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February 17, 1978
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Penguins Changing Image, Learning Merits Of Work
PITTSBURGH— If you haven’t changed your stereotype of the Penguins, now is the time. They are no longer a bunch of talented underachievers. Instead, they are not-so-talented hard workers. It’s not surprising that the Penguins are a changed team since they have a new coach and about two-thirds of the players are different. But a lot of people still think the Penguins are a free wheeling team that can crank out wins when it wants to. Well, not really. The Penguins still have a few stars, but overall they work for everything they get, which so far is a battle with Detroit for third place in the Norris Division. If the Penguins work hard, they can stay with the best teams in the league; if they don’t they get beat by the worst and…
Hockey Ad Lib
The Thinking Man… EARLIER THIS SEASON I wrote that Rogie Vachon probably was the best goaltender in the business, but that Ken Dryden had a better record and won more laurels because the Canadiens provide a netminder more support than do the Kings. This sort of speculation does not disturb Dryden. A thinking man, he considers the case objectively. “There is no doubt that all goaltenders would prefer to play for the Canadiens,” he comments. “Life is easier for the goaltender with the Canadiens. He does not face as many shots. He has good players in front of him. His side scores a lot of goals. He is usually working on the lead. His side usually wins. It is very nice. “On the other hand, there are difficulties playing on a team like…
Miron Feels Rockies Improved Team
DENVER— Most of this season Ray Miron has been maintaining that the Colorado Rockies are a better club than they were last year. The standings and the way the Rockies have played in many games make Miron look like a dreamer, but he insists the club has reason to be optimistic. “For one thing,” the Rockies’ vice president-general manager was saying during the All Star Game hiatus in the schedule, “our defense is much better than it was last year. You can see that in our shots against, which are way down from what they were. “Left wing was a big problem last year,” Miron went on. “After Gary Croteau, we got hardly any scoring out of the position, and we’ve had problems there again this year. But we feel we’ve improved there…
Milford’s Trading Pecking Away At Canucks’ Problems
VANCOUVER— Jake Milford, the genial general manager of the Vancouver Canucks is taking the Mount Rushmore approach to the problems of his hockey club. That is, keep a stoic pose through the troubled times and slowly chip away at the stony high spots on the Canucks bumpy hide. First he acquired Pit Martin from the Chicago Black Hawks. It wasn’t a big deal, the only gamble on Milford’s part being that the Canucks would have to pick up his contract if he flopped. He didn’t. He’s helped. Then he stole Sheldon Kannegiesser away from the Los Angeles Kings organization. Kannegiesser has been out much of the time he’s been with Vancouver with bursitis in his left shoulder. But when he’s played, he’s tightened up the defense considerably. Now, Milford has acquired the contract of the…
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