European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 21, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Hockey in Montreal by Roger Karin new York times a noon he Montreal sky turned armageddon sudden cold assaulted the and the wind along Catherine Street blew Snow Pel lets at the you think canadians dont mind this Doug Risebrough shouted As we grappled with his car which had frown the door no More but the upholstered Interior was a we mind Risebrough but if youre a hockey where would you want to play but in that lie painted toward the where he and his play mates had finished working out for the Philadelphia flyers club do hockey Cai Udien is the Champion of the Western hockey world the Philadelphia a Distant spinoff from the Quaker is a master of Victory through physical hockey is misinterpreted in few americans know the game As they know foot Ball and and they Are naked o sports por magazines sell copies with cover lines bellowing mayhem on icel a television commentator Calls attention to himself by arc hockey fights fake neither approach flirts with a hockey fight is equivalent to a Brush Back pitch in a fastball thrown at the Chin Doest endanger the it reminds him that the Ball is hard amid All those Home the Pitcher has shown his arse physical hockey wheels around the Comers first Man into the Corner gets a stick on the puck an Elbow in the he turns and shoves and two men drop their presently one has skinned a knuckle and the other is embarrassed his under shirt has been exposed before a Large including most hockey fights would humiliate even a third rate the real danger comes from which can rupture a mans and stick which happen once a the bar knuckle bouts Are a harmless Way of staking out As it were you May says the but then ill in essence the fights Are hockey safety Fred Sharp built a aggressive team in Philadel phia that twice muscled the Stanley cup out of the who could not beat the flyers had fast skaters in Guy Laflour and Yvan com Oyer but they lacked Corner men willing to fight anyone any time for the Well a Bankers is a soft voiced 24yearold who lists Reading As his it on ice Philadelphia flyers Orest Kindrachuk Montreal canadians Doug would Surpris someone meeting him for the first time to learn that he leads the Champion canadians in such areas As hooking and properly in Montreal these Ballon acc Roche it we met in a Cool Alberta where he had gone to in the Western mountains and work with children at hockey i was squirting my son an 11year old Knight who had been scoring briskly in Connecticut rinks and thought that he was ready for better coaching and for challenges from Canadian the boys ran up Boot skied Down glaciers and skated three hours a the first Camp scrimmage was closing As a tie at the Roger started to a Canadian farm boy interrupted with a Cross Check that a rap in the face with horizontal hockey Risebrough called a penalty Roger skated in against a Canadian goalie three years his Roger faked and swerved and faked and failed to in frustration he dived into the  he said something As if in it takes the american kids a while to catch Rise Brough said Over Coffee Roger appeared and announced to i blew the 1 what did you toll the goalie i hit him too hard i just asked if lie was All right said the when you miss a penalty never ask the goalie if Hes All right dont give him that satisfaction on the night of the great the forum was loud with they raised their voices to support Roger who Canada in Lusty if i the right word they cheered As Montreal went ahead by two Page 14 the stars and stripes but muttered As the flyers began to for Check and slow the suddenly Risebrough and ores Kindra Chuk had dropped Sticks and gloves and were pummel ing and tuning each other nobody was going to push around the champions or the either they sent i Bough and Kindra clock off the ice for seven min Ute Philadelphia came Back with two goals play Tough ened a 5 feet banged i foe away from a when Risebrough skated off a minute forum fans the canadians went ahead but in the final second of the final period Philadelphia tied the score on a soft shot thai bounced Olf the forearm of the great goalie Ken we didst put it Risebrough said later As we moved through the empty people say the Ca Nadies now Are the Best team of All but we know when we have Ordinary and this one just want distinguished hut they cheered i just for a Well timed its a Nice Home he and on the Road i would have Boon his smooth face Bright ened 1 mean its a really Nice Home he this place overhead in the 20 banners representing Stanley cup the first dated theres a special Risebrough that goes beyond politics and everything the phenomenon is not historians recall that Howie a wondrous lost his career in the Middle of a season when he suffered multiple fractures of a he died in a apparently of his coffin was then displayed at Center ice in the r Orum Howie Morenz Drew a full and they Call the super bowl a unique attraction Jan