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January 18, 1980
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Faubert’s Strength, Confidence Grow
PITTSBURGH—The man his teammates call “Tonto” has finally made it in the National Hockey League. Mario Faubert, who carries the nickname because of his partial Indian heritage, has secured a permanent spot on the Pittsburgh Penguins’ defense this season. Faubert, 25, was drafted by Pittsburgh in the fourth round of the 1974 Amateur Draft from St. Louis University. He turned pro that year and spent parts of the next four seasons between the Penguins and their top minor league club. However, last season Faubert spent the entire year in Binghamton of the American Leauge. “I was really disappointed last year when I was sent to the minors,” Faubert said. “But about half way through the season I said, ‘Well, there are those new teams coming in’ and I really didn’t think Pittsburgh…
How They Stand
ECAC CONFERENCE (Standings on Mon. Jan. 7) WEST DIVISION IVY DIVISION GAMES COMPLETED Dartmouth 6, St. Lawrence 4 RPI 7, Dartmouth 4 Vermont 4, Harvard 3 Harvard 9, Brown 4 Providence 4. Maine 3 St. Lawrence 5, New Hampshire 4 Vermont 5, Northeastern 2 NON CONFERENCE GAMES Denver 6, Providence 4 New Hampshire 9, Air Force 4 Clarkson 3, Wisconsin 3 Michigan 7, Boston College 3 Mich. State 6, Princeton 1 Boston Coll. 5, Mich. State 3 Michigan 4, Princeton 1 TOURNAMENT PLAY Great Lakes Michigan Tech 1, Wisconsin 0 Michigan 7, Mich. State 4 Consolation Wisconsin 10, Mich. State 4 Championship Michigan Tech S, Michigan 4 Brown Old Colony Providence 4, Minn-Duluth 3 Brown 6, St. Lawrence 1 Providence 9, SI. Lawrence 4 Minn-Duluth 7, Brown 3 Minn-Duluth 5, St. Lawrence 2 Providence 4, Brown 2 (Providence wins tournament) Codfish Bowl Lowell 10, Babson 2 Westfield St. 9, Boston St. 7 Consolation Babson 4, Boston St. 0 Championship Lowell 12, Westfield St. 2 New Hampshire Blue New Hampshire 6, Princeton 1 Boston College 7,…
Lanny Puts Imlach On Spot
On Dec. 28, 1979, the Toronto Maple Leafs sent Lanny McDonald and Joel Quenneville to Colorado in exchange for Wilf Paiement and Pat Hickey. After leaving quietly, McDonald had a few comments about hockey operations in Toronto: Don’t feel sorry for me. I’m one of the fortunate ones, getting a second chance somewhere. Feel sorry for the guys staying behind on a disappointed, disorganized, disgruntled hockey team. The situation in Toronto boils down to Punch Imlach against the world. He has a vendetta against everyone. I really thought at times Punch was happy to see us lose. Jim Gregory built the team and now Punch is trying to tear that team down. Times have changed and I think the game has passed Punch by. The way he’s treating Sittler is very sad. Darryl…
Player Of The Week
DANNY GARE…Buffalo Sabres Danny Gare is the captain of the Buffalo Sabres and he is a firm believer in leading by example. If the Sabres are winning then you can expect Gare to be in the forefront of the offense. The Sabres’ scrappy ice leader demonstrated how he performs as Buffalo captain this past week when he scored four times in Buffalo’s three regularly scheduled NHL games and turned around and scored twice more as the Sabres walloped the Red Army 6-1. With his four-goal week, Gare raised his season production to 27, which equalled his entire output for the 1978-79 season. He has set his sights on his career high of 50 set in 1975-76 and could make it at his present pace. Gare’s two goals and an assist were a major factor…
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