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February 21, 1953
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Fisher Gunning For Thirty Goals, Already Past Own Previous High
HERSHEY, Pa.— Chances are that Duncan Robert Fisher won’t equal or surpass his all-time record total of 59 points, set in 1947-48, but he has already set a new personal mark for goals scored in one season—26 to date—for Murray Henderson’s Hershey Bears. The five foot, eight inch Fisher previously fired 25 goals into opposition nets for New Haven in 1947-48, when Nate Podoloff operated a club in the American Hockey League. He also collected 34 assists that season. The Hershey winger has set his sights on a 30-goal high and, with 19 games remaining on the Bear schedule, he seems virtually assured of achieving that mark. In fact, if he hadn’t missed nine games with the Bears while he was spelling injured Bruins in Boston, he might well be on his way…
Boucher Blames Illegal Tactics For Big Line’s ‘Shutout Streak’
NEW YORK, N.Y.— In the weeks ahead, when the Rangers hope to multiply every last mathematical chance to sneak into the playoffs, they must get more mileage out of their best line than they have recently. Paul Ronty, Wally Hergesheimer and Neil Strain had been completely shut out in the last eight games, through Feb. 10th. Whether this streak was simply a normal slump or whether the opposition’s concentration of this line was the cause is anyone’s guess. Possibly it was a little of both. This concentration of physical checking could be expected against one of the highest scoring lines in the league. But Frank Boucher, for one, blamed Illegal charging and boarding tor the line’s recent Ineffectiveness. “They’re little guys and can take only so much punishment,” the Ranger manager said. “They’re alert…
Voss Blames Coaches For Scoring Decrease
BOSTON, Mass.— Carl Voss placed the blame for decreased scoring in the National league squarely on the shoulders of the coaches in hs first appearance of the season at a Boston hockey writers’ luncheon. The chief of the National league’s officiating staff charged the fall-off in goals to chippy infractions of the rules, and blamed the coaches for not discouraging them. “It isn’t practical to referee a major league game by the book, because hockey has been built up on contact,” opined Voss, a native of nearby Chelsea. “At the start of this season our referees were most strict about calling penalties for hooking, holding and interference, and within a couple of weeks there was a terrific uproar about too many penalties being called. “That chippy stuff has no place in a game, but I’ve…
Harvey Benched But Still Cinch For All-Stars
MONTREAL, Que.— All-Star Defenseman Doug Harvey was in and out of the dog-house last week but he still seems like a lead-pipe cinch to be voted on the 1952-53 All-Glitter squad. Harvey, who always gets the blame when the Habs lose, was benched by Coach Dick Irvin after he perfomed in a rather semi-pro fashion in a game in Boston. The Habs, with a 3-0 lead in the game blew it and finally ended up on the short side of a 4-3 count. When asked what happened, Dick commented, “ask Harvey, he was there.” It was two days later that Dick announced he was benching Doug for a game against the Leafs. In fact, he announced it so loud that he couldn’t back down when the time came to do it. So Doug sat…
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