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June 1, 1954
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THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY Founded October 1st, 1947 Published Weekly, except monthly Moy through September by Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd. 1434 Ste. Cotherlne Street West, Montreal 25, Que. Yearly Subscription Rates: $3.00 in Canada and the British Empire; $4.00 in the U.S.A, and Foreign Countries. Entered as Becond-class matter, October 3, 1953, at the Poet Office at Roueee Point, N.Y., under the Act of March 3rd, 1879 Authorized as second-class mall, Post Office Department, Ottawa Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation Printed in Canada…
PASSING THE PUCK
• BAZ O'MEARA, sports editor of the Montreal Star and one of the great hockey writers of all-time, was master of ceremonies of the television broadcast of the running of the Queen’s Plate in Toronto recently and turned in a high class effort… Twenty-six players performed in every game in the National Hockey League last season…The three top scorers in the league were also up among the most penalized players in the loop…Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs both broke the former record of most penalty minutes by a club during a sea son…Canadiens incurred a total of 1064 minutes for a new league record and Toronto had 1022 minutes…The former mark was 841 and was set by Toronto in 1951-52…Jimmy Peters, one of hockey's most likeable fellows, who was…
AHL To Help “Weaker Clubs”
HERSHEY, Pa.— The American Hockey League Board of Governors passed the most constructive and league benefitting regulations in many years, during their Annual Meeting, held here in Hershey, Pensylvania. Among the plans adopted to weld the league into what is expected to be its strongest condition in a long time, are a travel equalization plan, a net gate receipt stabilization fund to aid the teams with smaller buildings and drawing capacities. One of the first orders of business was the election of new league officers for the coming Beason. The governors accepted with great regret, the resignation of Mr. John M. Sollinberg of Hershey, as President. Mr. Sollenberg, who is also president of the vast local projects, has been the AHL leader for the past year, and in spite of his many other…
Lack Of Ice Year Round Prompts City of Montreal To Erect Artificial Plants
MONTREAL, Que.— Montreal’s disappearing frigid temperatures are causing some concern among the men who are responsible for the outdoor recreation of the city’s youth. During the past ten years there’s been a steady decrease in the availability of natural ice in Montreal. The fluctuating temperatures have played havoc with, the outdoor rinks to such an extent that whereas there used to be between 80 and 110 days of “skating time’’ it has now decreased to between 30 and 40. The City of Montreal, prompted by George Mantha, the ex-fireball of the NHL Canadiens, who now functions as the city’s Director of Playgrounds, took the bull squarely by the horns this year and is going auu out to make life on ice a little more pleasant and abundant for the small fry. Plans have been…
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