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July 1, 1954
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Habs-Buffalo Pact Ends, Bison Big Stars May Make Pro Jump
MONTREAL, Que.— Although the sun is beating down with mid-Summer relentlessness and there isn’t even a block of ice in sight, things are humming hockeywise at the Forum as the Canadiens prepare for the opening of the 1954-55 hockey season. Having concluded an agreement under which the Montreal team supplied Buffalo of the American Hockey League with excess players, Canadiens will concentrate on the Royals of the Quebec Hockey League and the Victoria Cougars of the Western Hockey League as their main farm enterprises. A Friendly Break-up Frank Selke, managing director of the Habs, explained that the pact with the Bisons was “dissolved by friendly agreement” and that the Buffalo team will operate in the AHL on an independent basis. As a result of the move the Habs have disposed of players like Pete Babando,…
News On Sports
(AS seen in the Toronto Telegram) THE coils of higher finance have just about encircled Brian Cullen. Conn Smythe of the Leafs said recently that the deal for the St. Kitts kid has just about ben completed, which means he is ready to lift the pen. This will come as a surprise to some parties in St. Catharines and elsewhere who have predicted that Cullen would step into a Leaf sweater over their dead bodies. Now we learn that but for great perceptiveness on the part of Jim Norris of the Chicago Black Hawks, Cullen could easily have wound up with the Montreal Canadiens. And if that sounds confusing, it is. Without becoming e n-snared in the intricacies of draft rules and protected lists, the clear facts follow. Any club can now sponsor…
Pieri-Reardon Team Re-United As Terry Returns To RI As GM
PROVIDENCE, R.I.— Terry Reardon is returning to the Rhode Island Reds. The smiling Irishman, who coached the Reds for six seasons before being replaced last season by Pat Egan, has been named general manager of the Providence Hockey Club. Lou Pieri, owner of the Reds, made the announcement as he left for his summer home in Jefferson, Me. Pieri called in Publicity Director George Patrick Duffy and handed him a hastily scribbled note. Pieri was practically out of R.I. Auditorium when Duffy read the note with the Reardon news. It was ever so brief, as follows: “I am happy to announce that Terry Reardon has been hired to be general manager of the Providence Professional Hockey Club. He will begin his duties at once.” Thus, Pieri and Reardon once again are on the same team.…
Detroit Plays Host To Dream Game Third Time In Eight Years
DETROIT, Mich.— The Detroit Red Wings will play host to the National League All Star Game Sunday, October 3, at Olympia Stadium. The game, which will inaugurate the 1954-55 hockey season in Detroit, will be visiting the Olympia for the third time in its eight year history. It will pit the Wings, as the Stanley Cup winners from the past season, against the players from the five other NHL clubs who won All Star rating last year. In the previous seven games, Detroit ranks as the only Stanley Cup winner ever to defeat the All Stars. The Wings registered a 7-1 victory at Olympia in 1950 Previously the All Stars had won three straight games, two by identical 3-1 scores, one by a 4-3 margin. As a result of Detroit’s one sided 1950 triumph…
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