They Said It

?Johnny Peirson, former National Hockey League star, on the opening-game 7-3 defeat of Team Canada by the Russians: "It's nice to be in on history, but I didn't think it would be Dunkirk."

?Steve Arnold, director of player personnel for the World Hockey Association, asked what the new league would use for a farm system: "We've got the greatest development league anyone ever had—the National Hockey League."

?Bernie Farrell, coach of Philadelphia's Bishop Egan High School football team, after his players shaved their heads in training camp: "You won't find too many longhairs out there. They're Middle America, baby, Levittown all the way."