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October 31, 1980
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Bruins Falter At Start But Goalies Not To Blame
BOSTON—Whatever was wrong with the Boston Bruins in the early games of the 1980-81 season it certainly wasn’t the goalkeeping. Veteran Rogie Vachon and rookie Jim Craig went from question marks to solid citizens even as the Bruins were losing four of their first six games of the season. Craig in particular, the Olympic hero with virtually no track record as a pro, established himself quickly by turning back the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 in his first start as a Bruin and then with a 45-save performance in a 3-2 losing effort against the Minnesota North Stars. Craig’s arrival as a major league goalkeeper can be timed with unusual precision. It was 11:35 of the first period against Canadiens when he stopped two-time 50-goa) scorer Pierre Larouche on a breakaway. “That was a big play…
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The NHL Boston…… 19 Buffalo…… 6 Calgary…… 25 Chicago…… 12 Colorado…… 22 Detroit…… 15 Edmonton…… 21 Hartford…… 14 Los Angeles…… 22 Minnesota…… 18 Montreal…… 5 Islanders…… 9 Rangers…… 7 Philadelphia…… 10 Pittsburgh…… 4 Quebec…… 23 St. Louis…… 7 Toronto…… 17 Vancouver…… 24 Washington…… 24 Winnipeg…… 39 The Minors AHL…… 26 CHL…… 27 IHL…… 28 EHL…… 29 The Amateurs OMJHL…… 30 WHL…… 31 QMJHL…… 32 Columnists Frank Orr…… 2 Bob Verdi…… 4 Ken McKenzie…… 5 Bill Fleischman…… 12 Stan Fischler…… 14 Dave Ogrean…… 39 Features NHL Scoring…… 16 Slapshots…… 20 Hockey Classified…… 31 NHL Scoreboard…… 34 NHL Rosters…… 35 Minor Scoreboard…… 36 Amateur Scoreboard…… 37 Hockey People…… 38 Coming Next Week The start of the college hockey season in both the United States and Canada is just around the corner, so in the upcoming edition of THE HOCKEY NEWS we’ll be providing you with look at all of the college teams in North America. Our experts in both countries will be looking at all of the team’s strengths, weaknesses, new faces and outlook for the 1980-81 season. Not only that, but…
Chartraw Heavy Load For Habs’ Ruel
MONTREAL—To go along with an early-season winless streak, Canadiens’ coach Claude Ruel had a weighty problem to consider. Overweight Rick Chartraw was skating on thin ice with the Montreal coach and management and was left at home as the Canadiens embarked on a three-game road trip to Philadelphia, St. Louis and Chicago after beating Vancouver 4-1 for their first victory of the season. “The man has got to be in shape like he rest of the players,” Ruel said, ffle’s one of my players. If 1 have to make a decision, it is one that must be made.” Chartraw, whose contribution to the Canadiens in his first six seasons was a grand total of 18 goals, reported into camp at 228 pounds. If you believe the training camp roster he was 13 pounds…
SLAPSHOTS
Hewitt Bows Out TORONTO—One of the pioneers of hockey broadcasting, Foster Hewitt, has decided to sell his radio station. Hewitt, who electrified two generations of Canadian radio and TV fans with his Hockey Night In Canada broadcasts and who helped make the Toronto Maple Leafs a national hockey symbol in Canada, has asked the Canadian Radio-Television and Communications Commission for permission to sell his Toronto radio station, CKFH, to a Montrealer, Phil-lipe de Gaspe Beaubien. “I appear before you with a rather heavy heart and a touch of sadness,” said Hewitt as he showed at the CRTC meeting to discuss the sale. “To me it’s the end of an exciting and eventful era.” Hewitt opened CKFH—the last two letters are his initials—in 1951 and has operated the station without interruption ever since. Doucet Honored MONTREAL—Hockey fans…
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