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February 25, 1950
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New Playoff For A.H.L.
NEW YORK, N.Y.— Details for the two, important changes in the American Hockey League Playoff Plan, wnich were decided upon at a Board of Governors Meeting held on February 7, have been settled. The playoffs for this season will have a different arrangement in the schedule as well as an alteration in the financial split for the players. The post-season games will involve five series as in the past, but instead of the three preliminary rounds being inter-division series as in the other years, only the first place clubs in each section will play each other. The second place team in the East will meet the club which finishes in third position in the same sector, while a like program has been established for the runner-up and third place team of the…
Rapid Robert’s Hat
MEDICINE HAT, Alta.— Real hat tricks — three goals by the same player in direct succession — are extreme rarities. But when a player not only wins himself a hat, but gets his trio inside of 16 seconds, that’s really something. Bobby Kiel, shown above, is only 17 years old, but he turned that really remarkable feat to establish what is believed a world record. Rapid Robert, who plays for Medicine Hot Riverside Juvenile Monarchs, took the spotlight in the Third Period of a game against Lethbridge Juveniles. In the opening stanza he plunked home a pair inside of 54 seconds, as he helped his team to a 23-2 victory.…
Scribes Ask League Take Stiff Action Against Hawk Coach
(Following is the statement prepared by the Detroit Hockey Writers Association, and signed by Paul Chandler for the Association, regarding the dressing room incident between Chicago Coach Charlie Conacher and Detroit writer Lew Walter). DETROIT. Mich.— This is to express the strongest possible protest of the Detroit Hockey Writers Association on the failure of the National Hockey League to take disciplinary action against Coach Charles Conacher of Chicago for his conduct in Detroit on February 8, 1950. Without warning Conacherf slugged Lewis H. Walter of the Detroit Times, a member of our group, during an interview in the Chicago dressing room. Walter was in the dressing room purely and solely in the course of his duties as a reporter of hockey. At no time was Any subject discussed beyond the affairs of the…
YOUTH BRAVES ICY RIVER TO SAVE 74-YEAR-OLD-BOSS
1. Mr. Arthur Ross, 74, was directing the removal of the foundations of an old bridge at the mouth of the St. Maurice River. He was standing on an improvised dam when suddenly he lost his balance and fell into the water. 2. An 18-year-old employee, Pierre Roy, immediately took off his rubber boots and plunged into the river. Mr. Ross by this time had been carried 15 feet … disappeared beneath the surface … and re-appeared even further away. 3. The gallant young man finally reached his employer … grasped him firmly … then fought his way back against the icy current and the floating logs until he had him safely on the dam. We are proud to pay tribute to Pierre Roy through the presentation of The Dow Award. THE DOW…
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