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April 10, 1954

April 10, 1954

The Hockey News has been providing the most comprehensive coverage of the world of hockey since 1947. In each issue, you'll find news, features and opinions about the NHL and leagues across North America and the world.

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YOU’LL BE SORRY!

You know right well that you’ll want to know what your favorite hockey star is doing during the summer months; what players are being traded; what players. are being given their unconditional release. You’ll also be eager to find out what plans your team is making for the coming season and what players they plan to bring up next season. The Only Way To Know All This is by becoming a Year-Round Subscriber to THE HOCKEY NEWS. You see, THE HOCKEY NEWS is not sold at arenas during the summer months or on the newsstands and the only possible way you can get a copy is becoming a regular subscriber. This way you will be sure of receiving the five snappy monthly summer issues just as soon as they’re off the…

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Speaking on Sport

(AS Seen in the Toronto Star) Even Policies Are Set To Be Broken JACK STEWART, the one-time wheelhorse of the Detroit defence, was waiting outside the Red Wings’ dressing room at the Gardens. After all the years Black Jack spent in one of those scarlet suits, you might have figured he’d feel entitled to barge in and say “Howdy” to his old pals. But Stewart is a retiring type, just so long as he isn’t on skates. Those steel blades often make a tiger out of a tomcat. And so it was with Black Jack. Anyway, probably it’s just as well Stewart didn’t venture inside. He might have been drafted for September delivery to the Detroit training camp up at the Michigan Soo. At that precise moment, Jack Adams, a noted advocate…

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Lynn Patrick Becomes Youngest CM In NHL

BOSTON, Mass.— Lynn Patrick has climaxed one of the most meteoric careers in National League history by being named general manager of the Boston Bruins. At the age of 42, Patrick is the youngest executive in the league and one of the youngest ever. Reared in a hockey atmosphere—his father Lester was successively coach, general manager and vice-president of the New York Rangers and his uncle Frank once coached the Bruins—Lynn didn’t play hockey until he was 21-years-old. Born and raised in the temperate climes of Victoria, British Columbia, the older of two brothers was a skilled competitor in basketball, football, baseball, rugby and bicycle racing, but his objective as a career was dentistry. Eventually the hockey bug got the better of his dental ambitions, and he persuaded his reluctant father to give him a…

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Plante Risked Wrist Operation In Effort To Gain Greatness

MONTREAL, Que.— Jacques Plante, Canadiens’ sensational rookie twine-tender, who, according to his coach Dick Irvin, has„ revolutionized the intricate art of goalkeeping, was born to be a gambler. It wasn’t so long ago that the angular French-Canadian kid made the biggest—and wisest decision of his young career. A year and a half ago, Plante was on the verge of giving up hockey. A wrist injury in childhood left him unable to turn his left palm outward. Somehow or other, he got by, on sheer determination, even with the senior Montreal Royals. “I knew I couldn’t hope to be a top goalie. I couldn’t catch the puck with my left hand or block it or knock It down. I used my right thigh to try. to block it, but that meant a rebound. Too often…