Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 27, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba On the 0 to tallying the thing for Jeanpaul Page bombers add six players to Page 87 0 Dave Eichelberger Leader at Page 88 Winnipeg free press May sports before you buy any car drive a Volvo mat non motors Erin at 5 emt of Pote it tic 799s4s9 How so Tel it 19 85104 Hal Sigurdson sports editor last september when the Winnipeg jets announced they had signed a goaltender named Gary remarkably few of their dedicated fans were detected dancing in the a More common reaction so what Gary who eight and a half months later Bromley departure to the nil Vancouver canucks is being termed a major blow to the jets future of by the usual wailing and gnashing of several thoughts for leaving the wha Champion jets to play for the the Nils favorite Bromley is More to be pitied than remember to write to by hell All the friends he can do not be too sure Bromley departure Means the ship is there is no inclination Here to denigrate the mans Fine it is probably not an exaggeration to suggest the jets would not have finished first without and without the Confidence created by their firs place would they have been As dominant in the playoffs who knows but i cant help remembering what an old goaltender once told there is not a dimes Worth of difference in ability Between 95 per cent of the goaltenders playing professional hockey he in what makes the difference is concentration and whether that Good or bad depends mostly on the kind of team youve got playing in front of you doubt sir has an old goaltender Ever lied to you before what he was suggesting is there Are per haps a handful of goaltenders around who can turn an Ordinary team into a contender or a contender into a the fortunes of the rest Rise and fall in accordance with the calibre of team playing in front of Ken Dryden is a great right his the Montreal has just won the Stanley cup for the third straight Hes won the smythe the Calder trophy and Vezina now picture him playing goal for the Washington capitals the Minnesota North stars the Vancouver can think hed still be a Vezina trophy Winner Bromley was a great goaltender last sea son with the with the nil Buffalo sabres and wha Calgary cowboys he was rated As a competent no better or worse than most of his the differ ence is with the jets he was playing for a team that could score goals in it removes a great Burden of pressure from a goaltenders shoulders knowing that if he lets in a Softie it wont necessarily Cost his team the the Point is what matters most for next seasons jets is not so much besides Joe plays but the kind of a team they put in front of there Are lots of goaltenders who can play capably for a team that is the class of its but if the jets ice a it wont matter much who replaces his departure the jets know Bromley can do the there is no Guaran tee the Man they hire to replace him obviously they would have preferred to keep Gary and that brings up the third and most important the jets Are losing Quality players to the nil and will continue to lose them for one simple they play in a building with less than seats while most of their nil rivals play in buildings with upwards of forget the business about the Challenge of the nil and the fact his parents live in Bromley is leaving the jets for the canucks because a they offered him More Money and b he figures their fran Chise is More and As Long As the jets play in a Hes ticket prices in Winnipeg and Vancouver Are roughly the if the jets sell they make roughly when the canucks sell out they Gross about it does not take a Genius to figure out Why the canucks can afford to outbid the jets for the services of a player both As Long As the jets continue to play in their present the departure of Quality of players will this year its been Ulf Anders Hedberg and Thommie who will it be next year and As Long As its allowed to How do you keep convincing your fans you Are running a major league operation City Hall tells us they Start construction on a new or expanded Arena tomorrow if the jets obtained an nil franchise but without More How Many tomorrows do they have left the jets latest offer to Purchase the Arena for a Buck and pay for the addition Al seats themselves int such a bad close lines like like in was a fierce competitor on the but when the Stanley cup final was Over no one could have been a More gracious loser than Peter dad is Max general manager of the Washington and they just dont make them much As the Nicholas mens club ukrainian sportsman of the year dinner last night was one of the Best parties of the Voznesensky emerged As a worthy but it must have been difficult separating Billy Lesuk and Gary just Dost figure that Johnny a class is performing in front of empty chairs at the City Edmonton Hes sold out weeks in a favorite of the sports Blue bomber Lyall Voznesensky was named top ukrainian athlete for 1977 at the Nicholas sports club annual sportsman of the year banquet swede heart of a Deal by Keyn Davis one Day not Long ago four members of the Winnipeg jets were discussing a round of Golf in the Coffee shop at among them were Anders Hedberg and Ulf the two departing jets who will be subjects of a tribute Mon Day night at the heart fund dinner at the convention the Conversa Tion was All about Golf and the other patrons in the cof fee recognizing the listened Ulf was particularly proud of a putting Eagle on the Par four Anders was miffed with his one who Over heard spoke he maybe you need a Putter like youre Welcome to try Anders appreciated the maybe its the kind i should he heading for the practice ten minutes and several Good putts Hedberg told maybe i can buy one the Man he please keep 1 would like you to have Anders its he 1 can buy in but the gentleman persist Anders i would feel Hon ored if you used my till be my Chance to show you my appreciation for the countless hours of entertain ment you have Given me for the past four and they Shook this episode related by Hedberg has been typical of the reaction of Winnipeg fans to the fact that he and Ulf Are leaving the jets to play for new York rangers of the National hockey monday nights dinner will be their last major Public appearance until there invited at the head table they will be joined by master of ceremonies John Robertson and John the rangers Gen eral tickets Are available at metro credit Union Banks and from any member of the jets Booster Lemaire praises Bruin Effort Montreal up bos ton Bruins might have been Defeated in the Stanley cup final series against Montreal but it would be unjust to Call them they gave the canadians More than a reasonable Bat the for the coveted National hockey league playoff Tro Phy before losing 11 in the sixth game of the bestow seven set thursday the fact it took Montreal six games to dispose of the feisty Bruins surprised there had been predictions that it would be an easy sweep for the Cana who finished with 129 Points during the regular 16 ahead of before we every body was saying we were going to beat the Bruins in four straight and All said Jacques a vet eran Montreal when we we knew they were a hard team to especially on their Home this year they were not playing the same they were More of a everybody said they had no but i think they do they had Guys who could put the puck in the net As soon As you made a if you play the you cant play in your own because that where they Are Boston coach Don Cherry did not go and shake hands with each and every member of the it would have been a difficult thing for him to because Cher by does not like losing at any time at he exhibited a lot of class thursday thank ing those who had covered his club for being very fair to the we gave it a great of he i dont think anybody could have done any better and i guess the Cana Diens realized in proud of the they were they came in and beat us Here on our Home they were the Only ones to do the canadians spent most of Friday in a Victory they revelled in the their third championship in a but there were those who could not help but wonder exactly what changes might in Montreal before next will potty Bowman be Back to coach if he does not who will take Over be Hind the Bench Bowman said his future was out of his hands and that he might have been behind the canadians Bench for the last time thursday some players might be on their Way elsewhere As the canadians have several Topflight minor leagues they have to make a decision up photo Yvan Cournoyer and Stanley cup got ride up Steps of Montreal City Hall rising Cost blamed As flin flon departs by Dave sup eve the world of escalating costs has caught up with the flin flon the bombers prepared Bobby Reggie Garry Cam Blaine Stoughton and Many others for professional hockey ranks no longer operate As a Western Canada hockey league the team has been sold to the league for relocation in either the Manitoba or Saskatchewan Junior hockey were a rather Small town and basically the league has outgrown said Peter a member of the bombers Board of our league is so far Flung now with teams in Portland and spots like the who dropped out of the 197778 Achl playoffs in the semifinal have been one of the leagues most successful franchises for the past the constant flow of flin flon players into the National hockey league and the world hockey association allowed the franchise to exist for the past few the situation was Fine As Long As we received our draft Money from the nil and said then we were Able to now theres nothing coming in from pro simply because they pro teams dont have the Boyd cited the fact Only a handful of nil and wha teams showed profits for the past for Many the bombers received financial Aid from the Hudson Bay mining and smelting without them we would have gone under Long said it had been speculated last season the bombers would be the club carried a Large number of players in their final year of according to was not an indication of the move to it just turned out that we would have had a fair nucleus of players going into next season but Only a fair George Secretary manager of the Manitoba Amateur hockey said he is confident the bombers will exist next i think it would be premature to say the bombers would not be playing Junior hockey somewhere next the departure of the bombers leaves the Achl with 11 the Eastern division containing just three teams Saskatoon Regina pats and Brandon wheat argonauts Send Ray Nettles to tic ats Toronto up Toronto argonauts announced Fri Day night they have sent Veteran import linebacker Ray Nettles to Hamilton Tiger cats As compensation for the signing of free agent Slot backside receiver Mike Harris played out his option on a multiyear contract last season in named the outstanding defensive lineman in the Canadian football league in 1973 when he played with British Columbia joined the Argos in the Argos will also receive future considerations in the Deal for Harry Neale enter Harry Neale Vancouver up Vancouver canucks went searching for a Stern disciplinarian seven weeks ago and Friday came up with Harry Neale As their answer to improving the free spirit attitude of the National hockey league Neale was signed to a three year coaching agreement by general manager Jake Milford after buying the remain ing one year on his con tract with new England whalers of the world hockey i feel i can make the necessary contributions in the coaching depart ment to improve this Neale told a Hasti Lyca led news Confer now Ive got to find out if the players arc willing to make the same if some of them they wont be playing the canucks have missed the playoffs in the smythe division the last two years and Only twice in their eight season nil existence have they participated in the postseason never missed the playoffs in his six sea sons As a coach in the Milford fired coach or land Kurtenbach Early last month when the canucks finished third in their division behind Chicago Black Hawks and Colora do 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