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February 1, 1980
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NHL’S SCORERS THIS WEEK
ATLANTA: Chouinard 12, 13, 14, 15; Pronovost 10, 11, Nilsson 21, 22, Unger 12; Houston 12. BOSTON: O’Reilly 12, 13; Middleton 18; McNab 20, 21; Jonathan 13, 14, 15; Milbury 6; Secord 14, 15, Lalonde 4; Foster 1, 2; Rateile 18; McCrimmon 2. BUFFALO: Dudley 4, 5, 6; Smith 17; Ramsay 13; Perreault 25, 26; Luce 8; Martin 22, 23. CHICAGO: Mulvey 24, 25; Preston 13; O’Connell 2; Murray 6, 7; Brown 1. COLORADO: Ramage 6; Saleski 8; Pierce 12; McDonald 20, 21, 22; Robert 18, Deblois 15. DETROIT: Mahovlich 8, 9, 10; Larson 10; Foligno 14, 15, Thompson 20; McCourt 16, 17, 18, Nedomansky 25; Huber 7, 8; Ogrodonick 1; Labraaten 19. EDMONTON: Chipperfield 9; Connor 2; Gretzky 23, 24, 25; Weir 20, 21, 22; Fogolin 1, 2; MacDonald 26, 27, 28; Schmautz 12; Callighen…
HOCKEY VIEWPOINT
Leafs’ Hockey Funny WHAT THE HELL is going on in Toronto with that hockey club? For anyone even remotely associated with Toronto Maple Leafs, that question is the one he’s heard most often in this 1979-80 season. What’s going on with the Leafs? Trying to explain it in less than 100,000 words is the same as trying to write an assessment of Iranian politics on the back of a streetcar transfer. Mostly, hockey with the Leafs is fun. It’s ha-ha funny. It’s unusual funny. It’s weird, strange, crazy, nutsy or any other word you’d care to apply. At times, it seems that Toronto didn’t need to spend money to build a new zoo. Placing a high wire fence around Maple Leaf Gardens would have accomplished the same thing. There hasn’t been a great deal of good…
All-American Eaves Making North Stars’ Power Play Hum
BLOOMINGTON—“Let’s call it the Mike Eaves-University of Wisconsin power-play.” That was the answer of Minnesota assistant coach Murray Oliver when he was asked how the North Stars should describe one of the NHL’s most-successful man-advantage formations. Fair enough. Eaves has been the prime mover of Minnesota’s power-play since the former Wisconsin two-time All-American was called up from Oklahoma City on Nov. 18. The North Stars have scored 23 of their 43 power-play goals since Eaves arrived. He has accounted for five of them personally and has played a role in many more. Eaves made Oklahoma City’s power play the Central League’s finest when he won CHL rookie of the year honors last season. “So When he came up to us this season, it was only natural for us to discuss the system with him,”…
SLAPSHOTS
Orr Supports Boycott LAKE PLACID—President Jimmy Carter’s proposal that the United States boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow has the support of hockey super star Bobby Orr. The former NHL defenseman, now assistant to NHL president John Ziegler, has come out in support of a Western boycott of the games. Orr said he would also be in favor of cancellation of a further competition between the Soviet Union and NHL teams. Orr said he sympathizes with amateur athletes who have trained hard for the Summer Games. “I was hurt a lot last year, and I practised a lot by myself—not with the team (Chicago Black Hawks). It was the toughest thing I’ve ever had to do.” Still, Orr said it was important to side with the Canadian and U.S. governments against Soviet Union intervention…
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