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January 28, 1983
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Peplinski’s ‘Golden’ Image Starts To Tarnish
CALGARY—When the Calgary Flames opened up their first training camp in Sept. 1980, they had three experienced centers on their roster and an opening for one more. The job, they decided, would either go to Earl Ingarfield, a farm hand, or Jim Peplinski, a fourth-round draft choice. It took almost 20 games that first season for the Flames to decide Peplinski, not Ingarfield, was their man. Peplinski has been a fixture on the roster ever since and something of a golden boy. He was accessible and well spoken. He was also a good prospect. It has been said of Peplinski that he was interviewed a lot in his first year because he was available, in his second year because he was one of the team’s best players. Now it is his third year…
Carbonneau On Habs’ Snit List
MONTREAL—Hardly a day goes by without a crisis or a mini-crisis in the Montreal Canadiens’ camp. After all, it just wouldn’t be the same if there wasn’t somebody howling or complaining about something to do with Les Glorieux. But a rookie? Now, that’s some crisis. Talented Guy Carbonneau, who did his two years service in the minors with the Nova Scotia Voyageurs, was a little unhappy with the ice time he was getting from coach Bob Berry in a recent 8-4 victory over the Hartford Whalers. After playing semi-regularly for the first two periods, much of it in a penaltykilling role, Carbonneau found himself riding the pines along with linemates Chris Nilan and Steve Shutt through much of the final 20 minutes. “Actually, I only played two shifts in the second period,” said Carbonneau,…
Sabres Cut Back Number Of Cable Games
The big news concerning the Buffalo Sabres’ home television exposure this season is that they have cut their cable package nearly in half while doubling the number of games aired by WGR-TV, the local NBC affiliate. And on the personnel side of things, the Sabres have come up with a personable, low-key analyst for the 30 cable games. He is former team captain Gerry Meehan and he joins play-by-play announcer Ted Darling and long-time Buffalo sportscaster Ralph Hubbell at the microphone for Sabres Productions. The Sabres reduced their cable exposure from last season’s 53 games (home and away) after light response to a “Video Season Ticket” package that required extra cash for 33 of the games. The local cable companies wound up taking a financial bath. So this season, no road games are…
Young Nets Three As Stars Sweep Eagles
BIRMINGHAM—Warren Young had been leading the Central Hockey League in assists almost from the season’s opening faceoff, but he suddenly started putting the puck in the net himself. The 25-year-old center from Toronto via Michigan Tech, who spent last season at Oklahoma City, had the hat trick in the South Stars’ 8-6 win that completed a two-game sweep in Salt Lake. Young had one goal the previous night in a 7-2 triumph. The twin victories in the Salt Palace made it a perfect week for Gene Ubriaco’s South Stars, who posted a 7-1 exhibition victory over Team USA in Birmingham-Jefferson County Coliseum. Birmingham continued its jinx on the Golden Eagles, last year’s regular season champions, taking an 8-2 lead in the 16-game season series. With the two wins, the Stars climbed into third…
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