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October 19, 1979
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North Stars’ ‘Zoo’ In Limelight With Cagey Play
BLOOMINGTON—The man his Minnesota teammates call ‘Zoo’ is making his opponents fit to be caged as the North Stars headed into the start of their National Hockey League schedule. Right winger Ron Zanussi scored five goals during the North Stars’ first eight exhibition contests. Zanuzzi has been exceptional this exhibition season, but the play of the three-year professional has not been a real surprise to coach Glen Sonmor. “When you take out your opponents time after time in the offensive zone, some good results come out of it,” explains the Minnesota coach. “That’s what Zoo has been doing and that’s why he’s found success. If he keeps it up, that success will continue right through the regular season.” Zanussi’s first two seasons in the NHL were similar if not eyebrow-raising. The 23-year-old from Toronto…
Building Farm System Important Whaler Task
Hartford hopes to prosper having recruits just 26 miles away in Springfield. HARTFORD—For the Hartford Whalers gearing up for the 1979-80 season has been a two-fold task. First, they’ve had to screen a tremendous number of players in order to come up with their 19-man playing roster. Then they had to build a farm system. For a team that has a ready-made system the screening isn’t too difficult a task. But for the Whalers it meant taking a hard look at almost 30 players on which they had little more than some fairly comprehensive scouting reports. Moving from the World Hockey Association where the limit for the entire contract roster was a mere 25 players to the National Hockey League where there’s no limit established presented quite a challenge. Relying on the scouting…
HOCKEY PEOPLE
Leaf brass all shined up If you ever wondered what it takes to operate an NHL team off the ice here’s a good look at the hockey staff that puts the Maple Leafs together. From the left front row, John McLellan, asst. manager, King Clancy, vice-president, Punch Imlach, GM, and Gerry McNamara, scout. Back row, coach Floyd Smith, scout and goaling coach John Bower, and asst. coach Dick Duff. Happy warrior Center Peter McNab of the Bruins may look a little out of character in a baseball uniform but he’s enjoying every moment of it during a charity game in the off season. McNab is an all-round athlete who isn’t out of place in baseball. Islanders swing on golf course It wasn’t all hockey business for the New York Islanders during the off season. They…
Dates Set For College Tournaments, NCAA Playoffs
Here are the dates for college hockey tournament play this season as well as for the NCAA playoffs, which will be staged this year in Providence, R.I.: Dec. 27-28-29 Old Colony Invitational at Brown. Competing teams will include Brown, Providence and St. Lawrence and Minnesota-Duluth. Dec. 28-29 Invitational tournament at Univ. of New Hampshire in Durham. Competing teams will include UNH, Princeton and Boston College. Great Lakes Invitational at Detroit. Competing teams will include Wisconsin, Michigan Tech, Michigan State and Michigan. Dec. 28-29-30 Invitational tournament at RPI. Competing teams will include RPI, Northeastern and Western Michigan. Dec. 30-31 Auld Lang Syne Classic at Dartmouth. Competing teams will include Dartmouth, Vermont, Maine and the Air Force Academy. Jan. 4-5 The Holiday Festival tournament at Hartford. Competing teams will include Boston University, Yale, Denver and Colorado College. Jan. 5-6 Yale invitational tournament at New Haven.…
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