Steelers finish
long hard climb
PITTSBURGH (AP)
Since mid-October, every
football game had the same
meaning for the Pittsburgh
Steelers lose it and you're
out. -
"We've been in the playoffs
for nine weeks," said coach
Chuck Noll at yesterday's
meeting with reporters. "It's
that same kind of feeling.
"Now everyone has it."
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After losing four of their
li first five games, the Steelers
,
' won nine straight to earn the
AFC Central cromm and the
right to face Baltimore in the
first round of the playoffs
Sunday. _
Colts' coach • Ted Mar
chiabroda knows what its like
*to get to the playoffs the hard
way. His team had to do the
same thing last year.
"That's why its so un
believable. The Steelers won
six of those games with a
rookie at quarterback, too,"
,
.iilie said in a telephone con
ference call from Maryland..
"Sometimes you really
don't know how good you are
until you have to show it all."
The Steelers must share
some of the credit with
Oakland. The Raiders, who
welcome New England for the
other half of the AFC playoffs
Saturday, knocked Cincinnati
out of Pittsburgh's way en
route to the division cham
pionship.
Are Noll's players anxious
for a rematch with the
Raiders, who handed them
the first of four defeats in a
row?
"We have no preference as
to who our next opponent
might be," Noll said. "We'd
like to play a second game.
That's our only preference."
Pittsburgh beat the Colts
28-10 in the first round of the
playoffs last year, but Noll
had praise for a team he said
has matured and improved
since then.
"Their defense is
awesome," said Noll. "And
their offense can put Lydell
Mitchell in there and grind it
out or get the big bomb.
They're the leading scorers in
the league and that says
something.
"But when you're talking
about the playoffs, you're
talking about the best."
Marchiabroda was
more lavish in his
pliments.
"Without any doubt Pitts
burgh is the best football
team in the league," he said.
"I said at the beginning of the
season that Pittsburgh was
the team to beat.
"We'll have to phi) , our best
football of the year and make
no mistakes in order to win.
You have to beat Pittsburgh
with all you big guns.
1 "The Steelers have no
weaknesses."
Said Noll, without knowing
of Marchiabroda's assess
ment, "That's what we play
the game to find out."
Edge Delaware, lose to Lehigh
Icemen skate to
By JERRY LUCCI
Collegian Sports Writer
For the hockey purist it was
a hell of a weekend. For those
who like to keep records, it
left a lot to be desired.
The purists enjoyed the two
well-matched games played
by the Penn State Hockey
Club last weekend due to the
abundance to goals scored,
the hard checking and the
tough play of the goaltenders
for all the teams involved.
The record keepers weren't
quite as thrilled with the play,
however, as the Lions split
two games, defeating
Delaware, 4-3, on Friday
night and losing to Lehigh, 7-
5, on Sunday. Currently the
Lions stand at 3-2-1.
The Delaware win was
especially pleasing to coach
Bob Hettema's squad because
in addition to being the team's
first victory in the Mid-
Atlantic Collegiate Hockey
Conference, it was the first
time the local icemen have
beaten the Blue Hens on their
home rink.
"After the game with
Delaware, everyone, , in
cluding the losing coach, the
referees and the fans thought
it was as fine a game as you
could have wanted to see,"
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Hettema said
The game was indeed a
well-balanced affair as each
team had 34 shots on goal and
seven penalties
Wingers Dennis Herr and
Bill Galli were a two-man
offense for the Lions, as both
scored twice in the contest.
Pete Lambert, the grad
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University of Toronto,
stopped 31 shots en route to
his first victory of the year.
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another close game against
Lehigh but failed in a
cdmeback bid and were
defeated 7-5.
"After a strong second
period we tied the score 3-3
and thought we could keep the
momentum going in the third
period," Hettema said. "We
thought we were going to take
over and skate them into the
ice but instead we began to
tire."
The Lions did appear to be
taking the molnentum away
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from Lehigh when Tom
Horgas scored the go-ahead
goal at 1:18 in the final period.
But when Lehigh matched
that goal a few minutes later,
the partisan crowd spurred
the Engineers on to victory.
Bill Richardson was in goal
and stopped 42 shots. The
Lion attack was balanced
with Jerry Fry, Terry
Brownschidle, Jim Lynch,
Tom Horgas and Galli
scoring.
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