Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 03, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba On the rowing club to hold open Page 41 Hopes to regain Home ice Page Campbell a Page Winnipeg free press May 1978 Rou drive a Volvo Matthon motors 574 Erin 8t at 5 blocks East of Polo Park 7883458 How so Tel it is pages Canadius win opener Montreal up it should have been in it should have been a but Montreal canadians Only managed to defeat Toronto Maple Leafs 53 tuesday night in the opening game of their National hockey league bestow seven the canadians held a 3615 Edge in shots on goal in the but the Leafs took advantage of some rather shaky goal ending by canadians Ken Dryden to make it Dryden said he was not any More nervous than usual and the fact he was playing his first game in a week did not have anything to do with his the rest Doest really have any Impact on a he theres nothing really to say about it the i want any More in relatively nervous before most playoff there Are certain nights when you feel you Are not seeing the tonight i thought i was seeing i was seeing it in the wrong it May have been the Lack of consistent activity that had people feeling that Dryden was napping from time to time during the but Brash Mike who kept his teammates in the game with sometimes Brilliant net mind said that should not be the it be anything new to Hes faced 15 shots probably in 50 games this he never gets bombed too in the playoffs it matter How Many shots you you should be up for i think in the islanders there were periods of four or five minutes when i want getting any All of a id get a i had to be ready for who allowed Yvan Cournoyer 62nd and 63rd career playoff said he was relatively pleased with his i dont care what anybody i know if Ive played my in Happy with that the main if i dont feel i have let in any bad i dont feel Serge Jacques Lemaire and Guy Lafleur scored the other goals for the canadians who led 31 at the end of the first period and 32 entering the final 20 Cournoyer second goal of the game at proved to be the Winner and moved him into fourth place in the nil Al time playoff scoring but the impressive part of the third period was the fact Montreal did not allow the Leafs a shot at Dryden until the Midway Mark after Lafleur had scored his third goal of the sometimes the shots on goal Are important to the Way the game is offered Ron who along with Ian Turnbull and Pat managed to beat if we didst have a shot during that i still dont think we were that badly summary Page 75 up photo Toronto goaltender Mike Palmateer stares Down a bouncing puck that met him and a Linesman face to face Cherry upset despite of win Boston up it took an overtime goal by Rick midd Leton to give Boston Bruins the opening game but that barely satisfied coach Don that the worst weve looked in a very Long Cherry said tuesday night As Middleton Winner at of the overtime period gave the Bruins a 32 Victory Over Philadelphia flyers in their National hockey league Semi final everyone to a except Gerry did not look Good at Cherry was hard pressed to explain the uneven play of his but admitted it appeared they were out of we dont look like were in it looks like a lot of Guys lost it in the 10 Days we were in ashamed to we should have had heavier workouts in the last few it definitely was not Stanley cup hockey at its Best As both teams scrambled around most of the fail ing to develop any sort of consistent Cherry was visibly upset after the game and left a news conference after 10 complaining that he didst feel very who took a pass from Jean Ratelle in front of Philadelphia net minder Bernie Parent and rifled a wrist shot into the top explain his aptitude for overtime goals against the the 24yearold right Winger also scored the overtime Winner in the first game of last years semifinal Boston went on to swept the flyers in four in you just go out and look for the he i know i scored the first one in overtime last but this one was i was looking Down and Jean put the puck right on my stick and i put it right up and it was hard enough to go Middleton agreed with Cherry assessment of the Sloppy but flyers coach Fred Shero thought it was i thought it was a Good especially the he said of the solid efforts put in by Cheevers and they Are class there consistently and in the last 10 years Treyve proved there the Best in the world or close to Boston opened up a 10 Lead Early in the first period on Ratelle first score of the playoffs but Reggie Leach tied it up before the period Bruins Don Marcotte got the Only goal of the second before flyers Captain Bobby Clarke notched the tying goal at of the final a hard nosed Terry Oreilly of the Bruins almost won it in the final but Parent came up with a big Stop from close in to set the stage for Ratelle perfect pass through a Maze of players to Middleton which won summary Page 75 Pilous out As jets pm Byre Davis Rudy Pilous has a theory about the inst successful hockey franchises they never fire the general he Check the Best clubs have Only one or two general managers every 20 for the Sake of Pilous is not being fired but reappointed from the role of pm to that of by Bird dog of Winnipeg and the Gates have been swung open for Patrick James Pat one of the Best defence men of his were looking for a hockey Man to look after the hockey Side of said Michael the team Pat Stapleton is a Fine Young he has a very Active i think he would make an outstanding general in where he lives with his family of seven Stapleton said As far As doing any i Haven made up my ill know in a week or its a Tough Deal right your team is involved in i dont want to be butting hell be paying a visit to Winnipeg next Stapleton spent the past season with Cincinnati sting collecting four goals and 45 assists in 64 he played Well in the second his name has been associated with the jets for two years As a player and possible general he has been a Captain Chicago Black 1969 a coach Chicago 1973 and an owner Chicago 1974 in past 10 Gobuty indicated that Pilous would be kept in the jets during Pilous three year reign As general the jets have done exceedingly they were Cham pions the first came within 40 minutes of another the second year and in the the jets Are waiting to play in their third consecutive Avo cup his Low budget hockey teams have turned profits and entertained record crowds in a highly competitive major league Pilous is presently scouting the Quebe new England semifinal series which resumes tonight in Quebec Bench bits the Only jets who Are under contract for next season Are Joe Markus Lars Erik Kim Willy Peter Sullivan and Kent Larry Hill Man is quite naturally growing More apprehensive wondering if he has a future in the As do 16 hockey a Trainer Bill Bozak and equip ment manager Kelly Sullivan had his Way a couple of his teammates would treat these workouts a bit More know we have the Talent to but i wonder if we have the he said following tuesday mornings la Braaten is flying in close finish Louisville a Brave and bold won a Furi Ous Battle with favored Sil ver nitrate in the final 70 Yards to take the added Derby Trail stakes by a nose tuesday at Churchill none of the six three year Olds in the race Are expected to come Back for saturdays Kentucky Silver Ridden by Eddie took the Lead shortly after the break and led Brave and bold by a Hal length in the run Down the then Brave and Ridden by Jim got his head in front on the turn and kept it there until the 16th Vickers Steps Down Houston a Harri son president of the financially troubled Houston resigned his position with the world hockey association team monday in the midst of the clubs attempt to sell season tickets to pursue a bid for entry into the National hockey the Only statement i have to make is that some of my philosophy and aspirations for the hockey team were inconsistent with the philosophy of the so the Only thing for me to do was Vickers Lee hits pair Tokyo a Hanky braves split a japanese baseball doubleheader with Bolte Orion on win Ning the Nightcap 8t after losing the first game in the Bobby formerly with Salt Lake City of the Pacific coast hit his fourth Homer of the season for the Leron formerly with san Diego hit two Home his sixth and seventh of the for the Orion in the second Dibbs rallies a Eddie Dibbs Defeated Pat Dupre for the mens single title at a grand prix Tennis tournament Hal Sigurdson sports editor Prague remember that world hockey tournament we were supposed to have staged in Winnipeg in 1970 the one hockey Canada cancelled at the last minute do not despair we might get to play Host to hockey world Summit after Alan our chief Wheeler dealer in International hockey has recommended Canada bid for the 1983 world Cham if we get he i imagine Winni Peg would make a Strong presentation tract As Host and i would not object even if the building there is after what happened in i think we owe Winnipeg the first world tournament played in what the Eagle had in mind was a bid for 1981 but our closest ally at the International bargaining also wants the championship that since Canada can use All the friends it get Eagle decided it would be poor politics to bid against the so Why not 1982 instead if 83 that because Eagleson is trying to sell the inter National ice hockey federation on a scheme that would see the world championships staged Only once every two the year in Between would be set aside for either the olympics or the Canada All this was revealed at a press conference a Day of rest for team Canada in the current world another snippet of information revealed is the fact the world hockey association will no longer be Canadas representative in Moscow Izvestia next year the Canadian representative will be made up of Central and american hockey league supplemented by a handful of players off the end of National hockey league Eagleson explained the soviets were unhappy last year because the Quebec Nordi ques did not play very Well in the year before they were unhappy with the Winnipeg jets because they didst feel they were a team representative of in other too Many finns and one doubts if the soviets will like this new setup any Les Nordques might not have set the Woods on but is a collection of Ahl and Cal kids going to do any better even Eagleson concedes the soviets will soon be demanding an nil club team for the and if he wants to get the Canada cup firmly launched on the International Calendar with soviet participation he might have to figure out some Way of obliging just notes Ben the Whas chairman of the is Here lining up a series of european exhibition games for the next wha you want to count assistant coach Marshall who played for the Winnipeg based National Julian Klymkiw is the Only Winnipeg Ger directly involved with the current edition of team Julie is Here representing his carting but each game he Rolls up his sleeves and helps out the trainers at the soviets and Eagleson Are talking up an Exchange of referees Between the nil and the soviet first far no nil referee has volunteered to work in Russia for three Short shots Arnie Stromberg of swe Den has replaced former Jet Normie Beaudin As coach of the Langnau club in Switzer the players Hes trying to recruit is current Jet defence Man Mike will remain in Switzerland As coach of Sierre where his goalie coach will be none other than Jacques Dens Thomas Gradin has been everything the Winnipeg jets said he was at this but the official sign is not yet up on his appearance in the Jet uniform next Chicago Black Hawks of the nil Are also most interested in acquiring his the old Stony Mountain is Here scouting european Talent for the Vancouver close lines the finns have been the Surprise team of the current championships and despite last nights loss to the swedes could still beat out Canada for a berth in the championship finns Are but Canada must finish against czechoslovak Sweden and the soviet must win two of those big thing about the finns this year has been their might even be the Best skat ing team there playing without former jets Vel Pekka Ketola and hex had hockey up to said coach Kalevi Indi Cating the area of his Adams but that we Only want Guys who still think its fun to the czechs have looked like the most solid team though the swedes seem to have recovered from a Rocky exhibition soviets have been inconsistent says Hes 90 per cent sure of staging a three game series Between the soviet and nil Allstar teams 81011 next year at new Yorks Madison Square czech rookies Lead Way Prague Reuter newcomers Pavel Richter and Jan Zajicek each had two goals and an assist tues Day to Lead undefeated Czechoslovakia to an 83 win Over the United states in a world hookey championship Jaroslav Pouzar also had two goals for the czech Oslo in the first round Robin portion of the Tournai in tuesdays other Sweden improved its record to 40 with a 61 Victory Over after the two scandinavian rivals played through a scoreless first be the swedes broke the contest open with three unanswered goals in the second and enjoyed a 60 Lead until Reijo Ruotsalainen broke through for Finland with left in the the soviet Union also is unbeaten in four starts and shares top with Czecho Slovakia and with a 31 was Idle tuesday and re turns to action thursday with a game against Czecho Milan novy and Frantisek Cernik scored the other goals for while Captain Ivan Hlinka picked up three Curt Bennett of Louis blues of the National hockey league scored two goals for the team which lost its fourth game in a Mike whose father Cec coaches hockey at University of got the other goal for the the teams were scoreless in the first period and Czechoslovakia led 30 at the end of the 4bt specials for the month of Hay Penner Dodge in Steinbach have been Selling Chrysler products since we Are grateful for All the customers who have patronized our firm Over the Charles Penner invites one and All to drop by for a Coffee and look Over our anniversary 78 Lebaron v8 electric do sole rear 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