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March 30, 1979
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HOCKEY PEOPLE
Flames’ Flag Waiver Don Goodwin is no ordinary hockey fan. He’s the man who comes dressed in a southern army uniform and waves the confederacy flag at all homes game of the Atlanta Flames at the Omni. Goodwin adds a southern flair to the NHL games and he has become a popular addition to the hockey scene in that city. His Hockey Hero Patrick Nicol, program director for CJIB in Vernon, B.C., reports that the station’s favorite hockey player contest this year was an overwhelming success. Winner of the event was young David O’Sullivan of Vernon, who is shown above posing with the player he favors most in the NHL—Islander defenseman Denis Potvin. All young hockey players in the Okanagan area were given the privelege of writing CJIB naming the player they would…
HOCKEY WORLD
Front Office Refresher THE NHL DESPERATELY needs its Mike Bossys, Barry Becks and Dale McCourts, but the league also needs bright, refreshing people in the front offices like Paul Martha. Martha is the former University of Pittsburgh football All American and Steelers’ defensive back who didn’t rest on his clippings. Martha graduated from law school, affiliated with the DeBartolo family that purchased the Penguins, and wound up as the hockey club’s vice president. Martha brings vitality and a demanding nature to a franchise that has been aimless. Consider these comments by ex-Penguin Pierre Larouche earlier this season: “The thing that I hated was the Penguins’ organization and the people who ran it. I don’t think they were fair to me. They used me to kind of prostitute myself in the three years I played…
Leafs Turning It Around After Neilson’s ‘Return’
TORONTO— A brief rebirth in the fortunes of the Toronto Maple Leafs, inspired by the second coming of coach Roger Neilson, encountered harsh reality in the form of Buffalo Sabres and New York Islanders. Now the Leafs face a battle if (a) they’re to finish the 1978-79 National Hockey League season with a mark above .500: (b) they’re to make any noise at all in the Stanley Cup playoffs. After the wierd firing and rehiring of Neilson, that strange two days of chaos around Maple Leaf Gardens, the Leafs immediately won five consecutive games to place a small bit of daylight between themselves and Minnesota North Stars, who could be the Leafs’ chief opposition for a wild-Card playoff spot. Then the Leafs encountered the Sabres and Islanders, who are two of the NHL’s best…
JUNIOR JOTTINGS
Metropolitan Association Brian Mullen, talented forward for the New York Jr. Rangers, has regained the Metropolitan Jr. Hockey Association scoring lead in what has become a thrilling four-man race. Mullen, who has scored 30 goals and matched that total in assists holds a one-point lead over linemate and leading goal scorer Ryan Boyd (34-25-59) and Oyster Bay’s Billy Nichols (assist leader with 39) and a two-point margin over New Hyde Park’s Randy Alessi (36-32-58) who has an incredible 13 points in two games in one week. The third member of the Jr. Rangers’ top line, Bobby Amore, scored five goals in a 6-5 New York win over Greater New York. New York rode Grey Weicher’s first shutout of the year and a Gene Senk hat trick to an earlier 6-0 blanking of New…
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