Norsemen lose (Game 3) as Guy's misdeed proves costly, Paul Newman in Johnstown, transcribed article (Tonawanda News, 1976-03-25).pdf
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Norsemen lose (Game 3) as Guy's misdeed proves costly, Paul Newman in Johnstown, transcribed article (Tonawanda News, 1976-03-25).pdf
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By MIKE BILLONI
NEWS Sports Writer
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — Maybe the Buffalo Norsemen had stage fright in their last two Lockhart Cup playoff losses here, including an 8-2 thrashing Wednesday night.
Actor Paul Newman has been here to play the part of a hockey player in an upcoming picture called “Slap Shot”. Newman is using some of the Johnstown Jet players in the film and will be using footage from the past two playoff games.
All of the director George Roy Hill’s original plans might have gone down the drain if he got Norsemen player-coach Guy Trottier on film Wednesday.
With the score tied at one apiece and the Norsemen holding a two man advantage late in the first period, Steve Carlson took a run at Trottier and belted the little right-winger into the boards.
That gave the Norsemen a two man advantage for over three minutes. But, instead of capitalizing on the extra manpower, Trottier, who has had a bad back for weeks, was stalling for time. He stalled so much that referee Steve Dowling issued a delay of game penalty to Dave Given.
Trottier protested that call so much, that he was issued a ten-minute misconduct at the 19:31 mark.
The Jets killed off the remaining time in the period and as both teams skated off the ice at the end of the session, Trottier went after Dowling. If it wasn’t for his teammates holding him back, he might have thrown punches.
Well, of course Mr. Dowling neatly handed Trottier a game misconduct and the automatic two game suspension that goes with it.
And if the cameras were following Guy to the dressing room, they would have seen a mob of Johnstown fans throw litter and yell obscenities toward Trottier. This angered Guy so much, that he wanted to fight the fans. Well, after several minutes of having security guards and Norsemen players pull him into the locker, peace finally settled in the Cambria Arena.
As far as the Norsemen were concerned, they should have never come out in the second period as the Jets showed Paul Newman exactly what hard hitting and a few cheap shots can produce — goals.
For the second straight home game, the Jets erupted in the second period to put the game out of reach. Hank Taylor started things off at the 11:20 mark, when he beat Jim Mackey on a breakaway. Sixty-five seconds later, Steve Carlson blasted a shot past Mackey to make it 3-1.
Acting Coach Keke Mortson pulled Mackey in favor of Mario Vien and the first shot he faced was a bullet from player-coach Jim Cardiff, which beat him cleanly. That clinched their second victory in three games of the best-of-five series.
After Jean Tetreault opened the scoring in the first period, Dave Peace evened it up by beating Lou Lavasse cleanly.
After Johnstown scored three second period goals, Billy Steele cut the gap to 4-2 with a nice goal early in the third period, but the latter two-thirds of the final session belonged to the home team as it blasted several shots on Mackey, who reentered the game late in the second period, with four getting past him.
Carlson got his second of the night while Reg Bechtold, Bruce Boudreau and Vern Cempigotto netted one apiece.
“We are back to our old style again,” Cardiff said after the game. “We were flat that first game in Buffalo, but now we are playing our checking style of hockey.”
Cardiff thought the turning point of the game was when his team killed off the penalties at the end of the first period. “When we killed off those penalties, it was more of a letdown to them.”
Johnstown can clinch the series tonight starting at 7:45 in the Tonawanda Sports Center. If a fifth game is needed it will be played in Johnstown Saturday night.
Beauce clinched its series with Maine in four games while Syracuse topped Mohawk Valley in four games. Erie and Philadelphia will conclude their series tonight in Philly.
For Paul Newman fans, 3,118 people attended the game, but a good majority of them were pretty young females, there only to see the famous movie star.
They had to wait over 45 minutes before he emerged from the Jets locker room after the game.
And, no, he didn’t offer Guy Trottier a part in the movie.
NEWS Sports Writer
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — Maybe the Buffalo Norsemen had stage fright in their last two Lockhart Cup playoff losses here, including an 8-2 thrashing Wednesday night.
Actor Paul Newman has been here to play the part of a hockey player in an upcoming picture called “Slap Shot”. Newman is using some of the Johnstown Jet players in the film and will be using footage from the past two playoff games.
All of the director George Roy Hill’s original plans might have gone down the drain if he got Norsemen player-coach Guy Trottier on film Wednesday.
With the score tied at one apiece and the Norsemen holding a two man advantage late in the first period, Steve Carlson took a run at Trottier and belted the little right-winger into the boards.
That gave the Norsemen a two man advantage for over three minutes. But, instead of capitalizing on the extra manpower, Trottier, who has had a bad back for weeks, was stalling for time. He stalled so much that referee Steve Dowling issued a delay of game penalty to Dave Given.
Trottier protested that call so much, that he was issued a ten-minute misconduct at the 19:31 mark.
The Jets killed off the remaining time in the period and as both teams skated off the ice at the end of the session, Trottier went after Dowling. If it wasn’t for his teammates holding him back, he might have thrown punches.
Well, of course Mr. Dowling neatly handed Trottier a game misconduct and the automatic two game suspension that goes with it.
And if the cameras were following Guy to the dressing room, they would have seen a mob of Johnstown fans throw litter and yell obscenities toward Trottier. This angered Guy so much, that he wanted to fight the fans. Well, after several minutes of having security guards and Norsemen players pull him into the locker, peace finally settled in the Cambria Arena.
As far as the Norsemen were concerned, they should have never come out in the second period as the Jets showed Paul Newman exactly what hard hitting and a few cheap shots can produce — goals.
For the second straight home game, the Jets erupted in the second period to put the game out of reach. Hank Taylor started things off at the 11:20 mark, when he beat Jim Mackey on a breakaway. Sixty-five seconds later, Steve Carlson blasted a shot past Mackey to make it 3-1.
Acting Coach Keke Mortson pulled Mackey in favor of Mario Vien and the first shot he faced was a bullet from player-coach Jim Cardiff, which beat him cleanly. That clinched their second victory in three games of the best-of-five series.
After Jean Tetreault opened the scoring in the first period, Dave Peace evened it up by beating Lou Lavasse cleanly.
After Johnstown scored three second period goals, Billy Steele cut the gap to 4-2 with a nice goal early in the third period, but the latter two-thirds of the final session belonged to the home team as it blasted several shots on Mackey, who reentered the game late in the second period, with four getting past him.
Carlson got his second of the night while Reg Bechtold, Bruce Boudreau and Vern Cempigotto netted one apiece.
“We are back to our old style again,” Cardiff said after the game. “We were flat that first game in Buffalo, but now we are playing our checking style of hockey.”
Cardiff thought the turning point of the game was when his team killed off the penalties at the end of the first period. “When we killed off those penalties, it was more of a letdown to them.”
Johnstown can clinch the series tonight starting at 7:45 in the Tonawanda Sports Center. If a fifth game is needed it will be played in Johnstown Saturday night.
Beauce clinched its series with Maine in four games while Syracuse topped Mohawk Valley in four games. Erie and Philadelphia will conclude their series tonight in Philly.
For Paul Newman fans, 3,118 people attended the game, but a good majority of them were pretty young females, there only to see the famous movie star.
They had to wait over 45 minutes before he emerged from the Jets locker room after the game.
And, no, he didn’t offer Guy Trottier a part in the movie.
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1976-03-25
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“Norsemen lose (Game 3) as Guy's misdeed proves costly, Paul Newman in Johnstown, transcribed article (Tonawanda News, 1976-03-25).pdf,” North Tonawanda History, accessed April 16, 2026, https://nthistory.com/items/show/4465.