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May 2, 1980
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Canucks Bemoan Williams’ Suspension
VANCOUVER—The Canucks are constantly getting the impression they don’t matter much in the National Hockey League, and the chaotic events of the third and fourth games of the playoff series between the Canucks and Buffalo Sabres only reaffirmed those feelings. Early in the third game, Dave Williams of Vancouver and an unidentified Buffalo player collided near the Buffalo bench in the heat of the game and during the two or three seconds there, Williams’ stick is alleged to have struck Sabres’ coach Scotty Bowman. Bowman claimed he was knocked unconscious by the blow and witnesses Danny Gare and Bob Sauve, the back-up goalie, said it was intentional. Bowman claimed it was “a two-hander” and that it was clearly intentional on the part of the Vancouver forward. Bowman launched into a tirade after his…
Post-Season Tests Check Oilers’ Shape
EDMONTON—The Oilers’-season officially ended April 11 when the team lost a heart-breaking double overtime playoff game to the Philadelphia Flyers. But there’s been no rest for the weary. Before the team members could split to Hawaii or home to Ontario, where half the club seems to come from, they had to go to the University of Alberta. They didn’t need any books. Just a good heart, strong legs and no fat. With assistant coach Dave Dryden’s prodding, each and every Oiler underwent a rigorous two-hour testing session to determine (a) their heart and lung capacity, (b) whether they had one leg or side stronger than the other, (c) what percentage of body fat they possessed and (d) how powerful their upper body was. In short, they were trying to see what kind…
Palazzari, Affleck, Mullen Win Individual CHL Awards
SALT LAKE CITY—Golden Eagles’ center Doug Palazzari, winner of the CHL’s scoring triple crown for the second time in three years, was named the winner of the Tommy Ivan Trophy, as the league’s Most Valuable Player during the regular season. And right wing Joe Mullen was named CHL Rookie of the Year, giving the regular-season champion Eagles two of the first three CHL trophies announced at the end of the 1979-80 campaign. Previously, Indianapolis goalies Richard Brodeur and Jim Park had received the Terry Sawchuk Trophy. Mullen will receive the Ken McKenzie trophy as top rookie. Palazzari, 27-year-old Eveleth, Minn., native who was an AllAmerican for two years at Colorado College, scored 48 goals, 61 assists and 109 points. It was only the second time in 16 seasons for one player to…
ON THE CONTRARY
First Place Devaluation THE PHILADELPHIA FLYERS have been cheated. So were the New York Islanders of 1979, the Montreal Canadiens of 1978 and every other team from the past which finished with the most points at the end of a National Hockey League season. The perennial devaluation of first place in relation to the Stanley Cup simply is neither fair to the winner, nor helpful to the NHL in its quest for respect. Let’s take the Flyers as Exhibit A when it comes to big-league hockey’s chronic system of injustice to champions. Just a month ago Pat Quinn’s sextet relentlessly clambered to the top of Mount NHL with one of the best-ever records in pro hockey, yet everyone seems to have forgotten it already but Quinn and his Philadelphia foot soldiers. Why? Simply because the NHL…
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