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January 14, 1950
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THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY
FAR-REACHING DECISION News from the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association meeting in Montreal last week was soothing music to the ears of Frank Selke, quietly-efficient General Manager of Montreal Canadiens. When the C.A.H.A. officials decided to stage next spring’s Memorial Cup finals in Montreal or Quebec if a team from that province reaches the decisive round, it climaxed a lengthy fight by the tiny Hab mastermind. Ever since Selke came to Montreal from Toronto, he has devoted much of his boundless energy to building up junior hockey from its sad and lowly state in the Quebec metropolis. That campaign was successfully capped last Spring when the Junior Royals captured the Cup, symbolic of supremacy among the nation’s younger fry. As is the time-honored custom, the 1949 playoffs were staged in Western Canada—as they alternate…
Three Lucky Contestants Collect Cash Prizes
1st Prize $25 — J. J. Mavity, 107 Milton Ave., Stratford, Ont. 2nd Prize $15 — Nick Korol, Donwell, Sask. 3rd Prize $10 — John R. Catsis, 2723 McDaniel Ave. Evanston, III. Some 900 readers from all across Canada and the United States tried their skill in THE HOCKEY NEWS “Pick the Standing Contest” but the dizzy doings of the current campaign the upsets and the downfalls of favorites, wiped out the chances of most entrants for collecting a prize. Just as the sports writers and broadcasters got tangled up in their predictions, the fan-on-the-street also found the going rough. Only two of the entries listed New York Rangers in second place, as that surprising team upset the applecart. Along with Toronto’s ignominious fall to the cellar depths, those two factors made it tough…
Millers: United Nations On Ice
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.— There are always arguments as to what nationality plays better game than another, and in this, hockey, the fastest of them all, offers no exception to the rule. great deal of myth or theory in this respect is exploded by the 1949-1950 edition of the Minneapolis Millers, current leaders in the United States Hockey League. They are virtually an “All-Nations” team, Canadian-born for the most part but descended from almost every race in the world. The fact that they were cradled in North America undoubtedly accounts for their ability to play the kind of hockey they do. It is no small or idle boast that if given the opportunity they could step out and give any club in any other league run for their marbles. They possess, besides the natural…
Rookies In A.H.L More Than Hold Own
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.— At the latest glance, about 35 freshmen were playing regularly in the American League, meaning that approximately 20 per cent of the junior circuit’s employees are in their first honestly-pro seasons. From this squad could be assembled at least one 18-man team which wouldn’t have to stand aside for any club in the league. This all-freshman crew would be strong in goal and on defense, well-to-do at center and right wing and weak, if anywhere, only on left wing. There are two rookie goalies in the loop, Gil Mayer, of Pittsburgh and Gerry McNeil, of Cincinnati. So far Mayer, the less-heralded of the two, has had the most success, leading the goals against averages most of the way. McNeil, who goal-guarded for the Montreal Royals Seniors for five seasons, started under…
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