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April 10, 1981
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Richard Hits 50 In Quebec
QUEBEC—Any game between the Montreal Canadiens and the Nordiques always arouses special interest in the two cities, which are only 150 miles apart. The word passion would be more precise. The last one, a 4-0 shutout by the Nordiques, was no exception. First, there was the result itself. The Canadiens had not been shutout in 156 games before Dan Bouchard and the Nordiques pulled the trick in late March. Then there were the two goals scored by Jacques Richard. They were his 49th and 50th of the season. Not bad for a 28-year-old winger who had been dismissed as a minor leaguer by the Flames and the Sabres. “With everything that’s happened to me in my career, 1 never thought I’d get to score 50 goals in one season. That’s why…
Love For Game Comes Naturally
Nancy Carroll: One might almost perceive Nancy’s involvement in hockey “hereditary,” as her father, Frank Carroll, was, with his brother Dick, co-trainer of Toronto’s first Stanley Cup team, the Toronto Arenas, and was for many years coach of the Springfield Indians, the early New York Ranger farm team. Nancy’s first involvement with hockey telecasts was in 1960 as secretary/assistant to Hugh Horler, then vice president and director of MacLaren Advertising in charge of Radio and Television and the predecessor to Ted Hough as the head of HNIC. In 1966 Nancy was transferred to London, England, when Horler became Chairman of MacLaren Dunkley Friedlander, MacLaren’s British subsidiary. After returning from England in 1971 she spent six years with radio station CKEY in production and programming before returning to the world of hockey and CSN…
Fortunes Turn For Pair Of Canadiens’ Guys
MONTREAL—This is the story of two Guys. One Guy considered himself very lucky to be alive and able to play hockey again for the Montreal Canadiens. The other Guy wasn’t so sure he liked the environs of the Forum nor the regime run by coach Claude Ruel. Guy Lafleur was the talk of Montreal as March drew to a close. The perennial All Star right winger had a close brush with death on the morning of March 24 when he fell asleep at the wheel of his car and rammed a fence while heading to his home on Montreal’s West Island. Lafleur’s car hit a fence and a metal post jabbed through his windshield like a carefully thrown spear. It sliced the top part of Lafleur’s right ear, resulting in plastic surgery that morning. Had…
ON THE CONTRARY
Winners Among Losers Congratulations, John, on your one-game winning streak.—agent Bill Mauer, to his client, Winnipeg Jets’ John Ferguson after the Jets beat Montreal. There is a suspicion making the rounds that the Winnipeg Jets are not only the worst team in the NHL but the most abysmal since the invention of the dirigible. This rumor was planted last December when the Jets were welcomed into The Hockey Hall of Infamy. They had set a futility record by going 28 straight games without a win. Their notoriety was further cultivated when they extended that streak to 30 games. Bill Sutherland’s troops finally mounted their big push and defeated Colorado, thereby setting off V-J (as in Jets) Day celebrations throughout Manitoba. The triumph did not, however, form the cornerstone of a 20-game winning streak. Since the…
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