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January 19, 1952
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Coast League Bosses Favor Playoff Plan
VANCOUVER. R.C An eastwest “Canadian championship” hockey series between the Pacific Coast League and Quebec League champions is a virtual certainty for the 1952-53 season. PCHL president G. A. (Al) Leader has revealed that he and Quebec League president George Slater have been in contact with one another on the possibility of such a series for several weeks now. The majority of the directors in the eight-team Pacific Coast League are in favor of such, a playoff and at their annual meeting in May will almost certainly propose a meeting with the Quebec League executive. “Personally, I am all In favor of such a series”. Leader said. “It would be a true national championship along the same lines as the Grey Cup in football. “If it could be arranged, I agree with Mr. Slater that…
Leger Cracks Whiplash On Stout Cougars
VICTORIA, B.C.— More than perturbed over the failing fortunes of his Victoria Cougars, defending champions in the Pacific Coast Hockey League race, coach Roger Leger recently threw the diet sheet at two of last year’s regulars, and catching the non-caloric content right in the midriff were Jack McIntyre and Joe Medvnksi. This was the first order in Roger’s “get-tough” campaign an the boys took it seriously—so seriously as things turned out that at the club’s annual yuletide dinner, both settled for rabbit food rather than the gourmet’s delight which spilled over on the sideboard. Medynski and McIntyre were given one week to lose five pounds and get in trim, with the club management to act if the mandate wasn’t fulfilled. Both made the limit at weigh-in time Medynski getting down to a trim…
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
20 Goal Getters Eleven players have scored twenty or more goals to date. Gordon Fasho way of New Westminster, leads with 28. Teammate Ollie Dorohoy has 22. Vancouver have two players in the select circle, Larry Popein and Ray Manson each have seored 21 times. New Coach Dong Bentley, veteran National player, took over the coaching reigns of the Saskatoon Quakers, and promptly led his club to a 3-0 victory over Calgary. Bentley scored the first and winning goal as well as setting up the other two goals. HOW THE RACE GOES STANDINGS ON TUES. A.M., JAN. 8 RESULTS OF GAMES Jan. 1—Tacoma 3 at Victoria 1 Edmonton 6 at Vancouver 1 Saskatoon 3 at Calgary 3 Jan. 2—Edmonton 2 at Tacoma 6 Jan. 3—Calgary 6 at Saskatoon 4 Jan. 4—Edmonton 3 at Victoria 5 Tacoma 7 at Vancouver 5 Jan. 5—Seattle 1 at…
Coast Loop Rough On Coaches; It’s ‘Do or Don’t’ Out There!
EDMONTON, Alta.— Any time now they’ll be calling the Pacific Coast Hockey League “the graveyard of coaches.” Announcement of Frank Currie’s “resignation” as coach of the Edmonton Flyers, Jan. 8, made him the third PCHL team mentor to call it quits so far I this season. Tommy (Cowboy) Anderson, Calgary, and Murph Chamberlain, who started the season at the joy stick of the Vancouver Maroons, chucked it all (or were chucked) earlier on. Anderson wound up in the semi-obscurity of the seats. Chamberlain, on the other hand, moved up hockey’s ladder a notch by taking over from LeRoy Goldsworthy, as strawboss of the Buffalo Bisons. Currie’s resignation came close on the heels of Flyers’ second disastrous road trip to the coast cities of the circuit. When the local pucksters first tried conclusions at New…
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