island team, handling them easily in an 8-4 victory. The following night the Indians were back on the road and it…
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