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April 8, 1950
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UNITED STATES LEAGUE
Rookie Is In Rookie Marcel Pronovost of the Omaha Knights of the U.S.H.L. made the first official all-star team. The rookie made the defense post with tough Bob Hill of the St. Paul Saints. The youngster la the most talked about Rookie to appear in the U.S.H.L. In many seasons. Four Mohawks No fewer than four of the Kansas City Mohawks made the official U.S.H.L all-star team. The four are Gordon Fashoway. Ray Powell. Goal er Sugar Jim Henry and Doug Baldwin. The other two players on the team are Marcel Pronovost and Bob Dill. HOW THE RACE GOES MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.— The Omaha Knights and Minneapolis Millers made a clean sweep of their opposition in the U.S.H.L. semi-final play-off series. The Knights rode rough-shod over the Kansas City Mohawks in their best 3 in 5 game series when they…
Along the Rails in the Cup Hunt
NEW YORK, N.Y— New York Rangers 3-1 win over Montreal Canadiens in the opening game in the semi-final “B” Series played here had a great effect on the Broadway Blue Shirts. Canadiens were 2,-1 favorites to cop the opener and when the Rangers came through with a win over the red-hot Montrealers, who had been playing their best hockey of the season toward the late stages of the regular schedule, it gave the team a lot of much-needed confidence … “I think we have an excellent chance of beating them”, said Ranger Coach Lynn Patrick. “I thought the boys played a helluva game in the first tilt and if they play as well, and I think they can play better than that, in the remaining games, I think we’ll win.” ……
A.H.L. Playoff Highlights
NEW YORK, N.Y.— TWO of the playoff series this season have brought together rivals which have not met each other in post season competition for long periods of time. In the Eastern Division preliminary round, the Providence Reds engaged Springfield for the first Spring classic since the 1936-37 season, while in the semi-finals, the Reds met the Indianapolis Capitals for the first time since 1940. The play of the veteran Ott Heller, coach ofr the Indianapolis Capitals, has been the talk of the playoffs to date. The great detense star who spent most of the season just guiding his team’s destinies from the bench, got back into harness for the playoff games and has been flying around the ice and manning his position like a young rookie. He never seems to get…
Roving Johnny Walker — Star Finder
REGINA, Sask.— No matter where one goes these spring days, the subject of hockey playoffs, team chances, player moves, rumors and what have you concerning Canada’s National game, seem to crop up. The oldtimers like to recall the days when they were young; the style of hockey in vogue at that time of the 20th Century; the seven-man hockey; the stickhandling wizardry; the rugged bodychecks handed out by the Johnsons, Clancys and Shores. They are firmly convinced that the present-day hockey is a nightmare: That it looks more like a football match than hockey. Sportswriters across the country have voiced their disapproval at, this cynical attitude of the veterans. One writer was heard to remark after a game recently, o‘As far as I’m concerned, hockey today is the best I’ve ever seen.…
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