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Show Ur!n(ks(la, October I Eagle Goalteodiao- I ' -- 46 s?' tS : -- S f,0 r S"Xl ' i V Editor no TO II &otn in f int rt Thu it me first of j tocwunt on fftt hoctov toom Thts report cevect fh ofonwnen eoe(tndire , JX '7; Tribune Sports Writer Two intricate ! parts of any successful hockey franchise are defense and goalkeeping, and the ; 19N) hi Golden Eagles appear as solid as a chunk of New Hampshire granite m both categones. . Salt I,ake ojvens defense of its Central Hockey league title Saturday against Wichita at 7 30 p m in the Salt Palace. The game will be televised locally by & I .s'4 KSTU channel 20 Ln Frig Paul Skidmore Steve Harrison "1 think we're going to have a very hockey Top Defender Last Year Eyes Sophomore Season Eagles Rookie Goalie team in goal," said Golden Eagles Coach Jack Evans And Evans has good reasons for beaming that sentiment He has veterans Doug Grant and Rick Heinz back for another year, along with rookie Paul Skidmore. Skidmore played at Boston College during his collegiate days, and tended net at Port Huron last season. He played in 36 games for the Flags of the International Hockey League, posting an impressive record. General Manager Frank Layden said By Lex Hemphill had an exceptional training camp His play that "Paul from Cooper, Tuesday acquired Tribune Sports Writer Golden State for Bernard King, was was astounding," remarked Evans. Tom Boswell and Paul Dawkins, two "the key" in the frontoourt decision In fact, Skidmore probably would have been players who made their marks on the regarding Boswell. The Cooper can ticketed for another stint with the Flags, but his NBA in different ways as members of play both forward and center, and his impressed the parent St. Louis Blues the first Utah Jazz team a year ago, are and Vromans ability to play center performance so much, that they opted to move him up to hierarchy Jazzmen no longer. gives the Jazz the maneuverability to a higher level. In getting down to their roster limit of play Ben Poquette at big forward, "He (Skidmore) has all the skills of being a very 11 Boswells only position. players for Fridays regular-seaso- n good goaltender. He has very quick hands and opener at the Salt Palace against In addition, the decision to cut bounces up from the ice quickly, Evans said. Portland, the Jazz waived Boswell and Boswell, a playoff star for Denver just a Grant turned out to be a late bloomer a year ago, Dawkins Tuesday. year and a half ago, reflects manage- just in time to help Salt Lake win its second Adams to in decision maintain faith the ments transactions Jazz player Barring any seven-gam- e g in a series Cup championship of who didnt in the next three days (the club officials promise James Hardy, Worth Texans. the Ft. against will be culling the list of cuts from other have a great exhibition season and The Golden Eagles were able to ride the superb teams this week), the Jazz will open played sparingly in the final two games individual effort of the Grant to return the roster that Sunday and Monday. Friday with an Adams Cup to Salt Lake after a five-yesabbatical. includes only four players who began a has had "James very disappointing the 1979-8- 0 season with the team the For champions, Grant was the defensive preseason; he hasnt gotten with it Adrian Dantley, Allan Bristow, James defensively and on the boards but the leader as well as the morale booster for the team that Hardy, and Ben Poquette. potential is there, said Coach Tom struggled through an opening round victory over the The rest of the Jazz roster is made up Nissalke, who went on to theorize, Houston Apollos. of three rookies (Darrell Griffith, John There are some late bloomers. Hardy Grant recorded seven of the eight playoff and Cooper are both in their third victories. The goaltending of Grant provided the Duren, and Brett Vroman), three veteran guards (Ron Boone, Jeff Judkins, years. Boswell basically has levelled impetus to enable the Golden Eagles to return the and Billy McKinney), and center-forwar- d off. He doesnt have the capacity to coveted cup to Salt Lake. make the improvement that these other Wayne Cooper. In the process, Grant was named the Most Boswell finished fifth in the NBA last two players do. Valuable Player in the playoffs for his superlative As for he just got lost in the year in field goal percentage (56.4 shuffle Dawkins, showing. as a Nissalke swingman. percent) and was one of three acquisiHeinz, an acrobatic dynamo, garnered second-teations by the Jazz last Thanksgiving that pointed out that Bristow, Judkins, and honors and had the leading can even Griffith Dawkins posiplay off on their best helped them take on the club up until the final month tion. He did the that express hope in Destretch of the season of the regular season. cember and January. Dawkins made Dawkins go up to Anchorage to play in the Continental League this winter. d the Jazz after having been a The Heinz, from Essex, Ontario, is I knew all along my chances, that it more of a flamboyant type goalie. He is fluid in draft choice in 1979, a rare feat for would be hard to make the team, said movement and covers a wide range of territory. somebody drafted that low. forward who has Dawkins, who once scored 30 points in a Boswell, a One of the lightest players on the Eagle roster at five NBA seasons under his belt, half for the Jazz last year. When I nevertheless, Heinz holds his ground it wasn't (the much, playing possibility appeared in all eight Jazz preseason, of crease inside the area against bigger and stronger I But crossed mind. my getting cut) games, averaging 17.9 minutes and 6.5 to play hard when I got in the adversaries. continued small forward Dawkins, points. playing in the preseason this year after ball game. 1 didnt let it affect my Heinz appeared in 39 games last year and posted a record. He had the lowest working as a swingman last year, got play. into only five of the eight exhibitions Dawkins said he felt he had to work at 3.03. and averaged only seven minutes in on his rebounding to get back to the those five games. NBA as a small forward. Grant, meanwhile, appeared in 39 regular season ' V x '7 ,, . vv with - it h Hi.! O', 2 .. ,i S sy : r'd Boswell, Dawkins Axed, As Jazz Reduces to 11 0 i ' iii k i i. - J t , t u t - ; !' t. it i. allies .,..e. .. ; - U.h- the opHsition only 40 power play 1 11 Vi ' n Strong .. ... m t i s, .,'-L, k.3 C b, ,, ueu'lwt' i.n iMM v M;J k ' s I Is amby netted three goals and had on solid fo. tun; The Engles iM m n ;Hipuiur Um.s hi r. V'i Labatte. Dick I a mbs Stev c Lit bun Ki'ii'i)t,!!w.i, and newcomer John T.ifi last year, but opposition when the Cel leu Eagles were minus players on the ice due WilliMin is currcmly ei mi,", !i n ,i a.1.' ei I injury during the off se.o1 ,u t v. ho ah ; rejoin the team tint.' J, mu c 1 a um a. Kansas Cits two sear-- ago some,, L i , with St Loins uvii the mihimum ei u i on the team risen emerged as the iron-ma.u h.n mg day ed in all 80 games. He also set a ilui ,a i f ir most assists by a defenseman in a s.ngic season with 42 Harrison added four gaols in the a, ess provide adequate backup "Our defense is virtually intuit in m li-- via;.' Evans explained He went on to s.n the;c is t ost 1, ib wiii get pier possibility the Salt lake or s,sn am ' He defenseman from St Guns season opens Former Golden Eagle stars tony Clone, a. id Hob Hess are sticking with the Blues m ope. of landing a job Hess doubled last year as left w.ugi r ,a f .,s a defenseman He was also the least penalized defenseman actu 'orating only 36 minutes Ev .ms had high praise for the unit. I our defensemen are among the finest in the 1 I ' ..ist i 'bre Frig hard hittt r and adt a.t rallied defenseman of i.ulD s' hv ttieyeai last W was recalled by St :is no, r Pv c d ( tl c and played a key lo'.c u, the Blues i'li.,; sou, season games and m tin pl.uofG He led the defer semen al goals - c( with 7, and had three game wmnei ' Lamby was also beckoned by St Enui- - an. in 12 games He recorded one assist Hut forte is defense He was pari of the Blues' killing unit which led the entire National . ol4K iAP) Joe Pepitone, a veteran of 12 mujei league seasons who was New Yorks regular fust basem m through most of the 1960s, was hired Tucsd iv bv the Yankees as a minor league batting !' a lor ih pie me dso will assist in other phases of the ga u i i hiding defensive play at first base and the ouifieai as well as baserunning In the he w.ll work wi!h the public relations office making ar ivy a es for the club. 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