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March 20, 1981
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Spitfires’ Godden Merits Respect
WINDSOR—With blood trickling from his nose, a gash under his chin and a fresh fat lip, the Ontario Hockey League’s answer to Rodney Dangerfield sits quietly in his dressing stall trying to figure out why he gets no respect. After all, Tony Tanti, the brilliant rookie with the Oshawa Generals isn’t the only player in the OHL chasing Peter Lee’s scoring record of 81 goals in a season. Sometimes it seems that way with all the coverage he has been receiving. For those who don’t know it, Mr. Ernest Godden, the speedy little center of the Windsor Spitfires, is also about to break the record. At this writing, Tony Terrific had 79 goals while the lesser-known Godden was just two back at 77. Perhaps Spitfires’ radio broadcaster Dave Quinn put it best when he…
“A Deliberate Assault By Franklin”
With one second to play in the game, the puck was dropped for a faceoff. As soon as it hit the ice, the game was obviously over. The Franklin center than took off his gloves and helmet, dropped his stick, and charged the Falmouth player. If the sport can’t teach self-restraint under those conditions, then something’s wrong. Personally, I don’t think the Franklin coach had any control ot his team. I saw no provocation by Falmouth which might have ignited the brawl. It was a deliberate assault by Franklin without provocation. If a player gets frustrated and cannot handle it without losing control, then he does not belong in athletics. It looked to me as if the two officials simply said, “well, this is a first round tournament game; let’s let them…
“I’m Taking A Bad Rap”
I’ve been coaching this team for seven years. I got a style of coaching. When I’m on the bench I yell instructions to my players. Some guys just stand quietly at the bench and don’t say anything. I’m always talking to my players, telling them what to do and helping them out as much as I can. I yelled at the referees once all night long. One time. And that was because one of their players took his stick and slashed my goalie right across the throat with it, right in front of the two referees and nothing was called. That’s the only time all night I yelled at the official. Let me say something about Mr. MacSwan, the so called site director: He told me after the game that the…
Sabres Count On Most Productive Line Again
BUFFALO—The Derek Smith-Tony McKegney-Danny Gare line is back together functioning in high gear. But the Buffalo Sabres still are struggling. In the second game they were reunited. Smith, McKegney and Gare clicked for all three Buffalo goals last Friday but the Sabres went down to a 5-3 loss to the lowly Hartford Whalers, in Buffalo’s Memorial Auditorium. This game was the first this season that the Sabres lost when they led going into the third period. For the first time since Dec. 14. 1980, the Buffalo club failed to score in the final period. They got at least one goal in the last period of 33 straight games. The Whalers scored three times in the finale after Gare had put the Sabres ahead, 3-2, with his second goal of the game with 1:16…
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