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December 21, 1979
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Player Movements
NATIONAL LEAGUE ATLANTA—Guy Chouinard, C, returned to lineup from injury list. Dave Gorman, RW, returned to Birmingham of CHL BOSTON—Tom Songin, RW, and Craig MacTavish, C, recalled from Binghamton of AHL. Wayne Cashman, LW, placed on injury list for 10 days with knee sprain. Bobby Schmautz, RW, returned from injury list and later removed from active roster. BUFFALO—Andre Savard, C, recalled from Rochester of AHL. DETROIT—Tom Webster, LW, placed on injury list EDMONTON—Alex Tidey, RW, recalled from Cincinnati of CHL HARTFORD—Chuck Luksa, D, recalled from Springfield of AHL. Rick Ley, D, placed on injury list for 10 days with broken bone in his foot. MINNESOTA—Glen Shar-pley, C, signed to new multiyear contract. MONTREAL—Rick Meagher, C, recalled from Nova Scotia of AHL and later returned. ISLANDERS—Mike Kaszycki, C, traded to Washington in exchange for Gord Lane, D. Denis Potvin returned…
FAN FORUM
Closer Doesn’t Mean Better A rebuttal to Arthur Lord’s letter of Nov. 9 is due at this time. I am not disputing his expertise as director of news for NBC, but his knowledge of hockey coverage for his network leaves a lot to be desired. The primary reason for the poor ratings was the fact that too many commercials affected the rhythm and excitement of the game. As an avid hockey fan, this bored me so much that I decided I had two choices: mow the lawn or paint the spare room. I did the lawn. His contention that the camera has to follow the puck and lose the side action is ridiculous. The Canadian TV crews and/or directors pull back their cameras to give viewers a larger coverage of the ice area,…
Games To Come
ECAC Conference DECEMBER JANUARY WCHA Conference DECEMBER JANUARY CCHA Conference DECEMBER JANUARY CIAU Conference DECEMBER JANUARY…
Time To Change Style
Perhaps a few people around the NHL are scratching their heads a little this season when they heard that I, who hardly ever was mistaken for a rocket on a pair of skates, want the team I coach, the Philadelphia Flyers, to play a go-go skating game with a great deal of motion and as little stop-and-start, static hockey as possible. But that’s the trend in the game these days. Hockey has moved away from the grinder style that the Flyers used when they won two consecutive Stanely Cups in the mid-1970s to a skating game that stresses motion and high level in basic skills, such as passing the puck. The muscle game was fine in its time. But for the past four springs, the Montreal Canadiens have carried the Stanley Cup…
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