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November 30, 1979
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Rockies’ Ramage Feeling Pressure
DENVER—Rob Ramage admits there wasn’t undue pressure on him at the start of this National Hockey League season. But things have changed considerably for the personable 20-year-old, No. 1 draft choice in the 1979 entry draft. Ramage, a six-foot-two, 200-pound defenseman, was selected by the Colorado Rockies, whose 1553-12 was the worst in the NHL last year. And many deemed it strange that the Rockies would add a defenseman to what they had already considered their strongest area. But they did. And so Ramage joined a Colorado defensive crew which included Barry Beck, John Van Boxmeer, Mike Christie, Trevor Johansen, Dennis Owchar and sometimes either Mike Kitchen or World Hockey Association refugee Kevin Morrison. For a first-round (No. 1 overall) draft choice, there was not as much pressure on Ramage—in the beginning—as there…
GMs Oppose Schedule
Several National Hockey League general managers, particularly Cliff Fletcher of the Atlanta Flames and Bill Torrey of the New York Islanders, have been outspoken about their dislike for the balanced scheduling employed by the league which sees each team play the other 20 opponents twice at home and twice in their arenas. Fletcher, who is also vice-president of the Flames, said that the scheduling will cost the Atlanta franchise $300,000 this season because of lost gate revenues due directly to less interdivisional play. “The balanced schedule is ridiculous and as many as 18 or 19 clubs concur,” said Fletcher. “For instance, Friday night is our big hockey night in Atlanta. Edmonton was in here on a Friday and we drew 8,420. Last Friday we played the New York Islanders, a divisional rival,…
Where To Find It…
What’s Coming Next Week! If you thought you already read this, you’re perfectly right. Due to circumstances beyond our control, our page 3 feature on Berry Beck, the newest Ranger, was delayed and we will be bringing it to you only next week in THE HOCKEY NEWS. It will dig into the details of the spectacular five-player swap between Rangers and Colorado and correspondent Tom Murray will have Beck’s reaction to being on Broadway with the Rangers. Our NHL backgrounder series will resume in next week’s issue with a feature on how the Vancouver Canucks got started and how the West Coast franchise has weathered the storm since 1970 when it became a bona fide member of the NHL. While the Canucks are only nine years old, ice hockey has been part…
Narrow Losses Hold Back Huskies; Toronto, McMaster Class Of OUAA
SASKATOON—Canada’s most improved team would appear to be the University of Saskatchewan Huskies. Unfortunately the standings do not really reflect this as they are still in the basement. Since Dave King has taken over the reins, his Huskies have reversed last year’s one and seven record to a respectable three and five. But wait, let’s look at those defeats. Of the Huskies’ five losses, four were in overtime and the fifth was by a one goal margin. They have shored up their defense as proved by their goals against being down from 55 to 36 from this time last year. They recently took the defending national champion Golden Bears to overtime and double overtime before losing 4-3 and 8-7 respectively. Out in British Columbia and Alberta, the Dinosaurs and Thunderbirds split their weekend…
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