Bill haley and his comets first burst onto the music scene in the early 1950s and were one of the earliest groups of white musicians to bring rock and roll to the attention of white america and the rest of the world. Former clinton comets jack kane, borden smith, dave armstrong and pete. Sep 18, 2017 clinton is honest in the book that shes routinely had to fake a smile since november. Comets were thought to be a sign of impending disaster. Jack kane is a pretty good source on just how dominant the 196768 clinton comets were in the eastern hockey league. Utica comets thrive in small market, give city a nice jolt the san. Comets unveil lifesize bronze clinton comet statue rome. By design, the characters in this book are not the stereotypes of smart kids that we see in everyday pop culture. Clinton comets and community borden smith utica comets. In 198485, his peoria rivermen finished first overall in the ihl. Borden smith and ed babiuk clinton comets reg meserve and hec lalande jersey devils gordie stratton jersey devils. Dec 31, 2012 there is a great display of clinton comets memorabilia along an entire wall, and newspaper clippings from the early 1950s detailing how the original clinton arena, which was built in 1948 on this site but burned down in 1953, was rebuilt in 1954 in its current form. Bill heindl, jim jago, pat kelly coach, ed babiuk, jack kane, pete babando, bill bannerman.
Clinton smith has an interest in weapons systems and a facility for intriguing plots. Smith is the comets regular season alltime leader in goals whose ehl regular season rank in goals is fourth 408. A community newspaper serving the village of clinton and town of kirkland, new york. The items on the wall of the lobby are more like a museum. With anderson watching their backs, leading scorers jack kane and borden smith led the comets to three consecutive walker cups as champions of the ehl from 196870. Utica comets thrive in small market, give city a nice jolt. A native of atlanta, georgia, ronald clinton smith, was born on march 19, 1951, to harry raymond smith, a former football player at georgia tech and p51 fighter pilot in ww ii and korea, who died when ron was fifteen, and theresa vina gooch, a model and homemaker.
Comets, meteors, and asteroids summarizes the three different kinds of rocks that we perceive throughout space. The roster, scoring and goaltender statistics for the 196667 clinton comets playing in the ehl. The 196768 clinton comets of the eastern hockey league have a place in hockey history as the professional hockey team with the least losses in a regular season over 70 games or something like that. Utica comets president robert esche announced today that on saturday, november 24, the utica comets will unveil a bronze, lifesize statue of the four clinton comets. Apr 04, 2010 featuring the history and relationship of the clinton comets, the mohawks and the stars, mancusos new book is a history about professional hockey in utica, new york, during the north american hockey league nahl, north eastern hockey leagueeastern hockey league nehlehl and atlantic coast hockey league achl years from the 197374 to. Today, however, we know that a comet is just a mass of ices, rocks, and dust orbiting the sun. The clinton comets from the chenago canal to national championships jim mancuso on. Bill haley the very best of bill haley and the comets 1992. His teams won 3 walker cups, 2 james crockett trophies, and one turner cup. Greater utica sports hall of famers jack kane and borden smith joined. Leagues ehl clinton comets alltime list this is a list of all the players that played for the clinton comets, a hockey team playing in the eastern hockey league from 1954 to 1973.
Authors may download a copy of the pdf version of their chapter for use as reprints file sizes are indicated next to each file name. The team was originally started by ed stanley who acted as manager to build a team from local high school students and. Clinton comets heritage night save of the day foundation. Comets, asteroids and meteorites by bill slavin, cynthia. A native of toronto, canada, jack kane came to the utica area in 1960 to play hockey for the clinton comets of the eastern league. He netted 50plus goals four times and twice topped the 60goal mark. Featuring the history and relationship of the clinton comets, the mohawks and the stars, mancusos new book is a history about professional hockey in utica, new york, during the north american hockey league nahl, north eastern hockey leagueeastern hockey league nehlehl and atlantic coast hockey league achl years from the 197374 to. He also played in the american hockey league with the baltimore clippers, springfield kings and cleveland barons. Unfortunately, three other stars from that great clinton squad who were also going to speak, ian anderson, dave armstrong and pete prevost, were unable to attend. Jack kane inductees greater utica sports hall of fame. Jan 14, 2015 young fans stop to gather autographs from former clinton comets players, archie burton, jack kane, dave armstrong, peter prevost and borden smith during comets day on jan. Performance is often inversely proportional to fame. Hector joseph lalande november 24, 1934 august 18, 2010 was a canadian professional ice hockey centre. The clinton comets from the chenago canal to national championships.
Clinton comets and community borden smith mar 14, 2017. Hillary clinton is a violent and erratic psychopath. Comets are abundant in the outer solar system, where they are invisible even to the most powerful telescopes. Jul 19, 2005 comets are small bodies, but of great cosmic relevance. By todays standards, the 6768 clinton comets, at the very least, would star in their own sports reality television program. Comets before astronomers knew what comets were, many people feared them. Former clinton comet hockey enforcer anderson remembered. Jul 09, 2010 bill haley and his comets infectious rock anthem became the no. Borden smith inductees greater utica sports hall of fame. Clinton comets not active na hockey team page with roster, stats, transactions at. A half a century ago, the 196768 clinton comets proved to be one of the most elite teams ever compiled in sports.
The clinton comets were an american ice hockey team in clinton, new york. This book discusses space collisions, from the asteroids and comets that strike earth and other planets to the work scientists are doing to protect our planet. He played in 151 national hockey league nhl games, all but twelve with the chicago black hawks. Comets, meteors, and asteroids is a short and resourceful nonfiction book by the smart author, seymour simon. Creators and destroyers is the story of the celestial apparitions that have tantalized and terrified people. This is a very good book for kids 58 years old to read and parents to read and show pictures to the little ones. During eight seasons with the comets, smith was a major offensive contributor. Among those at the dinner are ed stanley, comets business manager, and borden smith, leading scorer in clintons fourgame sweep of the charlotte checkers in the playoff finals for the walker. Clinton youth hockey was able to purchase rink divider boards for the 201819 season which allowed us to maximize our ice usage and create competitive ice playing areas for our younger groups.
Statistics of borden smith, a hockey player from rouynnoranda, pq born may. Founded in 192728 as the clinton hockey club and nicknamed the comets in 1949, the team played primarily at the clinton arena from 1949 until 1973. More than two dozen women, mostly in their twenties, have approached her to apologize for not voting for. The clinton comets from the chenago canal to national. Don davidson, borden smith, ian anderson, tim hook, rod zaine, len speck, gene philly stickboy front.
Comets ii downloadable files lunar and planetary institute. Also they will learn a little about comets, asteroids and meteors too. Kids danced in the aisles of theaters when they heard it blaring over the speakers, and the song provoked rioting here and in europe. Comets, meteorites, and asteroids scholastic news edition 4.
He finished up with 390 goals in clinton, which remains a team record today. Ted sydlowski and benny woit for ed babiuk, pat kelly and borden smith. That book painted a the same picture of a harridan hillary who brutalized staff and had the mouth of a fishmongers wife besetting an irresponsible, but likeable, horndog, bill. On march 31, eight members from the unstoppable 196768 comets reunited under the cables of the aud for a commemorative banner raising that celebrated the team that amassed a record of 57510. Apr 08, 2010 he led the famed clinton comets to 5 first place finishes, the charlotte checkers shl to 2 first place finishes, and the salem raiders achl to a first place finish.
This lavishly illustrated book in the starting with space series is an innovative, handson approach to learning about comets, asteroids and meteorites. Statistics of borden smith, a hockey player from rouynnoranda, pq born may 1943 who was active from 1959 to 1976. Jun 06, 2016 this book is similar to an earlier, similarly themed book by former fbi agent gary aldrich called unlimited access. The three skaters helped bring backtoback walker cup championships to clinton in 196768 and 196869. Box 1761 mendocino, california 95460 707 9372261 email. Given its pristine nature, they may preserve valuable and unique information on thechemical and physical processes that took place in theearly solar system, and that may be occurring in the formation of other planetary systems. Kenneth borden smith born may, 1943 is a canadian former professional hockey player who played 648 games in the eastern hockey league, with the philadelphia ramblers, long island ducks and clinton comets. This list is accurate for most teams, but for some obscure teams the list may be partial. In 72 regular sesaon games, clinton won 57 games and tied ten while losing just five games. Smith joined a comets lineup that featured jack kane and bill bannerman, and the trio soon started an enviable scoring string that lasted seven seasons, culminating as the highestscoring line in ehl history. His most productive years were in the minors with the clinton comets where. The chapters that appear in the book are listed below.
Mar 01, 2018 every day, ron clinton smith and thousands of other voices read, write, and share important stories on medium. Utica comets president robert esche announced today that on saturday, november 24, the utica comets will unveil a bronze, lifesize statue of the four clinton comets dave armstrong, jack kane, pierre prevost, and borden smith who have remained in the area since their playing days and have served. Nov 21, 20 former clinton comets hockey star ian anderson, a legendary ehl enforcer and a fan favorite, was never one to back down from a fight. It is awesome, said kane, a clinton resident who played 820 games with the comets and is a member of the greater utica sports hall of fame.
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