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October 10, 1980
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PASSING THE PUCK
• THE OUTSTANDING hockey coup of the summer was carried off by the Quebec Nordiques when they signed the brothers Stastny, Peter and Anton, stars of the Czechoslovakian national team, to long term National Hockey League contracts. Peter and Anton are both in their early 20’s and rated among the top 30 or 40 players in the hockey world. They are better hockey players than almost any member of the Nordiques’ squad of a year ago. Incidentally, Stastny means lucky in Czech… Included among the former Chicago players invited to participate in the Black Hawks’ Oldtimers Game against the St. Louis Blues Oldtimers were Glenn Hall, Ed Litzenberger, Bill Hay, Eric Nesterenko, Elmer Vasko, Johnny Mariucci, Mush March, Bill Mosienko and Johnny Gottselig. What players these were in their prime!……
Islanders Add Player Depth--Just In Case
LONG ISLAND—Something old. Something new. For the Islanders, henceforth known as the Stanley Cup champion Islanders, there has been the restoration of the old and the ringing in of the new. Not actually old, but veterans nevertheless, are Lome Stamler, Bruce Affleck and Alex Pirus. Not actually new, but still young enough, is Alex McKendry. The Islanders have not rested on the Cup. They haven’t even leaned on it a little bit. General manager Bill Torrey, anxious to stock his roster with experienced players who might be of help in an emergency, signed Stamler, Affleck and Pirus in the space of 10 days. All are free agents without compensation. “I haven’t signed them just for the sake of keeping busy,” Torrey said.“l think all of the guys have something to offer us.” In the…
Careful Comeback For Pens’ Malone
PITTSBURGH—Greg Malone vividly remembers the play that ended his season last year on Feb. 15 and could have ended his career. “It was late in the game in Toronto and Ian Turnbull came across and hit me with a hip-check, and then I hit into Wilf Paiment,” Malone recalled. “It was a clean play, but it sent me head-over-heels onto the ice. Turnbull hit me right on the knee. “The guys said 1 had all my weight on my right leg, and my skate blade was firmly implanted in the ice. The only thing that gave when I was hit was my right knee.” The injury was diagnosed as a “terrible triad” because two ligaments and a tendon were torn. Doctors told Malone that the injury was rare in hockey, and was much…
Stability Of Defensemen Builds Blues’ Confidence
ST. LOUIS—It is not infrequently stated that the St. Louis Blues are “one defenseman away from being in the NHL’s top eight,” but Red Berenson, their coach, thinks such observers are selling his club’s backline short. “We have more stability on defense than we have had in years,” Berenson said. “We haven’t made wholesale changes.” Last season, when the Blues clint-bedc to.500 and 10th in the NHL point race, Berenson paired veteran Ed Kea with fuzzy-cheeked Jack Brown-schidle and Rick I.aPointe with Joe Micheletti. The St. Louis coach intends to play the same duos this season. Berenson regards the little publicized Kea (in retrospect, a steal for Emile Francis when St. Louis’ vice president and genera) manager dealt Garry Unger to the then-Atlanta Flames early last season) as the man who turned the…
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