a plough?

- Lonsdale?.

“Would you. employ ‘0 Olivier

: and. Gielgud,

All In The Family?

Pele a defender? .

Of course not.

| wagons.
* For example: -

most thrilling ‘sights when
“under full sail -- wheeling,
dealing and creating -- is not
‘scoring this year because he
_ has been required ‘to adopt a

“jew philosophy... -He’s out
.there to:make sure the guy

he’ S checking doesn’t score. -

The entire thrust in
‘Buffalo - has gone from
offense to defence; to the
kind of hockey Toronto
Maple Leafs played in their
four Stanley
between 1962 and'1967.

“Jmlach |
‘managed

coached and

: eet Hester Pro Bowl. Champ
‘Steve Olson: in Person |

Dec. 9- 10. at the Boarding House -

kind of team’ he wanted. in
Buffalo. In his book --‘and in
“the books of almost ‘all NHL
: coaches -- the fancy, attack-.
‘ing, creative game is great.:«
‘for entertaining | the ‘custom-
ers, but it ‘doesn’ t. win. titles.

‘then” assign:
- them: to. supporting: roles” in®

Did any manager have the
gall:.to make. Babe. Ruth
~~ bunt?- to use-0.J. ‘Simpson : as:

as blocking: back? To, mate. bo

this “week,” firing general os
-manager : ‘Punch | Imlach' and.
“his coach, Marcel Pronovost. ca

2 The. Sabres. are a racing ~
stable. They were trying to’
‘turn them: into the. ‘kind of.
stable that. pulls . brewery

Gilbert
-Perteault, one of hockey’s.

Cup wins

those : Toronto
champions. and that’ s the

Would you buy Seaitle Slew, ‘then hitch ‘him to -

vos “Would . you hire Leonardo da Vinci, ‘then. jot
him to paint-a yellow line. down the middle of

He permitted : Buffalo ‘to.

: ms start. in this mold, however,
“because ‘he’s..a’ “very. canny —
“guy.

around his crown a jewel draft
; In these examples lies the
“teal explanation, I believe,”
_ Buffalo Sabres cleaned house —

He built ‘the team

pick. of .1970 .--.. the. most .

‘sensational. junior “forward

since Bobby. Hull - <- - the clever _

“HAD To ) FILLS SEATS. 2

‘Keenly a aware. “that” a new

--expansion team wasn’t about
to threaten the_ ‘established |

powers, and that he had to
fill 15,000 seats and ‘create

~ new fans in what.had been a
minor league. city, it had. to.

be entertainment above all. .

- Better to ‘put: on a ‘show

and lose 7-4, than’ tough. it

out in a ‘check-check-check

dullard while losing, 1-0.
Even his fondest hopes were

exceeded. Given some spec-
tacular goaltending, his
attack-minded flyers” made

‘the playoffs . five times in
‘their first eight years, In one
‘of them, 1975, they’ reached:

the Stanley ‘Cup final.

There they lost ‘because.
the rougher, tougher

Philadelphia Flyers. just:

ground them down. That was.

‘the high point. The past.
three - seasons they: had

aw ‘Skateboard Palace _
i - cons Re-Opening |
_ “Now the G.N.C. ‘Boarding. House
_. ..7325 MacPherson Ave. Burnaby

* Now Pro Shop & Cheaper Rate

. the: Islanders have | proven.
that. But it’s not art.“And in

‘sheer speed and talent. The
. Canadiens ‘keep Pro

to lay ti the: kind of hockey: for.
‘which other teams: recruit
.hard- nosed, pluggers. |

-That’s two games | fewer than .
} the Canucks have won, >

ae have grown surly. It’s”

they don’t like.: They don’t
like the brand of entertain-

‘a seat to’ see Perreault. ‘and. ;

construction site. «

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“by. the: ‘powerladen’ Caps. © ne Caps, and they’ wer almos
; : Up, to the task.

‘lt. took. an. overtime goal
uy: Hugh:. Cameron. at. the

“ : Hugh Cameron acted like ” °

H€ ps _ The overtime. 2 marker. was gic

> to: fire. tue trick @ as. well: ‘as. | the third of the. night’ for _Beug
| vices assists; Cameron | who: picked: ‘up.
“seven goals i in two nights

; “Captain. Bill Holowaty had_
: to. content himself -with a.
Solent nine. assists, giving the-

foal while Fingles went: tat
Pete: en AL Jerome,

_ winning: records, but -each os sl
. time were bounced out in the” .
first round of ‘the Playoffs.”

So, this was to be the year : Ips. 1
of the new. philosophy. Stow
that lovely, creative stuff. :
- Start playing. the: -man,. ‘not.
‘the ‘Puck. Grind it out. eee

Tt can be effective. oe
Philadelphia, ‘Toronto “and.
the long run it ‘can’t beat
ing that.
NOT BUILT THAT WAY.

all Buffalo has proven so. rag

“It's ‘not their game: ‘They $
looked, bad: trying to. play it.

~ At this point.they have:won - :

only eight of 24 games, well
below their usual standard.

- But more importantly, the |

not just the team’s record

*
* ray,

ment, They . pay their $12

_ those. other. free-wheelers do |.
‘their ‘thing. If they want-ot.
see’ hod-carriers, all they
have ‘to do is ‘go to.a-

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