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December 24, 1949
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Wings Heaviest, Habs Lightest In N.H.L.
MONTREAL, Que.— What with all the talk lately of overweight players and with coaches and managers laying down the law because they believed certain players not in the best of condition, this is an opportune time to check the weights of every player in the National Hockey League and see what we find. The front-running Detroit Red Wings are the heaviest team in the National Hockey League with an over-all average of 182 pounds per man. Fourteen of the 18 players on the Red Wings roster tip the Toledos at 175 pounds or better. Included among these 14 players are three 200-pounders, namely Pete Babando, Leo Reise and Lee Fogolin. Lightest man on the high-flying Wings is none other than Ted Lindsay, their most prolific point-getter and star left winger. Lindsay…
Player - Of - The – Week
Twenty-four year old Bep Guidolin who sometimes answers to the nickname of “Buffalohead” has been chosen by THE Hockey News as the Player Of The Week. The curly-haired forward of the Chicago Black Hawks is the most improved player on the Windy City Club and Coach Chuck Conacher goes along with us on that. One of the highest scoring trios in hockey today are Metro Prystai, Bert Olmstead and Guidolin, appropriately named the “Boilermaker Line” and the latter’s renewed ambition to show that he has what it takes has injected the old fire into his two youthful linemates. Last week Guidolin netted four goals in his best scoring spree this season. He now has a total of 5 goals and 14 assists for 19 points. On December 14 in Chicago the Hawks…
Mother leaps two floors to save baby from flames
Mrs. Barber was working upstairs in her farm home near Ottawa when she smelled smoke. Running down, she found the main floor a mass of flames. Racing upstairs again she grasped her 18-months-old baby girl — but even in that short time the fire had spread and the entire staircase was ablaze! Mrs. Barber and her little girl were trapped! But the gallant mother kept her head. Quickly she opened an upstairs window … and, clutching her baby in her arms, she leaped to the ground. The child was unhurt and her mother escaped with minor burns and bruises. We are proud to present THE DOW AWARD to heroic Mrs. Edward Barber of North Gower, Ont. We are proud to present THE DOW AWARD to heroic Mrs. Edward Barber of North…
Cy Denneny - Government Man
OTTAWA, Ont.— A little over two years ago, Conn Smythe, major-domo of the world’s champion Toronto Maple Leafs, rocked the puck pastime with his now famous five - for - two deal, a straight player trade with the Chicago Black Hawks which wrote a new chapter in hockey history. A little over 32 years ago. Ed Livingstone, another Queen City hockey manager, caused an approximate stir among the faithful when he traded a young left winger to the Ottawa Senators for a goalie and a “fabulous” bundle of cash. The young left winger was Cyril (Cy) Denneny, one of the most prolific scorers in hockey, while the “fabulous” bundle of cash was $750 And therein lies a story! Now,” there have been more spectacular deals in hockey’s history, not the least of which was…
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