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...picks one year, leaving the other 17 teams to divvy up the rest). The results added size to the already considerable Montreal speed on ice. The current team can outskate anyone in the league and muscle the boards with the best of the backcheckers. Says Flyers' Coach Fred Shero: "A lot of people don't realize it, but the Canadiens are the toughest team in hockey. They don't fight a lot because they don't have...
...third period offered more of the same, even though Fred Shero benched Parent in favor of Wayne Stephenson. The Islanders finally relented after two scores brought their total to eight, and the Flyers conceded after scoring three against an on-again, off-again Resch...
Like Fred Shero and the recent wave of Russophiles, Taylor liked what he saw and returned to the Soviet Union for more seminars in 1975, along with 150 Canadian coaches...
Rigid System. On the ice, the Russians skate as a five-man unit, working the puck into the slot in front of the goal rather than taking low-percentage outside shots. According to Shero, they also "like to overload a zone, throwing four men on one side, gambling that you'll panic and throw the puck away." Shero claims that use of one particular Russian practice technique-skating out of the corner to beat the goalie at close range -gave the Flyers 40 goals last year. Says he: "We won the cup with...
...Shero and his N.H.L. colleagues say they are not planning any special changes to combat the Russian style of play. They will rely instead on the strengths of home-grown hockey: better body checking and a generous supply of personal flair and determination. The Russians, despite-or because of-their rigid system, apparently envy those qualities. "We are very disappointed that Bobby Orr won't be playing," says one Soviet hockey official, speaking of the Boston Bruins' peerless but injured defenseman. "He is perhaps the greatest player of all time...