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December 28, 1979
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Murray’s Message Getting Through In Regina
LOUISVILLE HOCKEY STICKS LOUISVILLE HOCKEY STICKS REGINA—Bryan Murray appears to be getting the message across. A junior coach has to direct a good part of his efforts toward teaching his players, which means success achieved relates, in part, to how the players respond to the lesson. And, it also depends on how well they are motivated. Murray appears to have accomplished both. Regina has compiled a 15-11 record in the Western Hockey League. Those figures are more noteworthy when you consider Murray is coaching a club that won only 18 games in 72 outlings last season. Pats have never been over.500 at the end of any season since winning the Memorial Cup in 1973-74. But to Murray that is part of the past. This is his rookie year in the league, after stints coaching…
Player Of The Week
ERROL THOMPSON…Detroit Red Wings The Detroit Red Wings managed only a pair of ties in five NHL outings last week but it didn’t stop left winger Errol Thompson from becoming the league’s most productive scorer. Thompson scored five times for the Red Wings including all three goals in a futile 7-3 loss to the Chicago Black Hawks. He also scored once in two of the Wings’ other four games to raise his season total to 15 goals. The fast-skating winger is making a big start towards surpassing his all-time NHL high of 43 goals achieved in the 1975-76 season when he was a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs. With 169 career goals, Thompson could end up reaching the 200-goal plateau as well before the season ends.…
ECAC East Blends Strength, Competitiveness
BOSTON—The week before Christmas saw college hockey action in the East slow down to a mere handful of ECAC Division One cantests, as all but a few of the 17 schools broke for examinations and the holidays. With the first twenty percent or so of the league schedule completed, the ECAC East looks like the strongest and most competitive subdivision thus far. Five of the six tests in the sector—Providence, Boston College, Maine, Boston University, and New Hampshire—had percentages of.500 or better as of December 18. By contrast, only Clarkson and Vermont were doing better than.500 in the five-team ECAC West while Brown, Yale and Cornell were tied for the Ivy subdivision lead at.500. Providence had a slight lead over Boston College in the East. The Friars’ last win before exams was an…
Blair Blasts Perry
SAGINAW—It was a pretty rough period for Saginaw general manager-coach Don Perry recently—tougher off the ice than on, actually. The Gears managed to stay close in the north division race by skating at a 2-2 level. But Perry was the target of a blistering verbal attack by owner Wren Blair between periods of a game with Fort Wayne—a game the Gears’ loss 4 5-3. Blair called Perry from the press box after the second period and apparently read the riot act to him. “He (Blair) wasn’t very pleased with what he saw from upstairs,” Perry said about the conversation. “But it wasn’t any pleasure watching from the bench either.” Perry fined his players $50 each after a subsequent 10-3 mauling in Port Huron. The fines may have worked as the Gears’ rebounded…
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