Abgrall's two-way play last year led to 23 goals and 39 assists for 62 points. he is not afraid of going into the offensive corners to dig the puck out to throw it to wither a centerman or his left winger. Abgrall finished second in the rookie scoring derby behind New England's George Lyle. He also finished second behind Lyle in the voting for the Rookie of the Year. While in Czechoslovakia during training camp with the Stingers in September, Abgrall was hustled off to the Czechoslovakian Police Station and kept there for three hours after he unknowingly took a photo of the police building. After three hours of explanation by Czechoslovakian interpreter, the misunderstanding was cleared up and Abgrall was released. iiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii------------------------------- --------------------------------------

Named the Captain of the Cincinnati Stingers in August of 1976, Dudley was the leading point getter for Cincinnati two years ago with 81 points, including 43 goals. Last season, Dudley scored 41 goals and 47 assists for 88points and he was fourth in scoring for Cincinnati behind Sobchuk, Stoughton and Leduc. He is a tremendous two-way hockey player with aggressive fore-checking and back-checking being two of his best qualities. For the past twelve months Dudley has become a total vegetarian eating no meat what so ever. While in Czechoslovakia for the Stingers training camp, special arrangements were made so that Dudley would be served vegetables for every meal. Dudley was named Player of the Month by the local news media in December last year. Dudley was selected to the second WHA All-Star team by the news media at the end of the 1976-77 season.

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The 6'/2" 215 lb. Beaudoin has played his last 2 years with the Phoenix Roadrunners of the WHA. Last year with Phoenix Beaudoin amassed 136 penalty minutes while scoring 6 goals and assisting on 24 others. The 24 year old Beaudoin had been traded to Phoenix in December of 1974, along with John Migneault and Peter McNamee by the Vancouver Blazers in exchange for Hugh Harris. Prior to the trade that sent Serge to Phoenix, he had spent 3 years with the Blazers organization after having spent his junior career with the Three Rivers Dukes of the QJHL. Beaudoin is a native of Montreal. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

The Stingers obtained Robbie Ftorek from the Phoenix Roadrunners in April of 1977. Two years ago Ftorek became the first American born player ever to score over 100 points and also accumulate over 100 penalty minutes in the same season. Last year Ftorek was named the "Most Valuable Player" of the entire WHA even though he stands only 5' 8" and weighs 152 lbs. He finished fourth in league scoring with 117 points on the strength of 46 goals and 71 assists while playing for a team that had virtually been eliminated from the post-season Playoffs by the middle of January. Ftorek and teammate Claude Larose made hockey history in early October with the announcement that both Ftorek and Larose will wear number 8 for Cincinnati this season..

Twenty-eight year old Del Hall joined the Stingers, along with Robbie Ftorek, last summer. In coming over from Phoenix, where Hall has played in the last two years, he has cored 47 and 38 goals respectively while playing on the same line as centerman Robbie Ftorek. For four years previous to Del's two years with the Phoenix Roadrunners, he played in the California Golden Seals' organization. Over a two year span while with the Roadrunners, Hall was very instrumental in Phoenix's .500 record versus the Stingers by scoring 17 goals in 12 games. His addition to the Stingers roster this year provides tremendous depth on the left side for coach Jacques Demers. Hall began wearing a helmet this year.

In only his second year of major league experience, LaPointe was the Stingers number one goaltender throughout the 1976-77 season. He tied a league record by registering back to back shutouts in December of 1976 against Phoenix and Minnesota. He was the number 2 draft choice from the Quebec ajor Junior Hockey League in the 1975 amateur draft and spent his first year with the Stingers' farm club, the Hampton Gulls.    .......... ........ ................................................................... . . .                   .................................................................................    .     .                                  ..................................... ............... ........................................................................... ................. ...........................