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May 4, 1979
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STANLEY CUP SUMMARIES
SERIES‘E’ Wed. Apr. 18 CHICAGO 0, ISLANDERS 1 Fri. Apr. 20 ISLANDERS 4, CHICAGO 0 Sun. Apr. 22 ISLANDERS 3, CHICAGO 1 SERIES‘F’ Wed. Apr. 18 TORONTO 1, MONTREAL 5 Sat. Apr. 21 MONTREAL 4, TORONTO 3 Sun. Apr. 22 MONTREAL 5, TORONTO 4 SERIES‘G’ Wed. Apr. 18 PITTSBURGH 3, BOSTON 4 Sat. Apr. 21 BOSTON 2, PITTSBURGH 1 Sun. Apr. 22 BOSTON 4, PITTSBURGH 1 SERIES‘H’ Wed. Apr. 18 RANGERS 7, PHILADELPHIA 1 Fri. Apr. 20 RANGERS 5, PHILADELPHIA 1 Sun. Apr. 22 PHILADELPHIA 0, RANGERS 6…
York Accepts Falcon Posting
BOWLING GREEN— Jerry York, who most recently served as head hockey coach at Clarkson College, has been named to a similar position at Bowling Green State University it was announced by Falcon Athletic Director Jim Lessig. York will replace Ron Mason, who resigned recently to accept the head coaching post at Michigan State University. A 1967 graduate of Boston College, York has played an instrumental role in helping Clarkson become one of the top collegiate hockey teams in the nation. In his seven years at the helm of the Golden Knights, York led the school to an impressive 125-86-3 record and just one of his clubs failed to make the ECAC playoffs. His 1976-77 squad posted a 26-8 record and earned York the prestigious NCAA Coach-of-the-Year Award. “We’re fortunate to have attracted someone…
Flames Enjoyed Top Year Despite Season’s Ending
ATLANTA— Though the Atlanta Flames’ playoff loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs was both disappointing and discouraging to the entire organization, it should not in any way detract from an otherwise extremely successful National Hockey League season. Team and individual accomplishments were almost too numerous to mention, certainly highlighted by the club record of 90 points and the incredible 50 goals scored by 22-year-old center Guy Chouinard. The Flames left the starting gate like Secretariat, tying their first two and then winning 10 straight games which was the third best debut in the history of the league. From there they continued on to establish team marks for victories (41), home victories (25), home winning streak (9), and home unbeaten streak (18) while equalling the club standards for road wins (16) and road winning…
HOCKEY VIEWPOINT
It’s Been A Long Season —A FEW OBSERVATIONS at the end of a long hockey season which leads to a long playoff. —It will be interesting to see which owner of the 17 established NHL teams complains first about what bad attractions the four “expansion teams from the World Hockey Association are next season. By permitting the WHA clubs to protect only two goalers and two skaters from their ‘78-79 rosters, the NHL has guaranteed their mediocrity. Complaints about the caliber of the new clubs will be the same as kid murdering his parents and then hollering about being an orphan. —The NHL’s playoff set-up will be even worse next season when 16 teams out of the 21 are included in the post-season tournament. There will be four division winners and 12 wild-card…
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