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January 23, 1981
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Bullard Eager To Help Brantford Teammates
BRANTFORD—Don’t ever accuse Brantford Alexanders’ scoring star Mike Bullard of being greedy and thinking only of himself. The shifty center, who scored 109 goals and assisted on 140 others in his first two seasons in the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League, probably has as much reason as anyone to be looking out for his own interests this season, but instead he’s made it a personal goal to help his right winger, Mark Hunter, get drafted early in the upcoming National Hockey League entry draft. Bullard started the season with the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League but was sent back to Brantford after their training camp. He was injured in his first game back with the junior club and missed two weeks. Once he returned to duty, the Penguins put in a…
1976-1979: FOUR CUPS FOR MONTREAL
Many adjectives come to mind as one searches for the words to adequately describe the Montreal Canadiens team that won four consecutive Stanley Cups from 1976 through 1979. But according to Tim Burke—who has been covering the Montreal sports scene for the past 20 years, first as a reporter with the Herald and now with the Gazette—many Montrealers feel that the Canadiens’ team of 1976-79 pales in comparison to the 1955-60 squad, which won five consecutive Cups. No wonder it’s so hard to keep the fans happy in Montreal… The standards of excellence their fans set for the Montreal Candiens must be the severest in all of professional sport. In the 1970s, the Canadiens won six Stanley Cups, as many championships as their predecessors had in the Glorious ’50s (they only won…
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…
1969-1972: ERA OF THE ‘BIG BAD BRUINS’
Even though the Boston Bruins lost the Stanley Cup in 1971 to the Montreal Canadiens, no one can deny that they totally dominated—some say intimidated—the National Hockey League from 1969-70 through the 1971-72 season, setting record after record during all three regular seasons and winning the Cup in both 1970 and 1972. In the following story, Tom Fitzgerald, who covered the Bruins for the Boston Globe for over 35 years, reviews those three magnificent years in Boston which started the decade off. In just about any sport, there is apt to be a liberal and even careless use of grand term like eras and dynasties. So, it probably shouldn’t be surprising that Boston hockey fans, mood of discontent and apprehension, were taking advantage of his broad license in rueful recollection of the “good”…
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