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October 31, 1980
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Kings’ Rookie Murphy Impressive
LOS ANGELES—Larry Murphy, the highest selection the Kings have ever made in the National Hockey League’s amateur draft (fourth overall in 1980), is a youngster of character as well as ability. Murphy is from Scarborough, Ont. His father works for Bell of Canada in the contract department and his mother works for the Catholic Children’s Aid Society. Larry and his older brother, Richard, now a computer programmer, learned to live at first with foster brothers and then a series of foster sisters who stayed with the family for two years before moving on. All had been mistreated or neglected in some way and were deemed emotionally disturbed. “With the help of my Mom and Dad,” Larry says, “we welcomed these children and sooner or later they accepted us and became members of our…
Penguins Open Year With Little Change On Roster
PITTSBURGH-The Pittsburgh Penguins began the 1980-81 season with only four new faces on a team that finished with 73 points and 13th in the overall National Hockey League standings last season. And two of those players have seen brief service for the Penguins in the past. The four new players on the Penguin roster that opened the season are: defensemen Paul Baxter and Gilles Lupien, left wing Jim Hamilton and goaltender Nick Ricci. Lupien was obtained during training camp from the Montreal Canadiens for an exchange of third round draft choices in 1983. Baxter was signed during the off-season as a free agent from Quebec. Hamilton, who has been with Pittsburgh in parts of the last three seasons, suffered a back injury in training camp after being one of the standouts in the…
NATIONAL LEAGUE SUMMARIES
Tue. Oct. 14 LOS ANGELES 2, CALGARY 4 First Period Los Angeles 1—Simmer 1 (Dionne. Murphy) 17:21 Penalties—MacMillan (Cal) 7 18. Wilson (Cal) 13:25 Second Period Calgary 2—McKendry 1 (Peplinski. Russell) 5:17 3-Vail 1 (Chouinard) 14:01 4—Lavallee 2 (Chouinard. Nilsson) 16:12 Los Angeles 5—Dionne 1 (Simmer. Taylor) 18 40 Penalties-Lewis (LA) 0:45, Korab (LA), Plett (Cal) 1:11. Halward (LA). Vail (Cal) 1 49, Lessard (served by Dionne) (LA) 6:32. M Murphy (LA) 14 41. Clement (Cal) 16:21, Reinhart (Cal) 17 18. Marsh (Cal) 17:55 Third Period Calgary 6—Lever 1 (Rautakallio, Clement) 0:45 Penalties—Plett (Cal) 10:26, Russell (Cal) 12 14. Harris (LA) 13.53. Shots. Riggin (Cal) 10 11 6-27 Lessard (LA). 9 15 6-30 Scores, Los Angeles…. 1 1 0-2 Calgary…… 0 3 1-4 Attendance: 7,126 QUEBEC 1,COLORADO 4 First Period Colorado 1—Pierce 3 (Malinowski) 4:16 2—Gagne 2 (McKechnie, Ramage) 10.43 3—Sheehan 1 (Ramage, DeBlois) 17 45. Penalties—Clackson (Que) 10.24, 18 11 Second Period Quebec 4—A Stastny, 1…
HOCKEY WORLD
Something’s Missing WAIT A MINUTE- the National Hockey League’s 80-game warmup for the Stanley Cup playoffs has begun, but something important is missing. How can we start without Don Cherry behind a bench somewhere? Not having Cherry, in all his sartorial splendor, coaching an NHL team is like not having Johnny Carson behind his desk on the Tonight Show. This is the entertainment world, folks. Coaches in all professional sports are becoming increasingly business-like, which usually means strap on the frowns and dispense with the humor. In Cherry’s case, he combined laughs with shrewd coaching sense. Until he headed west to Colorado, that is. Suddenly the man who was smart enough to coach the Boston Bruins to a.657 winning percentage and two Stanley Cup final appearances became an instant dummy. In his first—and…
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