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April 7, 1948
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Founded October 1, 1947 Published by Hockey News Company, 803 Dominion Square Building, Montreal. Que Subscription Price $2 tor 30 Issues in Canada-$3 in U. S. A. Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. Printed in Canada VOL. 1 APRIL 7, 1948 No. 28 THE STAGE IS SET This season of 1947-48 has been a memorable one right from the beginning, with trades, reversals of form, comebacks, daring feats by rookies and all the things that live long, in the fans’ memories. The playoffs have been no exception, especially as far as that tumultuous Boston Bruins-Toronto Maple Leafs final is concerned. The final series for Lord Stanley’s prized silverware now getting under way promises to be equally as memorable if past performances of the two clubs are any criterion. The way Leafs and Wings won their way into the…
How Fans Voted
Following are tabulations by positions of the votes cast by fans in the USHL All-Star selection. Only the top contenders are shown for each position, since other players winning nominations received such low point totals. First column of figures below shows number of FIRST CHOICE votes cast for each player, second column SECOND CHOICE and the third the number of THIRD CHOICE ballots. The final column shows the total points earned by each player, on the basis of five points for a first, three for second and one for third. FIRST TEAM COACH…
UNITED STATES LEAGUE
Deserves Trail After the Omaha Knights were eliminated from the U.S.H.L. playoffs, Coach Mud Bruneteau admitted that he didn’t have much hope of retaining Terry Sawchuk next season. After his great play Mud thinks be deesrves a major league trial. A Major Leaguer Bill Cook coach of the Minneapolis Millers is high in his praises for the Inshy Max McNab of Omaha Knights Cook, a former great himself, describes McNab as “A National League player if I ever saw one.” He is the property of Detroit Red Wings. HOW THE RACE GOES Just one more game will decide it all. With Minneapolis Millers standing by awaiting the winner of the “A” series, Kansas City Pla-Mors and Houston Huskies have waged a tooth-and-nail fight in Series “A” and after Houston came back on Sunday to tie…
BRUIN, PETE BABANDO SLUGS FAN, FINED ‘C’ NOTE, WILL APPEAL
BOSTON, Mass.—Practically everybody including Pete Babando, gets into the act at the Boston Garden. The husky rookie Bruin drew a $100 fine in Boston Municipal Court for slugging a fan after the tumultuous game January 31, but Babando said he would appeal the conviction by Judge Charles L. Carr. Sygmund Wojciekowski, a former professional boxer, told the court that he attended the hockey game at the Boston Garden with his son Joseph, who is 11. At the close of the game, he said, he took his son down from the balcony to watch the players at close range as they filed off the ice. While he was looking in another direction, he said, Babando came up and hit him in the nose without any provocation. Babando testified that he had become excited…
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