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November 5, 1949
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Your Star Of Yesteryear
?? WHO IS HE?? Here are a pair of clues to the Identification of the gentleman in the above picture. 1. Played for the Ottawa Senators. 2. Had a brother who was also a famous hockey player. Your Star Off Yesteryear Your Star Of Yesteryear is none other than the great Bruce Stuart, former player with the Ottawa Senators.…


Jake’s Lost – No Nets!
Hard working Jake Forbes, the veteran (at 24) Omaha defenseman, claims he isn’t carrying any horseshoes or four-leaf clovers around this campaign, but he can’t explain just how it is the Knights are managing without a goalie change. This time a year ago Jake had been in and out of the nets in a “spare” role at least a couple of times and an extra goalie from the Saints had worked in relief, too … “My goaltending days are all over as of last year”, Jake beamed before a recent St. Paul-Omaha game. Then he continued, “it is getting tough enough to play defense without asking for more trouble in the nets”. Incidentally Jake reported that on his first trip around the league the hecklers all told him, “you are…


‘SIow-Motion’ Gordie Back In Big 4 Grind
HALIFAX, N.S.— If early game crowds may be taken as a criterion of what is to come, then the Maritimes’ two major puck circles will play to record attendances this season. Crowds at both the Maritime Senior (Big Four) and Cape Breton League games have been very impressive … The three team Cape Breton League looks a bit stronger than it was a year ago, although Sydney Millionaires have gotten off to a better start and the Glace Bay Miners, who started out in high gear last season, have yet to hit their best stride. Sweeney Schriner’s North Sydney Victorias are shaping up nicely and tigure to give the other two rivals a close race to the wire … Sydney coach Murph Chamberlain has made a hit with players and fans and plans…


Passing the Puck
QMAHA KNIGHTS of the U.S.H.L. have one of the youngest teams in the history of pro hockey. Ten members of the club played for Windsor Spitfires, Junior O.H.A. team, the past two years … Minneapolis, St. Paul and Omaha look like the clubs to beat thus far in the Carl Voss loop … Scanning the new, sparkling edition of “Inside the Blue Shirt,” Stan Saplin’s annual, one is impressed with the number of former New York Rangers now engaged in the coaching profession. We checked the list in the book’s “Who’s Who” section and found that 12 ex-Rangers are coaching pro sextets and another seven and perhaps more are guiding amateur teams, not to mention Murray Murdock, who holds forth at Yale … The pro mentors are Lynn Patrick, Rangers;…