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February 25, 1977
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Croteau’s Goal Production Soaring
COLORADO— The old question about which came first, the chicken or the egg, came up again recently when Gary Croteau ended up on the Colorado Rockies’ top scoring line. During nine seasons in the National Hockey League, Croteau has been a hardworking plugger, known for his solid fundamental positional play rather then for his point production. But lately he’s been playing left wing on a line which also includes Wilf Paiement on right wing and Paul Gardner in the middle. And Gary’s point production continues to rise. Inasmuch as left wing has been the Rockies’ weakest offensive position this season, and inasmuch as Croteau has been the team’s only consistent scorer from the left side, the thought arises: did Croteau earn his way on to the club’s top scoring line because of his work…
Mariners’ Comeback Try Bounced By Hedberg
SAN DIEGO— The rebounding San Diego Mariners suddenly found themselves bounced. Rebounding from a string of seven losses in nine games, the Mariners put together a three-game winning streak. Then, they ran into the Winnipeg Jets and the hot stick of Anders Hedberg. Hedberg scored four goals for the second consecutive game as the Mariners were wiped out, 8-2. The Mariners had turned things around a week before with a 5-3 victory over the Jets on San Diego ice. They followed with a 5-1 whipping of the Phoenix Roadrunners as Andre Lacroix scored his 14th and 15th goals of the season and goalie Ken Lockett gave a virtuoso performance, making several big saves although he faced just 22 shots. Then came a 6-4 victory over the Calgary Cowboys as Don Burgess broke open a 4-4 tie with…
Hockey Ad Lib
The Offensive Defenseman… IF IAN TURNBULL, the Montreal native who plays for Toronto, has been overshadowed before, he emerged into the limelight with his five goals in one game, a record for a defenseman, the first week in February. It is hard to believe Bobby Orr didn’t do it, or Red Kelly, but they didn’t and this husky, handsome 23-year-old did. The record before was four. It was first set almost 60 seasons ago, and it was tied six times, but the last time was almost 50 years ago. Harry Cameron did it twice and the well-remembered Newsy Lalonde a couple of times. Sprague Cleghorn did it. and Johnny McKinnon and the great Hap Day. The last time was in November of 1929 and it has lasted since that time even though the…
‘Unwanted’ Goalies Key For Bruins
NEW WESTMINSTER—’ There are a number of reasons why New Westminster Bruins are threatening to win their third straight Western Canada Hockey League championship, but for starters, two good ones are Blaine Peterson and Carey Walker. The two players comprise the Bruins’ goaltending tandem and presently, they’re making a mockery of the goaltending race in the WCHL. While last year’s edition of the Bruins broke records in most of the league’s offensive categories, Peterson and/or Walker just may establish a record for goaltending stinginess this time around. And Ernie McLean has the same end result in mind: a trip to the Memorial Cup. Before embarking on a 11-game eastern journey (plus two exhibition games against the Bruins’ Tier II affílate in Estevan, Sask.) Walker and Peterson had given up just 32 goals in the Bruins’…
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