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December 31, 1982
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Ziegler To Attend CHL All Star Game
DALLAS—Central Hockey League president Bud Poile has announced that his National Hockey League counterpart, John Ziegler, will attend the CHL’s second annual All Star game Tuesday, Jan. 18 at Salt Lake City and will participate in the opening ceremonies and will be the guest speaker at the All-Star game dinner. League officials are hopeful of another sellout crowd at the Salt Palace. Last year’s game—also played in Salt Lake City—attracted 7,695 and the All Star luncheon drew 850 people.…
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Barry Beck: Fighting Should Be Abolished The crusade to end fighting in pro hockey is not a new one. Bobby Hull and Lou Nanne are just two men who have spoken out on the issue, but it’s surpising to hear a player, a very physical one at that, speak out against fighting. Yet, that’s exactly what New York Ranger captain Barry Beck did in a recent interview with the New York Post’s Mark Everson. The following are a few of Beck’s comments. I think fighting is going to be run out of the game soon, and I think they should try it next exhibition season. It’s the onlyj’ame of the four major sports where players are not ejected for fighting. Sometimes you get a pat on the back for it. It doesn’t make…
Don’t Underestimate Strength Of Soviet Squad
If the Soviet Union fails to win the world junior hockey championship on home ice in Leningrad, it won’t likely be the result of overconfidence. The Soviets learned that lesson a year ago, when Canada, Czechoslovakia and Sweden, respectively, finished ahead of them in the medal standings. As well, Canada drubbed them 7-0 in the lone encounter in last year’s championships. Still, as is the case in any international tournament, the Soviets can never be underestimated. The Soviets emerged victorious from a prechampionship tournament last September in Czechoslavakia, but head coach Anatoli Kostryukov played down the significance of that achievement. He reminded candidates for the USSR’s world tournament side that the defending champion (Canada) was absent and that both Sweden and Czechoslovakia will send much stronger contingents to the championships. “Our victory over Sweden…
Sophomore Jinx Doesn’t Affect Komets’ Leef
FORT WAYNE—The sophomore jinx is nothing but a myth to Ron Leef of the Fort Wayne Komets. If he was concerned about it before he started his second season in a Komet uniform, he shouldn’t have been. He is having a great year thus far and is one of the reasons the Komets have been fighting Toledo for first place in the East Division almost since the opening faceoff. A 29-goal scorer and the Komet rookie of the year last season, Leef has been padding his scoring stats. He’s got 17 already and has scored 11 in the last 10 Komet games. Leef staged his own Saturday night special recently when he scored five goals as the Komets turned back Kalamazoo, 8-5. It was the second time in his career Leef had hit…
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