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April 7, 1978
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Blades Look Ahead To Next Year; Wheaties Extend Unbeaten Streak
SASKATOON— The last place Jackie McLeod expected to finish in his last season as coach of Saskatoon Blades was last place. But, as you’re reading this, veteran trainer Alex Kuzma of the Blades will have already packed away the Blades’ sweaters and equipment for the summer. Not only have the Blades clinched the basement of the Eastern Division, but only a miracle will keep them out of the cellar in the over-all standings. Hardly something one would expect from a proud organization such as the Blades, one which hadn’t had a losing record since 1970-71. Three times Eastern Division champions in the ’70s. Three times a league playoff finalist. At the beginning of the 1977-78 campaign, the prospects for a fair-to-good season appeared very possible. The Blades were coming off a second-place Eastern Division…
WORLD HOCKEY ASSN. SUMMARIES
Where WHA Teams Play MARCH APRIL The WHA Scoreboard Standings on Tue. March 28 GAMES COMPLETED Tue. March 21 Birmingham 5 at Quebec 4 Sweden 3 at Houston 8 Indianapolis 3 at New England 8 Wed. March 22 Houston 2 at Cincinnati 9 Birmingham 5 at Edmonton 3 Winnipeg 5 at New England 3 Finland 4 at Indianapolis 3 Fri. March 24 Quebec 4 at Birmingham 3 Indianapolis 0 at Edmonton 4 Houston 1 at New England 0 Sat. March 25 Winnipeg 3 at Birmingham 1 Quebec 3 at Houston 4 Finland 8 at Cincinnati 3 (exhibition) Sweden 0 at Now England 6 (exhibition) Sun. March 26 Edmonton 3 at New England 5 Sweden 5 at Cincinnati 4 (exhibition) WHA’s Scorers …This Week BIRMINGHAM: Hughes 9, Stewart 9,10,11, Alley 2,3, Gorman 11,12, Napier 32, Henderson 37, Beaton 5,8, Linseman 33, Roberto 7. CINCINNATI: Hislop 23, Carroll 14. Harris 11, Marsh 22, Gilligan 8, Dudley 27,28,29, Greig 2. EDMONTON: Rota 6,7, Callighen…
AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE
Pre-Playoff AHL Rosters Where AHL Teams Play MARCH APRIL…
Size Didn’t Deter Aeros’ Lukowich From Being One Of Top Wingers
HOUSTON— During the 1975-76 season, the Medicine Hat Tigers had one of the most prolific lines in the history of junior hockey. The top two scorers, center Greg Carroll (171 points), and right wing Don Murdoch (165), were No. 1 draft choices in the NHL and WHA. The third member, left wing Morris Lukowich (142), was taken in the second round by Houston and the third by Pittsburgh. “I guess they thought I was too small,” says Lukowich, the five-foot-eight, 165-pound leading goal scorer for the Houston Aeros. “I always knew size was a factor, but when I wasn’t taken in the first round, I started thinking I might have been doing something else wrong. When Carroll and Murdoch went high and I didn’t, I decided I had something to prove.” Murdoch is…
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