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April 15, 1977
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No-Goal Verdict Ends Rangers Playoff Bid
NEW YORK— Gus Connery is the co-ordinator of the Washington Capitals youth hockey program—and as such rates as a good guy. However, his work as a goal judge in the March 25 game between New York and the Capitals would hardly rate huzzahs on Broadway. By failing to push the red light button when Ranger captain Phil Esposito “scored” at 3:19 of the second period, halving the Washington margin to 2-1, Connery helped the Caps drive home the final nail in the Rangers’ 1976-77 coffin. “There is no doubt it was a goal.” said NHL supervisor of referees Dan McLeod, who was a press box observer. Bob Kilger, the referee, was out of position, and caught going in the wrong direction when Ken Hodge shot, Roger Crozier stopped the puck and kicked it…
Stanley Cup Time Never Fails To Reveal That ‘Rocket’ Richard Was The Greatest
NEW YORK— If the Stanley Cup playoffs are truly hockey’s “second season” why does Scotty Bowman say, “The playoffs are the only season that counts. You can finish first with the most points in the NHL and lose in the playoffs and the season is a failure. It’s the playoffs that separate the men from the boys.” NHL history is rife with stories of big goal heroes in the more loosely played regular season who had trouble once the money was on the line. Last season Bryan Trottier, the Islanders’ Calder Memorial Trophy winner as rookie of the year, found the closer checking in the playoffs hard to adjust to—and did poorly. Still, some players time and again rise to the occasion—and excel when the going gets toughest. Was the best-ever Stanley Cup performer…
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Capitals’ Low An Expert At Sharing NHL Shutouts
WASHINGTON— A shutout by the Washington Capitals is rare by itself. But one accomplished with two goalies is truly the “piece de resistance.” Ron Low combined with Roger Crozier to hold the Rockies from changing the scoreboard in mid-March. It upped the Capitals whitewash average to one a season. Two years ago (Feb. 16, 1975) Low turned aside 32 shots to blank the franchise then in Kansas City. Then, on this past Jan. 10 his partner, Bernie Wolfe, handled 26 drives in Detroit, ending a 143-game string in which the Caps had permitted one score or more. Just 31 games later the zero hour came again. In his first action in 15 months. Crozier had played two periods in Detroit five days earlier—leaving Wolfe to handle the job in the third period. Bernie got…
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