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March 26, 1955
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Sonmor Gets Over $8000
CLEVELAND, Ohio.—The game between the Cleveland Barons and Pittsburgh Hornets in Cleveland on Wednesday, March 16 produced $8,772.19, after all taxes had been deducted, for Glen Sonmor. Sonmor suffered a serious accident at Pittsburgh on February 23rd which cost him the sight of the left eye. Eddie Bernstein, Treasurer and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Cleveland Barons, suggested to G. M. Jim Hendy, that the entire net receipts be turned over to Glen. There has also been a steady stream of contributions coming into the Cleveland Arena for the Glen Sonmor Fund, which should amount to another thousand dollars. The Cleveland Barons carry a special insurance policy on all players under contract to the club and Sonmor should realize $5,000.00 from this policy. This is the same insurance coverage which netted…
Players-of-the-Week
Detroit Red Wings ran their string of consecutive NHL championships to seven during the past week, winning three big games to edge past the Montreal Canadiens, who had led throughout most of the 1954-55 season. During this late surge, two players came through in fine fashion for the champs, both in different roles. Earl (Dutch) Reibel supplied most of the scoring punch for the Detroiters during the past week, while Terry Sawchuk limited the opposition to a minimum of goals and went on to regain the Vezina Trophy for his efforts. Reibel ran wild in the Red Wings’ last three games, picking up no fewer than ten points in one week’s play, to pass teammate Gordie Howe as top point producer on the Wings. On March 16, the Dutchman had one goal and…
Alf Pike Returns To ‘Peg To Handle New WHL Entry; Rated Highly By Experts
WINNIPEG, Man.— Alf Pike, a successful NHL hockey star and later a topflight coach in junior ranks, will next season return to the city where he began his puck-chasing career. Pike has been signed as coach of the new Winnipeg entry in the Western Hockey League for 1955-56. Jack Perrin, vice-president and general manager of the team that will make its debut in the WHL next season, announced that he had signed the former New York Ranger star to a two-year contract. Actually the announcement came as no surprise, for ever since it was confirmed that Winnipeg had been admitted to the Western League, Pike had been rumored as having the inside track for the post. It was not before conferring with many prominent NHL figures, however, that Perrin was satisfied that Pike was…
STANLEY CUP PLAYOFF NOTES
The current Stanley Cup playoffs mark the 17th time in succession that Detroit Red Wings have taken part in these post-schedule series… It is the seventh straight appearance for Montreal Canadiens and the fifth in a row for Boston Bruins… Toronto Maple Leafs, seven-time Stanley Cup champions, are the only team in the history of the NHL to win the Cup three times in a row. The Leafs did this in 1947, 1948 and 1949… The Leafs also won the Cup in 1932, 1942, 1945 and 1951… Detroit captured the top trophy in hockey six times. They were winners in 1936, 1937, 1943, 1950, 1952 and 1954… Canadiens first won the Stanley Cup in 1916, prior to the formation of the National Hockey League in 1917, and were also winners…
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