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January 5, 1979
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OFFICIAL NATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY FOUNDED 1947 VOLUME 32, NUMBER 14 JANUARY 5, 1979 Kenneth W. McKenzie President and Publisher. Charlie Halpin Editorial Director Tom Murray Assistant Publisher Peter Emerson Vice-Presiden Sales Suite 600,55 University Ave., Toronto, Ont M5J 2H7, Telephone: (416) 361-0116 Advertising Representatives: Montreal Mary McCutcheon 1434 St. Catherine Street West, Suite 217 Montreal, Can. • H3G 1R7 (514) 866-4841 New York: Tom Murray 850 Third Ave. New York, N.Y. 10022 • (212) 593-2100 Chicago: Hooper, Jones & Associates 3322 W. Peterson Avenue Chicago, III. 60659 • (312)478-5544 Published weekly except monthly June through September by W. C.C. Publishing Ltd., 1434 St. Catherine Street West, Montreal, Canada H3G 1R7 • (514) 8664841 U.S. C/O W.C.C. Publishing Corp., 850 Third Ave. New-York, N.Y. 10022, (212) 5932100. YEARLY SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $ 11.95 in Canada, $ 12.95 in the U.S.A. and $ 17.25 in Foreign Countries. Second class postage paid at New York, N.Y. 10001…
Smith Overcomes First Pro Slump; Minnesota Goalies Lead Turnabout
BLOOMINGTON— Bobby Smith, hockey’s No. 1 amateur pick last summer, appears to have met the first big challenge of his promising young career. The slump. Smith did not exactly set the National Hockey League afire the first quarter of the 1978-79 season. Sure, he scored a couple of game-winning goals early in the season but he just wasn’t scoring in bunches like No. 1 draft choices are supposed to. But you never saw the six-foot-four center pout, break sticks or throw the water bottles around the dressing room. What you did see was dedication. Smith is always one of the last of the North Stars to leave the practice ice. That big smile that accompanies his personality was there, too, during his personal crisis period. Inside, it might have been a little different, until the…
NHL’s Scorers …This Week
ATLANTA: Clement 8, Pronovost 12, 13, MacMillan 15, 16, Ribbl 5, Lysiak 18, 17, 18, Lalonde 14, Vail 15. BOSTON: Secord 7,8, Ratelle 11,12, Wensink 21, O’Reilly 9, Cashman 8,9, Walton 9, Sims 8. BUFFALO: Smith 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, T. Martin 3, Sailing 5, 6, Korab 7, R. Martin 10, Luca 12, McAdam 4. CHICAGO: Marks 11, Mulvey 6, Boldirey 14, Daigle 3, Murray 5, Mikita 5,6, Koroll 5. COLORADO: Gardner 14, Paiement 9, Beck 8, Delorme 4, Van Boxmeer 3, Beverley 1. DETROIT: Huber 1, 2, 3, McCourt 12, 13, 14, Nedomansky 14, 15, Labraaten 6, Polonlch 4, Bolduc 5. LOS ANGELES: Jensen 7, Dionne 23, Taylor 16. MINNESOTA: B. Smith 7, Sargent 9, MacAdam 7,8, G. Smith 4, 5, Sharpley 8, Potvin 4, Zanussl 9, Payne 3, Andersson 8, Maxwell 3. MONTREAL: Shutt 11,…
Stingers Losing Scoring Touch
CINCINNATI— The sting seems to. have gone out of the Cincinnati Stingers’ offense and it is costing the World Hockey Association team dearly, says coach Floyd Smith. “Basically we’re an offensive team and if we don’t score, we’re going to struggle,” said Smith after the Stingers’ winless string had reached eight games following a.5-3 loss to the Soviet All Stars in Riverfront Coliseum. “We’re playing well enough, it’s just that we’re not putting the puck in the net. “We’re young and the only way we’re going to learn, is for the guys to get in pressure situations and respond.” Smith didn’t feel the team was responding to pressure situations quite as well as it should, especially after the Stingers let a 3-2 lead get away against the Soviets in the final period. “It’s funny, but people…
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