Word: sandersons
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...writer of the Philadelphia Blazers admitted yesterday that there is a possibility that the World Hockey Association franchise will trade former Boston Bruins star Derek Sanderson...
Blazers' owner Bernard Brown, who deals that Sanderson isn't worth the $2.6 million the club used to lure him emphasized. "It's just talk, and there's a long way between talk and trade...
...Sanderson and his agent fight their way into the jubilant locker room later, and arrange to meet Duke at the Hub, a downtown discotheque. There, the fateful relationship begins. Duke, the future professional star, meets Sherri, the Ontario Melanie. If you saw Love Story, you know the rest. The Maple Leafs, desperate for a forward who can breathe some life into their faltering team, draft Duke as their first choice, and thanks to some crafty bargaining by Sanderson's agent, agree to sign him to a $120,000 contract for two years. Sherri, meanwhile, has progressed above the club circuit...
...Maple Leafs' general manager: "What do you think of us, the hockey world?" Sherri: "Well, it's different, ya know?" GM: "Yes, different, and very special." The level of repartee never gets much higher. Actually, the best piece of acting in the whole damn picture is turned in by Sanderson, who is the nearest thing the Boston Bruins have to a member of the Socially Prominent. He is, sadly, the only cast member that seems at all at home in front of a camera. No one will ever accuse him of being a Gable incarnate, but the two minutes...
...Downhill Racer, and Bruce Brown presented creditable efforts on bike riding and surfing in On Any Sunday and The Endless Summer, Winter Comes Early doesn't measure up to these, however, and theatre entrepreneur Ben Sack seems to sense it. In his advertising, he stresses the appearance of Derek Sanderson and the Boston Bruins, though they are present for maybe four of the film's 100 minutes. It's promotional hype, of course, and probably a rip-off, since the admission price is $3. You're better off buying a seat in Boston Garden, sitting with the Gallery Gods...