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PAGE 6, THE HERALD, Wednesday, May 3, 1978

Team Canada
faces test against

Czechs

By MEL SUFRIN

_CP Sports Editor

‘PRAGUE (CP) — Team
Canada is altering its
strategy as it prepares for
Thursday's meeting with
Czechoslovakia—its first test
against the big guns at the
world hockey championship.

The team, improving each
game since losing its opener
to Finland, resorted to
Canadianstyle hockey

. Monday night and came
away with.a convincing 62
victory over a physically
tough West German team.

The Canadians have com-
pleted their round-robir
schedule against the s0-
called weaker clubs—
Finland, East Germany, the
United States and West Ger-
many—with a 3-1 record and
are in fourth place.

The Russians,
Czechoslovaks and Swedes
are ali undefeated, but all
their games have been
against the lower-rankec
clubs. .

The Soviet Union dumped
East Germany 10-2 in
Monday's only other game.

There are several ways for
Canada to make it into the
top four and qualify for the
fourcountry championship
roundrobin, but the simplest
would be to beat twa of the
three big clubs.

Assuming that -Finland
loses to Sweden today but
then wins its remaining
games, it could slip into the

top four unless Canada can .

win two of its remaining
three,

Assistant coach Marshail
Johnston explained why the
club went back to North
American-style hockey—two
forwards coming back, one
forward forechecking and
the defence standing up at
the blue line. _

PLAY OWN GAME

“With the big ice surface,
you don’t have puck
possession all that -much
under our system, but I’m
not sure ils logical to try to
adapt to the European game
in 10 days,” he sald. “The
Europeans have been
playing. the ,puck control
game for-ii3 years, so we

that.” 4
Playing their own brand of
hockey, the Canadians got a
powerful performance from
Los Angeles Kings centre
Marcel Dionne who scored
three goals and brought his
.total, officially, to seven—-
tops in the tournament.
Vancouver Canucks left
winger Don Lever, who has
had problems controlling the
puck on scoring chances,
breke through with his first
two goals Monday and
Dennis. Maruk, the speedy

Cleveland Barons centre, got .

one to bring his total to five.

The Canadians, despite
outshooting the West Ger-
mans 39-28, were outplayed

at times and Pittsburgh:

goalkeeper Denis Herron
had to be sharp, especially in
the first period.

_ Canada took seven of the
13 minor penalties with St.
Louls Blues centre Garry
Unger getting a 10-minute
misconduct in addition to his
minor for spearing. One of
the Weat German goals, by
Rainer Philipp in the third,
came on a power play.
PARTIALLY STOPPED

Maruk opened the scoring
with the only goal of the firat
perlod on a shot from the top
of the faceoff circle that was
partially stopped by
goaltender Bernard
Engelbrecht,

Dionne knocked the puck
in from a scramble on a
power play at the 31-second
mark of the second period.
He scored his second goal at
1:52, starting from his own

 blueline, circling the net and

slipping the puck in.

The . West Germans
narrowed the margin to 3-1
ona shot from the point by
Ignaz Berndaner and then
had a goal called back
because they had seven
skaters on the ice during a
delayed penalty cail,

Lever then stole the puck

and deked the West German -

goalie to make it 4-1 midway
through the second period.

After Philipp made it £2,
Dionne again scored from
behind the West German net
and Lever was set up on a

good passby Bob MacMillan |

might as-well try to play the. of Atlanta Flames for the

game our way and let it goat

final goal.

Bruins coach
reacts to meet

By MIKE BROWN
BOSTON (CP) — At first,
it appeara Harry Sinden,
general manager of Boston
Bruing, has a short memory.
Sinden, whose team awept
Philadelphia in four games
. during Natlonal Hockey
League semi-final playoffs
last season, has an unusual
reaction to the club's

meeting with the Flyers in.

{s year’s semi-finala.

“Why do we alwaya get
Philly?" Sinden asked,
referring to Toronto's
overtime victory Saturday
night over New Yor
Islanders which propelled
the Maple Leafa into the
other semi-fInal agalnat
Montreal Canadiens,

The Bruins were set to
take on the Islanders—2-1
losers Saturday to Toronto~
buf the Leafs’ surprising 4-3
quarter-final-series triumph
changed that, ‘

However, it may not be a

bad idea for the former

Stanley Cup-winning coach,
and victorious Team Canada
"2 mentor, to forget about
last season and think back a
couple of years as his.club
prepares for tonight’s series

opener.
The firet time the two
clubs met in Stanley Cup

y was the 1973-74 final, -

when Philadelphia's sur-
ing Broad Street Bullles

came the first expansion
team to win the Cup by
beating the Bruins in six
games, :
EMERGENCE OF
SCHULTZ

The Flyers’ team that was
to win the Cup again the
following year featured the
first of the NHL's so-called
goon squads, with Dave (The
Hammer) Schultz and Bob
(Hound Dog) Kelly the key

members,

Philadelphia then met
Boston in the 1975-76 semi-
finals and took the series in
five games, outscoring the
Bruins 19-12 in the process,

Schultz has since bean dis-
patched to Los Angeles
Kings and then to Pittaburgh
Penguins, However, Kelly
remains and the additlon of
the NHL’s biggest defen-
caman—six-footfive Hob
‘Dailey from Vancouver
Canucke—plus a few others,
should keep the Bruins heads
up,

And that hasn't escaped
the attention of Boston coach
Don Cherry,

"Whoever gets to the
finala, this will be the beat
series of it all,’’ Cherry said
Monday. 'There’a two tough
teams Playing off,

“T just hope the referees
don’t blow it, ] hope they let
the players decide it.”

It seems Sinden ie
remembering all this, plus
the fact Flyers arrived here

Monday sky-high, Centre .

Riek MacLeish and net-
minder Bernie Parent are
both coming -off excellent
quarter-fina) playoff
against Buffalo Sabres.
RECOVERED FROM IN-
JURY

MacLeish recovered from
neck wounds late in the sea-
son—he was cut by Marcel
Dionne’s skate for $0 stiches
during a game against Los
Angeles in early March—and
has notched six goals and
added five assists in seven
playoff games so far. -

Parent was an outstanding
performer in the Fiyers’ 4-1
series win against Buffalo as
well, regaining the
remarkable form he enjoyed
before undergoing neck
burgery two years ago.

There may he another
thing on Sinden's mind, The
fact rumors aré flying that
Flyers coach Fred Shero is
headed for. Vancouver, or
possibly New York Rangers,
next season could mean
Philadelphia may want to
win it all for Shera before he
departs,

But the Bruins, although
they may be wary, stil) have
a certain amount of con-
fidence, They took Chicago
in four straight during the

warter-finale, although

go went inte overtime:

REMEMBER WHEN...

Albert (Frenchy)
Belanger, Toronto's
hard-hitting flyweight
and former world
champion, won the
Canadian boxing title
from Clovis Durand of
Montreal 50 years ago
today—in_ 1928—in
Toronto, Belanger —
floored Durand once and
won the 10-round decision
unanimously.

Fd

David Metzmeler of Terrace has been invited to Junior Canadian Volleyball Team,
trials to be held in Ashcroft May 5 and 6. A student at Caledonia, 17 year old Metre y
meimer willattemptto gain a place on the Canadian team to attend the final trials ta

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TORONTO (CP) - Borje
Salming, recovering from
facial injuries suffered in a
National Heckey League
playoff game last month,
hopes he can rejoin Toronto
Maple Leafs next Tuesday.

Salming, who was injured
April 23 - six days after his
27th birthday-said Monday
after he was released from
hospital that his doctor is
leaving it up to the Swedish-
born defenceman to decide
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It's expected that Salming
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eyelid was cut for five

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Centennials 6-6 to take a 3-1
lead in thelr Centennial Cup
western final Monday night.

Eric Ponath and Roy
Roedger each scored two
goals to pace the attack for
the Raiders who held period
leads of 3-2 and 7+. Single
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itches. ;

“J could remember going
around Henning and I saw
sitt in front of the net,”
Salming sald in an interview

onday. ;

a Passed the puck and
then when the stick hit me, I
felt an explosion and 1 saw
the blood... . 1 waa scared.

When I fell down, I thought
1'd lost my eye. I thought it
was hanging outside and |
had to touch it. I felt better
when I moved my hand and
realized I hadn't lost the
ror four days he didn't
move from his hospital bed.

His eyes were covered with

patches. é
“T had to lie down and keep
ati], Jt wasn’t much fun.
When my eyes were covered,
I knew how it felt to be

nd.”

On the fifth day, the patch
was removed from the left
eye and Monday it came off
the right.

“wT play, rll wear a
mask,’ Salming said. ‘The -
chance of something

jnapperiing to it again is
amail,"’

“jt was really  un-
beiievable, I got 1,000 letters
in the week and even today
Monday I got 200 cards. On
the first day I was in the
hospital, they got 900 calls
from people who wanted to
talk to me and find out how I
was, The line was blocked.

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