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March 27, 1981
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HOCKEY VIEWPOINT
Some Trades Not Made THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE folks had a wonderful old time on the day of the trading deadline for the 1980-81 season. In fact, it’s difficult to remember when there was such a shake-up in the old league on the deal market. Now while the deals that Were made were interesting, the ones that were discussed but not made for a variety of reasons would have rocked the sport back on its heels. At great expense, research and consulting a huge variety of informed sources, easily recognized by dirty ears which they always keep to the ground, your humble correspondent has discovered some of the swaps which were discussed but not made. Here they are: • The Minnesota North Stars offered Bobby Smith, Craig Hartsburg and Don Beaupre to the Boston…
NCAA Pairings Set
DULUTH—Pairings for the opening round of the National Collegiate Athletic Association hockey tournament, which will send four teams to the finals on March 26-28, have been announced. The first round series, a two-game total goals affair, will be played March 20-22 with (#3 West) Michigan Tech at (#2 East) Providence, (#4 West) Wisconsin at (#1 East) Clarkson, (#3 East) Cornell visiting (#2 West) Northern Michigan and (#4 East) Colgate at (#1 West) Minnesota. Then on Thursday, March 26, at Duluth, the winner of the Michigan Tech-Providence game and the winner of the Colgate-Minnesota contest will meet in the semifinals, while the following evening, the winner of the Clarkson-Wisconsin game and the winner of the Northern Michigan-Cornell game will advance into the semifinals. The NCAA title game will be held on Saturday, March 28.…
Clippers’ Offense Boosted By Taylor’s Return
LOUISVILLE HOCKEY STICKS LOUISVILLE HOCKEY STICKS BALTIMORE—The Clippers are hopeful of regaining last year’s “magic” with the return of Henry Taylor to the lineup. Taylor, who spent the entire season with Oklahoma City in the Central League, was returned to the Clippers for a minimum of two weeks and coach Gene Ubriaco is optimistic that he will have the talented offensive performer in his lineup for the remainder of the regular season and playoffs. After scoring just 10 goals and 12 assists in 56 games with the Stars, Taylor was reunited with a league that he set on fire a year ago. The fleet-footed skater was seventh among EHL scorers with 49 goals and 34 assists for 83 points in 64 games. Taylor’s 49 goals ranked second in the league in 1979-80 and the offensive…
Goalie Holds Fort As Oilers’ Offense Spurts
LOUISVILLE HOCKEY STICKS LOUISVILLE HOCKEY STICKS TULSA—The Oilers, who earlier in the season had the most dismal offense in the CHL, went goal-happy in swamping the Dallas Black Hawks, 9-3, and the Oklahoma City Stars, 9-1, with both those rampages in the Tulsa Assembly Center. Then Bobby Guindon’s crew took to the road and won in Fort Worth, 5-2, for their third victory in a row. Although the scoring heroics got the headlines, the key man in the three Oiler victories was goalie Lindsay Middlebrook, especially in Fort Worth, where Tulsa was outshot, 42-26. Mike Antonovich had the hat trick against Dallas with a shorthanded goal, a power play goal, and one at even strength. Greg Meredith scored shorthanded against Oklahoma City. Kris Manery collected a hat trick with three power play goals in…
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