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April 29, 1977
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Benched At Start, Jonathan’s Ability Surprise To Bruins
BOSTON— if there’s a silver lining to every dark cloud, then 21-year-old left winger Stan Jonathan certainly fits that role for the Bruins. It was just a third into the season and the Bruins found themselves without two of their best left wings, John Bucyk and Wayne Cashman, both shelved with injuries. Jonathan got the call from coach Don Cherry, and has since emerged as one of the promising wingers in the league. Even Jonathan was surprised by his progress. “I remember back at training camp in September,” he recalled. “I looked at the roster and saw five left wingers ahead of me. I’ll give it my best shot, I figured, and wind up in Rochester. “I wasn’t sure of anything. I thought maybe I’d fit into Cherry’s system, but there were all those left…
Habs Say Lafleur Not Yet At Peak
MONTREAL— There seems to be no end to the achievements of the dynamic Guy Lafleur. They keep piling up and the incredible part of it all is the brilliant right winger of the Montreal Canadiens is capable of even bigger and better things. Canadiens’ general manager Sam Pollock doesn’t think Lafleur has even reached his peak. Pollock says he believes Lafleur will get better with time and expects he’ll play another 15 or more years. This is Lafleurs sixth NHL season and already he’s being lumped with the game’s greats like Maurice Richard. Jean Beliveau. Gordie Howe and Bobby Orr. Lafleur is performing in his sixth playoff season and if there’s one avenue of success the speedy Montreal winger might like to improve his lot. it’s in the post-season round. Up until the last…
PAST YEAR NOT WHAT TORONTO HAD HOPED FOR
TORONTO— If anyone had even suggested that the Toronto Maple Leafs would emerge as the early surprise of the 1977 Stanley Cup playoffs, they would have had some tall explaining to do. After all, when a team like the Leafs, who struggled through the 1976-77 NHL stretch run. grabs a two-game playoff series lead at the expense of the favorite Philadelphia Flyers, you have to wonder. Only recently a post-season evaluation of the club’s past season performance didn’t exactly send the Leafs’ brass into great raptures In fact, as the past campaign clattered to a close, the facts of life were front and center for the Maple Leafs to see. Instead of gaining ground on what Leaf owner Harold Ballard, general manager Jim Gregory and coach Red Kelly felt would be a climb up…
What Is Esposito’s Future With Rangers?
LOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKS Made in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY. LTD Arnold Street, Wallaceburg. Ontario Sold in U.S. and Canada LOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKS Made in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY. LTD Arnold Street, Wallaceburg, Ontario Sold in U.S and Canada NEW YORK— Phil Esposito was bitterly disappointed when the 1976-77 season ended with the lew York Rangers and Philippe on the idelines, out of the playoffs for the second year in a row. An even more bitter disappointment lad to be the selection of Dave Maloney, he youthful rookie defenseman as the Rangers MVP. That isn’t to say that Espo isn’t a Maloney booster, he is Often he would suggest that some of the assembled media in front of his dressing room tool, walk across the room and talk to rlaloney. “who is a…
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