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November 25, 1950
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THE FAN FORUM
QUESTION TIME Dear Sir, Could you please tell me where Ralph Nattrass, Red Hamill, Rip Riopelle and Benny Woit are? How are Danny Lewicki and Rudy Miguay (two Fort William lads) doing? Where is Alex Barilko? I would like to read a story about my favourite W.C.S goalie Bob Bartlet who played for Calgary Buffaloes two years ago and who is now with the Trail Smoke Eaters. Roy Relsofski Fort William, Ont. (Nattrass is with Cincinnati. Hamill is coaching the Milwaukee Seagulls of the U.S.H.L. Rip Riopelle has retired from hockey because of a back injury and Woit is still with the Indianapolis Caps of the A.H.L. Lewicki is doing very well with the Leafs while Migay is also playing well for Pittsburgh. Barilko is playing hockey in the Maritimes.) WHERE THEY ARE Dear Sir, This is my first letter…
Back of HOCKEY VICTORIES
Trophy winners take no chances — they use C.C.M. Matched Skating Sets. All but one player of the Detroit “Red Wings” wore them and they won the “Stanley Cup” Every player on the Toronto “Marlboros” wore them and they won the “Allan Cup”. Every player on the Montreal “Canadiens” wore C.C.M. Matched Skating Sets and they won the “Memorial Cup”. And so goes the story of amateur and professional hockey in Canada and the United States — actual check shows that over 95% of the players use C.C.M.’s. At C.C.M. dealers everywhere. C.C.M. MATCHED SETS The Last Word in Skating Equipment…
Wings Love Their Roadwork
DETROIT, Mich— Having stumbled away to a bad start, the Detroit Red Wings must make up a lot of ground if they’re to extend their reputation for being the best road team In hockey. Traveling may be broadening, but it certainly Isn’t fattening in the victory column for most hockey teams. Detroit, however, has been a shining exception—the only one in the National Hockey League—to that rule. Records for the past three seasons prove that. Manager Jack Adams often has stated that the real test of any hockey team is how it plays on the road. “It takes class to go in and win on the other fellow’s ice,” the Detroit boss maintains. “Any team can win at home, but champions also win on the road.” In the unfamiliar settings of five other cities, and…
NATIONAL LEAGUE
A Bargain Zelio Toppazzini. obtained by the New York Rangers in a trade for Dune Fisher, scored a goal and an assist for the Broadway Blueshirts in his first game on Madison Square Garden ice. So far, the deal is a success for Bangers, as Fisher had gone scoreless for them this season. Sweet Revenge Traded off by the Toronto Maple Leafs, Bill Ezinicki lined up with the Boston Bruings and fired a goal against his old mate goalie Turk Broda. The game was played on Boston ice, and Sweet William was in rare bodychecking form though he played only part of the game with a stomach ailment. MONTREAL, Que.— Montreal Canadiens and Detroit Red Wings were the best teams in the N.H.L. last week. Canadiens won three straight games while Detroit won two and…