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February 16, 1979
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COLLEGE HOCKEY NEWS
Where The Colleges Play… ECAC Conference Wed. Feb. 7 Clarkson at Colgate Yale at Princeton Cornell at Harvard Thu. Feb. 8 Northeastern at New Hampshire Fri. Feb. 9 Boston University at Providence RPI at St. Lawrence Sat. Feb. 10 Brown at Princeton Northeastern at Colgate Dartmouth at Cornell RPI at Clarkson Yale at Haravrd Mon. Feb. 12 Vermont at Clarkson Providence at New Hampshire Tue. Feb. 13 Brown at Yale St. Lawrence at Colgate RPI at Cornell Wed. Jan. 14 Princeton at Harvard New Hampshire at Northeastern Thu. Feb. 15 Vermont at RPI Fri. Feb. 16 Colgate at New Hampshire Sat. Feb. 17 Cornell at Brown Colgate at Vermont Clarkson at Boston College Princeton at Dartmouth Yale at Boston Univesrity St. Lawrence at RPI WCHA CONFERENCE Feb. 6 Air Force at Colorado College Feb. 9-10 Michigan Tech at Michigan State Notre Dame at Minnesota Duluth North Dakota at Wisconsin Michigan at Denver Feb. 10-11 Colorado College at Minnesota Feb. 16-17 Minnesota-Duluth at Michigan State Minnesota at Notre Dame Denver at Michigan Tech Wisconsin at Michigan North Dakota et Colorado College CCHA Conference Feb 9-10 Northern Michigan…
Pens’ Roller-Coaster Year Caused By Spotty Defense
PITTSBURGH— There is an amusement park in Pittsburgh which bills itself as “The Roller Coaster Capital of the World.” For the Pittsburgh Penguins, the 1978-79 National Hockey League season has been one continuous roller coaster ride. The Penguins started the season as if they were flying down one of the longest dips on a roller coaster. Pittsburgh lost eight, and tied two of their first 11 games. The ride straightened out as the month of November ended. The Penguins won five, lost five, and tied one of their next 11 games. The month of November wasn’t without it’s peaks and valleys, however. In that 11-game stretch, Pittsburgh won two games in a row twice. But, a four-game losing streak was also included. December was like a steady, successful climb to the top of a hill.…
Falcons Rebound After Rare Loss
NOTRE DAME— Third-ranked Bowling Green bounced back from its first loss since November with a 5-2 win over 10th-ranked Notre Dame in a mid-week, nonleague contest. The Central Collegiate Hockey Association Falcons held a 45-25 shooting edge over the hosts of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, and Bowling Green never trailed in the game. Senior Mark Wells scored the only goal of the first period beating ND’s Greg Rosenthal at the 15:28 mark assisted by Mike Cotter and Derek Arzoomanian. BG held a 17-5 shooting edge in the initial period. The Fighting Irish battled back in the second period with Kevin Humphreys tying the game at 1:08, but Cotter put BG on top at 3:39. The hosts tied the game 2-2 at 12:09 on Jeff Brownschidle’s goal, but BG junior Steve Dawe scored the winner…
Leaf Misfortunes Result Of Team’s Over-Aggression
TORONTO— The Toronto Maple, Leafs these days remind you of a kid who murdered both his parents, then howled about being an orphan. The Leafs are complaining that the National Hockey League referees are picking on them. The Leafian view is that they’re getting the butt-end of the stick on the allotment of penalties. At least, they haven’t squealed that they’ve been getting too many sentences. The Leaf-beef is that the opposition isn’t getting enough. During his rookie season as the Leaf coach, 1977-78, Roger Neilson seldom complained about the referees. Perhaps the other men in the coaches’ lodge threatened to give Neilson the boot from the membership list for violating what often seems to be the NHL’s coaching credo: When things go badly, blame the referee. Of course, about here, a big question…
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