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January 26, 1979
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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…
NHL Team Rosters
C-Captain *- Rookie ATLANTA GOAL Dan Bouchard Rejean Lemelin DEFENSE Greg Fox Ed Kea *Brad Marsh Richard Mulhem Pat Ribble Rod Seiling Dave Shand CENTERS Gene Carr Guy Chouinard *Red Laurence Tom Lysiak C R. WINGS John Gould Ken Houston Bobby Lalonde Bob MacMillan Jean Pronovost Willi Plett L. WINGS Bill Clement Harold Phillipoff Eric Vail BOSTON GOAL Gerry Cheevers *Jim Pettie DEFENSE Gary Doak Mike Milbury Dennis O’Brien Dick Redmond Al Sims Rick Smith CENTERS Peter McNab Bob Miller Jean Ratelle R. WINGS Rick Middleton Terry O’Reilly Bobby Schmautz L. WINGS Wayne Cashman C Don Marcotte *Al Secord John Wensink BUFFALO GOAL Don Edwards *Bob Sauve DEFENSE Richard Dunn Lee Fogolin Jocelyn Guevremont Bill Hajt Jerry Korab Jim Schoenfeld *Bill Stewart CENTERS Don Luce Gilles Perreault Andr6 Savard Derek Smith R. WINGS Danny Gare C Jacques Richard Rend Robert Ric Selling L. WINGS Richard Marlin Terry Martin Gary McAdam *Tony McKegney Craig Ramsay CHICAGO GOAL Tony Esposito MikeVeisor DEFENSE Doug Hicks Dave Logan Mike O’Connell Bob Murray Phil Russell Doug Wilson CENTERS Ivan Boldirev Alain Daigle Jim Harrison Stan Mikita *Jean Savard R. WINGS J.P. Bordeleau *Tim Higgins Cliff Koroll Grant Mulvey L. WINGS Ted Bulley Bob Kelly *Reg Kerr *Doug Lecuyer John Marks Darcy Rota COLORADO GOAL Bill Oleschuk Michel Plasse DEFENSE Don Awrey Barry Beck Nick Beverley Mike Christie Mike Kitchen *Michel Lachance Dennis Owchar John VanBoxmeer CENTERS Rey Comeau Paul Gardner *Merlin Malinowski *Paul Messier Clayton Pachal Nelson Pyatt Jack Valiquette R. WINGS Ron Delorme *Paul Messier Wilf Paiement Randy Pierce L. WINGS Gary Croteau Ralph Klassen Andy Spruce DETRONT GOAL Jim Rutherford Rogie Vachon DEFENSE Thommie Bergman Jean Hamel John Hilworth *Willie Huber Reed…
Ftorek, Gretzky Making Impact
CINCINNATI — Two of the World Hockey Association’s young stars of the future—Robbie Ftorek of Cincinnati and Edmonton’s Wayne Gretzky—are riding high in the league’s scoring race. Ftorek, the talented Stinger center, is the current WHA point scoring leader despite the fact his team is eight points off the league pace. The diminutive Cincinnati star had 64 scoring points after 42 games to lead Real Cloutier of the Quebec Nordiques by one. Robbie’s 47 assists are a league high. The Cincinnati pivot scored once and set up two others as the Stingers tripped up Birmingham 4-3 in a weekend-closing game. While Ftorek continued to push towards the scoring pinnacle in the WHA, another young favorite was making waves in the West. The Oilers’ 17-year-old whiz kid, Wayne Gretzky scored all three goals as he singlehandedly…
Isles’ Trottier Nearing 2-Point Game Average
MONTREAL— Center Bryan Trottier of New York Islanders is flirting with a points-per-game average of two, a level never attained in any National Hockey League season. Trottier, who missed four games earlier this season because of a shoulder injury, has 73 points in the 38 games he has played for an average of 1.92 points-per-game. The highest average ever recorded in one season among players with 50 points or more was 1.97 by former Boston Bruin great Bill Cowley. He had 71 points during the 36 games he played in 1943-44. The only other player to post a mark better than 1.78 is Phil Esposito of New York Rangers. While with Boston, Esposito had a 1.95 average during 1970-71 when he set the NHL record of 152 points in 78 games and…
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