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February 29, 1980
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Sioux Set To Clinch After Sweeping Minnesota
The Sioux, under the guidance of second-year coach Gino Gaspaini, now need win just one of their our remaining regular season games to wrap up the title. And with second-place Michigan visiting Grand Forks Feb. 22-23, the Sioux have the chance to clinch it before their home fans as well. Outstanding goaltending by sophomore All-America Bob Iwabuchi and rookie Darren Jensen, along with North Dakota’s usual potent defense, did in the Gophers. The Sioux spotted Minnesota a 1-0 lead in the opener on Aaron Broten’s goal, then came back with three unanswered goals, two by defenseman Howard Walker, to grab a 3-1 lead heading into the final period. Cary Eades got the other Sioux goal. After Broten pulled the Gophers to within 3-2, Minnesota coach Brad Buetow gambled by pulling his goalie with…
Player Movements
NATIONAL LEAGUE ATLANTA—Paul Henderson, LW, recalled from Birmingham of CHL. BOSTON—Craig MacTavish, C, returned to Binghamton of AHL. CHICAGO—Reg Kerr, C, returned from injury list. Rick Paterson, C, returned to New Brunswick of AHL. COLORADO—Rob Ramage, D, returned from injury list. Bill Oleschuk, G, Merlin Malinowski, C, and Dave Watson, LW, recalled from Fort Worth of CHL. DETROIT—Alex Pirus, RW, recalled from Oklahoma City of CHL George Lyle, LW, recalled from Adirondack of AHL. EDMONTON—Bob Kelly, LW, recalled from Houston of CHL and returned. Al Hamilton, D, returned from Houston after 10 day conditioning period. HARTFORD—Tim Sheehy, RW, and Ray Allison, RW, recalled from Springfield of AHL. LOS ANGELES—Charlie Simmer, LW, Dave Taylor, RW, and Glenn Goldup, LW, returned from injury list. Doug Keans, G, recalled from Binghamton of AHL. MINNESOTA—Kent-Erik Andersson, RW, returned from injury list and assigned…
HOCKEY AD LIB
Luck Of The Puck EARLIER THIS SEASON, John Bealey, one of the minor officials at the Los Angeles Forum, was showing off a puck from that night’s hockey game. He displayed it as proudly as if it was his new-born baby. Noting that it had nicks in it, we could not understand what made it special. Pointing out that this one puck had been used throughout the entire game, Bealey observed that in about 20 years of hockey games he never before had been at one where the puck did not once sail out of the playing area. Nor, we admitted, had we. Thus, this was a souvenir of rare proportions. I have a friend in New York, Paul Gardella, who has been going to Ranger games since the early 1940s and…
Crowded Defense Asset In Buffalo
BUFFALO—The Buffalo Sabres have the best goals-against record in the National Hockey League, so their defensemen must be doing a good job. The unusual aspect to the situation is this: Scotty Bowman and the rest of his coaching staff have seven defensemen and use them all. Few NHL clubs operate like that. “We didn’t plan It that way,” Associate Coach Roger Neilson, said one day recently. “It just worked out that way. Scotty likes to have defensemen who can play up front.” One of the seven came to the Sabres just before the season opened, in Bowman’s only trade to date. John Van Boxmeer, who had played for Scotty in Montreal, was acquired from Colorado for Rene Robert, right wing on the famed French Connection line. The Sabres needed an experienced defenseman at the…
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