Injury Jinx Cuts Down Bruins’ Defense Stars

Bruins Join The Great Cover Up The Boston Bruins appear to have gotten in on the act of wearing protective helmets in the NHL. The team showed up at training camp with more than the usual number of headgear visible both among the veterans and the rookies. Even tough team captain Wayne Cashman, left, has put on a helmet this season. He joined teammates like Stan Jonathan, second left, rookie Al Secord and new acquisition Dick Redmond, at right, as the hockey pros continued to seek more protection from head injuries in increasing numbers. BOSTON— Perhaps Boston Bruins’ coach Don Cherry had a premonition. “Remember,” he said, “when we were going along in those exhibition games? Remember I said as long as nobody gets hurt I’ll be happy? Well, I’m not only unhappy I’m…

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Douglas Makes Impact In Debut As Whaler

SPRINGFIELD— For rookie Jordy Douglas the first game of the 1978-79 season will be a night he will long remember. Serving as utility forward for the New England Whalers, the youngster out of Flin Flon and the Western Hockey League had been used occasionally in pre-season to fill the left wing spot on power play. Coach Bill Dineen likes the Mark Howe—Andre Lacroix—Gordie Howe line in non-advantage situations, but he puts Mark at the point. So young Jordy found himself skating the left side against Quebec on the Whalers’ first power play of the season. It was his first shift of the night—and the first shift of his major league career. To the youngster’s great delight he fired the puck past Quebec goalie Richard Brodeur to put the Whalers ahead. To top…

Initial Introduction To Big Leagues Pleasant Experience For Babych

ST. LOUIS— Wayne Babych has jumped from junior hockey to the National Hockey League with the zest of a hungry rabbit. “I’m enjoying it,” he said. “I’m really enjoying the NHL.” Babych, a right wing, was the Blues’ first-round draft choice, the third player picked in last spring’s amateur draft. He has burst into the NHL with great talent and enthusiasm and his first taste of life in the major leagues is most agreeable to him. “It’s a lot different than juniors,” he said. “For one thing I’m getting a higher salary. No more of that budgeting $25 a week in junior hockey. If you bought a pair of pants, your budget was gone for the whole week. “And no more of those 26-hour bus rides. I love this traveling by plane—four hours to Los…