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May 6, 1977
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Ferguson Scouts World Tournament In Vienna
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 — As you read this Ron Greschner, the defenseman from Goodsoil, Saskatchewan is in Europe after being cut by Team Canada. He had established himself as the young veteran of the New York Rangers defense Kiddie Korps, an athlete in superb physical condition, who had met adversity and won through. At 22, in his third season, younger players such as Dave Farrish. Mike McEwen and even Dave Maloney looked up to Greschner, an old man of 22. Early in the year it had surfaced that Ron was one of those unfortunate players…
Timmins Foresees NAHL Expansion With New Cities Eyeing Franchises
LOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKS Made in Canada by HILLE RICH & BRADSBY LTD Arnold Street Wallaceburg Ontario Sold in U.S and Canada LOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKS Made in Canada by HILLE RICH & BRADSBY LTD Arnold Street Wallaceburg Ontario Sold in U.S. and Canada SYRACUSE— Expansion, What else This will be one topic of discussion at a North American Hockey League meeting scheduled for Syracuse, May 6-7. This will not be the annual meeting conducted by the league, but rather a special prepatory meeting in which expansion can be discussed, the remaining awards for the 1976-77 season can be voted on and the relative strengths of each franchise can be ascertained. That promises to be the most interesting. The Johnstown Jets and the Mohawk Valley Comets are for sale, the Erie Blades are now under local ownership and…
Looking At The Races
WESTERN CANADA LEAGUE PLAYOFF GAMES Quarter-Finals (Lethbridge wine best-of-seven series 4-2) (Portland wins best-of-seven series 4-1) (Calgary wine best-of-seven series 4-0) (New Westminster wins best-of-seven series 4-1) (Brandon wins best-of-nine series 5-2) GAMES COMPLETED Winnipeg 5, Brandon 3 Brandon 8, Winnipeg 5 Winnipeg 5, Brandon 2 Brandon 7, Winnipeg 4 Brandon 6, Winnipeg 3 Brandon 6. Winnipeg 3 Brandon 8. Winnipeg 1 (New Westminster wins best-of-seven series 4-1) GAMES COMPLETED New Westminster 5, Portland 3 New Westminster 2, Portland 1 Portland 3, New Westminster 2 New Westminster 3, Portland 2 New Westminster 5, Portland 2 Lethbridge wins best-of-five series 3-2) GAMES COMPLETED Lethbridge 10, Calgary 4 Calgary 8, Lethbridge 3 Lethbridge 7, Calgary 4 Calgary 5, Lethbridge 3 Lethbridge 5, Calgary 4 (Brandon leads best-of-seven series 1-0) GAMES COMPLETED Brandon 3, Lethbridge 2 QUEBEC MAJOR LEAGUE PLAYOFF GAMES Finals (Sherbrooke leads eight-point series 4-0) GAMES COMPLETED Sherbrooke 6, Quebec 3 Sherbrooke 6, Quebec 2 Semi-Finals (Sherbrooke wins eight-point series 9-3) GAMES COMPLETED Sherbrooke 4. Cornwall 3 Sherbrooke 4, Cornwall 4 Sherbrooke 4, Cornwall 4 Sherbrooke 7,…
Playoff Exposure Beat Draft In North Stars’ Priorities
TWIN CITIES — A week longer of a season was better than no post-season at all. Minnesota North Stars, surprise second-place finishers in the Smythe Division, made the playoffs this season for the first time since 1972-73. But any hopes of advancing past the elimination round of the Stanley Cup playoffs were quickly squashed by Buffalo Sabres, who took the North Stars in two straight games. 4-2 in Buffalo and 7-1 in Minnesota. Someone suggested, facetiously, to team president Gordon Ritz that perhaps the North Stars would have been much better off to miss the playoffs one more time and take advantage of an early draft choice to hasten the rebuilding. “Absolutely not. “Ritz protested. “We figure we’ve moved up our timetable by at least one year with the kind of season we’ve had We’ve…
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