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November 7, 1953
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Smythe Bemoans Loss Of Max Bentley Says Ganging Attack Lost Its Fuse
TORONTO, Ont.— Once a mighty potent weapon, the Toronto Maple Leafs ganging attack has. so far this season commanded less respect than a defused skunk. And, to the Leaf front office, It hag been as popular as an untampered with member of the same animal species. “When we lost Max Bentley, we lost a great point man,” Managing Director. Conn Smythe explains. “So far we have not found anyone to fill his uniform and until we do, we won’t have a good ganging attack. We’ll have to develop a new point man.” To this aim Leafs have so far employed five men at the point, but none of the combinations has indicated any penchant for scoring goals. In fact, the Leaf ganging attack has produced only one goal in nine games, the marker…
WESTERN LEAGUE
Empty Net Blues Three goals have been scored to date into the empty cage when the goalie was pulled in favor of an extra forward. New Westminster has been the victim twice and Saskatoon once. Wiggy Wiley of Vancouver and Wayne Brown of Seattle scored against the Royals and Steve Black of Calgary against Saskatoon Quakers. Whitewash Special —Bill Brennan, Calgary Stampeder goalie, turned in theonly shutout of the week, blanking Saskatoon Quakers 2-0 for his second zero of the season. Lorne Worsley, Vancouver’s net cop, took over the individual honors with a goals against average of 1.77 Der game… HOW THE RACE GOES (Standing on Monday A.M., Oct. 26) RESULTS Mon. Oct. 19th—Vancouver 4 at Victoria 1 Tues. Oct. 20th—Edmonton 1 at Vancouver 2 Wed. Oct. 21st—Seattle 5 at New Westminster 4 Thurs. Oct. 22nd—Saskatoon 0 at Calgary 2 Friday…
Eric Nesterenko: A Kid With A Future
TORONTO, Ont.— Four experienced big league hockey players were left spinning like department store revolving doors when Eric Nesterenko weaved among them to score his initial goal of the current campaign. Jim McFadden, Jimmy Peters, Gus Mortson and goalie Al Rollins had each made a pass at the gangling youngster somewhere between the Toronto Maple Leaf blueline and the Chicago Black Hawk net. But each had found himself trying to take out nothing but air in joining the multitude of victims of the big Nester shift, which is only one of the inborn talents the lanky right-winger is employing in his surge to stardom. Almost every player in the league now watches for Nester and devotes to him almost as much attention and roughness as to Leaf captain Ted Kennedy. And yet there…
Mighty Mercs Maintain Cracking Pace in IHL
CINCINNATI, 0.— Things are really popping in the International Hockey League, with Toledo Mercurys, unbeaten in their first five starts, taking over the top spot. There were some surprising developments, not the least of which were the two straight defeats suffered by the powerful Cincinnati Mohawks at the hands of lowly Louisville and Milwaukee clubs. Troy moved into undisputed possession of second place, one point behind Toledo, while Cincinnati was relegated to a tie with Marion for third. Johnstown, Pa., was fifth, with Grand Rapids and Ft. Wayne deadlocked for sixth and Milwaukee and Louisville sharing the cellar berth. Right now, only five points separate the league-leading Mercs from the two sixth-place sextets in the wide-open IHL race. All nine of the teams in the mid-western United States conference have won at least once…
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