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On his way outDave Hoyden 1IO1 ol the Maine Mariners and Hod Langwav (IS) of the Hampton Dulls mix it up in the first period of an American Hockey League game in Hampton. Va , Thursday night Both men received five minute penalties forfighting Later in the period. Iloyda received a 10-minut misconduct and a game misconduct penalty and wa banished from the tilt. Hampton defeated the Mariners 6-i (I IH Photo iMariner trip starts on sour note, Gulls winBy ALLEN LESSELS Staff WriterHAMPTON, Va. — Hampton Gulls coach John Brophy was quoted in the Thursday morning paper here saying his team had best shape up or some of his players were going to be snipped out. He said the Gulls, who nad only tnree wins and a tie to show for the first 13 games, would be out of the playoffs by Christmas the way they were oine. Ana he didn’t want thatThe Gulls responded to Brophy Thursday night, scoring three goals in just over a three minute span in the first period en route to beating the Maine Mariners 6-3.It was the Mariners’ second loss in as many nights, with both setbacks coming against teams with losing records Wednesday, the Binghamton Dusters edged Maine 5-4.The loss also started a five day, three game, 2,000 mile road trip on the wrong foot.Coach Bob McCammon had the Mariners on the Hampton Coliseum ice at 7 this morning for a practice before bussing to Hershey, Pa. for a Saturday night clash with the Bears.The first 12 minutes of the game went well for the Mariners, but that was about it.Hampton's Dan Arndt got his first of two goals at the 6:48 mark, deflecting a pass from Pat Donnelly past Mariner goalie Grant Cole.Maine’s line of Blake Dunlop, A1 Hill and John Paddock gave the Mariners their onlv lead with two goals within a minute and one half, Dunlop getting the first and Paddock the secondThe newly acquired Dunlop now has two goals and six assists in three games with the MarinersHampton defenseman Rod Langway,Suit filedPORTLAND. Maine (UPI) - A suit has been filed against the American Hu. klt; Ltum Rochester Americans and one of their players by a Portland policeman and his wife, who claim the officer was injured in an early morning fight at a motel last month Patrolman Hosea W Carpenter III and his wife. Kathleen, filed the suit with the Cumberland County Superior Court Clerk's office Thursday Carpenter claimed he suffered severe nervous shock and physical injury and became “sick disabled and permanently disfigured’ when Amerk goalie James W Pettie allegedly pushed him into a wall and opened an 11-stitch cut in his head The policeman said he wasplaying his fourth game since being sent down by the Birmingham Bulls of the World Hockey Association, tied it at 2-2 by working a nifty give-and-go with Arndt for the first of two straight power play goals Langway, who starred for the University of New Hampshire football and hockey teams last year before leaving school to sign with the Bulls, also scored Hampton’s sixth goal.An Arndt power play goal at 17:10 gave Hampton a 3-2 lead and exactly one minute later, Gene Sobchuk made it 4-2.The Gulls, who outshot Maine in the a me 37-24. added a second period reakaway score by Paul O’Neil, a former Boston University player.Wayne Schaab got one back for Maine early in the third period and Maine got what looked like a big break midway through the period, but couldn't take advantage.Despite losing two thirds of the Hill-Paddoek-Dunlop line, the Mariners ended up with a five minute power play, but couldn't score, and actually lost ground as Langway scored shorthanaed An outbreak of fights had left three players, including Hill and Paddock, out of the game But Hampton had a double fighting penalty, and had to skate sbor thandea. But Maine, which had only four shots on goal in the final period, didn't do much witn the advantage Hill must have set some kind of record for penalty minutes in a period He got a delay of game minor, a fighting major, a 10-minute misconduct and a game misconduct. Paddock increased his league-leading penalty minute totals with a fighting and game misconduct call Maine dropped to 4-6-3 on the season as another attempt to make up ground on second place Nova Scotia failed Mike Nvkoluk the Philadelohia Fiversprevented and in the future will be prevented from performing his employment and his wife claimed the injuries deprived her of conjugal fellowship, normal companionsip and cooperation in maintaining a normal home life Police said Carpenter and other officers were responding to reports of noise at the Ramada Inn, when they found Pettie and several other players wrestling He said other players were shouting and running naked through the hotel's hall Pettie, who is free on his own recognizance on an aggravated assault count in connection with the incident, has denied the police version of the story.assistant coach for five years before becoming director of player development when the Mariners were formed, accompanied the team to Hampton before going back to Philadelphia He 11 meet the team in Hershey Satur day, and is expected to bring newly signed Flyer Rudolf Tjacnar with him Tjacnar, a big 29-year old defenseman. will play with the Mariners in hopes he can help the Flyers soon A member of the Czechoslovakian National team that beat the Russians in 1972, he is reportedly under an 18-month suspension by the Czech league and has to be cleared through the NHL, but Nykoluk figures that should be done by Saturday Details of the suspension are sketchy, says Nykoluk, part of the problem being Tjacnar speaks no English Gil Stein, who is leaving the Flyer organization in his post as president of the Mariners to take a job as general counsel and vice-president of the NHL, is moving into elite companyStein’s new position puts him right at the top of the NHL hierarchy with two other vice-presidents. Stein, a 49-year old at torney. who was with the Flyers just over a year, was credited by public relations director Mike Emrick witn instituting a lot of the Mariner programs Stein will have an important chore to start his new career. He will be out to work on a television contract to get the NHL back on one of the three major networks, Emrick says.Hampton Coliseum is a six-year-old circular building that holds 7,715 for hockey. The Gulls have been averaging about 3,600 fans this year Last year's average was 3,916 Thursday night, 3,179 were in at tendenceHe said he was soaking an injured leg in a bathtub when police arrived. Hewas happening and “this wave of policemen came down the hall right at me,”Pettie said four policemen jumped on me with their nightsticks out 1 was still wet, just out of the tub and ! was squirming like a fish out of waterHis attorney, Robert Napolitano, has said the assault count will probably be* tried in superior court next monthHe said Pettie a Canadian citizen, was concerned about the effect of the incident on the work permit which allows him to play in the United Statesagainst Pettie
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Biddeford City Edition Journal Tribune
Biddeford, Maine, US
Fri, Nov 18, 1977
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