By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer DENVER—Colorado’s Patrick Roy is retiring, ending the 18-year career of one of the greatest goaltenders in NHL history. Roy will make the announcement at a news conference today, team spokesman Jean Martineau said. A four-time Stanley Cup champion, Roy leaves as the NHLs career leader in victories with 551 …
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BOSTON (AP) – Bobby Orr, the Boston Bruins’ spectacular 22-year-old defenseman, became the second player in National Hockey League history to win three league awards in one season Friday. Orr, setting records all along the way in becoming one of hockey’s all-time greats despite his tender age, was given a standing ovation as he received …
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by Dave Stubbs, The Ottawa Citizen Jim Pappin probably still sees it in his nightmares, a certain goal that wasn’t against the Montreal Canadiens in Game 7 of the 1971 Stanley Cup final. The Canadiens were leading Chicago 3-2 with about four minutes to play, the hometown Blackhawks frantically swarming their visitors’ net. Chicago defenceman …
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12 Apr 1975, Sat The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) By John Powers Globe Staff He had been an embarrassment in the first game, so sluggish and erratic he had been pulled for Michel Dumas when the score reached 7-0. His brother Phil had said he looked tired and haggard, and it was true. Tony Esposito …
New Mr. Zero! By Star Wire Services The Windsor Star (Windsor, Ontario, Canada) When Tony Esposito says thank you, he does it with feeling. Esposito was drafted by the Chicago Black Hawks from the Montreal roster last summer, and his only goal at the start of the new season was to prove he belonged in …
QUEBEC (UPI) — Tony Esposito may be the key to the much-improved Chicago Black Hawks‘ playoff hopes. The 12-year veteran goalie turned in a characteristically fine performance in the Chicago nets Wednesday night, kicking out 29 of 31 drives while the Black Hawks relied on seven different scorers to trounce the Quebec Nordiques 7-2. “If …
