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January 6, 1951
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UNITED STATES LEAGUE
Two Minors Clint Albright, the bespectacled St. Paul left winger, had not drawn a penalty until the game in Omaha on December 16th when he visited the sin bin twice. He is a former National leaguer with New York Hangers. Three Zeros Three shutouts were marked up last week. Lou Crowdie of Denver started it when he blanked the St. Paul Saints 3-0 in St. Paul. Then Al Millar (who is replacing: Jack McGill in the Kansas City nets) wielded the calsomine brush against Milwaukee, and Lome Worsley closed it off with a 4-0 job against Kansas City. HOW THE RACE GOES RESULTS OF GAMES Dec. 20—Denver 4, Tulsa 1 Dec. 20—St. Paul 7, Milwaukee 5 Dec. 21—Tulsa 1, Omaha 7 Dec. 21—Denver 3, St. Paul 0 Dec. 22—Milwaukee 0, Kansas City 5 Dec. 23—Milwaukee 1, Tulsa 8 Dec. 23—Denver 6, Omaha…
Hockey Crossword
ACROSS 1—Pictured N.H.L. goalie. 2—First name of coach of Charlottetown Islanders. 8—Short for first name of Hopper of Portland. 4—This goalie is called Connie. 11—Germanium (Sym). 12—Selected as coach of 1943-44 second All-Star team. 13—A Ranger rearguard. 15—A fractured skull—the career of Dick Irvin. 16—Exclamation. 17—Initials of Stearns of Kansas City. 18—Initials of a Galt-born N.H.L. referee. 20—Adam Brown broke one recently. 22—Number of goals scored by Slowinski in 1949-50 playoffs. 23—Name given McCreavy, ex N.H.L. player. ’ 24—Gerry Reid of Indianapolis was born in—Sound, Ont. 27—“Babe” Pratt’s initials. 28—Short for given name of Burke, ex Black Hawk. 29—Initials of Leafs publicity director. 31—First name of Thurier of Cleveland. 83—Position Richard ended in 194 6-47 scoring race. 37—Home state of 1948-49 Calder Cup winners (abbr). 38—Charlie Conacher had a hard one. 89—Native province of Steve Black (abbr). DOWN 1—Ex N.H.L. referee, called Mike. 2—First name of a Buffalo defenceman. 3—Short for first name of a Red Wing…
Player-Of-The-Week
When Nick Mickoski scored four goals and added an assist when the Rangers whipped the Hawks 6-1 in New York on Christmas Eve, it constituted the first time this season that a player scored more than two goals in a game. For his terrific scoring effort THE HOCKEY NEWS choses Mickoski as Player of the Week and ‘Schaefer Award’ winner. The Christmas weekend games were not included in our choice last week. Mickoski’s three consecutive goals in the second period of the game was the first authentic hat trick of the season, in fact it was the first hat trick, authentic or otherwise. So far this season Mickoski has scored 10 goals and added lour assists for a total of 14 [Klints. Last season in 70 games he was able to score…
MOLSON’S REMEMBERS…
First Stanley Cup Champions, 1894 Originally the emblem of amateur hockey supremacy, the Stanley Cup—donated by Lord Stanley, Governor-Generalof Canada—was won for the first time, in 1894, by the Montreal AAA, playing seven men side with no substitutions. The cup became professional trophy in 1912, when it was won by the Quebec Bulldogs. molson’s ESTABLISHED 1786…
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