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April 11, 1953
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Gordon Wilson Jr. Makes AHL Grade
HERSHEY, Pa.— Gordon Allan Wilson, Jr., rookie center of the Hershey Bears, is a chip off the old block. Like his father, who was affectionately known in Canadian hockey circles as “Phats” Wilson, the younger Wilson is an outstanding hockey prospect. Junior Wilson, who is 20, came to the Bears in the closing days of the regular American Hockey League campaign on a three-game try-out basis, and earned his spurs by scoring a pair of goals and setting up three other scores. As a result, the Bears, who were in desperate need of a third qualified pivot man, signed the Port Arthur youngster to a pro contract. The elder Wilson, who was rated as one of the finest defensemen in Canadian amateur ranks, refused offers from nearly every National Hockey League club to turn…
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Thompson was Last Hawk Rated Best NHL Shipper
CHICAGO, III.—Paul Thompson is the last Black Hawk coach that received recognition as the NHL’s best. A leader of Chicago hockey fortunes for seven years, he received the honor in 1939-40 when the club finished fourth with a record of 23 wins, 19 losses and six ties. Thompson was chosen second best in the coaching department at the close of the 1941-42 campaign When the Hawks again wound up fourth. Johnny Gottselig was accorded similar honors four years later when he led the squad into third place in his first season at full-command.…
Abel Accepted Chance To Coach in NHL As Challenge, Now he’s a Big Success
CHICAGO, Ill.— “A chance to coach in the NHL isn’t something that comes along every day and with this club it will be a real challenge. I guess maybe that’s one of the main reasons why I agreed to accept the job,” a hopeful, but not overly excited Sid Abel said last August just after he had signed a two-year contract to lead the apparently spiritless Black Hawks. This was the same Sid Abel that had helped lick Chicago on countless occasions during a dozen campaigns as a center star with Detroit. The deep-rooted desire to beat the Hawks had been pounded into Sid and Red Wings teamates through the years in compliance with the fervent wishes of the squads’ owner, the late James Norris. Norris’ enjoyment in urging such defeats dated back…