Search for your favorite player or team

© The Hockey News. All rights reserved. Any and all material on this website cannot be used, reproduced, or distributed without prior written permission from Roustan Media Ltd. For more information, please see our Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy.


November 23, 1979

November 23, 1979

The Hockey News has been providing the most comprehensive coverage of the world of hockey since 1947. In each issue, you'll find news, features and opinions about the NHL and leagues across North America and the world.

IN THIS ISSUE

The Hockey News

OFFICIAL NATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY FOUNDED 1947 VOLUME 33, NUMBER 8 NOVEMBER 23, 1979 Editorial and Advertising Offices: 214 King Street West Suite 314 Toronto, Ontario. M5H 1K4 Charlie Halpin Editorial Director Tom Murray Assistant Publisher Mike Dennis Assistant Editor Cathy Munro Copy Editor Bob Hanley Editorial Consultant Stan Fischler, Frank Orr Bob Verdi Contributing Editors Business Staff Peter Emerson Executive Vice President and General Manager Joanne Hatch Sales Service Manager Kenneth W. McKenzie President and Publisher W. C. C. Publishing Ltd., Suite 217, 1434 SL Catherine St W, Montreal, Canada. H3G 1R7 Donald R. Wall Chairman Tom Murray Assistant Publisher 850 Third Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022 Advertising Representatives: New York: Tom Murray 850 Third Ave,. New York, N.Y. 10022* (212) 593-2100 Chicago: Hooper, Jones & Associates 3322 W. Peterson Avenue Chicago, III. 60659* (312) 478-5544 Boston: Steve Ganak Steve Ganak Ad Reos Statler Office Bulging Boston, Mass. 02116 • (617) 542-6913 THE HOCKEY NEWS, (ISSt: 0018-3016), Is published weekly except monthly June through September by W.C.C. Publishing…

IN THIS ISSUE

League Games

WCHA CONFERENCE (Standings on Mon. Nov. 12) GAMES COMPLETED Michigan 7, Notre Dame 4 Notre Dame IL Michigan 9 Minnesota 8, Colorado College 3 Minnesota 7, Colorado College 4 North Dakota 4, Denver 3 North Dakota 3, Denver 0 Michigan State 5, Michigan Tech 4 Michigan Tech 6, Michigan State 2 Duluth 8, Wisconsin 7 LEADING SCORERS CCHA CONFERENCE Western Michigan 3, Miami 2 Western Michigan 5, Miami 4 Vermont 6, Bowling Green 5 Bowling Green 7, Vermont 6 Clarkson 6, Northern Michigan 4 Northern Michigan 6, Clarkson 4 Ferris State 9, Chicago-Circle 3 Ferris State 11, Chicago-Circle 1 Lake Superior 13, Lakehead 4 Lake Superior 4, Lakehead 3 U.S. Int. 7, Ohio State 3 Ohio State 4, U.S. Int. 2 ONTARIO CONFERENCE (Standinas on Mon. Nov. 12) GAMES COMPLETED Guelph 7, Laurier 3 Laurentian 9, Brock 4 Queen’s 9, Ryerson 0 Toronto 5, Queen’s 0 Laurentian 5, Brock 2 Laurier 8, Ryerson 3 McMaster 6, Western 5 Laurentian 9, Brock 4 McMaster 8, Windsor 1 Laurier 9,…

IN THIS ISSUE

Hicks Fights Goon Image But Ignites Wings

DETROIT—Too many times this season, the Detroit Red Wings have played uninspired hockey. There’s been no one to light their fire. Obviously, the message from the coach, Bobby Kromm, isn’t always getting through. When General Manager Ted Lindsay gives one of his pre-game sermons, the team often goes out and loses. What the club needed was a spark—something, anything—to relieve the frustrations and tensions and to set the tempo in their favor during a game. Then along came Glenn Hicks, the second-year pro out of Flin Flon who is in his rookie National Hockey League season with Detroit. Hicks spurned the Wings a year ago for the Winnipeg Jets. Anyway, Hicks was being used sparingly until a recent game against Edmonton. He got a regular shift in that game, and he gave the Wings…

IN THIS ISSUE

FRANKORR’S HOCKEY VIEWPOINT

Balance Is Costly THE PLAYER IS a front-line National Hockey League star with New York Rangers who should welcome the fact that the league is playing a balanced schedule this season in which each of the 21 teams plays the other clubs four times. If the old unbalanced schedule was in effect in which teams played more games against clubs in their own divisions, he’d be facing more tough teams and that wouldn’t give him as many opportunities to acquire points to cash in his abundant bonus clauses. But the man also thinks, perhaps more often and logically than the chaps who own the clubs in the NHL. “It’s really stupid, isn’t it, that the clubs in the Patrick Division (New York Rangers, N.Y. Islanders, Philadelphia Flyers, Atlanta Flames and Washington Capitals) aren’t playing…