i

"Wayne ‘ayne. taney © is quiet
‘and uiassuming off the ice.
But pit a pair of skates on
him and p stick in his hand
ond he's a terror.’

"The 20-year-old ‘ohirtwind
centre, {terrorized | the

nesday night when ‘Edmon,
ton . Oilers: demolished the
Bhies 0-2, :

‘The ‘loss ‘was the ‘Blues
first in 10gamesandcame in
tne sixth consecutive road

gam
“same nighis you get a lot
of shots and you. can't do
anything,”’.said Gretzky, the
NHL's most valuable player.

a .

~ One-period Canucks beaten

VANCOUVER (CP) ——
Boaton Bruins looked their ’
~ paay-streak syndrome in the

eye. Wednesday night and
accomplished something

’ which’ earlier in the season
constantly eluded the Na-
tional Hotkey League teami.

_ “The Bruins tried to coast
with a five-goal lead and it
almost backfired against
Vancouver Canucks, a team
seemingly bent on playing
only. one ‘good period of
hockey eachgame. = 8s
“Boston needed Rick
Middleton’s classic goal with
Jess than six minutes left to
ingure a 7-5 victory over the
Canucks in a game which
_ deteriorated into a series of
- senseless penalties.

4] Wap concerned: in the .

third because we have what T

‘

Just

* jnhis first year in the league
‘Just season. He played 197
79 season in the World -
* Hockey Association. ° ?
The Oilers ‘went into the
game with 38 fewer points”
“than the Blues but pulled
"away after the first period

by. ended 2-2.

Blues goalie Mike Liut, the
MVP in the NHL. All-Star
_ game last week, surrendered
seven of the goals before

’ giving way to Ed Staniowski _

‘in“the ibird period. It was
Liut’s firat. Joss. : since-
returning . from 8 severe
‘groin injury oa Feb. L

' Gretzky, whe now has 33
‘goals and 112 points, tops in

the NEL, has scored 17 goals
- end collectét25 aasists in his,
last 17 games. Poa

”

eall an easy-streak syn-
drome,” said’ Bruns coach
. Gerry Cheevera. “We're just
not that, intense ‘when we
have a big lead. ‘

“We had a semi-moment
of truth out there tonight.
But, wecame through, which’
we night not have done.
earlier in the weaton.”’ a

“(The Bruins now are tied
for ninth place in the over-all
standings with Chicago
Black Hawks and are four
games over .500: as they
mgake their run at a
reasonable playoit position.

The Canucks, who
defeated Boston
earlier in the season, have
slipped to Lith place and are
winless in their last seven
games,

“ors BRIEFS:

" ft
NEW ‘YORK (AP) —
‘Centre Walter Tkaczuk af
New York Rangers, who is
‘gidlering retinitis of the right |
eye, may have played his
fast National Hockey League
game. The - 83-year-old |
-veteran has partially lost his .
sight in the eye after being
hit. by & deflected puck shot
by Larry: Murphy in a‘game
Feb,"a ‘agalnat Los Angeles
"Kings:

“FRACTURES FOOT
SEATTLE «AP) — Guard
. Paul Westphal will be out of
Seattle, SuperSonics” lineup _
for at least two weeks with
another stress fracture in his
right foot, the - National
Basketball Association team
said Wednesday. Westphal
suffered the same injury at,
the beginning of the season.

FINES PLAYER .-

LANDSHUT, West Ger-.

many (Reuter). —. Brent
Meeke, a Canadian hockey
Player, was fined $2,000 in
court Wedsesday' in’ what
was believed to be the first .
civil sult involving assault in
West German proféssional
sports - history. . The
magristrate said Meeke, a

23-year-old delenceman with
Maanhetm, struck, Alois

Schloeder of Landabut -a ,

premoiitated blow with his

"stick during a West German

league game last seasoi,
breaking his jaw.
' ‘1,Q6ES GAINEY .
MONTREAL (CP) — Min-
treal Canadiens, plagued by
a series of injuries to key
personnel throughout the
current Nétiontl Hockey

i?
ros

another top performer on the
sidelines when they play host
to Buffalo Sabres tonight.
The latest casualty is
durable left winger Bob
Gainey who suffered a pulled
groin muscle in Philadelphia
Sunday night. :
ACQUIRES MILLER
BOSTON (AP) — Baton
Bruins of the National
Hockey League acquired left
. winger Mike Gillis from
” Colorado Rockies on Wed-
nesdlay ina trade for veteran

centre-Bob Miller. Gillis, 22, -
was Coloratio’s top draft pick .

in 1978, but missed half of his
rookie season because of
knee surgery.
7 BEATS NEWCASTLE
LONDON (Renter) —
Exeter City rose from the
obscurity of the ‘Third
Division to reach «the
quarter-finals of the English
Football Association Cup by
thrashing Newcastle 4-0
‘Wednesday. It was a result

which upheld the- com--
petition's reputation for the

unexpected -and = thrust
. Exeter into a quarter-final
meeting with Tottenham
Hotspur, one of English
soccer's most famous clubs.
WAIVES CATCHER
CLEVELAND (AP) —
Veteran catcher Manny

Sanguillen was. placed; oa

waivers.: Wednesday ‘by °

‘Cleveland Indians, for the,
purpose of, giving him his
unconditional release. The
Indians obtained Sanguillen,
36, in a major league
baseball trade last fall with
Pittsburgh Pirates. The

* Indians have three catchers

— Ron Hassey, Bo Diaz and
(iris Bando.
HIRES COACH
FOXBORO, Mass. (AP) —
New England Patriots an-
counced Wednesday the
hiring of Babe Parilll as
quarlesback coach of the
National Football League
team. Parilli, former
Kentucky all-American
_ whose greatest years os a
ro were with the Patriots in
the old American Football
League, replaces John
Polonchek, who recently was
reassigned to the club's
research and development
operation.

twice -

will: Have -

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‘Elsewhere, it was: Quebec
Nordiques. Los Angeles

-'Kings?, New York Rangers 8
“Toronto Maple Leafs 3,

Washington’ Capitals’ 5
Chicago Black Hawks’ 5,
Winnipeg Jets 3 Hartford
‘Wielgs 3 Boston Bruins 7

“we played a great period
in: the second,” added
Cheevers, the rookle coach.
“We played the body and
forechecked” hard, a com-
bination which is-hard to
beat and, for my way of

- thinking, the best way to
play.

“We were doing things so .
easy. tonight that we forgot
-aurselves for a while in the
third. But, that's show-biz.

‘Sometimes there's no
predictability in this league
at all." ;

Terry O'Reilly, the bulligh
right winger, was easily the
best of the Bruins, even
though he didn’t get a goal.
‘The testy veteran assisted on
four goals with ‘his strong
work in the ct corner and ‘WAS

Vencotiver: Camicks. 5 “and

Minnesota ‘North Stars 6
Colorado Rockies 2.
Nordiques 4 Kings 2
Quebec goalie Daniel Bou
chard won for the. eighth
time in nine slarts since
being dealt © the Nordiqnes

involved in several aller
cations with Vancouver

players...

The Bruins also got goals
from defencemen Brad
Park, Dick Redmond and
Brad McCrimmon, along -
with. forwards:. Keith
Crowder, Stan Jonathan and ©
‘Peter McNab. When the
Canucks clesed to within 6-4
in the last period, Middleton
answered the nge with
bis 32nd goal of the season.

' . “We're a much more’ dis- -

ciplined team than earlier in
the year,” said Middleton.
“We've been a good
defensive team ali season
and now we're scoring some ~

“That's the =u dii-

Whalers: retire

Howe’s sweater::.

priors m

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP)
- —Gordie Howe, the National
Hockey ‘ League’s greatest
scorer, set another record
Wednesday. night. when his
feesey number was retired
by a third professtonal team.
Former hockey star
Johnny McKenzie; who saw
his own jersey number
retired last year, was among
the guests as Hartford
Whalers retired Howe's fa-
mous No.o before the
‘Whalers’ game againet
Winnipeg Jets.
“It's a great honor to have

with his," McKenzie said.
“He’s the greatest thing to
ever happen to hockey.

"“T remember a couple of
times when I was named a
second-team NHL All-Star,
but you didn't mind being on
the second team when
Gordie was on the first.”

Detroit was the first team

to retire Howe's number,

after he played 25 seasons
for the Red Wings.

the ..World Hockey
Association. became the

second team to retire his

jersey. a
“J feel like a winner,”
Howe told a crowd of 14,096

at the Hartford Civie Centre. |

“Thanks a lot. You really

know how to get toa fellow.”
Only 23 NHL players have -
bad their numbers retired. -

The latest before Wed-
_tesday was Phil Esposito,
who saw New York Rangers
lift his No.7? to the rafters at
Madison Square Garden
earlier this year.

Howe, 53, ended his 32-
year career last- year when
-he retired as. a Whalers

player. He had set a

_professlonal sports standard
by playing on a team with his
two sons, Mark and Marty,
and be called that his biggest
hockey thrill.

Mark now is an all-star
defenceman, while Marty
plays for Hartford's farm
affiliate in the American

Hockey League at.
Binghamton, N.Y.
“| wish one boy was here,”

Howe said, referring to
_ Marty, and then broke into
fears, “It’s
tuman, isn't it ”

my number (19) up there-

In 1977, Houston Aeros of .

great to be.

IO i fig has

“Howe: scored B01 NEL
goals and added 1,049
assists. He and Bobby Hull,
who also starred in the NHL
and WHA, ‘are the only two
playera to score more than

1,000 goals in: ‘professional:

, hockey...

- Howe scored his first geal
on Oct. 16, 1946, against
Toronto Maple Leafs’ Turk
Broda. His last was in ‘the
Stanley Cup’ playoffs’ last
April against. “Montreal
Canadiens’ . Denis’: Herron.

- Tommy Ivan, Howe's first.

coach in Detreit, called him
“the best all-round player
I've ever seen.”

_“T'm not much of a genius
but you could tell (when be
was a rookie) he was going to
be good,” Ivan said.

_ “Pye had a lot of thrills in
hockey,” said Bobby Orr,
who: was among - hockey’s
elite at the ceremony. “This
is one of the beat.”

~

Calgary ’ Flames.
Packard was magnificent ;
in stopping 41 shots. :

. Jaeques Richard, Dale
Hunter, Michel Goulet ‘and
-Robbie-Ftorek provided the
_ Quebec offence.

milly Harris aad Jerry

4

ference. We're “getting a some
breaks around the net and
the forechecking has been
More consistent.”

"The Canucks got two goals

“from right winger Bobby

Sehmautz and. singles. by
Dave Wiliams, Curt Fraser:
and: Ivan ‘Boldirev in their -
‘futile attempt to catch, the’
Bruins, . : mt . 7 " *
. Vancouver coach Harry.
Neale gave Glen Hanlon his
first start’-in ‘goal at the
Pacific Coliseum “since:
October. cand ‘Hanlon . was
shaky on arly. one Boston
goal. ‘The fans gave Hanlon a
_ rough time, despite the fact
he is coming off a knee in-
jury which sidelined him for
nearly four ‘onthe. . a
“*] think everyone!s being a
bit impatient with Hanlon,”
said: Neale. “He's coming .
from a long way back and
the fans are being in-
considerate, considering the
play in front of him.

have" a
probably be in. ‘Vancollver
much longer than ‘three
coaches I know.

“He made..some goad
saves tonight and looked like
he was getting his confidence —
back, His career is not on the |

line, likesome people think.” _

Hanlon said he sees en- JY
‘souraging signs in his play.
“every game that makes me:

want ta come back lo the
rink in the morning.” . ”

' “My lechnique is okay, but ‘

I'm still making some

mistakes on. shots and

situations,” he sald. “I feel
like { can make the saves
like I did in'the past.

“T feel good’ and I'm

starting to relax. I feel a ~

little more confident despite
the seven goals."

Boston outshot the
Canucks 34-17, including 11-2

in the second period when -. ’

the Bruins scored four

_ wnanswered goals: Rogie

. “We've not giving up on

- Korab. b replied fo for the. Kings

who are winless in their last
six games. |
Rangers 8 Maple Leaf 3
Anders ‘Hedberg . set up
four goals: while UIE Nilsson

and rookie Lance-Nethery ¥
‘oth seared twice te pace

ayy

Vachonhadasteady gaine in Monteval
goal for Boston despite the «
Canucks’ four ome in: the:
- “last period... .

“We've. still. got. a, few
things to straighten out" Torent

before the playoffs," ”” Vachon’
sald. “But things are much

brighter than a few moriths :

ago.

“We played a ‘bt ‘of tight
games early in the season
which we didn't win. We're
building up to better things

now and we're able to'keep -
the pressure on the other’.

team, Things | look good for.
_ the playoffs.”
Referee Bryan Lewis, had

: ey oO AP
in the: final period when gray gon
_pumerous scuffles broke out, Simmer, LA 53 ag ot
~ineluding one: session of 00: Taye Txt. Sh Seegg?:
mine prin ie ee REE

a is! ean : ' . ;
and Canucks’ Gerry Minor, aemenat” | BOER
Lewis split 134 penalty; =

minutes between the teams"
: inthe chippy affair. —
’ The Bruins . announced |

Bob Miller. Cheevers said
Boston needs more strength
on the wing, allhough the
Bruins looked formidable
against the Canucks ‘in that
aren.

Chiéago -
: | Bapostto, who was making: .F
‘pls 22nd straight start, with:

backhander *

Gillis; : 2, "from Cok yrado Pe
‘Rockies in a trade for centre |

another night at work for Gretzky .

: New. ‘York, who. also got

standout ‘goallending froma .
‘ backup goalie’ Steve Baker,

‘Capitals 5. Black Hawks 5 °°
Pl - delayed 90 minutes as tel:
- Whalers retired Gorath

‘Jean Pronovost- beat’
Boalle. Tony °

68 seconds left to produce the-

1 te: Ryan Walter had two
. |, goals for Washington, which .

is winless in six games.

~The Hawks, unbeaten in;

ni nine contests, "gota goal and =.
2 two Tasslate * from.’ Glen
‘Sharpley-..

Je(s'3 Whalers 3

Barty . Long's 40-foot

eluded. a

sereened Jobn Garrett in the :

Hartford goal to callow
Winnipeg to ‘rally. for the

deadlock.. The” “Whalers

rents

my ;

haven't won ii ‘thelr Last #4 :
games but have played fig
ties In'that span; F

The start of the game was

Howe's jersey.
"Brains 7 Casaeha 5° FI
‘Terry O'Reilly set up fi it
goals and the Bruins used:
four-goal_ ‘second period, & :
beat’ Vancouver, which, :
hasn't-won in seven eunet
‘The: Bruins were up

‘before. Vancouver score!
three straight times. ~ a

 Nerth' Stare-6, Rockles 2 |
Bobby Smith had a pair of, :

-, goals to pace ‘Minnesota: :

Which jumped wo a 30 lead
and coasted to its third |

- straight vietory alter gol
sg pes witout 8

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Chicago 26 24:10 218 235 62
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