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October 23, 1981
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Buccaneers Boast New England-Flavored Crew
LOUISVILLE HOCKEY STICKS LOUISVILLE HOCKEY STICKS SOUTH YARMOUTH, MA. — Coach Jim Troy’s first edition of the Cape Cod Buccaneers certainly should have crowd appeal. Many of the Buccaneers made their hockey niche on college campuses around New England. Left winger Bob Hehir and right winger Mike Euwanowski are out of Boston College. Hehir is one of five players assigned to the Atlantic Coast Hockey League club by the Boston Bruins, and Euwanowski is a contribution by the Philadelphia Flyers. From Boston University come Darryl MacLeod, left wing, and Bill Cotter. right wing, and from Merrimack, the Buccaneers gleaned defenseman Dean Fraser. Gary Conn, a centerman from University of Maine, was sent down for seasoning by the New York Rangers. Cape Cod has an experienced, and highly capable goalie in Jim Stewart, property of the Bruins who…
Quantity There, But Center Sabres’ Sore Spot
.BUFFALO — There was a time when the Sabres were deep in centers who figured to be competing for regular jobs. That was last summer, before hockey activity began. There were six of them, five of whom had played for Buffalo in the past and one out of junior who was considered a prime prospect. And still another forward, Alan Haworth, a right wing, had played center in junior and could be moved back. By the time the Sabres were playing their last pre-season games, however, three of the centers were on the “sidelines and coach Scotty Bowman was trying wingers in the pivot spot. First to go was Gil Perreault. Perreault had an ankle fractured in the Canada Cup tournament. He won’t be back until some time in November and will probably miss…
ON THE CONTRARY
The Prez Comes Through TALKING TO NHL PRESIDENT John Ziegler, I suddenly envision an electric chair. Ziegler is strapped in tight. The man in the glass booth pulls the lever, sending juice flowing through the cables. The chair melts but John Ziegler continues reading his newspaper as if he had just been served breakfast in bed. This man knows how to handle the hot seat. I speak first-hand. On behalf of THE HOCKEY NEWS I tried to roast him the other day. I came in with all the necessary electrodes — lousy referees, teams losing money, the Rangers leaving New York, a players’ strike — but John came smiling through. What does it prove? (a) Ziegler is clever; (b) He is articulate and (c) The President is eminently survivable. Ah, but is he believable? That is…
Osborne Meets Wings’ Expectations
DETROIT — When the Red Wings cut their roster to 22 players, there were some surprises and some predictables. Two rookies jumped directly out of junior hockey into the National Hockey League but neither was a surprise. Mark Osborne, an underage 1980 draftee, made an impression in camp — as club officials expected he would — and earned a spot in the lineup. After his junior team. Niagara Falls, finished last season, Osborne joined the Wings’ American Hockey League club in Adirondack and played extremely well. It was at that point that the Wings seriously believed he could contribute at the NHL level this season. The other first-year pro who made the leap was Corrado Micalef, a third-round pick in 1981 who will be back-up to No. 1 goaltender Gilles Gilbert. “Blaisdell has been…
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