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During last year's 29-0 season. Cornell hockey coach Ned Harkness was approached by the NHL's Detroit Red Wings. He accepted a position as assistant coach, but before leaving he took it upon himself to appoint his successor...
...Chicago Black Hawk-dominated West All-Star team defeated the favored East, 2-1, in the NHL's All-Star game at the Boston Garden last night...
...Harkness reputation was golden, and justifiably so: his hockey philosophy will fit in beautifully in the NHL, where "win-at-any-cost" is the staff of life Unfortunately, that kind of attitude will stay at Cornell, too, if Harkness goes through with his alleged intention to remain affiliated with the program, if only as an advisor...
...first problem, and one that is completely understandable, is the lack of emotional rapport between coach Cooney Weiland and his players. This is natural. Weiland is in his sixties. He has coached Harvard hockey for two decades, and coached three Boston Bruins clubs to NHL titles before that. He played for the Bruins himself, and therein, I think, lies the problem...
Even if the playoffs traditionally require defense, this could be the year that the Bruins change all that. They have the highest-scoring line in the history of the NHL; they have Bobby Orr and Phil Esposito, who scored more points this season than any other lineman in history; and they have guts...