-"I have rooted for the
Reds, I have rooted for the Bengals, but to BEE the stickboy for the Stingers would be the
real humdinger." Words of a thirteen year old Cheviot girl who entered the
Stingers Honorary Stickboy Contest that began at the beginning of the hockey season. The
girls name was Linda Gibson, an 8th grader at St Martin School and the winner of the
contest out of 3,274 entries. Linda stated that was her mother who encouraged heer to
submit something so that "I could be involved in the new major league team that
Cincinnati has. I feel that the Stingers deserve Cincinnati's support and that the fans
should be behind the team". On top of her duties as a stickgirl she was awarded two
game tickets for every game and a color television. Her prizes were given to her at center
ice before the game between the Stingers and Whalers. Runners-up in the contect received a
transistor radio and a gift certificate to Frish's.
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| Steve Andrascik fights off a Whalers Rick Ley
for control pf the puck. |
The Stingers and Whalers
were neck and neck in the WHA East Division and Cincinnati needed to win. Not forgetting
the 8-3 whipping they took from the Whalers in Hartford a few days prior, Cincinnati
jumped out in a hard-skating first period and nabbed two goals. Ron Plumb scored the first
at 6:29, while Rick Dudley followed at 9:43. The second period saw far less action with
New England's left winger Ron Climie putting one in the net at 18:45.
In the third period the Stingers Jaques
Locas scored a goal at 11:01 with help from Ron Plumb. But the Whalers refused to go away.
Making few mistakes and matching the Stingers with shots on goals. The Whalers left winger
Don Blackburn scored the second New England goal at 13:06 to put them within one goal. But
Stingers Pierre Guites blasted one past Whalers goal tender Christer Abrahamsson at 18:01
to ice the Stingers victory.
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Also on this day:
- The Cincinnati Bengals defeat the Denver Broncos
17-16. Click here for
game summary. |
