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Except in Maine, there's little talk of certification systems among salmon farmers. But there are quiet moves to clean up the industry from within. "A lot of farms were badly run," admits Peter Sawchuk, 49, who has been farming salmon in British Columbia since 1989 for Marine Harvest and Agrimarine. "They were overfed, poorly sited and there was too much drugging. But now we are getting better. We are not in the business of destroying our farms...
Died. Terry Sawchuk, 40, New York Rangers' back-up goalie who during a 21-year career in the National Hockey League set a record of 103 regular-season shutouts and was considered by many to be the game's greatest goal tender; of a blood clot in the lung following injuries suffered in April during a brawl with Teammate Ron Stewart; in Manhattan...
...team was the oldest in the league, held together with stitches, tape and pride. Captain George Armstrong was 36 and quite possibly in his last season; Forward Red Kelly was 39; Defenseman Allan Stanley, 41. Goalie Johnny Bower admitted to 42. And behind him in the nets was Terry Sawchuk, 37, bothered by a chronically bad back and talking about retirement after an illustrious 20-year career that won him four Vezina trophies as hockey's top goalie. The experts considered it a minor miracle when Toronto wound up the season third behind the Chicago Black Hawks and Montreal...
...Leafs. In the semifinals against the Black Hawks, the old pros put together a fierce, brutally checking defense that smothered the scoring rushes of Chicago's super stars Stan Mikita and Bobby Hull. Filling in for Johnny Bower with the series tied at two games apiece, Terry Sawchuk loomed like a bull walrus in the nets. At one point, Chicago's Hull rifled a 15-ft. slap shot with such force that Sawchuk toppled to the ice. Out rushed the Toronto trainer to see if Terry was all right. "I stopped it, didn't I?" growled Sawchuk...
...younger, faster skating Canadiens got the same treatment. Again with the series at two games apiece, Sawchuk replaced Bower, now out for good with a groin injury. In three periods he beat back another 37 shots, allowed only a single goal as the Leafs won 4-1. With just one more win to go in the best-of-seven series, Toronto Coach Imlach told his team: "They said you old men couldn't possibly win the Stanley Cup. For some of you it's farewell. Now go out there and stick the puck down their throats...