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September 20, 1985
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Striking Back At Pro Hockey’s Image Problem
You know the game of hockey has an image problem when: • K.I.T.T. the wonder car, star of the television series Knight Rider, describes hockey as cavemen waging war on a frozen prehistoric lake.• Joe Moss, head coach of the Canadian Football League’s Ottawa Rough Riders, says: “We’re not hockey. We don’t have a fist fight every second play to get people to come to the games.” Them’s fighting words. Who is this Joe Moss guy and Where does he get off slighting the game of hockey? Oh well, Joe Moss and football got their comeuppance. Just hours after taking a shot at hockey, things got a little out of control in the Rough Riders game against the Toronto Argonauts. Witness the report in the Toronto Star. “One of the incidents that erupted into a…
PLAYER TRANSACTIONS
NATIONAL LEAGUE BUFFALO—Craig Ramsay, LW, announced retirement as player to become asst. coach with Sabres. CHICAGO—Dave Morrison, RW, invited to training camp as free agent. Timo Lehkonen, G, from Sweden, and Jonas Heed, D, from Sweden, both Chicago draft picks, also invited to training camp for tryouts. DETROIT—Ivan Boldirev, LW, removed from Wings’ NHL roster and assigned to Adirondack of AHL. Wings have designated newly-signed free agents Geordie Robertson, C, Glenn Merkosky, LW, Basil McRae, LW, Gary Yaremchuk, C, and Bruce Eakin, C, for assignment to Adirondack after their NHL training camp is concluded. EDMONTON—Scott Metcalfe, LW, 1985 draft pick from Kingston of OHL, signed to three-year NHL contract. HARTFORD—Ron Francis, C, Joel Quenneville, D, Scot Kleinendorst, D, and Steve Weeks, G, all signed to multiyear contracts. MONTREAL—Craig Ludwig, D, and Doug Soetaert, G, signed to…
TORSPO
Wells Hill Sports Group Inc., the North American importer and distributor of Torspo Hockey Sticks, would like to introduce you to the world’s lightest wooden hockey stick. Three years of intensive research into trying to find the right combinations of wood and fibreglass have culminated in a superior hockey stick. This stick offers a combination of incredible lightness, excellent durability and unsurpassed feeling. The feeling of the Torspo Ultra will sell itself. PRO ULTRA The name Ultra best describes the features of this model. Torspo developed the Ultra with three requirements in mind: 1. The Ultra had to be extremely light. 2. It had to be extremely durable. 3. It had to have tremendous “feel.” We succeeded in every way. The Ultra is the lightest wooden stick on the market today, weighing as little as 19 ounces.…
ONTARIO HOCKEY LEAGUE SCHEDULE
SEPTEMBER Thu. 26 Oshawa at Cornwall London at Guelph Windsor at North Bay Ottawa at Peterborough Fri. 27 Belleville at Kingston North Bay at Kitchener Guelph at London Windsor at Sudbury Hamilton at S.S. Marie Sat. 28 Kingston at Belleville Cornwall at Peterborough Sun. 29 Peterborough at Cornwall Toronto at Guelph Kitchener at North Bay Ottawa at Oshawa Hamilton at Sudbury Windsor at S.S. Marie OCTOBER Wed.2 Oshawa at Belleville Thu. 3 Toronto at Cornwall Sudbury at Hamilton Kingston at Peterborough S.S. Marie at Windsor Fri. 4 Hamilton at Guelph Peterborough at Kingston Sudbury at Kitchener S.S. Marie at London Oshawa at North Bay Toronto at Ottawa Sun. 6 Ottawa at Cornwall Windsor at Guelph Toronto at Kingston S.S. Marie at Kitchener Sudbury at London Hamilton at North Bay Belleville at Oshawa Tue. 8 Sudbury at S.S. Marie Thu. 10 North Bay at Cornwall London at Hamilton Belleville at Peterborough Kitchener at Windsor Fri. 11 North Bay at Kingston Windsor at London Guelph at Sudbury Kitchener at S.S. Marie Sat 12 Peterborough at Belleville Ottawa at Toronto Sun.…
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