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September 1, 1978
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SKATES
Special To The Hockey Newt Like hockey sticks and hockey equipment, hockey skates have themselves made tremendous “strides”—insofar as technological improvements are concerned—over the past several years. For anyone out there who hasn’t noticed, there’s a whole new line of “molded”—or plastic—skates on the market, and many of them are being used by players in the National Hockey League. The exact figure varies, according to who it is you talk to, but anywhere from 80 to 100 players in the NHL—just under one third—are presently using some kind of molded skate. In the “old days”—four or five years ago—the ultimate in excellence in hockey skates used to be either the Super Tack, made by CCM, or the Supreme, made by Bauer. The boots of these skates were made out of leather, and…
HOCKEY CROSSWORD
ACROSS 1. Pictured player. 7. Former, Ranger Guidolin. (init) 8. Molson’s now the Canadiens. 9. One of the Sabres answers to this. 10. Initials of one of the Islanders. 12. Non-negotiable.(init) 13. An NHL captain. 15. Fogolin answers to this. 17. Former NHL defenseman. 18. England. (abbr) 19. A Vancouver defenseman. (init) 20. Former NHL coach. 22. Played 45 games for Boston during 60-61 season. 24. U.S. Space agency. 25. Girl’s name 27. Temperature. (abbr) 28. An NHL goaltender. DOWN 1. A Bruin forward. 2. A Vancouver defenseman. 3. Former NHL defenseman. 4. Scored 50 goals in 73-74. 5. Compass point. 6. Minor league coach. 11. Former NHL goaltender nickname "Sugar Jim". 14. Same as 7 across. 16. Former Chicago forward. (init) 21. Ex-NHL defenseman. 23. One of the Rockies. (init) 26.5th and 16th letters of the alphabet. 27. One of the North Stars. (init) Crossword Solution ACROSS 1. McKECHNIE. 7. A.G. 8. OWN. 9. DONALD. 10. G.H. 12. N.N. 13. GARE. 15. LEE. 17. REGAN. 18. ENG. 19. M.R. 20. IRVIN. 22. OREE. 24. NASA. 25. SUE. 27. TEMP. 28.…
EQUIPMENT SUPPLEMENT
A picture, so the saying goes, is worth a thousand words, and the players in this particular photograph—Bryan Trottier (left) of the New York Islanders, and Phil Russell of the Chicago Black Hawks—are, through their actions, saying everything there is to say about what it takes to play hockey: Concentration, strength, agility, determination, balance… the list could go on forever. Although it probably wouldn’t come to mind immediately, one thing that has to go pretty high up on the list of ingredients which comprise the complete hockey player—no matter at what level he plays—is equipment. Take a look at the picture once again and count up the brand names of products which are readily visible: Both players are using KOHO sticks; Trottier is wearing a CCM helmet and Wilson gloves; Russell is…
HOCKEY TALK
Hockey Needs Promoting I GUESS THE THOUGHT of how cold hockey can be struck home once again during the heat of summer, when Pete Rose was hitting in every game he played, when if you weren’t talking about baseball you weren’t talking at all. Suppose, I wondered, hockey had a record as sacred as Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game batting streak and suppose a guy like Pete Rose was taking quantum leaps toward breaking it? How, I wondered, would those public relations geniuses in hockey handle it? Then, after about three seconds I stopped wondering. Hockey would blow it, just like hockey blows every chance to sell its game. They would hide their Pete Rose whenever possible, they would treat his phone number as though it were the combination to Fort Knox, they would give him…
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