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November 27, 1954
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Lum’s Ups-and-Downs Key To Leafs’ Success
TORONTO, Ont.— Harry Lumley’s record varies with his posture. When the Maple Leaf goalguardian is going down on shots, Leaf hopes slump with him. But when he stands up in the net, so do chances of the Vezina Trophy, for the league’s top netminder, becoming a fixture on his mantle. Of late, Harry Lumley is standing. As a result he has taken a record that was five goals worse than last year’s championship pace after seven games and changed it into one that is a goal better after 15. And with Lum playing like a stingy Scotsman, the Leafs have been able to stretch a few goals a long, long way in their eight-game unbeaten streak. Climaxing a surge from fifth place to second in the NHL standing, Leafs needed only six goals to win four…
Sugar Jim One Of Big Reasons For Hockey Upsurge In Boston
BOSTON, Mass.— No monuments have been erected here to the goal-tending feats of Sugar Jim Henry, but he has one, nevertheless. It is the Bruins’ franchise, which he rescued from dire straits in fall of 1951. After the 1950-51 season the Bruins’ situation here was precarious. They had finished fourth that year, losing 10 more games than they had won, and they had been handled rudely by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. To add to their predicament, during the playoffs Coach Lynn Patrick gave up on his college-trained goaler Jack Gelineau of McGill. Gelineau was yanked midway through the ill-fated series in favor of Gordon “Red” Henry, who once played amateur hockey for the Boston Olympics here. In the months which followed Bruins’ stock hit bottom. There…
Hodge Proves Standout Stand-In For Plante; Beliveau, Boomer, Richard Still Setting Hot Pace
MONTREAL, Que.— Jacques Plante, wearing a deep purple shade under his right lamp, has been discharged from hospital and is expected to return to the Canadiens’ nets shortly. Plante suffered a fractured cheek bone and a nasty gash under his eye, when struck by a puck in a pre-game practice on Nov. 11 and since then, fighting to maintain their hold on first place, the Habs have used three netminders. Charlie Hodge, a slim but wiry rookie from Providence and a former member of the junior Canadiens, proved the best of the replacements although he was thrown into a game without even getting a chance to stop a warm-up shot. Andre Binette, a raw kid who had never played a professional game, was the first substitute, stepping into the nets the night Plante was…
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