PASSING THE PUCK

LOOK FOR some surprises later this month as the NHL trading deadline draws near. Several well-known names have been bandied about as trade material…Colorado Rockies and Chicago Black Hawks at? said to De readying a deal that would send Paul Gardner from the Rockies to the Hawks in exchange for Grant Mulvey and Alain Daigle…Ray Miron, hard-working general manager of Colorado, is doing everything possible to strengthen his club…Most European sports papers criticized the play of Team i NHL in the series against the Russians. The publications across the sea knocked the NHL’s system of shooting the puck into the opposing zone and chasing after it as old-fashioned and outdated. They also pointed out the fact that the Soviets were in better physical condition and were better skaters…With the rough…

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Butch Loses First Tooth

LOS ANGELES— Butch Goring had thought he’d seen it all during his decade with the Los Angeles Kings, but recently he was the unwilling recipient of a professional hockey first, for him. Goring got a glove in the mouth from defenseman Thommie Bergman in Detroit and it cost him the first tooth he’s lost in 10 years.…

LETTER OF THE WEEK

Return To Basics To Save Our Hockey I am one of those hockey enthusiasts who marveled at and fully appreciated the finesse and artistry of the Soviets as they taught the NHL All Stars how the game should be played. I now wonder if this great game on this continent can recover. Will we ever again see the skilled puckmasters of the 30’s, 40’s and early 50’s? All of us in hockey have contributed to the degeneration of the game. Serge Savard is correct when he stated that we have been developing goons while the Russian’s have been developing hockey players. Juniors feel the only way they will be noticed by the scouts is to fight and spend time in the penalty box. Fans applaud the goon and boo the Orrs and…