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January 23, 1981
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Rockies’ Gillis Succeeds In Third Chance For NHL
DENVER—The Colorado Rockies are hoping that the third time is a charm for left winger Mike Gillis. Maybe not an award-winning charm yet, but it is looking more and more like what they expected when they made the former Kingston junior star their No. I choice in the 1978 amateur draft. Gillis very simply has been a major disappointment with the Rockies, although a knee injury and a constant shuffling combined to limit his effectiveness his first two seasons in the National Hockey League. But through the first half of this season, the 22-year-old Gillis was beginning to exhibit more than he has at anytime previous in his short career. He still has not become a big scorer. Scoring wasn’t his forte in junior hockey, either, though. But his overall play has become…
Sharpley Aims To Fill Hawks’ Void
CHICAGO—The shattered forearm that prematurely ended right wing Grant Mulvey’s season has heft the Black Hawks with an enormous void. Where is coach Keith Magnuson going to find somebody who can score 39 goals the way Mulvey did last winter? Magnuson believes the somebody is Glen Sharpley, the malcontented Minnesota North Star who arrived late last month in the trade that cost the Hawks an outstanding Junior prospect, Ken Solheim, and a second-round choice in this year’s draft. Although Sharpley has averaged 21 goals-per-season in his four prior years in the National Hockey League, there is evidcence to suggest that he can supply the demand for goals. ● Last season he tallied 20 in 51 games before sprained knee ligaments put him on the shelf until the playoff semifinals. ● In Minnesota, he was used…
Buckeyes Ruin NMU’s Perfect Record
COLUMBUS—Senior goalie Mike Blake earned Central Collegiate Hockey Association Player of the Week honors as he paced his Ohio State team to a 5-1, 9-2 sweep of defending champion Northern Michigan. The Buckeyes (13-6; 6-1 CCHA) moved ahead of NMU (12-9-1; 6-2 CCHA) into first place in the conference with the wins. In other CCHA action Ferris State moved into a second place tie with Northern Michigan by sweeping Western Michigan, while Bowling Green and Lake Superior were splitting a pair of league games. In a non-league series Miami split at Michigan-Dearborn. Blake made 46 saves in the opener, including 17 in each of the last two periods as NMU held a 47-24 shooting edge, but lost 5-1. NMU’s Brian Verigan opened the scoring at 14:12 of the first period, but OSU scored…
Micron Tournament Draws Canadian College Powers
MONTREAL—It didn’t take long for the new year to bring together several of the top university teams in Canada, who competed in the Micron Invitational Tournament in Montreal on January 9, 10 and 11. The tournament, hosted by the Concordia Stingers, boasted three teams currently ranked in the nation’s top 10 as well as an American independent school. The Stingers came into the new year as the only remaining undefeated university squad in Canada although they were ranked No. 4 nationally because most of their games have been within the relatively weak Quebec Universities Athletic Association. The Brandon Bobcats were definitely the pre-tournament favorites as they have held down the No. 1 ranking spot since the first week of the season. Returning from a seven-game European tour, the Bobcats might be tired…
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