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February 24, 1951
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Abel May Hang ‘Em Up At Current Season’s End
(Boston Dally Globe) BOSTON, Mass.— Sid Abel, Detroit’s great center and one of hockey’s outstanding stars, is seriously considering hanging up his skates after this season. “The long schedule and the game as it is today is getting to be too much for me,” declared the 33-year-old veteran who was in Boston for a game. Abel middle man for Detroit’s all-star forward line with Gordie Howe and Ted Lindsay, is enjoying one of the best years of his 10-year career with the Red Wings. He has collected 18 goals and 20 assists already and ranks fourth among the league’s individual scoring leaders. “I can’t go the way I used to,” he points out. “I play position more now and let Howe and Lindsay do all the skating. They set up the plays and I collect…
Top Brass Give Schmidt, Bill Quackenbush Call As Loop Best
BOSTON, Mass.— If praise were ballots, two members of the Boston Bruins would already be assured of winning prized and profitable hockey laurels this winter. The two are Milton Schmidt, veteran center and captain of the Bruins, and H.G. “Bill” Quackenbush, blond and tireless defenseman. Friend and foe alike have been boosting the pair for honors which will not be bestowed until after the season closes, and then by vote of sportswriters and radio and television men. Schmidt is receiving strong coach and player support for the Hart Trophy, representing selection as the league’s most valuable player, also representing an award of $1,000. He is also getting solid backing for the center job on the all-star team, worth another $1,000. Quack For All-Star Quackenbush is developing into a shoo-in for an all-star defense position in the unofficial…
Habs Take Kitchener Juniors Under Wing; Promise Top Material
(Kitchener Record) KITCHENER Ont.— The Kitchener Sports Association which is spearheading plans to bring junior “A” hockey here has been heartened by statements made by Lawrence (Spud) Russell, chief scout in Canada for the Montreal Canadiens. The K. S. A., which holds the junior “A” franchise, has negociated a three-year pact with the N.H.L. club which will make Kitchener its principal farm club. Kitchener’s New Rink Russell said in an interview that Canadiens will build the Kitchener club around two of the classiest players on their sponsored lists and that the Twin City organization will have priority over all other junior teams under the wing of the Habitants. “Frank Selke, managing director of the Canadiens, who is a native of Kitchener, is taking a personal interest in the hockey picture here.” Russell said, “and he’ll…
Little Chance Hockey Will Be Hit By Draft
DETROIT, Mich.— Only hockey so far is escaping the manpower pinch which is hitting all other professional and college sports in the United States. Large draft needs and the callup of reserves has put a tight pinch on such sports as baseball and football, and it will be tighter in 1951. Short of an all-out shooting? war involving Canada, however, hockey isn’t likely to face any manpower shortage or player losses. There are 22 pro hockey teams operating in the United States—four in the National League, nine in the American, six in the U.S. League and three on the Coast. Yet, no players have been lost and only a few are in danger of being lost. So far the only player caught in the draft of the U. S. Government is Pete Babando of…
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