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Cincinnati Stingers vs Indianapolis
Racers |
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December 28th 1975 |
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Riverfront Coliseum |
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CIN |
2 |
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0 |
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4 |
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IND |
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1st Period |
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CIN:
Guite (Hughes) 1:50. CIN: Plumb (D.
Sobchuk, Dudley) 2:50. |
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IND:
Harbaruk (tripping) 2:34. |
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2nd Period |
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CIN:
Campbell (Plumb, D. Sobchuk) 8:50. CIN:
Myers (Campbell, Dudley) 11:31. IND:
Harbaruk (Sicinski) 12:59.
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CIN:
Smedsmo (tripping) 4:04. IND: Claxton
(fighting) 7:54. IND: Proceival (double
minor, first to leave bench, major
misconduct) 7:54. CIN: Guite (fighting)
7:54. IND: (Bench minor) 7:54.
IND: Claxton (fighting) 12:59. CIN:
Guite (fighting) 12:59. CIN: Locas
(double minore, first to leave bench,
major misconduct) 12:59. |
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3rd Period |
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None. |
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CIN:
G. Sobchuk (tripping) 8:03. |
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CIN |
16 |
12 |
8 |
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36 |
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IND |
9 |
12 |
12 |
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33 |
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GOALTENDER |
CIN: Hoganson |
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IND: Holmquist |
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| TIME OF
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N/A |
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ATTENDANCE |
7,877 |
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REFEREES |
Peter Moffat |
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World Hockey Association |
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| TEAMS |
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L |
T |
Pts |
GF |
GA |
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| Eastern Division |
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| New England |
16 |
16 |
3 |
35 |
105 |
102 |
| Cincinnati |
16 |
19 |
1 |
33 |
140 |
161 |
| Indianapolis |
14 |
17 |
2 |
30 |
102 |
107 |
| Cleveland |
12 |
20 |
2 |
26 |
108 |
123 |
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Canadian Division |
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| winnipeg |
24 |
14 |
1 |
49 |
174 |
155 |
| Quebec |
24 |
14 |
0 |
48 |
152 |
107 |
| Calgary |
19 |
14 |
2 |
40 |
143 |
120 |
| Edmonton |
15 |
22 |
2 |
32 |
137 |
162 |
| Toronto |
11 |
22 |
3 |
25 |
148 |
179 |
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| Western Division |
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| Houston |
21 |
12 |
0 |
42 |
135 |
114 |
| San Diego |
16 |
13 |
4 |
36 |
130 |
108 |
| Minnesota |
16 |
13 |
2 |
34 |
101 |
105 |
| Phoenix |
15 |
15 |
3 |
33 |
117 |
117 |
| Denver |
12 |
20 |
1 |
25 |
108 |
141 |
| San Diego |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Defeated Racers Claim Bad Call. |
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Cincinnati Enquirer by Dave Fuselier |
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12-29-1975 |
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"I'm a quiet gut. I don't get upset," said
Jacques Demers softly, looking meek and gentle.
This was some moments after he threw a chair 30
feet and tried to climb into the stands to fight
a fan. "I just feel that in this case, I had the
right," he explained.
Demers is coach of the Indianapolis Racers, who
lost to the Cincinnati Stingers, 4-1, at
Riverfront Coliseum - lost unjustly, if you take
his word. 'We deserve better," he lamented.
Cincinnati Stingers coach Terry Slater denies
this.
In finally beating the rival Racers, the
Stingers scored two goals as a result of a
Indianapolis shorthanded situation that grew out
of a bench-clearing fight in the second period.
The penalty in dispute was a double minor
assessed a Racer player for being the first to
leave the bench.
"Cincinnati was definitely the first to leave,"
Demers swore. "Our people didn't go out onto the
ice until they had two or three guys out. It
was a bad call and this sort of thing hurts
hockey.
"The call was made upstairs, you know," Demers
added, gesturing towards the press box where the
minor officials sit. "I argued with the referee
(Peter Moffat) and he said he didn't see it. He
said he called upstairs and they told him our
players were the first to leave. I didn't know
who made that call, but it it was wrong. That's
a crazy thing."
"There's no doubt the penalty was bad. It killed
us," Demers declares. "Cincinnati was the first
on the ice. Before any of our guys even moved, I
looked around and there's Smedsmo and about
three other of their guys on the ice with their
gloves already off. And then their goalie comes
skating clear across the ice and doesn't get a
penalty for leaving the crease. We should have
had a two man advantage, not them,. It was just
opposite of what it should have been.
"That's the first time I've ever gotten upset in
a game like that," continues Demers, who was
given a penalty himself for throwing the chair.
"I don't like to make a show, but you get so
upset in a situation like that. And then some
guys in the stands start throwing beer on you.
It incenses you. It's a bad situation and hockey
doesn't need it."
Stinger coach Terry Slater replies simply:
"Their guy went out first," he says. "I don't
know what he (Demers) thinks. Their guy went
first."
At the time of the brawl, the Stingers already
led, 2-0, after a couple of lapses by usually
marvelous Indy goalie Lief Holmquist in the
first three minutes of play. Pierre Guite struck
first, slapping a shot from a hard angle near
the left side face-off circle. This one went
right between Holmquists legs.
Exactly a minute later, the former Swedish
national star goalie skated behind his net after
a puck and then fell beside it trying to get
back. Dennis Sobchuk of the Stingers climbed on
top to hold him there while Ron Plumb ran down
the puck and flipped a backhander into the under
undefended case.
After the big brawl, Indianapolis got its one
goal on a nice shot by Nick Harbaruk and pass by
Bob Sickinski. This incited still another fight
between Guite and Clackston, both only recently
freed.
This time Cincy did get the first-man-on-the-ice
penalty when Jacques Locas charged off the
bench. The Racers received a four minute power
play. This was killed however and the game
concluded without further incident.
Goalie Paul Hoganson was the defensive hero,
making numerous saves. He's now allowed three
goals in his 166 minutes as a Stinger. It was
the first time the Stingers have beaten their
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