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March 10, 1978
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Weary Firebirds Play Well On Road; New Haven, Rochester In High Gear
PHILADELPHIA— The Firebirds returned to the Civic Center after a month-long road trip that saw the team finish with a 3-1-3 record. A game with the Mariners in Portland was postponed because of the blizzard which paralyzed the East Coast. Last week the Firebirds played to a 3-3 tie in Rochester and a 4-4 tie in Hershey. Both Rochester and Hershey overcame two-goal deficits to gain the ties. Three players had scoring streaks stopped in Hershey, but team leader Gordie Brooks pushed his scoring streak to five straight games with an assist. Gavin Kirk and Jim Nahrgang had six-game streaks stopped by the Bears, while Gary Coalter had his five-game skein ended. Coach Dan Belisle welcomed three players from the Red Wings. Rugged defenseman Jerry Rollins, center Fred Williams and right wing Bob…
Flames’ Youngsters Learn Their Trade Under NHL Pressure
ATLANTA— “We’re doing less, but playing better,” says Atlanta defenseman David Shand, speaking of himself and defensive teammate Rick Mulhern. “From the beginning, Rick and I fought Fred’s (Atlanta coach Creighton) system. He’s always taught let the puck do the work. But we fought it—we tried to do too much.” Shand and Mulhern came to Atlanta with great credentials. They were both first round draft picks—Mulhern in 1975, Shand in ‘76. But Atlanta fans as well as the two young defensemen have found the National Hockey League is a tough place for youngsters to be thrown to the wolves. They were expected to play right away. To take a regular turn and learn their trade with on the job training in the big time. Mulhern had 54 games in the Central Hockey League with…
CHANGING WITH TIMES KEY TO SURVIVAL
Special To The Hockey News MONTREAL— The sport of hockey is being confronted on all levels and has entered an age of great change. No longer are the traditional approaches to playing, coaching and officiating acceptable to the new athlete. In order to survive in this changing atmosphere and be equipped to cope with the changes, the young hockey player has become much more selective in his hockey training methods. If a hockey school is to survive, it too, must be very conscious of the changes that are occurring in hockey and it must meet the ever increasing needs of the young hockey player. Back in the early 70’s, a lot of people thought a fast buck could be made by operating a hockey school and using a few professional hockey players’ names as…
Players’ Wives May Have Induced Sabres To Put On Helmets
BUFFALO— Even Gil Perreault is wearing a helmet. When Le Gros, the Buffalo Sabres’ super center, wore a helmet for the first time since his junior hockey days in a game against Los Angeles Kings, it left only four members of the club playing with bare heads. Perreault donned the helmet two games after his teammate from days stretching back to the Montreal Junior Canadiens in the late 1960s, Rick Martin, suffered a concussion in a game against the New York Rangers. Martin was knocked down by Dave Farrish and his head struck the ice after both went for the puck behind the New York net. Video replays showed that Farrish’s stick hooked Martin’s neck and Martin’s feet were knocked from under him. The Buffalo All Star left winger went into convulsions on the ice.…
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