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September 1, 1977
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Bruins’ Depth May Force Trade
BOSTON — The Boston Bruins have rarely had it so good—not in goal, anyway. Only four years ago. their cupboard bare of major league goalies, they were forced to give up a top-notch centerman. Fred Stanfield, to get Gilles Gilbert, then little more than a good prospect, who had plaved onlv 44 games in four years in the NHL. Now, with the return of the prodigal Gerry Cheevers from the WHA and the signing of Ron Grahame, once the WHA’s leading goalie. Boston is so deep in talent around the net that Gilbert may be expendable. possibly tradebait in the Bruins’ search for a top-notch defenseman. One of the three will go. that’s almost certain. I don’t think it’s good for a team to carry three goalies.” said coach Don Cherry. “You’ve got to surmise…
Soviets Eye New Series With NHL
TORONTO— Clarence Campbell, the supposedly former president of the NHL. is among the many people who enjoyed New Year’s Eve 1975. He attended the famous 3-3 tie between the Montreal Canadiens and the Soviet Central Army hockey squad and he’d like to see more games of that caliber. And Campbell is in a position to do something about it. He recently wrote to the Soviet hockey authorities and has asked about the possibilities of two top-ranked Soviet teams coming to North America for another eight-game series—an instant replay of the 1976 Superseries between the two countries. Leading candidates for the trip include Spartak, the up-and-coming power, apparently, in the Soviet Union, and Central Army, the super team, the Canadiens of the USSR, who each year are in contention for top honors in their…
Caps’ Trainer Had Moment In Sun
WASHINGTON— He wears a different “uniform” from the rest of the Washington Capitals and he may be the most colorful guy in the bench area but he’s the least noticed. He’s Raymond Angelo “Gump” Embro, the trainer. He color-keys his outfits to red, white and blue nowadays, but for years it was the black and orange of the Baltimore Clippers of the American Hockey League. In fact Embro was the only trainer that franchise ever knew. “I never missed a game of the Clippers, from day one till they went under halfway through the ‘74 ‘75 season,” says Gump. Even more remarkable, he’s never even missed a practice. I haven’t missed nothin’ in 20 years.” Embro states, without even knocking on wood, showing he is less superstitous than the hockey players he waits on. Embro…
DEADLINE STOPPERS
McKECHNIE RAPS WINGS DETROIT— Walt McKechnie is a member of the Washington Capitals but he isn’t totally unhappy. It’s just the way the Detroit Red Wings ‘gave him away’ that infuriates the veteran center. McKechnie, who acquired a reputation as a ‘tough’ from European hockey fans during last spring’s World Cup tournament, said “the Wings insulted me by giving draft choices and cash as considerations. They made a bad deal,” said the infuriated Detroit center who has been the Wings’ top scorer the last two years. McKechnie was traded to the Caps for free agent goaler Ron Low and he says that he was tossed into the deal by GM Ted Lindsay, who accused him of disgracing the Detroit club when McKechnie played for Team Canada at Vienna. MURDOCH IN HOT WATER NEW YORK— There is…