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Coverage Of the 1975-76 Stingers Season

Coverage Of the 1976-77 Stingers Season

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Bryon Baltimore
BRYON BALTIMORE
DEFENSEMAN

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BORN: Whitehorse, Yukon
DATE: August 26, 1952
HEIGHT: 6' 2"
WEIGHT: 203 lbs.
SHOOTS: Left
NUMBER: 5
RICK DUDLEY
LEFT WINGER

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BORN: Toronto, Ontario
DATE: January 31, 1949
HEIGHT: 6' 0"
WEIGHT: 190 lbs.
SHOOTS: Left
NUMBER: 9

Rick Dudley

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Bryon Baltimore begins his first full season this year with the Stingers. He came to the team last year with Hugh Harris from Indianapolis in exchange for Blaine Stoughton and Gilles Marotte. The 6'/2", 200 pound defenseman scored 11 points in 28 games with the Stingers and 8 with the Racers. He was hampered part of the season last year with a hip pointer but is expected to be in top shape this year.iT and Bradford Warriors of the Canadian Professional Lacrosse League.he iiiiiiiiii

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Richard (Rick) Dudley enters his fourth year with the Stingers, reunited with the man who was his coach with the Cincinnati Swords, Floyd Smith. Dudley, one of the most popular players on the team, was second in team scoring with 72 points last year. A talented musician who has recorded several songs, Dudley was an outstanding professional Lacrosse player with the Rochester Griffins of the National Lacrosse League and Bradford Warriors of the Canadian Professional Lacrosse League.

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Season

 Team Lge GP G A Pts

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1972-73 Springfield Kings AHL 73 15 12 27
1973-74 Springfield Kings AHL 68 4 21 25
1974-75 Chicago Cougars WHA 77 8 12 20
1975-76 Denver Spurs WHA 41 1 8 9
1975-76 Indianapolis Racers WHA 37 1 10 11
1976-77 Indianapolis Racers WHA 55 0 15 15
1977-78 Indianapolis Racers WHA 22 1 7 8
1977-78 Cincinnati Stingers WHA 28 2 9 11
1974-75 Buffalo Sabres NHL 78 31 39 70

1975-76

 Cincinnati Stingers

WHA

 74 43 38 81

1976-77

Cincinnati Stingers

WHA

 77 41 47 88

1977-78

 Cincinnati Stingers

WHA
Season Team Lge GP G A Pts

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1968-69 St Catharines Hawks OHA 26 8 7 15
1969-70 Iowa Stars CHL 26 3 3 6
1970-71 Flint Generals IHL 15 1 5 6
1970-71 Cleveland Barons AHL 16 1 0 1
1971-72 Cincinnati Swords AHL 51 6 23 29
1972-73 Cincinnati Swords AHL 64 40 44 84
1972-73 Buffalo Sabres NHL 6 0 1 1
1973-74 Buffalo Sabres NHL 67 13 13 26
1974-75 Buffalo Sabres NHL 78 31 39 70

1975-76

 Cincinnati Stingers

WHA

 74 43 38 81

1976-77

Cincinnati Stingers

WHA

 77 41 47 88

1977-78

Cincinnati Stingers

WHA

 72 30 41 71

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Chuck Luksa
CHUCK LUKSA
DEFENSEMAN

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BORN: Toronto, Ont.
DATE: July 15, 1954
HEIGHT: 6' 1"
WEIGHT: 197 lbs.
SHOOTS: Left
NUMBER: 6
ROBBIE FTOREK
CENTERMAN

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BORN: Needham, Mass
DATE: January 2, 1952
HEIGHT: 5' 8"
WEIGHT: 152 lbs.
SHOOTS: Left
NUMBER: 8

Rob Ftorek

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Charles (Chuck) Luksa is a bruising defenseman known for his checking, and he is also an All-Star, having been named an American Hockey League All-Star last year. He is also no stranger to championship play. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Voyageurs Calder Cup winning team of 1974-75 and 1975-76. He is rated a solid defenseman.i The Most Valuable Player in the WHA in 1976-77, Ftorek was an outstanding athlete in high school (Needham, Mass.) being named

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Robert (Robbie) Ftorek enters the 1978-79 season with the current longest consecutive game streak in the World Hockey Association, 276. In his first year with the Stingers in 1977-78, he had 59 goals and 50 assists for 109 points, seventh best in the league. It also marked the third straight year he had scored over 100 points. The Most Valuable Player in the WHA in 1976-77, Ftorek was an outstanding athlete in high school (Needham, Mass.) being named All-State in soccer in his junior year..

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Season

 Team Lge GP G A Pts

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1974-75 Nova-Scotia Voyageurs AHL 32 0 4 4
1975-76 Nova-Scotia Voyageurs AHL 73 5 13 18
1976-77 Nova-Scotia Voyageurs AHL 80 9 31 40
1977-78 Nova-Scotia Voyageurs AHL 66 3 23 26
1973-74 Detroit Red Wings NHL 12 2 5 7
1974-75 Tulsa Oilers CHL 11 6 10 16
1974-75 Phoenix Roadrunners WHA 53 31 37 68
1975-76 Phoenix Roadrunners WHA 80 41 72 113
1976-77 Phoenix Roadrunners WHA 80 46 71 117
1977-78 Cincinnati Stingers WHA 80 59 50 109
Season Team Lge GP G A Pts

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1971-72 U.S. Olympic Team Intl 51 25 47 72
1972-73 Virginia Wings AHL 55 17 42 59
1972-73 Detroit Red Wings NHL 3 0 0 0
1973-74 Virginia Wings AHL 65 24 42 66
1973-74 Detroit Red Wings NHL 12 2 5 7
1974-75 Tulsa Oilers CHL 11 6 10 16
1974-75 Phoenix Roadrunners WHA 53 31 37 68
1975-76 Phoenix Roadrunners WHA 80 41 72 113
1976-77 Phoenix Roadrunners WHA 80 46 71 117
1977-78 Cincinnati Stingers WHA 80 59 50 109
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Kelly Davis
KELLY DAVIS
DEFENSEMAN

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BORN: Grand Prairie, Alb.
DATE: September 23, 1958
HEIGHT: 6' 0"
WEIGHT: 198 lbs.
SHOOTS: Left
NUMBER: 10
MIKE GARTNER
RIGHT WING

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BORN: Ottawa, Ont.
DATE: October 29, 1959
HEIGHT: 6' 0"
WEIGHT: 180 lbs.
SHOOTS: Right
NUMBER: 11

Mike Gartner
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Twenty-year old Kelly Davis is an outstanding example of Junior Hockey players turned out in Canada. He scored 22 goals and added 61 assists for 83 points this past year with the Flin Flon Bombers of the Western Canadian Hockey League. He also picked up 210 penalty minutes. He was orginally drafted by the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League.

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Eightteen-year-old Mike Gartner was rated one of the top junior players in Canada and considered by many as the number one junior hockey player for next year's hockey draft. He scored 41 goals and added 49 assists for 90 points this past year with the Niagra Falls Flyers of the Ontario Hockey Association. Stingers' Coach Floyd Smith described Gartner as a great skater who was strong in the corners..

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Season

 Team Lge GP G A Pts

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1975-76 Flin-Flon Bombers WCHL 72 9 33 42
1976-77 Flin-Flon Bombers WCHL 72 5 44 49
1977-78 Flin-Flon Bombers WCHL 67 22 61 83

Season

 Team Lge GP GA GAA

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1975-76 St Catharines Hawks OHA 3 1 3
1976-77 Niagara-Falls Flyers OHA 62 33 42
1977-78 Niagara-Falls Flyers OHA 64 41 49
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Dave Debol
DAVE DEBOL
CENTERMAN

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BORN: St. Clair Shores, Mich
DATE: March 27, 1956
HEIGHT: 5' 11"
WEIGHT: 175 lbs.
SHOOTS: Right
NUMBER: 12
PAUL STEWART
LEFT WING

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BORN: Boston, Mass.
DATE: March 21, 1954
HEIGHT: 6' 1"
WEIGHT: 205 lbs.
SHOOTS: Left
NUMBER: 2

Paul Stewart
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Dave Debol came to the Stingers late in the 1977-78 season after an outstanding career at the University of Michigan. He was an All-American with the Wolverines duringthe 1976-77 season, when he scored 99 points in only 45 games. The Stingers purchased his rights from the Edmonton Oilers in the trade that sent Dennis Sobchuk to the Oilers. Debol was also the Most Valuable Player on the Wolverines in 1976-77.

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Paul Stewart quickly established himself as a favorite of Stingers dans last year with his rugged, aggressive play on the ice. He joined the Cincinnati Stingers mid-way through the 1977-78 season and scored six points in 40 games while racking up 241 penalty minutes, the third time in his career he had accumualted 230 or more penalty minutes in a season. A native of Boston, Mass. Stewart is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.
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Season Team Lge GP G A Pts

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1974-75 U. of Michigan NCAA 33 13 18 31
1975-76 U. of Michigan NCAA 42 36 22 58
1976-77 U. of Michigan NCAA Unavailable
1977-78 U. of Michigan NCAA 36 20 38 58
1977-78 Cincinnati Stingers WHA 9 3 2 5
1977-78 Binghamton Dusters AHL 21 5 2 7
1977-78 Cincinnati Stingers WHA 40 1 5 6

Season

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