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Jim Lorentz’s Last Productive NHL Season During the 1976-77 season, Jim Lorentz enjoyed what would be his final productive campaign in the National Hockey League. While he played most of the following season, 1977-78, his output diminished to just nine goals and 24 points. However, in 1976-77, Lorentz delivered solid numbers for the Buffalo Sabres, tallying 23 goals and 33 assists.

Three Assists vs. Rangers Mid-December proved especially fruitful for Lorentz, with six of his 33 assists coming during two home games. On December 16, 1976, the Sabres hosted the New York Rangers at the Aud. Lorentz recorded all his points in the second period, assisting on three goals by Rick Martin. Martin’s hat trick, completed within 10:02, wasn’t natural due to a goal by Gilbert Perreault later in the period. The Sabres secured a decisive 7-2 victory.

Buffalo’s goaltender, Gerry Desjardins, faced minimal pressure, with the Rangers managing just 14 shots on goal. Desjardins conceded two goals in the second period to Pat Hickey, briefly narrowing the scoreline. At the other end, the Sabres peppered Rangers goalie Gilles Gratton with 28 shots before Doug Soetaert came on in relief to face an additional 12.

Three Assists vs. Red Wings After an away game against the New York Islanders, the Sabres returned home to play the Detroit Red Wings on December 19, 1976. Once again, Lorentz contributed all his points in a single period—this time, the third. As in the previous game, his assists set up goals by Rick Martin.

Buffalo entered the final period with a 3-1 lead, and Detroit failed to score again. Over a span of 7:01, Martin netted two goals, and Andre Savard added another. Lorentz assisted on all three goals, with each player finishing the game with three points. Detroit goalie Jim Rutherford faced 34 shots, stopping 28, as Buffalo cruised to a 6-1 win.

About Jim Lorentz Between 1968-69 and 1977-78, Jim Lorentz played 659 regular-season games and 54 playoff games in the NHL, representing the Boston Bruins, St. Louis Blues, New York Rangers, and Buffalo Sabres. He achieved four career hat tricks, all with the Sabres.

Lorentz won the Stanley Cup with the Bruins in 1969-70, participating in 11 of Boston’s 14 playoff games and scoring one goal during the championship run. Earlier in his career, while playing for Boston’s CHL affiliate in Oklahoma City, he earned Rookie of the Year honors in 1967-68 and was named league MVP in 1968-69.

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DEL: Vincent Damphousse (E.C. Ratingen) SEL: Peter Popović (Västerås I.K.) AHL: Donald Brashear (Fredericton Canadiens), Valeri Bure (Fredericton Canadiens), Craig Conroy (Fredericton Canadiens), Craig Darby (Fredericton Canadiens), Craig Ferguson (Fredericton Canadiens), Anthony Rivet (Fredericton Canadiens), Yves Sarault (Fredericton Canadiens), Turner Stevenson (Fredericton Canadiens) & David Wilkie (Fredericton Canadiens) Didn't Play: Brian Bellows, Joseph Brisebois, Joseph Brunet, Jean-Jacques Daigneault, Jean Desjardins, Gilbert Dionne, Paul DiPietro, Gerry Fleming, Bryan Fogarty, Mike Keane, John LeClair, Jim Montgomery, Kirk Muller, Chris Murray, Lyle Odelein, Oleg Petrov, Yves Racine, Joseph Roberge, Ed Ronan, Patrick Roy, Brian Savage, Mathieu Schneider, Joseph Sévigny, Ron Tugnutt & Pierre Turgeon

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On February 20, 1970, the @LAKings acquired Denis DeJordy, Gilles Marotte, and Jim Stanfield from Chicago for Bryan Campbell, Gerry Desjardins, and Bill White. DeJordy had a record of 23-45-15 in 86 games, and Marotte scored 130 points in 271 games with the #LAKings. #GoKingsGo https://www.instagram.com/p/Co5E-1HpDTK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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“Youthful Thug Given 5 Years,” Border Cities Star. March 20, 1930. Page 3. ---- Noe Hebert Convicted Of Stealing Car, Gas And Parts ---- Noe Hebert, of Sandwich West, was sentenced to spend five years in Kingston Penitentiary by Judge J. J. Coughlin, at yesterday's session of the county criminal court, held at Chatham, when he was convicted of two charges, theft of a motor car and breaking and entering.

Hebert, in his early twenties, had a record of two previous convictions. He was arrested by Chief Gerry Desjardins, of Tecumseh, November 8, 1929. Several days before. October 28, he had stolen a motor car from Chatham, and had stolen $500 worth of tools from the Kent County Highways Department. His father and mother are both dead. Hebert was arrested on suspicion by Chief Desjardins when empty gasoline tanks and hose, apparently gasoline stealing equipment, were found in his car. Examination of his car disclosed the fact that it had been stolen, and that the engine had been replaced.

On his person Chief Desjardins and Chief Adam Martindale, of Belle River, found a revolver and a number of keys. The tanks of the automobile consisted of two five-gallon tanks, and one two-gallon tank, and were covered with a blanket. Hebert was taken into custody and appeared the following Tuesday in East Windsor police court charged with carrying concealed weapons, to be remanded. It was learned however, that he was wanted by Chatham police.

Hebert is 21 years old. He lived in Tecumseh formerly, but for several months before his arrest had been boarding in Windsor at Tecumseh Road and Crawford avenue.

[AL: Hebert had previously been in the reformatory and was a machinist. At Kingston Penitentiary he was convict #1695 and worked in the machinist shop. He supported the strike and riot in October 1932, demanding “cigarette papers, newspapers, recreation, two letters a month. Would like comb and brush, also mirror in cell.” He complained that “the conditions in my cell, in D (the old cells) are unsanitary.” Hebert noted that “there are fellows with certain diseases that should be separated from others. They even use the same dishes as we do.” Here he means that prisoners with VD were not kept separate or provided with different cleaning and drinking vessels. He wanted the end of the silent system in morning and noon, “with an orchestra playing when we come in from work.” 

His greater ire was saved for the officers, and he had much to say about their conduct before and during the riot.  During the riot itself, he blamed I have “three men who were shooting on E Range. Mr. Marshall, the young one, Mr. Shewall, and Mr. Archibald, [the chief keeper]” who gave the orders to shoot at convicts in their cells.  He disliked the Blacksmith Instructor Dunford of the machine shop:

 “He is aggravating in a very base manner concerning work which has been done on the new female prison. The work which was inspected by him was very unsatisfactory but our instructor under him could not say very much. At first we had only a few toys to work with I only had a monkey wrench and two hammers so I got after Mr. Dunford to get some tools to be able to work with. Finally I got one tool, which was an old hammer. I got after him again and it is my trade and i like to do work to the best of my ability. I threatened I would go to the Warden if I could not get them. Finally he came over with a pipe wrench and we got three machinists hammers and a bull wrench that was only aggravating because we needed a lot of tools. I had a very, very hard time to get the few tools I did. Since then he has been taking some back and we are gradually getting short all the time. They are going back in the shop - he demands them. He is a person who encourages you to do things that are breaking the rules of the institution, like smoking and gives us lights. Later on he encourages like that until you do something and then he reports you.”

Hebert noted that he was not an agitator, just a supporter of the strike, and that he does “try to follow the rules of the institution but if I can get a chance I will smoke though.” He hated the “two fellows in our gang who are recognized as rats.” He called these men rats to their faces, and the guard "told me if I did not apologize to these two men he would put me in the hole. He got my temper up. I did not say anything just thought it over if I did not apologize they will take me to the hole so I told him I did not give him direct satisfaction or what he wanted.” He was reported a few times, most importantly “two or three months ago for shouting on the range. I am in 4-D - three of us were reported for that.” Hebert was rankled by “the idea of injustice” - that he was the only one reported.

He continued to work in the blacksmith shop and supported many of the strikes there in 1933. He was released March 1934.]

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Urban Revitalization That Sets an Example

Behind the remarkable charm and energy of rue du Petit-Champlain is a story of adversity. It took the determination of a visionary entrepreneur and architect in the late 1970s to impose a new approach to historical renovation in Québec in order to create a new community that attracts many thousands of visitors every year. 

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Artisans lived in this part of town during the New France period. When Gerry Paris and Jacques de Blois came up with an ambitious project to give rue du Petit-Champlain a new lease on life in the mid-1970s, they kept its artisanal roots in mind. The original concept has changed since then, with the focus shifting more towards business, but the restaurants, performance venue, and many small exclusive boutiques preserve the special charm of this singular street.

   Hard times    

In the early 19th century, epidemics that arrived from Europe in vessels groaning with immigrants forced the artisans to flee to Upper Town. In their place were poor Irish escaping their beleaguered homeland. Fatal landslides exacerbated the isolation of this forgotten street. Five times between 1841 and 1889, large pieces of the cliff came tumbling down, burying some 15 houses, for a death toll of 86. The authorities managed to solve the problem but “Little Champlain,” as opposed to the new Champlain Boulevard that was wider and hugged the river, was not any better off. The proof: as late as the 1920s the street consisted of wooden planks while most other streets were paved.

By the late 1960s, the squalor had spread. The City even considered bulldozing the whole area to make way for a parking lot.

   A revolutionary renovation project    

Gerry Paris and Jacques de Blois had a dream—revitalize a section of Old Québec in the European manner. Their goal was to create a living community and restore the buildings.

They bought a block of derelict houses and began to recruit artists and artisans interested in working and living there. The concept was very different from anything done before in Québec and elsewhere in Canada. They kept the traces of the many changes to the houses over the years, recycled as much material as possible, and spruced them up discretely so as to preserve the historical character of these buildings ranging in age from 200 to 300 years old.

Paris and de Blois were very persistent in their bid to convince those involved in the ever-growing project that their approach was the right one. At the time, this way of doing things—which would become standard practice—went against the tide.

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The work begun in 1977 wrapped up in 1980, with some 30 artisans living on rue du Petit-Champlain. The government of Québec got involved in a new phase of the project that ended in 1983. When Paris and de Blois withdrew in 1985 and sold to the artisan-residents who made up the Quartier Petit Champlain cooperative, there were twice as many residents and businesses. The government of Québec and Caisses Desjardins provided financial backing for the project from that point on.

Subsequently, rue du Petit-Champlain gradually changed to become a popular and much-loved centre for culture, business, and leisure. In 2011 it won the first Great Places in Canada competition in the Neighbourhood category. Its social and economic vitality, urban appeal, and historical and cultural worth earned it that recognition.

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Sur les nouveaux auditoires

«Faire des partenariats, ça donne la propulsion au contenu et donne accès à un auditoire qui ne regarde pas notre contenu sur nos plateformes normalement.» - Philippe Lamarre, président, Urbania

Sur l'état des médias

«Est-ce que moi j'investirais aujourd'hui dans les médias comme la Gazette. Non, probablement pas.» - Mitch Garber, Investissement Canada et président du conseil, Cirque du Soleil

«On doit avoir une profonde réflexion dans la société pour savoir quel rôle on veut que les médias traditionnels jouent.» - Pierre-Elliott Levasseur, président, La Presse

Sur la valorisation du contenu

«Le consommateur a appris à dévaloriser le contenu. On ne l'estime pas à sa juste valeur.» - Gerry Frappier, président, télévision francophone et RDS, Bell Média. Puis: «Le grand défi est d'apprendre à monétiser les différentes fenêtres de valorisation de contenu.»

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«Pour encourager les collaborations, il faut qu’il y ait plus de réseautage entre la communauté média au Québec.» - Salim Sader, cofondateur et directeur de la stratégie de croissance, Goalcast

«Le nouveau mot d'ordre ce n'est pas compétition, mais bien collaboration.» - Pierre-Elliott Levasseur, président, La Presse

«Frennemies, je ne sais pas si vous connaissez l'expression.» - Gerry Frappier, président, télévision francophone et RDS, Bell Média

Sur la responsabilité des annonceurs

«Veut, veut pas, une entreprise à but lucratif choisira la façon la plus efficace de faire du profit et misera d'abord sur la croissance de son entreprise.» - Mitch Garber, Investissement Canada et président du conseil, Cirque du Soleil 

«Il faut faire confiance aux médias crédibles qui savent créer un contenu qui sera engageant sans être dégoulinant du côté publicitaire.» - Hugo Meunier, directeur, production des contenus numériques, Quebecor (Sac de chips, Tabloïd) 

«C'est nécessaire d'avoir une approche plus humaine dans un monde de plus en plus numérique.» - Gigi Huynh, stratège d'engagement et d'impact, Rad

«La publicité plus traditionnelle, c'est comme de payer une place à un party sans être invité de façon organique. L'auditoire est maître, on est maintenant dans une dynamique publicitaire de dialogue.» - Philippe Lamarre, président d'Urbania.

«Souvent, on ne se fait pas embaucher à cause de notre stratégie, alors que c’est pourtant ce que les clients recherchent. Mais ils veulent surtout le moins cher. On a du travail à faire; il faut valoriser nos services.» - Véronik L'Heureux, directrice générale, Spark Foundry

«On fait le pari de soutenir l’écosystème local en investissant dorénavant uniquement dans des médias d’ici. C’est aussi une façon de mieux pouvoir contrôler la fraude. L’an dernier, près de 1 milliard$ seraient disparus à cause du trafic frauduleux.» - Jean-Sébastien Prénovost, conseiller stratégique, médias numériques, Desjardins

«Je pense qu’il ya un rôle des annonceurs d'être sensible aux médias locaux, mais il ne faut pas mettre toute la pression sur eux non plus. Il faut aller chercher l’argent du public.» - Pierre-Elliott Levasseur, président, La Presse

Sur la place de l'instinct à l'ère des données 

«La création lead le contenu. On utilise la donnée pour améliorer la performance, par exemple, la meilleure méthode de présenter son contenu.» - Gigi Huynh, stratège d'engagement et d'impact, Rad

«Les chiffres sont intéressants dans la rétroaction et pour améliorer le contenu futur plutôt que dans la création du contenu comme tel.» - Philippe Lamarre, président d'Urbania.

«Tout chiffrer devient réducteur. Oui, on mesure, mais ça ne peut pas être notre seul engagement. (...) Il faut toucher le coeur des gens. Ça aussi ça nous aide à bien performer.» - Valérie Sapin, diretrice marketing, expérience client et efficacité énergique, Énergir

Sur la publicité du cannabis

«L'idéal pour tous les médias et annonceurs qui pensent s'engager dans la voie du cannabis, c'est d'établir une bonne relation avec Santé Canada.» Kevin Adhami, conseiller juridique, Newad 

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Monday, January 8, 2017

 I gave it the old college try but I was thwarted again from catching up on all the comic books that I wanted to read last week by life's little events. My Dad's 85th birthday meant an evening out with family. Spent most of one day off cleaning the whole house in the aftermath of Christmas being put away for another year. One extra loading and unloading of stuff to take to the monthly Capital Trade Show because I was flying solo for this one took part of another day. Penny came to help and keep me company yesterday at the beginning and the end of the trade show. Thanks to our neighbour vendor Chris for helping me load up after the show. This week has us dealing with our cars having to be serviced. Penny's Soul has to go in for a recall. The ever ominous "service engine soon" light came on the dashboard display of my X-Trail yesterday. The transmission didn't engage a couple of times but I managed to get it going by adjusting the stick shift. I hope it's just the extreme cold of the last week that's causing the problem. I hope I get a bit of alone time to read more this week. Here are comments of the few that I got to.

 Phoenix Resurrection #1 - Matthew Rosenberg (writer) Leinil Francis Yu (pencils) Gerry Alanguilan (inks) Rachelle Rosenberg (colours) VC's Travis Lanham (letters). The gang's all here. I still read Astonishing X-Men so I recognised that team and I figure the other two teams are Blue and Gold. Correct me if I'm wrong. So they're bringing back Jean Grey/Phoenix again just in time for the spring release of the movie starring Sophie Turner better known as Sansa Stark from Game of Thrones. There's enough mystery here to keep me reading but I have issues with all-powerful beings and wonder if we need another super human on the racks right now. This 5-issue mini comes out weekly so I will be able to decide whether it's good enough to read the whole story very quickly.

 Batman and the Signal #1 - Scott Snyder & Tony Patrick (story) Tony Patrick (writer) Cully Hamner (art) Laura Martin (colours) Deron Bennett (letters). This 3-issue mini lets the Signal shine solo as he tries to figure out where his powers come from. I'm not familiar with Duke but I've seen him fight alongside Batman before. DC is probably hoping that his partnership with Batman will help sell this but here we have another young super hero fighting young super villains. I predict Signal will get into deep trouble and then find a way to win the day. The art would be the only reason that I would read the rest of this story.

 Rogue & Gambit #1 - Kelly Thompson (writer) Pere Perez (art) Frank D'Armata (colours) VC's Joe Caramagna (letters). This 5-issue mini takes the two off again romantic partners on a mission to save other mutants. The art is very nice and the last page got me good. I'm going to read the next issue to see what happens next.

 The Snagglepuss Chronicles #1 - Mark Russell (writer) Mike Feehan (pencils) Mark Morales (inks) Paul Mounts (colours) Dave Sharpe (letters). The art got me to pick this off the rack to read with it's mix of human and anthropomorphised animals walking around on two legs. The only thing I recall about the old Hanna Barbera cartoon was Snagglepuss's voice. It sounded snooty to me. The one in this 6-issue mini would sound snooty too since he's a big time playwright. The story takes place in the late 1940s when the government was going after communist sympathisers in the entertainment industry. There are a couple of surprise twists that make this worth reading even if you were never a fan of the cartoon character.

 Dark Nights: Hawkman Found #1 - Jeff Lemire (writer) Bryan Hitch (pencils) Kevin Nowlan (inks) Alex Sinclair & Jeremiah Skipper (colours) Clayton Cowles (letters). I thought that I was done reading any more Dark Night books but then I saw the creative team on this one-shot and had to see what's up with Hawkman these days. I really enjoyed reading this book. They captured the warrior spirit of Carter Hall very well. I was disappointed by the Groundhog Day twist at the end however. As a fan of Jeff, Bryan and Kevin, this book was a blast to read but it didn't make me want to reach for more Dark Night books.

 Jessica Jones #15 - Brian Michael Bendis (writer) Michael Gaydos (art) Matt Hollingsworth (colours) VC's Clayton Cowles (letters). The return of the Purple Man has a great twist that you don't want to miss. If you've watched the first season of the TV show you will get added enjoyment from having a deeper insight into the relationship between Jessica and Killgrave.

 Action Comics #994 - Dan Jurgens (writer & pencils) Art Thibert, Trevor Scott, Johnny Desjardins & Joe Prado (inks) Hi-Fi (colours) Rob Leigh (letters). Ugh, I can't wait for Booster Gold's guest appearance in this book to be over. In order for this time travel snafu story to have any emotional impact Dan has to make Superman act in a stupid and selfish way. Any hero should know better than to mess with time, but no, Superman MUST find the answers he seeks. That bothers me a lot.

 Moon Knight #190 - Max Bemis (writer) Jacen Burrows (pencils) Guillermo Ortego (inks) Mat Lopes (colours) VC's Cory Petit (letters). Crazy Runs in the Family part 3. I really like how Moon Knight's multiple personalities are interacting with each other in Marc's head. The reintroduction of an old supporting character and the surprise twist on the last page gave me that "what a great comic book" chuckle.

 Batman #38 - Tom King (writer) Travis Moore (pencils & inks) Giulia Brusco (colours) Clayton Cowles (letters). This one is a mind bender. Batman flexes his detective's muscles as he solves a serial murder case. The fisherman in me loved all the red herrings.

 Invincible Iron Man #595 - Brian Michael Bendis (writer) Stefano Caselli & Alex Maleev (art) Marte Gracia & Alex Maleev (colours) VC's Clayton Cowles (letters). The Search for Tony Stark part 3. We're getting closer to finding Tony but meanwhile the Infamous Iron Man has problems with the Hood and RiRi has problems with the board of directors of Stark Industries. It's all very entertaining.

 The Demon: Hell is Earth #2 - Andrew Constant (writer) Brad Walker (pencils) Andrew Hennessy (inks) Chris Sotomayor (colours) Tom Napolitano (letters). Jeepers, this is awesome sauce. Not only is the art incredibly nice to look at but the writing is so much fun. I like this Etrigan and Jason Blood pairing. One of the things that made this evil demon character appealing to me was how Jason could control him somewhat. Things have changed between them now and it makes their relationship more interesting. I am definitely going to read the rest of this 6-issue mini.

 Punisher: The Platoon #4 - Garth Ennis (writer) Goran Parlov (art) Jordie Bellaire (colours) Rob Steen (letters). I know that Frank survives this story but I am also hoping the young Vietnamese guerrilla fighter makes it through the war alive too. She's a great character and I keep wondering when she and Frank will meet.

 Superman #38 - Peter J. Tomasi & Patrick Gleason (writers) Sergio Davila (pencils) Vicente Cifuentes (inks) Gabe Eltaeb (colours) Rob Leigh (letters). Super Sons of Tomorrow part 4. I am assuming that future Tim Drake/Batman changes into a character named Savior in the Teen Titans tie-in. I don't care how that happened so I'm not going to read that tie-in. All I now is that he's bad and his team mates in the future Titans show up to help the kids and Jon's dad. I can't wait for this time travel story to conclude in Super Sons #12 which hits the racks January 17.

[junker-town]

Sabres goalie’s practice mask will give you nightmares

Move over, Jason Voorhees.

Over the past few decades, goaltender masks have gone from nightmare fuel to impressively crafted pieces of art. Buffalo Sabres netminder Robin Lehner gave us a good reminder of this when he rocked a 1970s-style mask used by Gerry Desjardins during practice Thursday morning.

Testing out for #WinterClassic? Robin Lehner taking a few shots wearing this mask, used by Gerry Desjardins in the 70s, before practice. #Sabres http://pic.twitter.com/ftCf6WWEQ0

— Buffalo Sabres (@BuffaloSabres) December 21, 2017

Just look at those dead, soulless eyes:

Gah!

Lehner also sported the mask in practice before the 2018 NHL Winter Classic, where we got to see it in full with his outdoor getup.

That mask though. #WinterClassic http://pic.twitter.com/nBs8BXTDDG

— NHL (@NHL) January 1, 2018

Robin Lehner, rocking the Gerry Desjardins mask during warmups, is everything. #WinterClassic #NHL @BuffaloSabres http://pic.twitter.com/NmCfOqja1t

— Greg Wyshynski (@wyshynski) January 1, 2018

As much as we’d love to see someone lookin’ like Jason Voorhees out there on the ice, those old-school masks don’t quite provide the kind of protection necessary for today’s game. Thankfully, Lehner also revealed an awesome custom mask for the upcoming Winter Classic, too.

It’s here: @RobinLehner’s 2018 #WinterClassic Mask by @artofdave. Includes a tribute to #39 on both sides. #Sabres http://pic.twitter.com/4HFrEfKGip

— Buffalo Sabres (@BuffaloSabres) December 21, 2017

It’s fair to say that mask is significantly less horrifying. The inclusion of former Sabres goalie Dominik Hasek on there is a nice touch.

Although, we gotta say, the horrifying 40-year-old mask would be more fun.