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October 13, 1978
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HOCKEY BRIEFS…
WHA Holds Edge In Play With NHL SPRINGFIELD— The World Hockey Association is proving one thing to the rival National Hockey League: they shouldn’t take these pre-season exhibition games so lightly. The WHA was sporting a 6-3-1 edge over their NHL counterparts after the first 10 games of their proposed 27-game inter-league exhibition schedule. New England Whalers led the WHA onslaught with three straight wins—one over Colorado and two against Washington. Quebec Nordiques had a 2-1 record beating Minnesota and Colorado and losing to Washington. In the 10 games, the WHA outscored (he NHL 39-30. Nyrop Surprises Habs By Quitting MONTREAL— Defenseman Bill Nyrop tossed a bombshell into the Montreal Canadiens training camp when he announced he was leaving and wouldn’t be back with the world champions. Nyrop, a two-year performer in the NHL, has played on the…
New Hawks, Voyageurs Gather Parent Club Cuts
HALIFAX— Battle lines are being drawn for the newest rivalry in the American Hockey League, the fight for boasting rights in the Maritimes between the powerful Nova Scotia Voyageurs and the newly-created New Brunswick Hawks. The Montreal Canadiens sent 18 candidates to coach Frank St. Marseille’s Halifax camp including goaltenders Robert Holland, Carey Walker, Richard Sevigny and Bruce Horsch, defensemen Mike Boyd, Jean Lemieux, Moe Robinson and Tim Burke, and forwards Keith Acton, Bruce Baker, Jerry Byers, Dave Lumley, Rick Meagher, Daniel Metivier, Kevin Reeves, Doug Robb, Gaetan Rochette, and Ron Wilson. New Brunswick coach Eddie Johnston received several players from the Chicago Black Hawks, who share a working agreement with the Toronto Maple Leafs to supply the AHL Hawks with players. Those sent down included goaltenders Mark Locken and John Peterson, defensemen Mike…
WIHL Expecting Wide Open Race For New Season
KIMBERLEY— A new entry, interlocking games with university teams, and the revitalization of two of the league’s oldest members are just some of the reasons why veteran Western International Hockey league observers point to the upcoming schedule with enthusiastic bewilderment. In a loop which for the past half dozen years has been able to predict final league standings with a reasonable amount of accuracy even before training camps started, the field has been thrown wide open for 1978-79. Heading into the final week of evaluation camps and with the first exhibition contests just three days away, all five clubs have every reason to be optimistic about the coming season. The Kimberley Dynamiters under the proven hand of sophomore coach Jim McCrimmon, will make the fewest lineup changes for this season. According to the…
OHA Teams Facing RebuildingYear; Armstrong Quits As Marlies’Coach
LOUISVILLE HOCKEY STICKS Made in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY. LTD Arnold Street. Wallaceburg. Ontario Sold in U.S. and Canada LOUISVILLE HOCKEY STICKS Made in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY. LTD Arnold Street. Wallaceburg. Ontario Sold in U.S. and Canada TORONTO— A long, hard winter is expected for the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League. Already weakened by the World Hockey Association raids, the OMJHL is now attempting to rebuild and repair some of the damage. Then the league received another shock when Toronto Marlborough’s coach and general manager George Armstrong called it quits at the start of his seventh campaign in the league. Armstrong, who will remain at the helm of the Marlies only until the club can replace him left commenting: “I’ve been saying I wanted out since they gave me the job, so I decided it was time to put up or shut…
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