Height: 5-11
Weight: 195
Shoot: L
Born: 6 Jun 1950, Winnipeg MB
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Regular Season & Playoff Scoring Record (key)
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| 1972-73 | New York | |||||||||||
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| 1974-75 | San Diego | |||||||||||
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Hockey and Learning, a Parlay • by Mel Woody • New York Raiders 1972-73 Hockey Program Bob Winograd is one of the new breed of hockey player. He loves the game but wants his book learning, too. "I thought going to Colorado College was a great chance to play good hockey and get a good education," the big rookie defenseman said. "I think the top three or four American colleges play as good hockey as a top junior team in Canada." Winograd's exploits at the Colorado Springs institution of higher learning earned him All-America honors last year. "I don't think going to college sets back a player who wants to be a pro," Winograd continued. "Of course you play only 30-odd games a season in college while you might play 70 in juniors. But there have been an awful lot of good players who have come out of college to make it in the pros..." Winograd's major was business administration and he needs one more semester to earn his degree. "I'm going to get that in summer school," he said. "But right now I want to play hockey." "He's green of course," said coach Camille Henry. "But he's got a good shot from the point and even if he has to go down to the minors, he could be back up before the end of the year if we have injuries or anybody lets down." "Winograd is a workhorse," according to his college coach, Jeff Sauer. "He played 40% of the time in our games, taking a regular turn playing the point or power plays and killing penalties." "He was especially valuable when we were shorthanded," Sauer said. On the surface, that seems a little at odds with something else Sauer said. "He was sometimes inconsistent on defense especially in games when we were far behind but in close games he was tough." "I don't know about that," the competitive Winograd said. "I liked to play all the time." Winograd got a sheepish sort of grin on his face when told Sauer said he had been unable to get other players to stand in front of the net and deflect Bob's shots from the point, they came so hard. "That's what we'll miss most from him this year, that shot from the point," Sauer said. "It was one of the hardest ever to come out of our league." Winograd finally agreed that perhaps some of his teammates in college hadn't liked the idea of getting cracked on the ankle. Winograd called the Raiders from school and told them he was available. He had been drafted by the St. Louis Blues two years ago after his freshman year, and had talked to the club. "But I thought there was more opportunity here," Bob said. "It's different than College, of course," said Winograd. "For one thing, there's a lot more work in training camp." That's testimony to the tough two a day sessions Cammie put the Raiders through at bricktown training camp. If Winograd has a shortcoming, it's his skating although it's not all that bad. "It's always been the weakest part of my game," Winograd admitted. "I work on agility drills, though, and just dig in that much harder. I've improved." Win has a two-year contract with the Raiders. It may be that before those two years are up, he'll be drilling in that heavy shot from the point on a regular basis for the Raiders. |
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