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By MATT WARD
Gamecock Staff Writer
NEW YORK ? Can the Montreal
Canadiens be beaten? After
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Stanley Cup , this is a question to
seriously consider.
For three years the Canadiens
have stood way ahead of the rest of
the teams which comprise the
National Hockey League.
Much of the credit must go to the
Canadiens' front office. General
manager Sam Pollock has
assembled one of professional
hockey's finest teams of all time.
Along with head coach Scotty
cowman, tne Canadiens have
mixed youth along with proven
veterans to give them the kind of
balance most teams dream of.
MONTREAL HAS DONE an
excellent job securing the finest
junior hockey talent in Canada.
Part of that credit must go to the
NHL, which passed a provision
three years ago stating the
Canadiens would have first opUSC's
slugging third baseman
John Marquardt was honored
yesterday by being named to the
first team All-America squad. He
has also been named to the
Southern Independent and South
Carolina All Star teams.
CHRIS MAYOTTE, USC's No. 1
singles player, was named
Tuesday to the U.S. Tennis
Association's Davis Cup Team.
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Montreal also has one great
benefit which other teams in the
NHL would love to have. For every
youngster who plays hockey in
Canada the biggest dream is to
some day play for the Canadiens.
The reason is simple. Montreal is
the finest hockey team in the
world.
To play for the Canadiens is
similar for American youngsters
dreaming to play for the New York
Yankees when the Bronx Bombers
won world championships with
comparative ease in the 1950s.
ANOTHER PLUS for the
Canadiens is there are very few
players on the Canadiens who have
such big egos that they believe thev
can make demands for exorbitant
salaries and still remain with the
team.
KEVIN JOYCE, former AilAmerican
at USC, was named as a
full-time member of the Carolina
coaching staff by Frank McGuire
as the team's top assistant.
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SOFTBALL team was defeated
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tournament at Omaha, Neb. 11-0 by
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This occurred when the brother
combination of Frank and Pete
Mahovlich demanded a hefty pay
raise alter the Canadiens won four
straight games against the
Philadelphia Flyers in 1976.
General manager Pollock was
unable to come close to their salary
demands and the players were
quickly traded to different teams
in the NHL in return for draft picks
which Pollock used to great advantage.
YET, WITH all of Montreal's
strengths other teams in the NHL
are taking steps at attempting to
end this dynasty.
The New York Rangers and a
lew omer inhl, teams are aware
that the Canadiens control the
junior hockey talent which exists in
Canada. But this hasn't stopped
other teams, namely the Rangers,
from going outside North America
to Europe and attempt to lure some
The CAROLINA GOLF TEAM
will participate today, tomorrow
ana Saturday in the NCAA
championships in Eugene, Ore.
Senior Mike Holland was named to
the East-West squad for the
tournament.
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head basketball coach DANNY
MONK has been named as a
graduate assistant on the USC
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