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Barrie Examiner, 11 Apr 1977, p. 10

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10 the examiner Monday Aprll1 1977 Starts tonight Leafs meet Philly in quarter finals By Gin2i OLE The Canadian Press Last spring when the National Hockey League began its Stanley Cup quarterfinal playoffs Toronto Maple Leafs were pitted against Philadelp ia Flyers Boston Bruins had Los Angeles Kings as their opposition Buffalo fiibres were matched against New York Islanders and Mon treal Canadieiis were up again st Chicago Black Hawks Tonight the quarterfinal series get under way with the same matchups except that the Canadiens have drawn St Louis Blues as their opponents in their bestofseven series The Maple Leafs advanced to the quarter finals Saturday iiight with 52 victory over the Penguins in Pittsburgh to take their bestofthree preliminary round 21 And the Kings downed Atlanta Flames +2 in Los Angeles on Saturday in the third game of their bestof threeaffair The Leafs hope their line of Lanny McDonald Danvl Sit tler and Dave Tiger Williams will be able to perform the same way against the Flyers as they did against the Penguins McDonald scored three goals and assisted on two others while Sittlcr had four assists in the deciding game against the Penguins ONLY WON ONCE In four games against the Flyers this season Toronto won once lost twice and tied the other The Toronto victory was lateseason +2 decision in Philadelphia Last season Toronto forced the Flyers to seven games be fore losing the deciding game on Philadelphia ice The series will be best remembered for the brawling which took place in all three games in To ronto and in criminal charges being laid against Flyers Mel Bridgman Joe Watson Bob Kelly and Don Saleski The cases are still before the courts We really dont like to play Toronto said coach Fred Shero whose Flyers have en joyed aii eightday rest because they won the Patrick Division title Because of the con dit ions up there you cant con centrate on the games The Kings who received threegoal effort from Butch Goring to oust Atlanta on Satur day had two victories and tie in five games this season again st the Bruins who won the Adams Division title for the second consecut ive season Last season the Kings forced the Bruins to seventh game which Boston won 30 on home ice Like last season the Flyers and Bruins have the homeice advantagc DROP LASI IOlR Last season the Sabres won the first two games in Buffalo before dropping four in row Tonight the Sabres are the vis itors and the Islanders have the homeice advantage if seven th game is needed In their five games this sea son the Islanders had three vic tories and tie and outscortxl Buffalo ltHZl liie Islanders eliminated his cart Black Ilawks in two games in the bestofthree plt Iiminary round Textbook defensive hockey earns victory for Winnipeg By THE CANADIAN PRESS When hockey fans think of what makes Winnipeg Jets tick they think of Anders Hedberg Bobby Hull Ulf Nilsson and half dozen others who make habit of putting the puck in enemy nets But San Diego Mariners ran into different kind of Win nipeg team Sunday night in the opening game of their bestof seven World Hockey Associa tion quarterfinal series That was probably the best game weve played this season in our end of the ice said Wiri nipeg coach Bobby Kromm af ter the defeiidirigchampion Jets had handcuffed San Diego 51 The defence played well Joe Daley played well and the forwards played very well It reminded me of the way we played in last years playoff The Jets performance bcfoic 8894 fans at Winnipeg as not the only example of textbook defensie hockey during the weekend as the WIIA quarter finals opened on two other liotir ts On Saturday night In lianapolis Racers and Qutbtc Nordiqucs used similar tcch Rempcirts leading semifinal 31 By THE DIN PRESS Thirdpcriod goals by Yvaii Boudreau and Pierre Lagace gave Quebec Remparts 53 victory over Montreal Juniors Sunday night and 1H lead in their Quebec Major Junior Hockey League eightpoint semifinal Meanwhile in Cornwall the visiting Sherbrooke Beavers took 31 lead in their eight point set with the Royals by playing to +4 tic with orn wall In Montreal both teams were missing players because of susr pensions assessed by the leagues disciplinary coin mittcc following lightfilled contest Friday night Val James of the Remparts was given fivcgame suspcn sion for excessive roughness and conduct detrimental to hockey whilc tcaiiiiiiatr Nelson Burton sat out the first game of fivcgaiiic suspctr sion four for excessive roughness and unacceptable conduct and one for being the first player to leave the bench during an altercation Quebec was also without coach Ron Raccttc suspcllilrid for two games for failure to control his players and for con duct detrimental iohockcy briefs BILL IacKAY DIIIS MONTREAL CPI mc morial service Wlll be held Wednesday for William James Bill MacKay mcmbcr of the Canadian urling Hall of Fame MacKay died suddenly last Monday in Copenhagen Denmark on his way home to Montreal from the world cur ling championships in Karlstad Sweden lie was 78 TWO DIVERS Plllll ALMA Que tCPi lwo div vers from Pointc Clairc will br part of the Quebec diving team crimixding in the Canada Suma mcr Games in St Johns this summer it was announced Sun day Named to the team were Gordon letcrson and Iillcs Iir Iodcau oi Iointc flaiic Pauline Danscrcau of Montreal Fran cine Lavoii of Stc Foy IIliza both Markey of wacc and Micth Larouchc of Alma IAKIIS Wt FINAL FORT MYERS Fla AP Alvaro Bcntacur of Mcrlcllin Colombia defeated Rick Fagcl of Miami trii 01 in the finals of the World Association of Tennis Champions singles play Sun day In doubles play the tiri sccdcd team of Greg Holder and Harry Fritz both of lororir to defeated favored Woody Blochcr of San Marino Calif and Rick Fisher of Pan Alto alifIlAtifS47i WINSGOLFIOIRNIIY HAIIIKSBIIRC Miss tAPi Mike McCullough fired ftUlllllfllp£tl 66 Sunday to win the $35000 Magnolia golf tourv namcrit He finished with an llr under Ztiti at the Masters satel lite at Hatticsburg Country Club after three rounds For mer US Open champion villc Moody and Gary Iroli tied at second with 272 totals Montreals Picrrc Daigncault was suspended for two games for his part in the llltltlttll Jean Savard hail Quibccs other three goals in Sundays game with Marc Hardy Chris tian Drolct and Normand Du pont scoring Montreals goals Nine minor penalties were called by rcfcrcc lom chblc six toQticbcc Ray lttiy second goal oi lllt night at 154tof thcthird period gavc Slicrbrookc its tic at or nwall Ron tartcr and Daniel hi coinc were the other Sher brookc iiiarksmcn with tick Patterson tob trawtord Jamii onroy and Bill Smith scoringtorioriiwall Rcfcrcc Jeanrtiuy Dcsrochcrs called 87 minutes in pcnaltics most of thcm Ill thr first period Ilayol action resumes lucs day with toruwall at Shch brookc niqucs to get the jump on tiii cinnati Stingers and New ling land Whalers res ectively Al Cincinnati thr Racers and the Stingers played thc longest game in league history before leuc Icacoshs goal at 81w of the third ovcrtimc period pro duccd +3 victory for llI llilllillfltllx Qtlclitc City the Not liqucs threw blanket of protection around goaltender Richard Brodth limiting lllt Whalers to no shots in 32 yic loly All three scrics icsuiiic lucs day night at thisaiiiclocations lhc openingI game of the re maimng iittdlltl final between IIdiiionton ttilcrs and Houston Acros IS scheduled for critics day night in Houston The Jcts scored two goals Ill each oi the first two periods for to lead and then coasted throuin thi final 1o tllllllllfS llcdbcrg put the Jets on the scoreboard at lit iii lllt lllSl period superb individual penaltykillingctfort Hull marli it 3o latc in the period with trciiicnrlous blast from the slot Danny Lawson and llull scorctl again Ill thc second period before Ra Ad diioiio got San Diegos lonc goal at itZtIol tlicthird IIrmc Wakcly was replaced in thc Mariners Iltt by Ken Lockctt who surrcndcicd thc lmol Winnipeg goal by Willy Linilstroiii Icacosh ciirlcd the marathon at inciimati at 13a Ill after tiyc hours and Ill shots on goal Mark Loiiicndas long slap shot misscd tlic iict but ca romcd back to lcacosh stand ing aloiic iiior thc right Sltlt of tlicnct lll trird not to lllllllllt it at that point ltacoSli itltl Klit It was over It didnt gct nervous Drum or Install new linings Resurface drums Repacli outer front wheel bearings Inspect hoses hardware and seals Road test car fliil wooi only Disc and Drum Install new disc pads Resurface front rotors Repack outer front wheel bearings Inspect calipers seals hoses and hardware Road test car Karen Kraiitlcke from Sydney Australia is shown in this action photo taken Tuesday in doubles touriiaiiiiiit hirc Karin won the doubles event here Sunday and then collapslt ed and died AP Photo Koren Krantzcke dies after match IAlLAHASSICIC Fla iAPi ckc collapsed and lied Sunday blcs final of Situationunis tournament hcrc Krantlcke io of Sydney pl with her partner Kim Ruddell of Melbounre Australia and then went jogging telling reporters shed be right back but wanted iiiick run She collapsed about zoo yards away from the courts about 4o minutes later Officials sa show that she had finished jogging and was hcading back to the club to change her tcnnis clothes The cause of death was not llllllllllll known In the doubles match Kra Rayiii Fox of Miami Beach Launccston Australia ti ond pro tournament after sit lt as Miss Kraiitzckcs Stt ting out year with an arm lll 41 Australian Karen Krantz shortly after winning the dou iycd through the cnt ire match id the time lapse appeared to iiickc and Riiddcll defeated Fla and Helen Iourlay of iiry No easy walkowoys in Junior playoffs Hy llllf IRIISS Dino iccarclli of London Knights and likc roiiibccn of Kingston Canadians helped lllttl ItSlittlth teams to cvcn their cight poiiit divisional llr rials in Ontario Hockey Associ ition Major Junior play Sun day iccarclli scorcd two goals and added two assists as Lon don Knights blanked St tath ariiics llllllS so to he lllt IImms lllSltill series at in points rombccii scored midway through the third period to paci Kingston to tie with it tawa ti7s and 33 deadlock in points lll thc Lcydrn Division llay risumcs lucsday wuh London at St atliarincs and Ottawa at Kingston Playing at home before crowd of 5326 the Knights also got two goals from Jim Macltac and one from Dan IIastman London goalie lat Riggin gained ll sccoiirl shutout of the playoffs At Ottawa trombecn scored at lliftJof the third period to tie thcgamc for Kingston Mechanical Fitness C8 Bradford St 7285965 Heres what we do Adjust caster and camber Adjust torsion bar where neceS sary Check steering wheel ceri tering Check tire pressure Check wheel bearing Check frontrear suspension Road test Parts installation extra AIR CONDITIONED CARS EXTRA Restored Here Make your apporniment today Wheel Alignments Absorbers Shock tzjgllers Thlcwoolonly 333200 can $13 installation at low extra cost Monromatic More players available to join uur$d¥gt4 ti lt Team Canada in West Germany TURKU Finland CP Team Canada needs help The Finnish nationals proved it Sunday night when they held the Canadians to 33 draw be fore 4537 fans in 5500seat arena Team Canada displayed sloppy defence erratic shooting and sloppy passing But helped by captain Phil Esposito and Jim Rutherford who shared the goaltending with John Davidson it erased 31 disadvantage to earn the tie Team Canada was outshot 31 26 took four of five minor pen alties and trailed 20 at 406 of the first riod on two break away goa by the Finns The tie gave Canada 012 record on its eightgame Eu ropean tour which continues in Helsinki tonight with another match against the Finns Johnny Wilson the Canadian coach wasnt upset with the team despite the performance Were getting in on goal but were sort of hesitating and probably making their goalten dcrs look good he said of the three gamestodate After the game Team Cari ada officials announced that at least eight more players will join the club Tuesday in West Germany Six players from the National Hockey League making it 29 NHL players on the roster and two from the World Hockey As sociation have been selected Representing the NHL will be goalie Ton Esposito Phils rotlier de enceman Phil Rus sell of Chicago Black Hawks left winger Eric Vail of Atlanta Flames centre Glenn Sharpley of Minnesota North Stars and centre Pierre Larouche and right winger Jean Pronovost of Pittsburgh Penguins Right win er Mark Napier and goal ten er John Garrett of Bir mingham Bulls were picked from the WHA Team Canada officials also ho to add defencemen Barry Gibbs of Atlanta and Dave Bun rows of Pittsburgh If Gibbs and Burrows join the team the roster would increase to 33 including five goaltenders and nine defencemen For the world hockey cham pionships in Vienna Team Can ada must cut its roster to 20 TONY ESPOSITO to ioin team players by noon April 20 the day before the eightcountry competition The Finns who lost previous Fluke goal snaps deadlock to put Rochester in final By THE ANADIAN PRESS Barry Smith shot that bounced off teamvmate Rick Adduono into the New Haven Nighthawks net put Rochester Americans in the American Hockey League final Sunday night The goal broke thirdperiod tic and gave the Americans victory their fourth in row after losses in the first two games of best ofgscven semi final series The Americans who finished the regular season in third place behind New Haven and firstplacc Nova Scotia Voy agcurs will meet either the Voyageurs or Hershey Bears in lSlvlSttll final Nova Scotia took 32 lead in their bestofseven semifinal Sunday with 50 victory over the Bears at Halifax At Rochester the Americans jumped to 30 lead on tw0 goals by Doug Gibson and one by Mike Byers New Havens Keith Kokkola and Rochesters Steve Langdon traded goals before Bud Sta fanskis goal late in the second period cut the Americans lead to +2 The visitors tied the game on goals by Eddie Johnstone and John Bednarski in the first eight minutes of the final pe riod but Adduonos deflection goal on Smiths fivefoot shot through maze of players proved to be the winner NBA officials walkout Sunday By THE ASSOCIAIIID PRESS Richic Phillips the lawyer who called the walkout of Na tional Basketball Association officials on Sundayknows theres rough road ahead We are seeking sympathy from players and fans but we know full well that wont be easy Phillips said No one likes thc officials very much You Icam as kid not to like the referees They didnt receive much sympathy Sunday when Phillips ordered the 24 mciir bersof the National Association of Basketball Referees not to work the eight games scheduled on thc final day of the National Basketball Associationsrcgularscason Some of the guys who are WEEKEtDs WE TURN PA YZOAO TO PlAYlOAQ ANOAWAY WE CO 70 WE COUNTRY OUR CAMPER CAP REA NE CUPNO QIDE WINDOWQ SCREENS out on strike as far as Im con cerned shouldnt come back said Cleveland coach Bill Fitch Ill never back them were better off without them said Bostons Jo Jo White after the referees voted 240 last week to strike the playoffs and also au thorized walkout in the wan ingdays of the regular season Without support from the players and coaches the refer ees walkout will likely have lit tlc effect on the NBA playoffs which open Tuesday night Phillips indicated the refer ees who are seeking increased pay and fringe benefits iii cluding severance pay and an arbitration clause in case of fir ing would set up picket lines outside the arenas for the play offs YOUR DODGE OR PlYMOUfH DEAZER CAN 7E1 YOUABOUT If COMPETIfVE PRICE MlEACE AVO PA YlOAQ Pat Hughes and Rod Schutt fired pair of goals each and Ed Walsh collected his second shutout of the series as Nova Scotia blanked Hershey The game was scoreless until Hughes scored powerplay goal at 1321 of the second pe riod Hughes scored again early in the third period and less than minute later Schutt scored the first of his two goals the Voyageurs took command of the game Rookie Peter Lee ad ded another thirdperiod goal Jerome Mrazek standout in the series faced 40 shots com pared to only 23 for Walsh exhibition games 40 and 71 to the Soviet Union led Canada 24 after the first period and 32 at the end of the second Esposito scored short handed goal at 422 of the sec ond period to narrow 31 Fin nish lead to one goal Don Lever scored the tying goal with 50 seconds remaining in the game from scramble in front of Finnish goaltenden Markus Mattson Rutherford was skating off the ice for six th attacker when Lever got his second goal of the tour Guy Charron scored the other goal for Canada while Pertti Koivulahti Manti Jarkko and Peltonen scored for Fin land WORKS ON FAST START They were working on quick start and think we were kind of flatfootcd said Wil son We lost our tempo in the second period our defence was handling the puck too much and not getting it up to the for wards As result we were dis organized in the neutral zone We made some adjustments in the third period We tried to work the puck in behind their defence and got some good scoring opportunities but we didnt capitalize on them Canada which has taken 13 of 17 minor penalties in three games was outshot 11 in the first period and 115 in the sec ond before enjoying 144 ad vantagein thclinal 20 minutes The Finns scored their third goal on power play with Rod Gilbert in the penalty box for slashing After the secoan period Wil son got into mild argument and shoving match with referee Stig Carlson of chdcn Wilson was angry because Canada was given four minor penalties to none for the Finns up to that point Carlson made up for it in the third period by giving defcn cemaii Seppo Lindsfec Lind strom highsticking penalty and Canada came close to scor ing several times ATTENTION° All FORD OWNERS Dobglcis Lincoln Mercury invites all Ford customers requiring service to phone for on appointment We have hired additional staff to ensure prompt attention to your service needs 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