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January 23, 1981
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Discrimination Rumors Irritating To Nordiques
QUEBEC CITY—The best known hockey writer around Quebec City is Claude Larochelle, who has been scintillatingly covering the National Hockey League, for Le Soleil, for close to a quarter of a century; (first the Montreal Canadiens; now the Nordiques.) Writers from other cities often seek him out when they wish to verify the accuracy or the pertinence of some information relating to the Nordiques. Recently, Claude received a phone call from a New York City reporter. The man, who works for an important daily, wanted to know the facts behind reports he had recently received, that the Nordiques were riddled with racial problems. According to Claude’s caller, the French-speaking players were at odds with their English-speaking teammates…or vice-versa. Moreover, the management showed a marked favoritism for Frenchspeaking players…to the detriment of…
ONTARIO MAJOR LEAGUE
OHL Player Of The Week The Niagara Falls Flyers are churning along in first place in the Emms Division of the Ontario Hockey League and they’re doing it with the league’s second best offense. Part of that offense is Steve Ludzik. The 19-year-old high scoring center of the Flyers was chosen the OHL’s Player of the Week after a brilliant four-game performance in which he scored eight goals and racked up 11 assists for 19 points to move to within eight of the loop’s leading sniper, Sault Ste. Marie’;s John Goodwin. Ludzik, who was a second-round draft pick of the Chicago Black Hawks in 1980, counted three times against Oshawa in an 11-4 rout of the Generals, counted twice in each game as the Flyers lost 6-4 to Sudbury and 8-5 to the…
Quinn Must Resolve Flyer Goaltending Puzzle
PHILADELPHIA—If you missed “As The Goal Turns” last week, here’s what happened: Rick and Pete love the same 4-by-6 foot goal cage, but put jealousies aside and remain best friends. Nicole, Phil’s wife, is pregnant. Keith has stashed away the family wealth and gone into hiding. Pat remains strong, but has decided this triangle can’t go on much longer. This plot moves about as slowly as “All Keith’s Children,” or as quickly as Pete Peeters talks or Keith Allen bargains. It is mid-January and the Flyers still have three goalies sharing one goal, which may under the circumstances, be the diplomatic thing to do, but no way to go about winning a championship. “I am reaching a point where I’m going to have to make a decision,” said Pat Quinn, the Flyers’ coach…
Maxner Shakes Up Wings With Trade
“It’s a question…of are we going to sink again, bury our heads like we did last year, or are we going to do something about it?” Coach Wayne Maxner provided the answer to his rhetorical question the next day, and the next. Maxner’s comments came after the Wings were beaten 6-2 at home by Montreal. His team’s effort irritated Maxner and he promised changes. The next day four veterans were benched. Twenty-four hours later, team captain Errol Thompson was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Gary McAdam. Thompson, Dennis Polonich, Peter Mahovlich and George Lyle were left behind when the Wings left for a game in Boston the day after they lost to Montreal. Polonich, Mahovlich and Lyle all were placed on waivers, with no takers, and eventually assigned to the American Hockey…
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