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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:

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Injured player may ‘return to Leafs

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 when he returns. ;

It's expected that Salming will miss at least the first three games in the Stanley Cup semi-finals between defending . champion Montreal Canadiens and the Leafs,

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Salming was injured in the fourth game of the quarter- final series against the Islanders at Maple leaf

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"ie had _ sidestepped Henning and passed the puck to teammate Darryl Sittler. Henning’s stick - struck Salming on the face.

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PRINCE ALBERT, Sask.(CP) — Prince Albert Raiders defeated Merritt 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 goals were added by Greg Andergon, Al Moore, Rick

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“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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