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April 10, 1981
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Gate Sparkles In Trying Season
LOUISVILLE HOCKEY STICKS LOUISVILLE HOCKEY STICKS BUFFALO—This hasn’t been Danny Gare’s most enjoyable hockey season. Despite injuries, however, and a suspension, family sorrow, the departure of old friends from the Buffalo Sabres and troubles as captain of a team in transition. Gare has another 40-goal season. With a strong finish he even could hit the 50-goal plateau for the third time in his seven-year National Hockey League career. And, further, last week Gare swept the Sabres’ two major awards for the second time. He received the Wayne Larkin Memorial Trophy as the club’s most valuable player, and the Frank Eddolls Memorial Trophy, as the most popular, at a luncheon of the Buffalo Sabres Booster Club. It was the second time Gare won both awards. He also got both in 1975-76, his second year in the NHL,…
Whalers Figure Smith Has ‘Plus’ Potential
HARTFORD—Twenty-one years ago on St. Patrick’s Day, Stuart Smith was born, presumably with the wind at his back. “I don’t know about the wind, but I think the sun was shining,” said Smith, who began the year in Binghamton, the Hartford Whalers’ American League affiliate. Smith, who stands a touch over 6-1 and weighs 195 pounds, is a stay-at-home defenseman. He was recalled by the Whalers in the middle of January and has remained with the parent club. Through 32 games, Smith showed one goal and seven assists, but his contribution is best reflected in the plus-minus category. Smith, learning on the job, was a minus 3 on a team which has only a handful of players near the even mark. “I’m more at ease now than 1 was earlier,” Smith said. “1 have…
The Playoff Races
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Finals Wisconsin 6. Minnesota 3 (Wisconsin wins title) Consolation Mich. Tech 5. No. Michigan 2 (Mich. Tech wins consolation) Semi-Finals Minnesota 7, Mich. Tech 2 Wisconsin 5, No. Michigan 1 (All games sudden-death) Quarter-Finals Minnesota 9, Colgate 4 Minnesota 5, Colgate 4 (Minnesota wins two-game total-goals 14-4) Mich, Tech 7, Providence 3 Mich. Tech 6, Providence 5 (Mich Tech wins two-game total-goals 13-8) Wisconsin 3, Clarkson 2 Wisconsin 6, Clarkson 6 (Wisconsin wins two-game total-goals 9-8) N. Michigan 7, Cornell 3 Cornell 4, N. Michigan 3 (N. Michigan wins two-game total-goals 10-7) ECAC CONFERENCE (Final Standings) DIVISION I East Region West Region Ivy Region PLAYOFFS ECAC CONFERENCE DIVISION I Quarter-Finals Providence 5, Boston College 2 Clarkson 5, N. Hampshire 2 Colgate 5, Northeastern 3 Cornell 7, Maine 4 (Sudden-death games) Semi-Finals Providence 4, Clarkson 3 Cornell 4, Colgate 3 (Sudden-death games) Finals Providence 8, Cornell 4 (Providence wins championship) FINAL SCORING LEADERS WCHA CONFERENCE (Final Standings) FINAL SCORING LEADERS PLAYOFFS Quarter-Finals Michigan 5, Denver 2 Michigan 5, Denver 4 (Michigan wins two-game total-goals series 10-6) Minnesota 5, Minn-Duluth 1 Minn-Duluth 7, Minnesota 5 [Minnesota wins…
Caps Pull Out All Stops On Playoff Drive
LANDOVER—The Capitals were getting a little desperate. In a last ditch effort to get the Capitals into the Stanley Cup playoffs, coach Gary Green was trying a touch of everything in the hopes of saving his club the embarrassment of missing the playoffs for seven consecutive seasons, and quite possibly, his job as well. First, he started juggling his players. Rick Smith was the first to ride the bench, and Pierre Bouchard was second. Then, he began juggling his lines as a blackjack gambler would a deck of cards. But his next surprise was the recall of an old familiar face, and at first look, it seems to have paid off. Welcome back, Gary Inness. The Capitals hosted the league-leading Blues recently, and at the time, the club was securely set in 17th place, two…
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