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December 28, 1979
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Kallur Leading Islander Comeback
LONG ISLAND—Of all the problems Anders Kallur, the Islanders’ new Swedish player, has encountered this season, the biggest has been pronunciation—not his, but everyone else’s. Finally, people are learning the name is pronounced KELL-ur because Kallur has been too good not to notice. At first troubled by a groin injury that kept him out for three weeks at the start of the season and later smothered with the rest of the team during the Islanders’ dreadful slump, Kallur has suddenly bolted into the spotlight. And helped the Islanders surge a little closer toward the top of the Patrick Division. The team still has a long way to go, of course, but four victories in six recent games was a good sign and Kallur has helped the Islanders close the distance at least…
Player Movements
NATIONAL LEAGUE ATLANTA—Rejean Lemelin, G, Serge Beaudoin, D, and Rick Adduono, RW, recalled from Birmingham of CHL. Pat Riggin, G, and Paul Henderson, LW, returned to Birmingham. Curt Bennett, RW, returned to lineup from injury list. Dave Shand, D, placed on injury list with sprained shoulder. John Rockwell, G, sent to Birmingham on loan. BOSTON—Bob Schmautz, RW, traded to Edmonton in exchange for Dan Newman, LW, and future considerations. Newman assigned to Binghamton of AHL. Dwight Foster, C, recalled from Binghamton. Don Marcotte, LW, placed on injury list for three months after undergoing knee surgery. BUFFALO—Robert Mongrain, C, assigned to Rochester of AHL. COLORADO—Mike Gillis, LW, recalled from Fort Worth of CHL. DETROIT—Tom Webster, LW, assigned to Adirondack of AHL. EDMONTON—Poul Popeil, D, sent to Houston of CHL. Bill Flett, RW, announced retirement from hockey to…
HOCKEY AD LIB
An Aye For An Eye IT HAPPENED IN 1976, but Paul Holmgren is not quite sure how it happened. It started with a fight, but Paul doesn’t even remember who he was fighting. He was playing for the Richmond Robins in the American League and he went down during the fight and players landed on top of him and a stick or a skate or a glove caught him in the right eye. It hurt, but it didn’t bother him too much, and it wasn’t treated. However, it turned out he had scratched the cornea. Called up by the Philadelphia Flyers, he was playing in Boston a few weeks later when the eye started to swell up. Taken to the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, he was subjected to emergency surgery. He…
Commissioner Eyes Further EHL Expansion
LOUISVILLE HOCKEY STICKS LOUISVILLE HOCKEY STICKS UTICA—Eastern Hockey League commissioner Bill Beagan is extremely pleased with how things have turned out for the first part of the season and he is continuing his search for two more clubs which will make the EHL an eight team outfit for the 1980-81 season. “I couldn’t be more pleased with the way things are going,” said Beagan. “The league has far exceeded my expectations so far and I really didn’t think things would go this smoothly.” At press time, Beagan was vigorously pursuing Roanoke, Virginia as the seventh franchise. Several meetings have already taken place and the Virginia city was Beagan’s top choice to become the newest addition. Beagan was also making plans to start seriously looking into the eighth franchise after Christmas, “If we do add Roanoke,…
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