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February 29, 1980
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Goaldiggers Wonder What’s Next As Recalls Hurt
LOUISVILLE HOCKEY STICKS LOUISVILLE HOCKEY STICKS TOLEDO—Joe Nathe knows what it’s like to play with a winner. The five-year veteran of the Toledo Goaldiggers has been part of the Turner Cup champions and he’s never been on a team which missed the playoffs. The latter possibility looms on Nathe’s horizon this season and he doesn’t like it. He said so, and his scathing indictment of the current Goaldigger squad didn’t fall on deaf ears. Nathe stepped on the soapbox in the wake of an eight-game winless streak. The tailspin dropped Toledo to fourth place in the south division and cast a dark shadow over he Diggers’ playoff prospects. “Sure there is reason for concern,” Nathe said about his team’s slump. “But we should have started to become concerned last December when we started to lose.…
“I Want To Do What’s Right…”
Phil Esposito, currently the president of the National Hockey League’s Players Association, took time out recently to talk to THE HOCKEY NEWS on a variety of topics, ranging from the collective bargaining dispute between the players and the owners to the dangerous affect that brawls are having on what Esposito calls “the beautiful game of hockey”. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING: That’s my number one ambition as the president of the Players Association, to get that whole question of equalization and compensation settled so that it’s good for both the owners and the players. During our meeting at the All Star break in Detroit, the owners made a proposal to us that was ridiculous, stupid and silly. I talked to couple of the owners after the meeting got out and they all agreed that a…
Flames’ Bouchard Singing New Tune
ATLANTA—Atlanta Flames’ goalie Dan Bouchard has changed his tune. “Play me or trade me…or trade Phil Myre,” he insisted three years ago when the pair were splitting goaltending duties, and he got his wish—Myre went to St. Louis. This season, with Pat Riggin as the competition, the mellowed Bouchard is taking a different stance. He’s learned that he can’t play as many games as he thought he could three seasons ago. “The kid’s been playing well, Bouchard said. “The puck’s bouncing for him and he’s got the hot hand, so let him play. “I know I can’t play all the time, but I don’t feel threatened by him. In fact, I haven’t even thought about it. “I don’t question them using Rigsy at all. People say I’m playing second fiddle now, but I don’t care.…
Boldirev Gives Canucks Best Shot
VANCOUVER—Ivan Boldirev, one of the newest Vancouver Canucks, probably has a secret desire for oneupsmanship he hasn’t revealed to the breathless scribes yet. His debut with Vancouver was the stuff of which dreams are made. After being dealt by the Atlanta Flames (along with his friend and roommate Darcy Rota) to Vancouver for Don Lever and Brad Smith, he stepped onto the ice at the Montreal Forum and promptly helped make the travelling black, red and orange look pretty good. With the score tied 3-3 with 90 seconds remaining, Boldirev, who had been used a great deal on the power play, took a pass from Lars Lindgren and worked a little magic. He cruised past Guy Lafleur at the blueline, split the defense of Rod Langway and Larry Robinson and then slipped the puck…
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