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November 3, 1948
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Buddy Gets Trophy When Ribs Mended
NEW YORK, N.Y.— The Dr. David A. Hart Trophy, which has been awarded annually since 1924 to the National Hockey League player selected “as the most valuable to his team,” is in Ranger custody for the first time. The handsome trophy, won by Buddy O’Connor last season, arrived in New York along with the Lady Byng Trophy, which also was awarded to the great Blue Shirt centerman. Buddy became the first Ranger ever to win the Hart Trophy last season, when he more than doubled the votes of Frank Brimsek, Boston goalie, the runner-up. The trophies will be on display in the Garden lobby and will be presented formally to O’Connor when his broken rib mends and he returns to the line-up.…
Winnipeg Is Top Producer Of N.H.L. Hockey Players
MONTREAL, Que.— Winnipeg-, known as the “Gateway to Canada’s Golden West”, is the birthplace of more National Hockey League players than any other city in the world. Fourteen of the 99 men in the N.H.L. this season were born in Winnipeg. Toronto is next in line with six native sons performing in the N.H.L. and is followed by Montreal with five andSaskatoon with four. There are only eight players in the N.H.L. who were not born in Canada. Four of these were born in the United States, two in Scotland, while Ireland and Finland have contributed one each. Old Country Boys The four American players are Bill Moe, New York Rangers; Frankie Brimsek, Boston Bruins; Norm Dussault, Montreal Canadiens; and Pete Babando, Boston Bruins. Adam Brown, Chicago Black Hawks was born in Johnstone, Scotland…
Toledo Mercurys Mooted Team To Beat In International Loop
TOLEDO, O.— Form, and the capturing of the United States Senior Championship last season make the Toledo Mercurys the team to beat in the International League this year. The green and white uniformed Marks are the only club in the circuit with a year’s experience on which to build. Andy Mulligan, longtime defense man in the Midwest, and a na tive of Winnipeg, has assembled a mixture of youth and age whicl already has proven its mettle by defeating the Milwaukee Clarks 5 to 1 in the season inaugaural. In goal Andy has Bun Nicholson ‘rom the Sydney, Nova Scotia, Mil-ionaires. Noted as a hard luck letminder Nicholson has a fine pair of hands and is expected to continue in the tradition of good Toledo goalkeepers. A husky fellow, Nicholson is the stand…
Big Season Seen For Colorado In College Hockey
COLORADO SPRINGS, Col.— Every major American collegiate hockey team and one of Canada’s top universities are combining to make Colarado Colleg’s l948-’49 schedule me most promising in the school’s ten-year hockey history. Winners of 19 games, last year, including an incredible 13 straight-game streak, the Tigers will make two trips this year, playing eight games away from home and 12 at the Broadmoor Ice Palace. After the usual Christmas holiday week of games in Colorado Springs, Coach Cheddy Thompson’s sextet will trek to North Dakota, Boston, Yale, Dartmouth and. Princeton before returning home to meet the University of Alberta on home ice. Regarding the selection of either Colorado Colle or the University of California as the western entry in the National playoffs, the teams play a two-game series at Colorado Springs February 11-12 and…
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