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| CINCINNATI
ENQUIRER |
Thursday, October 23rd 1975 |
By David Fuselier |
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Laissez-Faire |
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- On-Ice
Performance Concerns Slater More than Dress Or Hairstlye |
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training, Terry Slater is a child psychologist. Some have argued that is what professional
athletes have needed for a long time. But the nature of Slater's masters degree has
nothing to do with his coaching style. The Stingers' chief assumes his players are
competent adults and allows them wide latitude in personal habits, dress appearance and
expression. They are not frequently nagged or reprimanded. Long hair, mustaches and beards
are fully acceptable. The only rules are to be prompt, dress in clean, neat clothes
when traveling and get sufficient sleep to survive. "A
coach should be interested in what his people do on the ice." he says "That's
all. There's no such thing as personality conflicts. Personalities should have nothing do
to do with a hockey team." But he is still of the "old school" and believes
a coach is a coach and not a buddy. He maintains a high degree of aloofness from his
players.
As one might guess, considering his field of education, Slater is a
motivator. he believes in pre game talks, in psyching his players. He seeks to build up
his team's enthusiasm to fever pitch by game time. As a pioneer in the World Hockey
Association, he started by coaching the old Los Angeles Sharks, who were well named. Not
rich in talent, his team thrived on rough, knock-down, inspired hockey.
Slater is also a competitor without peer. he is absolutely obsessed
with winning by his own admission. "Winning is everything. It's the only thing that
counts." he says over and over again. "I can't live with losing. I hate it. I
lose a game and I'll go home and walk all night or take it out on my family. I'm terrible
about it. I can't stand it".
The public side of him is energetic, devoted, bubbling with
enthusiasm. He communicates easily and well in groups or with individuals without being
especially aggressive or dominating. He is not the used-car salesman type. He is quieter,
more serious, more down-to-earth.
Although he is a native Canadian, he says he is more at home in the
United States and plans to live here the rest of his life. He hopes someday to retire to
some small US college to teach and coach the hockey team. he has volunteers to help out
with the Miami University club team and says that sort of environment at Miami "is
just what I'm looking for." It's what he's always wanted to do, but he shakes his
head and says "I've just always had to win. To win. To go to the top. And right now
I've got a family to support and kids to put through college. After that, I'll tell you,
I'm going to start looking for little college. I'm going to start taking life a little
easier." |
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| Thursday, October 23rd |
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Standings |
| Defeated
Edmonton Oilers |
Riverfront Coliseum |
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The Cincinnati Stingers would play their home opener in front of a crowd
of 8,776. Head coach Terry Slater had not been getting much scoring from the clubs big
guns so he shuffled his lines to shake things up a bit. Former Cincinnati
Sword Rick Dudley, who received a rousing ovation upon his return to Cincinnati, had
only scored one goal in four games due to a sore back.
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© Courtesy of Cincinnati Public Library. |
| Gary Veneruzzo gave a pass to teammate Steve
Andrascik who knocked the puck in from about five feet back. |
The Stingers came out
sluggish for the first period and failed to score. The Oilers however managed to get one
past Serge Aubry in less then a minute after the game began. The goal from Edmonton's Dan
Spring, who hit a weak 40 foot slap shot past Serge Aubry for the score. Aubry had a clear
view of the shot but still failed to make the block. Before the first period expired
Edmonton lost Steve Carlyle to a holding call which put them at a disadvantage going into
the second period and Rick Dudley would take full advantage of it in the next period.
In the first minute and eighteen
seconds there were three goals by the Stingers and one by the Oilers. Dudley scored after
twelve seconds with a wild and sloppy fifteen foot shot from in front of the Oliers net.
The puck slid slowly between goalie Chris Worthy's legs for the score. Eight seconds
later, Dudley would score again after he took a nice pass from teammate Bryan Campbell and
then drove the puck over Wothy's left shoulder for the score. The Oilers Rusty Patenaude
managed to score one for his team shortly after. But Cincinnati would bag another Stingers
goal after Gary Veneruzzo skated behind and around the Oilers net and then past the puck
to Steve Andrascik for a five foot shot.
Continuing into the second period,
Oilers Skip Krank added one more goal to the scoreboard, while Stingers Claude Larose
answered with an unassisted goal later in the period. Edmonton's Patenaude added one more
goal before the end of the second period, tying the game at 4-4.
Heading into the third period, the Oilers played mostly
defense, getting only five shots on Stingers goaltender Serge Aubry. The Stingers however,
took twenty shots on the Oilers net and nabbed two more goals while doing so. One by Gene
Sobchuk and the second goal by Brian Campbell. Dennis Sobchuk scored a goal at 8:51 but
had it taken away from him because he was standing at the edge of the crease when he
kicked the puck in the net. Had he gotten a piece of his stick on the puck, the goal would
have standed.
On the previous day:
The Cincinnati Reds win their first World Series since 1940.
The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Boston Red Sox in 7 games. The 1975
World Series would go down in history as one of the best ever played. |
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Cincinnati |
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Edmonton |
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FIRST PERIOD |
| GOALS
- EDM: Spring (unassisted) 0:54. |
PENALTIES
- CIN: Smedsmo (cross checking) 1:47. EDM: Baird (high sticking) 1:47. CIN: Locus
(slashing) 3:13. EDM: McDonald (holding) 8:38. CIN: Smedsmo (high sticking, misconduct)
17:58. EDM: Carlyl (holding) 20:00. |
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SECOND
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GOALS - CIN: Dudley (Campbell, Locus) 0:12. CIN:
Dudley (Campbell, Locus) 0:20. EDM: Patenaude (Spring) 0:56. CIN: Anderascik (Venerusso)
1:18. EDM: Krake (Long, MacGregor) 4:19. CIN: LaRose (unassisted) 10:43. EDM: Roake
(McAneeley, Long) 13:18 |
PENALTIES - CIN: Veneruzzo (delay of game) 0:48. D.
Sobchuk (Elbowing) 2:52. CIN: Guite (holding) 11:27. |
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THIRD
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GOALS
- G. Sobchuk (Dudley, Campbell) 8:08. CIN: Campbell (Inkpen) 14:41. |
PENALTIES
- EDM: Krate (interference) 9:34. |
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SHOTS ON GOAL |
Cincinnati |
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20 |
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Edmonton |
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GOALTENDERS - CIN: Aubry. EDM: Worthy. |
ATTENDANCE - 8,776 |
REFEREE - Bill Friday |
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1975-76 WHA Standings |
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| WHA East |
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W |
L |
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Pts |
GF |
GA |
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| Cincinnati Stingers |
3 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
15 |
17 |
| New England Whalers |
2 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
9 |
16 |
| Indianapolis Racers |
2 |
5 |
0 |
4 |
24 |
23 |
| Cleveland Crusaders |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
13 |
11 |
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| WHA Canadian |
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| Quebec Nordiques |
4 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
27 |
16 |
| Winnipeg Jets |
4 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
29 |
14 |
| Edmonton Oilers |
3 |
4 |
1 |
7 |
31 |
35 |
| Toronto Toros |
1 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
14 |
17 |
| Calgary Cowboys |
1 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
13 |
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| WHA
West |
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| Minnesota Fighting Saints |
3 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
17 |
17 |
| Denver Spurs |
3 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
17 |
23 |
| Phoenix Roadrunners |
3 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
20 |
21 |
| San Diego Mariners |
2 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
16 |
15 |
| Houston Aeros |
2 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
16 |
18 |
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