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June 1, 1955

The Hockey News June 1, 1955

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IN THIS ISSUE

MAN…they’re the Greatest!

<div class="byline">By JIM KEARNEY</div><p>VANCOUVER, B. C.&mdash;</p><p>What does Tony Leswick think about being traded from the top to the bottom of the National Hockey League?</p><p>Why, he thinks it&rsquo;s just wonderful.</p><p>&ldquo;As a matter of fact, I&rsquo;m quite happy,&rdquo; he said over the phone from his New Westminster home. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ll be happy to keep playing in the NHL until they kick me out.&rdquo;</p><p>Tony was one of four members of the NHL and Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings traded to Chicago for an equal number of Black Hawks players.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-1010/1347807-1-eng-US/f0002-102.jpg" title="f0002-10" width="291" height="459"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Tommy. Ivan</b></figcaption></div><p>Besides the veteran, 32-year-old left winger, Detroit sent defenceman Benny Woit and forwards Glen Skov and Johnny Wilson to the Hawks. Chicago shipped Gordon Hollingworth, Dave Creighton, Johnny McCormack and Jerry Toppozzini to the Wings.</p><p>The way Tony talked, he appeared to regard this switch as a challenge, as indeed it is. For several seasons now the Hawks have been a challenge to the sanity of the team&rsquo;s growing roster of ex-coaches and ex-fans.</p><p>However, pessimism of this type, has no place in the Leswick outlook.</p><p>&ldquo;They had a good club last year,&rdquo; averred Tony, &ldquo;They just didn&rsquo;t have it in the clutches. The players they got from Detroit will certainly help. I think we&rsquo;ll do all right.</p><p>&ldquo;Another thing, I&rsquo;ll be playing for Tommy Ivan again. I&rsquo;m going to like that, too.&rdquo;</p><p>When he skates into the ice for Chicago this fall, Tony will be starting his 11th season in the NHL, his 12th in professional hockey.</p><p>He started with Cleveland of the AHL in 1942-43, was drafted by New York Rangers at the end of the season but spent the next two years in the Royal Canadian Navy.</p><p>He joined the Rangers in the fall of 1945 and played six seasons for Frank Boucher and company before being traded to Detroit for Gaye Stewart.</p><p>In four years with the Red Wings he helped them win three Stanley Cups. In the 1954 final against Montreal Canadiens he scored the goal that won the cup in sudden death overtime of the seventh game.</p><p>Being traded to Chicago is the second good thing that&rsquo;s happened to him recently, Tony added.</p><p>The other?</p><p>Well, he&rsquo;s just opened a drive-in market and coffee shop three miles out of New Westminster on the King George Highway where he&rsquo;s dispensing fruit, vegetables, coffee and the opinion that Tony Leswick and Chicago Black Hawks are going to get along just splendidly.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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‘Tough Tony’ Quite Happy To Stick In NHL As Hawk

<p>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>The J.P. Bickell Memorial Cup is one of the most costly of all sports trophies and is valued at $10,000.</p><p>It consists entirely of 14-karat gold, on a solid quartz base.</p><p>The replicas, which become the property of the players receiving the award, also are of 14-karat gold and are valued at $500.</p><p>It is a 14-karat gold cup, with gold maple leaves at each side and a gold maple leaf superimposed on gold hockey sticks on the facing; a neck with an intricately created design, all in gold, which represents the true fruit of the Canadian hard maple tree, a gold ring hearing the inscription and a base of pure quartz, taken from the upper level of McIntyre Porcupine Gold Mines, the mining property which Mr. Bickell nursed through difficult infant days and made into one of Canada&rsquo;s greatest.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Costly Cup!

<p>(As seen in the. Regina Leader-Post)</p><p>TAKING A LOOK AT SOME OF the rules and regulations that were passed at the CAHA meeting in Regina a couple of odd regulations popped up that are worth mentioning. One states that a player who is transferred from from one branch to a club in another as a result of an appeal to the CAHA, cannot be transfered by the second club in that season. This regulation was put in because of an appeal by Moose Jaw Canucks last winter by which they were successful in getting a boy from Port Arthur club. The boy was later sold by Canucks to Prince Albert and the Lakehead branch got pretty steamed up about it, mainly because the Moose Jaw appeal was based on the plea that the boy wanted to be with his family in a town close to Moose Jaw.</p><p>The other regulation was introduced by the Manitoba branch and concerns strengthening of clubs. With an eye toward limiting the number of players the strengthened Lakeshore junior winners may carry, Manitoba asked that any club which is allowed to pick up players must reduce their original roster to comply with the 18 allowed by the CAHA.</p><p>The Lakehead winner is allowed three players for strengthening purposes because the two cities there operate four junior teams although the population of the two is less than that of Regina, for example. So instead of being allowed IS plus three players, Manitoba sought to make the limit 18. In other words, if the Lakehead winners picked up three players, they would have to chop three of their regular lads to make room for them on the roster.</p><p>This seemed reasonable enough, but Saskatchewan, on behalf of the western junior hockey clubs&rsquo; association, asked that the western junior winners again be allowed to pick up three extra players for the Memorial cup final as was done last spring. So an amendment was attached to the Manitoba motion by Saskatchewan, asking that the regulation not apply in the case of the western Memorial cup finalists.</p><p>The Ontario branch got into the act then and argued against the amendment, claiming that Regina Pats, western finalists last spring, made a farce out of the privilege of strengthening by not using the three extra players in all games against Toronto Malboros. The branch also pointed out that if the original Manitoba motion was not passed there could be the possibility of a Lakehead team winning the west with three extra players from their own league and then getting another three for the Memorial cup final&mdash;some 24 players in all, against the eastern winners&rsquo; 18.</p><p>THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION about the western junior clubs&rsquo; association being allowed to have a representative at CAHA annual meetings to talk to motions being presented on their behalf by western branches. The rub was that the junior hockey group, composed of all the western leagues, called itself an association and the feeling of some branches was that the word was the wrong one to use. It might leave the impression that the group was usurping the powers of the western branches. However, the word was changed to &ldquo;council&rdquo; and the meeting agreed to the request provided motions by the council were submitted by one of the branches. This was the case at the Regina meeting.</p><p>All the suggested changes in rules dealt with efforts to make hockey cleaner. Parallel line will be drawn in the end face-off circles to keep the players facing off at a respectable distance from each other (These lines were on the ice for the Memorial cup final in Regina and proved most effective). A captain or alternate captain will lose his rights as such whenever he receives a penalty and cannot stop to question the referee about anything. If he doesn&rsquo;t go straight to the penalty box he will be tagged with a misconduct penalty.</p><p>If a player picks up two misconduct penalties in a game, the second one automatically becomes a game misconduct penalty. Some teeth were added to the section dealing with team discipline and in future the coach and manager are responsible for the conduct of the players not only while on the ice but during their stay in the rink. This is an attempt to prevent brawls that sometimes occur on the way to dressing rooms. The penalty will be decided upon the league or branch president.</p><p>The rule against boarding was amended so that now any player who bodychecks, cross-checks, charges, trips or elbows an opponent who is already up against the board or who is pushed into the boards by any such attack will get a penalty in line with the violence of his action. This is intended to curb the rather forceful play that often takes place in the end sections.</p><p>In the use of hands, a player may now stop of bat the puck with his open hand or push it alonb the ice and no stoppage of play will occur unless a player on his own team takes the puck. In other words if the man who handles the puck pushes it and then skates to it himself there is no whistle.</p><p>A player who touches, holds or strikes a referee or any other official or intentionally trips or bodychecks him will receive a match penalty and shall stand suspended until the president of the league or branch deals with the case. This rule puts a little more teeth into the one used in past years.</p><p>There were several other changes in rules and regulations but they were of a minor nature and, of course, were ratified at the meeting between NHL and CAHA representatives. All in all, the Regina meeting proved beyond doubt that the CAHA is not composed of lame ducks having a social round at the expense of competing clubs.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Tom Melville

<div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01125/1349035-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>HOCKEY MEN</b> have plenty to talk about whenever they get together and the group shown above are no exceptions. Snapped by The Hockey News&rsquo; wandering photographer as they exchange pleasantries at the NHL&rsquo;s Annual Meeting are, left to right: Ken McKenzie, NHL Publicity Director and Co-Publisher of The Hockey News; Allan Hern, public relations director of the Ottawa Auditorium; Morris Cantor, one of the new owners of the Ottawa Auditorium; Vic Johnston, popular Manitoba Amateur Hockey Association executive and member of the CAHA rules committee; and Vern DeGeer, widely read Montreal Gazette sports columnist.</figcaption></div><h2><b>Hockey Personalities Talk Shop</b></h2><h2><b>QHL Quartet In Quandary</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-0287/1349028-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="1748" height="1066"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>FUTURE OF THE QUEBEC ACES</b> is the topic of conversation among the group shown above. Discussing the Quebec Hockey League team&rsquo;s outlook are, left to right, Marc Drouin, an executive of the Aces; Jack Latter, president of the club; George Slater, president of the Quebec Hockey League; and Syd Halstead, QHL secretary-treasurer. There has been some talk that the Aces will not operate in 1955-56 but so far there has been nothing definite on the subject.</figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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CANADA WILL DEFEND WORLD TITLE

<div class="byline">By HARVEY DRYDEN</div><p>REGINA, Sask.&mdash;</p><p>Many of the details are still to be ironed out, but Canada&rsquo;s colors will be carried next winter in the world hockey championships in Europe.</p><p>This was one of the major decisions reached by delegates at the recent annual meeting of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association in Regina. Delegates voted in favor of sending a Canadian team to the championships and left the financing and selection of that team to the new executive.</p><p>It will be one of the first problems to be tackled by Jimmy Dunn of Winnipeg, the newly-elected president of the CAHA. Dunn, a former president of the Manitoba Amateur Hockey Association and long prominent in hockey affairs in Winnipeg, succeeds W. B. &ldquo;Baldy&rdquo; George of Kemptville, Ontario, who has just completed a two-year term in office.</p><p>Other officers named were, first vice-president. Bob Lebel of Chambly, Quebec; and second vice-president, Gordon Juckes of Melville, Saskatchewan, president of the Saskatchewan Amateur Hockey Association.</p><p>George Dudley of Midland. Ontario, continues as secretary-manager and Billy Hewitt of Toronto as registrar.</p><p>The fact that next winter&rsquo;s hockey tournament is part of the winter Olympics was the main reason for the CAHA&rsquo;s endorsement of a Canadian representative. Delegates were not so sure that Canada should be represented every year in the world championships. The event becomes a very controversial issue every year and seems to add to international ill-will instead of promoting goodwill among all nations.</p><p>The Penticton V&rsquo;s, coached by Grant Warwick, won back the world amateur crown for Canada last year in Germany. The year before Canada&rsquo;s representatives had been upset the Russians.</p><p>However, retiring president George indicated that Canada may be obligated to send a team to the world tourney in 1957 when they will be staged in Russia. Canada might be accused of avoiding the event by the Russiams were it to pass up that event.</p><p>Three clubs have already offered to represent Canada next year. They are the Allan Cup champion Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen, the runner-up Fort William Beavers and the Brandon Wheat Kings, the western intermediate champions.</p><p>However, it was pointed out that most of the players on these three teams couldn&rsquo;t qualify tor the Olympics under the strict definition of an amateur. Under the Olympic definition of an amateur, players cannot accept anything for their services. Delegates do feel that this definition of an amateur should be reviewed in the light of present conditions.</p><p>Financing of the trip overseas presents another problem for the CAHA, The tour by the Penticton V&rsquo;s cost the CAHA a total of $25,000 and they&rsquo;ll probably have all expenses for this overseas to dip into their reserve fund to make it up. CAHA receipts took a big drop last spring because of the small gates for the Allan and Memorial Cup playoffs and the organization sliced their budget almost in half for 1955-56.</p><p>A still unnamed commercial organization has offered to pay tour and the CAHA is ready to accept this offer. If this plan falls through, they may ask all amateur teams in Canada to add 10 cents to the cost of all tickets at one of their league games next season, with this money to be used for sending Canada&rsquo;s representatives overseas.</p><p>The annual meeting of the Canada-wide hockey organization proved anything but a holiday for the some 60 delegates. They were kept at their desks for four days with the only breaks being a provincial dinner sponsored by the Government of Saskatchewan and an afternoon visit to the Saskatchewan resort centre of Fort Qu&rsquo;Appelle.</p><p>At Fort Qu&rsquo;Appelle, retiring prexy George was made an honorary chief of the Cree Indians tribe of Lebret. He was named Chief Misquarmi Carnipoet, which means Chief Standing On Ice. The Lebret school Indian team last winter captured the Saskatchewan Junior B hockey title, the first time an all Indian team had ever won a provincial title.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

CAHA Votes To Send Team To 1956 Winter Olympics

<p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>The 1955 National Hockey League All-Star Game will take place in Detroit on October 2, it was announced at the annual meeting of the NHL held here early this month.</p><p>It will be the Stanley Cup Champion Red Wings against the Official AllStars with Dick Irvin, former coach of the Montreal Canadiens but now coach of the Chicago Black Hawks, handling the latter team.</p><p>All proceeds of the AllStar Game go to the NHL Players Pension Fund. President Clarence Campbell announced that this fund now totals approximately a million and a half dollars.</p><p>Meanwhile, two NHL clubs picked up players in the annual draft of professional hockey players.</p><p>New York Rangers acquired two forwards via the draft rout. They are Jim Bartlett, whom they plucked from the QHL Chicoutimi Sagueneens and Ross Lowe, from the AHL Springfield Indians.</p><p>Boston Bruins snared Orval Tessier, QHL goalscoring champion from the Montreal Royals.</p><p>Lowe cost the Rangers $15,000, the price of drafting an AHL player, while Bartlett and Tessier went for the QHL&rsquo;s $10,000 fee.</p><p>The question of draft evasion by NHL clubs was raised by representatives of the AHL. They claimed that under the present setup, an NHL club can recall a player in advance of the draft, put him on its non-draft reserve list, later get waivers on the player from other NHL clubs and then send him back to the minor club.</p><p>Similarly, it was claimed, the NHL clubs, having first choice in the inter-league draft, can draft players before AHL clubs get a chance at them. The players can be sent back later.</p><p>It was agreed these conditions will be looked into with the possibility of tigher regulations before next year&rsquo;s draft meeting.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

All-Star Game To Be Played On October 2

<div class="byline">By BUD BOOTH</div><p>CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;</p><p>The Black Hawks waited only a couple of weeks after appointing Dick Irvin to a two-year stint as coach to announce their first major deal aimed at giving the veteran Canadien mentor the kind of material from which to mold at least a definite contender in National Hockey League warfare.</p><p>New students for the teachings of Irvin are transfers from the champion Detroit Red Wings&mdash;lanky center Glen Skov, left wingers Tony &ldquo;The Firebrand&rdquo; Leswick and Johnny Wilson, brother of Larry Wilson, a Hawk for two years now, and Benny Woit, quietly effective rearguard.</p><p>To latch onto this rather talented foursome, Chicago was forced to part with Gordon &ldquo;Bucky&rdquo; Hollingworth, promising young defenseman; centers Dave Creighton and Johnny &ldquo;Goose&rdquo; McCormack, and husky right flanker Jerry Toppazzini. It was a straight four-for-four swap.</p><p>Although Jim Norris, chairman of the board of the Chicago club, was the man who made known the details, the bold stroke was no doubt actually engineered by General Manager Tommy Ivan with the consent of Irvin. The deal was closed at the meeting of NHL owners last month in Toronto.</p><p>Official statistics covering the 1954-55 season show that the Hawks have picked up definite scoring strength through the trade, but followers of the squad may be somewhat bitter about the loss of Hollingworth. Although last year was only his first with the team, he had quickly become a staunch favorite.</p><p>Addition of his hard skating and checking should be a strong boost for Detroit&rsquo;s rearguard contingent, but the Motor City champs figure to have lost in the offensive department. This could be a talent transfer that will aid both sides equally well.</p><h2><b>New Favorite</b></h2><p>Possessing just as much fire and zest for actions as Hollingworth, the little veteran of a decade in the NHL, Leswick, should become a new favorite of Chicago fandom. Although he&rsquo;s a wingman, he tosses his frame around with regularity and was second only to Boston&rsquo;s Fern Flaman in penalties in minutes last year.</p><p>The most valued of the newcomers may be, however, the hard skating Skov who should fill the definite need for a good additional center ice man&mdash;an objective the Hawks sought almost desperately at times during the most distressing periods of the 1954-55 schedule.</p><p>Woit and Johnny Wilson were listed as likely Chicago acquisitions a couple of months ago in THE HOCKEY NEWS. Teaming of John and center skating brother Larry seems a virtual certainty since both played together continuously in amateur and minor league ranks.</p><p>The value of Woit on defense should stem strictly from his careful, deliberate style of play which can be compared to that of Bill Quackenbush. He is big and heavy enough to hold off most any NHL skater, but he has collected only 120 minutes in penalties in five full campaigns in the big league.</p><p>The new Black Hawks should bring a completely healthy outlook toward success on the scene and it&rsquo;s hoped that it will rub off on and encourage any Chicagoans who may have fallen victim to a defeatitis complex as a result of the club&rsquo;s rather miserable record in most recent years.</p><p>The loss of McCormack and Toppazzini leaves Chicago without a penalty-killing combination that proved very successful last season. This may be perfectly okay, however, since Dick Irvin might very well not like to place such heavy emphasis on such defensive technique.</p><h2><b>New Material</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01178/1347776-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="583" height="609"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>DICK IRVIN</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>Windy City Bound</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02162/1347769-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="294" height="444"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Benny Woit</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03148/1347762-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="280" height="447"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Tony Leswick</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-04121/1347755-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg" title="f0002-04" width="283" height="446"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Glen Skov</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0596/1347748-1-eng-US/f0002-052.jpg" title="f0002-05" width="266" height="437"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Johnny Wilson</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>To Join The Champs</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0665/1347741-1-eng-US/f0002-062.jpg" title="f0002-06" width="287" height="467"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gerry Toppazzini</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0735/1347734-1-eng-US/f0002-072.jpg" title="f0002-07" width="286" height="456"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>B. Hollingworth</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0823/1347727-1-eng-US/f0002-082.jpg" title="f0002-08" width="296" height="465"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>John McCormack</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0916/1347720-1-eng-US/f0002-092.jpg" title="f0002-09" width="273" height="434"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Dave Creighton</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Trade With Red Wings Expected To Strengthen Lowly Chi-Hawks

<p>WINNIPEG, Man.&mdash;</p><p>Terry Sawchuk said at his home here that the nine-player deal that saw him traded from the Detroit Red Wings to the Boston Bruins caught him by surprise.</p><p>&ldquo;I first heard the rumor over the radio,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Then Boston phoned me to tell me they were my new owners.&rdquo;</p><p>He said the rumor he had been traded because he was in disfavor with the club was &ldquo;Baloney&rdquo;.</p><p>He said he was a &ldquo;bit sorry&rdquo; to leave the Red Wings team. He have been in the Detroit farm system since he was a 14-year-old goalie on the Winnipeg Rangers.</p><p>&ldquo;But it&rsquo;s still an honor to be playing in the NHL&mdash;especially under a coach like Milt Schmidt.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

“Surprised”

<p>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;</p><p>Terry Sawchuk, for five seasons the star netminder of the champion Detroit Red Wings, has been traded to the fourth-place Boston Bruins in a &ldquo;million dollar&rdquo;, nine-player exchange between the two National Hockey League clubs.</p><p>General Manager Jack Adams of the Wings, one of the sharpest judges of hockey talent and never one to stand pat, even with a winner, swapped his 25-year-old ace and three forwards to the Bruins for five players, including two top-flight forwards.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-117/1347852-1-eng-US/f0002-112.jpg" title="f0002-11" width="471" height="612"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Terry Sawchuk</b></figcaption></div><p>Sawchuk, a holler-guy goaler from Winnipeg, allowed an average of less than two goals per game in his five seasons as a Red Wing.</p><p>In order to pry Sawchuk loose from Detroit, Boston GM Lynn Patrick was forced to part with top-flight forwards Eddie Sandford, the Bruin captain, Real Chevre-fils, rookie forward Norm Corcoran, defenseman War ren Godfrey and rookie goaltender Gilles Boisvert.</p><p>Along with Sawchuk, a three-time Vezina Trophy winner, the Wings sent forwards Marcel Bonin, Vic Stasiuk and Lome Davis to Boston.</p><p>In all, GM Adams has traded away a total of eight players from the team which won an unprecendented seventh straight NHL title last season and added its second straight Stanley Cup triumph.</p><p>Adams&rsquo; strategy of &ldquo;breaking up&rdquo; championship teams is nothing new. In fact, it has come to be expected in Detroit hockey circles. In the past, Jolly Jawn has dealt off such outstanding stars as goalie Harry Lumley and defencemen Jack Stewart and Bill Quackenbush.</p><p>But Adams always had a fine rookie crop ready to step up to the Red Wings. He feels he has such a group of youngsters on hand now.</p><p>Despite his fine record with the Wings, it is generally understood Adams wasn&rsquo;t too high on Sawchuk in recent seasons. His name had frequently been linked with trade rumors.</p><h2><b>Was Best Rookie</b></h2><p>Sawchuk, key player on the latest deal, won the Calder Trophy for being the outstanding rookie in the NHL in the 1950-51 season. That was the year he replaced Lumley, traded to Toronto Maple Leafs.</p><p>Terry, a saucy player with lightning hands, won the Vezina Trophy in both 1951-52 and 1952-53. In 1953 he blamed himself for Detroit&rsquo;s stunning collapse in the playoffs, losing to Boston in a first-round upset.</p><p>Even this past season, when Sawchuk won his third Vezina Trophy, it was understood that Adams wasn&rsquo;t overly pleased with him. In mid-season. Adams ordered Sawchuk to take a two-game &ldquo;rest.&rdquo;</p><p>But the Bruins undoubtedly are more than pleased to get a goalie of Sawchuk&rsquo;s calibre and experience. The netminding position long has been a problem for the Boston club, dating back to the time of Frankie Brimsek.</p><p>Some clubs in the past have found that money can&rsquo;t buy a good hockey player. This exchange involving such players as Sawchuk, Bonin make the jackpot Sandford, Chevrefils and huge money-wise if any monetary value can be placed on a star like Sawchuk. A &ldquo;million-dollar&rdquo; guess for all nine players probably is as good as any.</p><p>Glenn Hall, who took over during Sawchuk&rsquo;s &lsquo;rest&rsquo; period, will be the Red Wings&rsquo; new goalie, Adams said. Hall, a native of Humboldt, Sask., is 23-years-old and has served in the Red Wing farm system for four years.</p><p>Like Sawchuk he played amateur hockey with Windsor Spitfires. Hall played the last three seasons with Edmonton Flyers of the Western Hockey League.</p><h2><b>Newest&hellip;</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-127/1347845-1-eng-US/f0002-122.jpg" title="f0002-12" width="562" height="613"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>REAL CHEVREFILS</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>&hellip;Wings</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-135/1347838-1-eng-US/f0002-132.jpg" title="f0002-13" width="572" height="838"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>WARREN GODFREY</b></figcaption></div><div class="sidebar"><p>Lloyd Percival, Director of Sports College, endorses BIKE Supports and BIKE Trainers Tape.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p></div>

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Terry Sawchuk Moves From Wings To Bruins In Hine Player Trade

<p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>Hector (Toe) Blake is the new coach of the Montreal Canadiens, succeeding Dick Irvin, who resigned to accept the post of coach with the Chicago Black Hawks after 14 seasons with the Habs.</p><p>Official stamp of approval on Blake as successor to his former boss, Irvin, was given by General Manager Frank Selke at a press conference at the Montreal Forum on June 8.</p><p>The press conference was called for ten o&rsquo;clock and at exactly 10.05 Selke stepped into the room where the reporters and radio men were gathered, turned, pointed to Blake and said:</p><p>&ldquo;Gentlemen, the new coach of the Montreal Canadiens.&rdquo;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01177/1347921-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="289" height="455"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Frank Selke</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>Hottest Candidate</b></h2><p>Although there were said to be three men in the running for the job, Blake had been the hottest candidate for a week prior to the actual announcement of his appointment to the post. The other candidates were Billy Reay, coach of the Victoria Cougars of the WHL, and Roger Leger, coach of the Edinburgh Cup winning Shawinigan Cataracts.</p><p>In his speech introducing the new Hab mentor, Selke stated that the Canadiens&rsquo; executive and entire organization were &ldquo;100 per Cent behind the choice&rdquo;. He also let it be known that Reay was Second choice for the job, should Blake turn it down.</p><h2>Was Ambition</h2><p>There was little likelihood of Blake not accepting however, for Toe himself stated that his appointment had made one his greatest ambi tions come true.</p><p>Selke said that Blake&rsquo;s contract was for one year but added &ldquo;it will last for a lifetime.&rdquo;</p><p>Blake spoke briefly in both English and French and thanked the directors &ldquo;for accepting me&rdquo;.</p><p>&ldquo;I am stepping into a big pair of shoes in taking over from Dick Irvin,&rdquo; said Blake. &ldquo;I have always considered him the best in the league. With the help of Mr. Selke and Ken Reardon and the players we will continue to keep Canadiens hockey name on top. The team won&rsquo;t let the fans down.</p><h2><b>Fighting Club</b></h2><p>&ldquo;I am not going to promise a Stanley Cup but we will continue as a great fighting club.&rdquo;</p><p>Blake was born in Victoria Mines, Ont., Aug. 12, 1912. He played junior hockey with Sudbury and senior hockey with Hamilton Tigers. He turned professional with Montreal Maroons in 1934-35, playing three games. He went to Providence of the Canadian-American League in 1935-36 and was sold to Canadiens later that season.</p><h2><b>Fractured Leg</b></h2><p>He remained with Canadiens until Jan. 10, 1948, when he suffered a double fracture at the joint of the right ankle and leg during a game with New York Rangers. The following month he was appointed coach of Houston (Texas) Huskies of the U.S. Hockey League and led the Huskies to the league championship.</p><p>He took over Buffalo Bisons of the American Hockey League at the start of the 1948-49 season, another Montreal farm club, but resigned in January, 1949, because of a dispute with General Manager Art Chapman.</p><h2><b>Led Braves</b></h2><p>Blake took over Valleyfield Braves of the Quebec Senior Hockey League&mdash;now a pro loop&mdash;and remained there until the end of the 1953-54 season. He led the Braves to the Alexander Trophy in 1950-51, the first year the trophy was placed in competition in postseason series for major amateur clubs.</p><h2><b>Won Hart Trophy</b></h2><p>In the NHL Blake won the Hart Trophy in 1938-39 as the most most valuable player and the Lady Byng Trophy in 1945-46 as the player best combining ability and gentlemanly, sportsmanlike conduct. Ha was named to the NHL first AllStar team three times and the second All-Star team twice.</p><h2><b>Scoring Leader</b></h2><p>He led the NHL in scoring in the 1938-39 season and held the record for points scored in playoff series&mdash;18 in 1944&mdash;until last Spring when Gordie Howe and Ted Lindsay of Detroit scored 20 and 19, respectively.</p><p>Blake was among the top 10 NHL scorers six times. His lifetime NHL record is 235 goals and 292 assists for 527 points. In playoffs he scored 25 goals and 37 assists.</p><p>Blake is married and has two daughters and one son.</p><h2><b>Big Jump</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02148/1347914-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="595" height="773"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>TOE BLAKE</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>New Montreal Mentor</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0399/1347907-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="1029" height="1378"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>TOE BLAKE&hellip;&hellip;From Braves To Big Time</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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“Toe” Blake Succeeds Dick Irvin As Coach Of Canadiens

<p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>Following are the men who have coached Montreal Canadiens.</p><p>George Kennedy&mdash;1917-18 to 1919-20.</p><p>Leo Dandurand&mdash;1920-21 to 1924-25.</p><p>Cecil Hart&mdash;1925-26 to 1931-32.</p><p>Newsy Lalonde&mdash;1932-33 to 1933-34.</p><p>Newsy Lalonde and Leo Dandurand&mdash;1934-35.</p><p>Sylvio Mantha&mdash;1935-36.</p><p>Cecil Hart&mdash;1936-37 to 1937-38.</p><p>Cecil Hart and Jules Dugal&mdash;1938-39.</p><p>Pit Lepine&mdash;1939-40.</p><p>Dick Irvin&mdash;1940-41 to 1954-55.</p><p>Toe Blake&mdash;1955-56&hellip;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Former Bosses Of Habs Listed

<div class="byline">By JACK HORRIGAN</div><p>BUFFALO, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>The drafting of Ross Lowe, Springfield center, by the New York Rangers represented a personal victory for the one-time &ldquo;Bad Boy&rdquo; of the American League Buffalo Bisons.</p><p>Lowe, already a two-time loser at making the National League with Boston and Montreal, was believed to have eliminated himself from any further consideration back in 1953.</p><p>The tousle-haired Lowe was with Buffalo on option from Montreal after having recovered from a knee injury that hampered him during the 1951-52 campaign with Canadiens.</p><p>Frank Eddolls, then in his freshman year as Buffalo coach, picked Lowe as team captain. The Bisons, hampered by injuries and a below standard rester, counted heavily upon the husky, then-defenseman.</p><p>The team still had an outside chance for a playoff spot when Lowe was summoned to the office of General Manager Fred Hunt to explain a decided decline in his play.</p><p>Before the preliminary conventionalities were even exchanged, Lowe informed Hunt he was quitting the team.</p><p>Pressed for a reason, he offered none but sat with his head bowed. The Bisons, faced with a two-game weekend that could have enhanced their playoff opportunities if they won, couldn&rsquo;t afford to lose the potential Lowe represented.</p><p>Hunt explained to Lowe that he was hurting himself more than the club by his actions. The team captain, he explained, is chosen for leadership qualities and is expected to lead the way for his teammates. He likewise pointed out the black mark a player incurs when he jumps his club when it is in dire straits playerwise.</p><p>The Buffalo GM then granted the still silent Lowe his retirement request.</p><p>The 1953-54 season saw Lowe back in harness with Canadiens&rsquo; Victoria farm club in the Western League. His play was impressive enough for Eddie Shore to draft him a year ago for his Springfield club.</p><p>Lowe was only in camp one day when Shore moved him into center. Blessed with exceptional speed for his size, Lowe was an offensive success from the beginning.</p><p>He opened the season with a fast scoring pace and slackened only slightly before the season&rsquo;s end. His 82 point otal earned him a second place tie in the scoring race with Buffalo&rsquo;s Kenny Wharram and also designated as the American League&rsquo;s Most Valuable Player.</p><p>Several attempts by Shore to make a trade with a National League club for Lowe proved futile as his asking price was said to be three players, plus cash.</p><p>The Rangers, who scouted their newest catch several times last season, however, were happy to pay the $15,000 draft price.</p><p>It is nowup to the one-time Bison &ldquo;Bad Boy&rdquo; to prove himself. Failure with the Rangers undoubtedly would mean three times up&mdash;and out for Lowe.</p><h2><b>Drafted&hellip;&hellip;From Him</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0463/1347983-1-eng-US/f0003-042.jpg" title="f0003-04" width="581" height="604"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>ROSS LOWE</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0543/1347976-1-eng-US/f0003-052.jpg" title="f0003-05" width="533" height="554"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>EDDIE SHORE</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Ross Lowe To Get Another Shot At NHL With Rangers

<p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>Gerry McNeil, the starry little netminder who retired from hockey last season when he felt that his nerves weren&rsquo;t up to another 70-game National Hockey League season, will make a comeback this year with his old team, the Montreal Canadiens.</p><p>This was confirmed earlier this month when McNeil dropped into the Habitant offices in the Montreal Forum to sign a one-year contract with General Manager Frank Selke.</p><p>He will seek to win back the job he surrendered last season to Jacques Plante.</p><p>There have been rumors circulating in Montreal to the effect that the Habs were in the market for a new netminder and the name of Chicago&rsquo;s Al Rollins had been prominently mentions in discussions on the subject. The signing of McNeil may put an end to such reports.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Gerry McNeil Rejoins Habs

<div class="byline">by Dink Carroll (As seen in the Montreal Gazette)</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01248/1348052-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>JIMMY SKINNER,</b> left, coach of the Detroit Red Wings, talks things over with his predecessor, <b>TOMMY IVAN</b>, now General Manager of the Chicago Blacks Hawks, at the annual NHL meetings.</figcaption></div><h2><b>No Snowslides for Adams</b></h2><p>&ldquo;You&rsquo;ve got to guess right&rdquo;, Jack Adams, general manager of the Detroit Red Wings, was quoted as saying in Detroit after the big trade with Boston Bruins. &ldquo;If we&rsquo;ve calculated correctly, the Red Wings will be stronger than ever next season. We&rsquo;re fortified at every position. We have greater depth and more youth on the club. Both of the trades should help us next year&rdquo;.</p><p>The other trade he was alluding to was the one with the Cicago Blacks Hawks, which preceded the recent hockey meetings here. Jack has such a reputation as shrewd trader that the Detroit hockey writers invariably turn to baseball to find his counterpart. He has been called &ldquo;the Branch Rickey of hockey,&rdquo; but lately they have been likening him to Frank Lane, the general manager of the Chicago White Sox, who has made a series of successful deals in the last few years.</p><p>In an interview with Watson Spoelstra, of The Detroit News, Jack related the fellowing anecdote:</p><p>&ldquo;I have an old friend named Kenny MacKenzie. He has been a colorful operator of hockey teams in Western Canada. As a young man, Kenny staked a claim and did some free trading with the Indians. Eventually the Hudson Bay Company offered $250,000 to get him out of their hair, Kenny&rsquo;s property wasn&rsquo;t much&mdash;a few boats and a lot of water front. Kenny turned them down.</p><p>&ldquo;The following winter there was a big snowslide. After the spring thaws the river changed its course and Kenny was practically put out of business. You can have snowslides in hoekey too.&rdquo;</p><p>The point we presume, is that if you stay with anything too long, you&rsquo;re apt to wind up holding an empty satchel. Jack is determined it won&rsquo;t happen to him.</p><h2><b>Make Deals, Sleep Well</b></h2><p>Jack traces his development as a trader to his association with the late James S. Norris. &lsquo;</p><p>&ldquo;As a grain broker, Jim was in the trading business all his life,&rdquo; the Wing&rsquo;s general manager, pointed out. &ldquo;After those good years in the 30s with Marty Barry-Herbie Lewis-Larry-Aurie team, we were running out of legs. We needed a trade, but Jim held off.</p><p>&ldquo;They&rsquo;re such nice boys,&rdquo; he said.</p><p>When the Wings disintegrated the following season, Old Jim sought out Jack.</p><p>&ldquo;We won&rsquo;t get sentimental again,&rdquo; he said.</p><p>Jack confided to Watson Spoelstra that in his early years with the Red Wings he wasn&rsquo;t in a position to make deals. Fred Haner, the secretary-treasurer of the Olympia, asked him one day if he couldn&rsquo;t fine a way to get some new faces on the hockey club.</p><p>&ldquo;We haven&rsquo;t got a hockey player that anybody wants,&rdquo; Jack told him.</p><p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s no money in the till, either&rdquo;, Haner replied. &ldquo;If Howie Morenz was for sale for $1.98, we coulnd&rsquo;t buy hi&rdquo;.</p><p>The trade cycle began in more prosperous days. The first major deal was the 1949 transaction that sent Bill Quackenbush to Boston.</p><p>&ldquo;I took a lot of abuse on that one,&rdquo; Jack admitted, &ldquo;especially from women. It&rsquo;s a funny thing, but if you make a good deal you hear very little comment. If the deal turns out bad, they tear you apart. I never lose sleep over them. Once you agree that the deal is best for the club, you never second-guess yourself. The best thing is to forget it.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Never Freeze the Roster</b></h2><p>Jack was asked what the principal factors were that motivated him in making a trade.</p><p>&ldquo;There are many things,&rdquo; he replied. &ldquo;Some are the salary list, the player&rsquo;s age, domestic status and keeping the roster open for bright young minor leaguers.&rdquo;</p><p>This opportunity for young players he rates as &ldquo;important.&rdquo; He says he tells promising youngsters that if they sign with the Wings they will go places in a hurry.</p><p>&ldquo;While we&rsquo;ve been winning we can&rsquo;t freeze our roster,&rdquo; he elaborated. &ldquo;We always tell young players that if they have National League ability we&rsquo;ll see that they get up there, either with us or with some other club.&rdquo;</p><p>What&rsquo;s worrying Jack now is how to protect his players from the next draft in September. He intimates that the Wings may figure in another deal before draft time.</p><p>&ldquo;We now have 17 NHL regulars on our squad and four youngsters coming up whom we believe to be of the NHL calibre.&rdquo; he explained. &ldquo;We can protect 18 players and two goalkeepers. So we are going to have three players we can&rsquo;t protect who can be drafted for $15,000 apiece.&rdquo;</p><p>Right now the Wings look loaded. They have Red Kelly, Marcel Pronovost, Bob Goldham, Warren Godfrey, Bucky Hollingworth and Larry Hillman on defense. At left wing they have Ted Lindsay, Marty Pavelich, Dave Creighton, Ed Sandford, Real Chevrefils and John Bucyk. At right wing are Gordie Howe, Bill Dineen, Jerry Topazzini and Norm Corcoran. The centres are Dutch Reibel, Alex Delvecchio, Johnny McCormack, Norman Ullman and Bronco Horvath, The goaler is Glenn Hall, Dave Gatherum and Gilles Boisvert behind him.</p><p>If there are weaknesses, they may be at right wing and centre, but Jack says that Coach Jimmy Skinner is high on Norm Corcoran and he himself things the rookie centres will come through. If there is another deal, it may be to acquire a proven right-winger and an established centre.</p><p>He admits that Terry Sawchuk is the &ldquo;biggest name we ever traded,&rdquo; but he must feel confident that Glen Hall will stand up in the Wing&rsquo;s net.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not going to let down those people at Olympia.&rdquo; he is quoted as saying. &ldquo;We don&rsquo;t do these things just to make a change.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Detroit Coaches-Past and Present</b></h2><h2><b>Phil and Muzz &lsquo;Pick&rsquo; New Blues</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02222/1348045-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="1744" height="1118"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>PHIL WATSON,</b> left, new coach of New York Rangers, consults with GM <b>MUZZ PATRICK</b> as they decide which players they&rsquo;ll go after in the NHL draft. Appears to be a tough &lsquo;pick&rsquo; for Phil.</figcaption></div><h2><b>Terry Talks As Muzz Listens</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03153/1348038-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="1730" height="1124"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>TERRY REARDON,</b> GM of Providence Reds, talks things over with <b>MUZZ PATRICK</b>, bossman of the New York Rangers. The Reds are now the Rangers&rsquo; number one farm club. Gent in the rear is Vern DeGeer of the Montreal Gazette.</figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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playing the field

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01198/1348111-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Newsy and Grandson Robert Quintal</b></figcaption></div><p>CORNWALL, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Former hockey and lacrosse star Edward Cyril (Newsy) Lalonde returned to his home town recently and almost immediately plunged into a day-long series of festivities of an officially proclaimed &ldquo;Newsy Lalonde Day&rdquo;.</p><p>Accompanied by his wife and a party of long-time sports associates, Newsy arrived in Cornwall from Montreal by train. Driving in a six-car motorcade, the party made a brief stop at the King George Hotel and then proceeded to City Hall.</p><p>Mayor Aaron Horovitz, Township Reeve Dr. Elzear Emard and members of council greeted Newsy and officially welcomed him to the city of his birth. Also on hand for the ceremonies was Miss Barbara Markam of Cornwall, Miss Canada of 1954.</p><p>With newsreel cameras grinding away and flashbulbs popping, Newsy signed the Golden Guest Book.</p><p>A luncheon followed, sponsored by the city and township councils and attended by approximately 65 guests.</p><p>At the luncheon, Mayor Horovitz paid tribute to Newsy&rsquo;s brilliant hockey and lacrosse career and referred to the honor and publicity that had been reflected on his native city.</p><p>&ldquo;The name of Newsy Lalonde will never be forgotten in this city&rdquo;, he said.</p><p>Showing obvious emotion, Newsy said in reply that he had always retained pleasant memories of Cornwall. He made particular reference to P. J. Lally for his help in getting started in lacrosse.</p><p>Others who spoke briefly at the luncheon were Dr. Emard, Miss Markham and W. J. Campbell, the chairman of the Newsy Lalonde Day committee.</p><p>In a special ceremony, Miss Markham presented Newsy with an easy chair on behalf of the city and township councils.</p><p>The lunceon was MC&rsquo;d by T.R. Whitehead.</p><p>Two busses transported Newsy and many of the luncheon guests on a tour of the nearby Hydro project, part of the St. Lawrence Seaway development.</p><h2><b>Nicknamed &lsquo;Newsy&rsquo;</b></h2><p>Next on the agenda was a visit to the Daily Standard Freeholder building. In his &lsquo;teens, Lalonde had worked as a printer&rsquo;s apprentice with the old Cornwall Freeholder and it was there that he picked up the now famous &ldquo;Newsy&rdquo; nickname.</p><p>The newspaper presented Newsy with a scrapbook containing clippings about himself. This was presented by R.J. Kirkey, who was employed in the newspaper office at the same time as Newsy. George Wilson, District Editor, and who wrote sport here when Lalonde played, also took a hand in the presentation ceremonies.</p><p>At a dinner in the evening, guest speaker Baz O&rsquo;Meara, sports editor of the Montreal Star, described Newsy as &ldquo;A perfectionist and a stylist&rdquo;.</p><p>Speaking to an audience of some 200 guests at the dinner, the highlight of Newsy Lalonde Day, Baz said that Newsy was an outstanding citizen &ldquo;Who, at the height of his fame and in everyday living, proved himself a champion in every way.&rdquo;</p><p>Before the dinner party broke up, Newsy was presented with a television set by W. J. (Bill) Campbell, chairman of Committee. The TV set was a gift from everyone present and the one-time athletic great was given a big hand as he stepped forward to accept the gift.</p><p>The gathering roared their approval when O&rsquo;Meara said that the &ldquo;hockey stars around Newsy&rsquo;s time, athletes like Harry (Punch) Broadbent and Cy Denneny, both present, would have held their own in any athletic era.&rdquo;</p><p>The guest speaker was introduced by Elmer Ferguson, sports columnist for the Montreal Herald, and thanked by Tommy Shields, sports editor of The Ottawa Citizen.</p><p>Leading figures in sport and civic life were grouped at the head table. All at the head table added their tributes to Lalonde.</p><p>This group included: Peter Manley, MPP for Stormont; Albert Lavigne, MP for Stormont; Lionel Chevrier, president of the St. Lawrence Seaway Authority; Cornwall Mayor Aaron Horovitz, Vern DeGeer, Montreal Gazette; Cecil Duncan, secretary-treasurer of the Ottawa and District Hockey Association; Ken McKenzie, of <b>THE HOCKEY NEWS</b>; Dr. Elzear Emard, township reeve; P. J. Lally, Cy Denneny, Harry Broadbent, Kenny Reardon, of Montreal Canadiens, Mrs. Lalonde and Bill Westwick, of the Ottawa Journal.</p><p>Among the old time lacrosse stars at the dinner were Harry Hyland and Dickie Boon, of Montreal; Ambrose Degray and Elwin Somerville, Cornwall, and Andy and Ernie Hamilton, of Hamilton. J. R. Whitehead, of Cornwall, was master of ceremonies at the dinner.</p><p>From the dinner Newsy and his party moved to the arena where Cornwall Pontiacs and St. Regis Indians opened the Eastern Lacrosse Association.</p><p>First, Newsy was presented with a hand-made, old-time type stick, the kind used in his day and a gift of St. Regis Indians, Presentation was made by the Indian lacrosse star Paul Thomas.</p><p>Fred Henry, president of the Pontiacs, presented Newsy with a life mmbership certificate in the Cornwall Lacrosse Club.</p><p>There was a pen and pencil set from the Cornwall Colts Hockey Club, of the OHA Senior &ldquo;B&rdquo; group. Jock Dalbec, club president, made the presentation.</p><p>Newsy received a floor lamp from Mr. Campbell on behalf of the Newsy Lalonde Day Committee members, and there were two junior lacrosse sticks for his grandsons.</p><p>The following day, Newsy visited Alexandria to participate in the lacrosse league opening there and on the Sunday he went to Hogansburg, N.Y. where he was named &ldquo;Chief of the Mohawk Tribe.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>A Tip From The Master</b></h2><h2><b>Part Of Festivities On &lsquo;Newsy Lalonde Day&rsquo;</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02175/1348104-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="981" height="997"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Newsy at Old Trade</b></figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03135/1348097-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="1281" height="997"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Mrs. Lalonde, Mayor Aaron Horovitz, Hon. Lionel Chevrier</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>Back In The Good Old Days</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-04108/1348090-1-eng-US/f0005-042.jpg" title="f0005-04" width="528" height="1065"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Teen-Aged Athlete</b></figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0574/1348083-1-eng-US/f0005-052.jpg" title="f0005-05" width="1164" height="1063"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Lacrosse Goaler 1906 Style</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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City Of Cornwall Honors Native Son ‘Newsy’ Lalonde

<p><b>Founded October 1st 1947</b></p><p><b>Published Weekly, except monthly May through September by Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd. 1434 Ste. Catherine Street West Montreal 25, Que.</b></p><p><b>Yearly Subscription Rates: $3.00 in Canada and the British Empire: $4.00 in the U.S.A. and Foreign Countries.</b></p><p>Entered as second-class matter, October 3, 1963, at the Post Office at Rouses Point, N.Y., under the Act of March 3rd, 1879</p><p>Authorized as second-class mail. Post Office Department, Ottawa</p><p>Printed in Canada<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

The Hockey News THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-10" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-102/1348253-1-eng-US/f0006-102.jpg"></div><h2><b>Report On Racers</b></h2><p>Dear Sirs,</p><p>Former players and friends of Harringay Racers may be interested to know how they fared in the British Hockey season just ended. For the Racers, it has probably been their most glorious year.</p><p>First of all they won the Autumn Cup with Falkirk as runners-up. Now they have just won the British League Trophy with Nottingham in second place. There are 11 teams in this League, one of the largest in the world.</p><p>One of their successes which is not generally known is Canada, I believe, is that they were the only team to beat Penticton during the Vees tour of Europe, which they did by a score of 53. Beating the World Champions is no small feat! Penticton were playing at full strength, while the 10 Canadians of Harringay were helped by four from Brighton to make the numbers a little more equal.</p><p>This was the first year a Racer won the Rookie Award, which Les Lilley did with more than twice as many votes as the runner-up. Many other records were broken including the total number of goals scored and having all six players of the two forward lines among the top twelve in the scoring list. Much credit for the team&rsquo;s fine showing must go to the inspired leadership of Bill Glennie, their &ldquo;rookie&rdquo; coach.</p><p>May I take this opportunity of wishing the best of luck to all members of former Harringay teams who are now playing in Canada.</p><p>Ida M. Beveridge London, England.</p><h2><b>Our Great Game</b></h2><p>Dear Sirs,</p><p>The writer is interested in connection with organized hockey, and has been so for over fifty years, having started when the</p><p>Queens University, The Royal Military College, and a Kingston local team represented the City of Kingston, and a well organized League was formed. The championship, by the way, went to Queens University.</p><p>It was after a very stiff season, which had hockey starting off at a very popular rate, and ever since that period the growth of Canada&rsquo;s great winter game was certainly a winner.</p><p>The game had its first introduction during the period I have mentioned, and has swept throughout Canada in a most wonderful manner during the past 50 years, and has certainly, made a hit on all occasions.</p><p>It has been most interesting for the writer to realize that it was his good fortune to have been associated with our great game and to have enjoyed the many happy evenings that the opportunity afforded.</p><p>Trusting that your HOCKEY NEWS will enjoy the continued favor of the present day hockey fans will I am sure afford you.</p><p>Jas. T. Sutherland Kingston, Ont.</p><h2><b>Fan Club</b></h2><p>Dears Sirs,</p><p>The N.Y. RANGER FAN CLUB is most pleased to announce that membership cards for the 19551956 season are now available.</p><p>The growth of the N.Y. Ranger Fan Club reached nearly five hundred members this season and it is our solemn hope to attain greater magnification in the forthcoming season. Members receive all Fan Club publications free of cost and are invited to attend all club meetings at which hockey films are shown and the Ranger players are regular guests.</p><p>Membership may be secured by sending one dollar to the N.Y. Ranger Fan Club, c/o Madison. Square Garden, New York 19, N.Y. Exceedingly attractive membership pins, either pin or screw type, are available to members at an additional charge of seventy-five cents each. Enroll now as the club prepares for a bigger and better 1955-56 hockey season.</p><p>Jacques C. Schiff Jr. New York, N.Y.</p><h2><b>Minor League?</b></h2><p>Dear Sirs,</p><p>I think you have a fine paper, keep up the good work. I took out a subscription to THE HOCKEY NEWS at the beginning of last hockey season and consider it money well spent.</p><p>How about a story on Bob Goldham or Jacques Plante?</p><p>I heard that Plante was called &ldquo;a minor league goalkeeper&rdquo;. Let me say that he looked little like a minor leaguer in the Stanley Cup finals.</p><p>Montreal is really a great team to make comebacks like they did in the playoffs. Lady Luck sure seems to be against them, what with all the injuries they have. But that just shows how great they are to come back and force the Red Wings into a seventh game.</p><p>Ray Miller Detroit, Mich.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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THE FAN FORUM

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-112/1348284-1-eng-US/f0006-112.jpg" title="f0006-11" width="585" height="277"></div><h2><b>JUNE 15 TO JULY 14</b></h2><h3><b>June</b></h3><p><b>15&mdash;PRONOVOST, Marcel, Detroit defense, 1930.</b></p><p><b>16&mdash;BURNETT, Kelly, Montreal Royals forward, 1926; FASHOWAY, Gordie, New Westminster forward, 1926.</b></p><p><b>19&mdash;REIGLE, Ed, Cleveland defense, 1924.</b></p><p><b>20&mdash;GLADU, Paul, Providence forward, 1922.</b></p><p><b>21&mdash;MCNAB, Max, New Westminster Playing-Coach, 1924.</b></p><p><b>23&mdash;LAYCOE, Hal, Boston defense, 1922.</b></p><p><b>24&mdash;CREIGHTON, Dave, Detroit forward, 1930.</b></p><p><b>27&mdash;RALEIGH, Don, New York forward, 1926.</b></p><h3><b>July</b></h3><p><b>5&mdash;EDDOLLS, Frank, Chicago coach, 1921.</b></p><p><b>6&mdash;ARMSTRONG, George, Toronto forward, 1930.</b></p><p><b>9&mdash;KELLY, Len (Red), Detroit defense, 1927.</b></p><p><b>11&mdash;FOLK, Bill, Edmonton defense, 1927; SMITH, Sid, Toronto forward, 1925.</b></p><p><b>13&mdash;MOSDELL, Ken, Montreal forward, 1928.</b></p><p><b>14&mdash;HANNIGAN, Ray, Edmonton forward, 1927.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Happy Birthday to YOU

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Smooth molson’s GOLDEN ALE

<div class="byline">BY Ken McKenzie</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01270/1348222-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg"></div><p><b>&bull; TOMMY IVAN</b> reports that there will be at least 63 pros attending the training camp of the Chicago Black Hawks this year. Last year only 22 pros attended. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re gradually building up our farm system, &ldquo;Tommy reported&hellip; Ivan heaped plenty of praise on Bob Wilson, Chicago&rsquo;s chief scout, for the development of some of the younger players&hellip; Dick Irvin, Chicago&rsquo;s new coach, has been ailing all summer. He has been confined to his Montreal home ever since the season ended&hellip; Frank Boucher is highly optimistic about his new job with Regina. He expects to land a few players from different NHL teams&hellip; Boucher has made a big hit with the Regina people in his two visits there this summer&hellip; Gaye Stewart, who coached Buffalo Bisons of the AHL last season, is working for Sportservice Inc. at the Ontario race tracks this summer. If Gaye is replaced as Buffalo coach for next year, he plans to retire from hockey&hellip; Clarence Campbell did a bang up job on &ldquo;Fighting Words&rdquo;, one of Canada&rsquo;s better TV programs recently. The serious NHL president also scored a hit on &ldquo;Press Conference&rdquo;, another of Canada&rsquo;s better television shows. He was outnumbered on this vehicle but he more than held his own in the infighting&hellip; Larkin Maloney, owner of the 1955 Queen&rsquo;s Plate winner, Ace Marine, is Connie Smythe&rsquo;s partner in a racing stable&hellip; Maloney is also the employer of Ted Kennedy&hellip; Larry Popein, New York Rangers&rsquo; ace rookie of last year, is playing baseball this summer in Vancouver.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02160/1348215-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="280" height="427"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Red Storey</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0391/1348208-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="296" height="460"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ken Mosdell</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0466/1348201-1-eng-US/f0006-042.jpg" title="f0006-04" width="293" height="461"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Grant Warwick</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0561/1348194-1-eng-US/f0006-052.jpg" title="f0006-05" width="293" height="436"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Clarence Campbell</b></figcaption></div><p><b>&bull; THE ANNUAL GOLF</b> tournament staged by the Quebec Hockey League a few weeks ago was the best yet. This tourney is the finest staged anywhere by any hockey organization. Sibby Mundey, the chairman, Red Storey, in charge of prizes, and Jimmy Slater, of the ticket committee, work like zealots to assure its success&hellip; It&rsquo;s open season for the bendicts&hellip; A few of the hockeyists who were married recently were Aldo Guidolin of the Rangers, Skip Teal of the Hershey Bears and Hughie Coflin and Bronco Horvath of the Edmonton Flyers&hellip; Dick Moore of Canadiens marries early next month&hellip; Coflin, the Flyers&rsquo; defenseman, plans to open up a drive-in ice cream store near Edmonton shortly. His major rivals will be the Hannigan brothers, Ray and Gordie, who operate a similar business on the outskirts of Edmonton &hellip; Another member of the Flyers, Larry Zeidel, is still recuperating from the severe head injury he received in the Edinburgh Cup series against Shawingan Falls&hellip; Henri (Pocket Rocket) Richard is playing softball this summer in Montreal. His coach is Les Hynes, trainer of the Montreal Canadiens Juniors&hellip; Amherst&rsquo;s Don (Buck) Rogers married Mary Swaffield of Verdun recently&hellip; Canadiens&rsquo; Ken Mosdell, leesee of a fine new service station in the western section of Montreal&hellip; Normie Burns, former member of the New York Rangers and well-known throughout the American Hockey League, is anxious for Hartford, Conn, to apply for an American League franchise. He feels confident that Hartford would be a hockey hot-bed in no time. Burns now makes his home in the insurance capital of the world.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0653/1348187-1-eng-US/f0006-062.jpg" title="f0006-06" width="295" height="455"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gaye Stewart</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0727/1348180-1-eng-US/f0006-072.jpg" title="f0006-07" width="307" height="463"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Toe Blake</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-088/1348173-1-eng-US/f0006-082.jpg" title="f0006-08" width="290" height="452"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bill Mosienko</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-093/1348166-1-eng-US/f0006-092.jpg" title="f0006-09" width="294" height="453"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Danny Lewicki</b></figcaption></div><p>&bull; <b>GRANT WARWICK,</b> popular little playing coach of the World Champion Penticton V&rsquo;s, has made his retirement as a player official&hellip; Grant plans to devote all his time to running his fine restaurant in Penticton&hellip; Grant certainly left hockey with flying colors and will always be remembered by followers of the world&rsquo;s fastest sport&hellip; Two proud poppas since the hockey season ended were Bill Gadsby of the New York Rangers and Hugh Bolton of the Toronto Maple Leafs. It was a second daughter for Gadsby and a son for the tall Leaf defenseman&hellip; Marc Rheaume, who played so well for Toronto in the Stanley Cup playoffs, is a standout baseball player for St. Thomas Elgins in the Intercounty League of Ontario this summer&hellip; Dickie Moore recently had an operation at Toronto&rsquo;s Wellesley Hospital for his trick knee&hellip; Tommy King is the new publicity director of the Chicago Black Hawks. He has been employed by the Norris-Wirtz interests for several years and has handled publicity for such events as ice shows, boxing, pro basketball, as well as doing the publicity for the Chicago Staduim generally&hellip; Gus Mortson, Chicago captain, and Rangers&rsquo; Danny Lewicki, are both selling frozen foods in Toronto during the off-season&hellip; Remember Mike Karakas, the former Chicago goalkeeper?&hellip; His daughter, Nancy, was married last month&hellip; Ted Kennedy, the retired Toronto captain, was the only player on the Leafs that Conn Smythe never offered in a deal&hellip; Phil Maloney of the Vancouver Canucks is spending the summer working in a lumber mill near Vancouver. The operation he had eye which was damaged last winter has proved a complete success.</p><p>&bull; <b>FRANK SELKE,</b> general manager of the Montreal Canadiens, told Milt Dunnell in Toronto there would be no barring of the club&rsquo;s dressing room door to the press next season. That&rsquo;s one of the changes that will come with the switch in coaches&hellip; Ken Doraty, who once scored a gamewinning overtime playoff goal for Toronto, is the new president of the Moose Jaw Canucks of the western Junior League. Ken was one of the lightest players to ever perform in the NHL&hellip; Rangers&rsquo; Bill Gadsby is a close friend of Glenn Garbous, the talented outfielder with the Cincinnati Redlegs&hellip; Garbous, who was born in Alberta, said Gadsby might have had a baseball future, too, if he had tried it instead of hockey&hellip; &ldquo;Bill was a pretty good left-handed hitter,&rdquo; reveald Garbous. &ldquo;I played a lot with him back home&hellip; Toronto hockey writers told me the other day that they expect Toronto to be involved in a big player deal before the 1955-56 season gets underway&hellip; Apparently the Leafs are anxious to land a player with color and crowd appeal&hellip; Don&rsquo;t be surprised if you see the names of Billy Mosienko and Eddie Kullman in the lineup of Winnipeg&rsquo;s new entry in the Western Hockey League this coming season&hellip; Hockey lost two wonderful friends when Jack MacLaren and Tommy Moore passed away earlier this month&hellip; MacLaren was head of the advertising agency that bears his name and was responsible for the Saturday night coast to coast hockey broadcasts&hellip; Moore was assistant to Ivan Miller, sports editor of the Hamilton Spectator, and was a nice bouncy little fellow&hellip; Both were 63 at the time of their deaths&hellip; Have you ever heard this story about Toe Blake, Canadiens&rsquo; new and popular coach?&hellip; This is a story on how Toe almost became a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs. He was playing senior hockey for Hamilton at the time and Conn Smythe invited him to come over and discuss terms. Toe never seemed to have the time until the Tigers were through for the season. Then he came to Maple Leaf Gardens for a Stanley Cup game in which Bill Cook scored an overtime goal for the Rangers to eliminate the Leafs. Smythe came glumly out of the dressing room and was plodding down the hallway when Toe approached him. Smythe didn&rsquo;t seem to hear him. Probably didn&rsquo;t. &ldquo;I guess I picked a poor time to talk contract,&rdquo; Toe stated&hellip; He never did come back.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="byline">By HARVEY DRYDEN</div><p>REGINA, Sask.&mdash;</p><p>After an absence of some 30 long years, the City of Regina is returning to professional hockey and one of the nicest guys in sport or any other business has been signed to lead the revival.</p><p>Frank Boucher, late of the New York Rangers, has taken on the arduous task of directing this new Regina team, which will presumably be called the Caps. Boucher will double as general manager and coach and initially his big job will be to round up talent for a club which has no players.</p><p>Boucher&rsquo;s recent resignation from the New York Rangers turned out to be a big break for the City of Regina. Their franchise had been accepted by the Western Pro Hockey League, but the sponsor&mdash;Jim Piggott&mdash;was still undecided about whether to go ahead with the venture. Boucher&rsquo;s presence helped make up his mind for him.</p><p>Just to show that he means business, Piggott signed Boucher on the line to a five-year contract. Frank said he would coach the club for the first year at least but might turn over the coaching reins to someone else at a later date so he could concentrate on front-office duties.</p><h2><b>Wasted No Time</b></h2><p>Piggott didn&rsquo;t waste any time after Boucher&rsquo;s resignation from New York was announced before getting his name on a Regina contract. In a matter of hours he was talking to Boucher over the long-distance lines to New York. Ten days later Boucher flew to Regina to huddle with Piggott where the deal was quickly finalized.</p><p>Now that Regina&rsquo;s entry has become official, the Western Hockey League has been increased to eight earns for the 1955-56 season. Earlier Winnipeg had signified their Intentions of competing in the circuit which will give the league five prairie teams with another three on the coast. It embraces all four western provinces and is hockey&rsquo;s counter-part to the Western Football Conference.</p><p>Boucher admits the job of finding players for the new Regina club won&rsquo;t be easy. But he observed when he was in Regina, &ldquo;There are more good young hockey players around today than there were three years ago&rdquo;.</p><p>In Regina, the folks are confident that if anyone can find talent to make their team a contender, it will be Boucher. As amember of the Ranger organization for nearly 30 years as a player, coach and general manager, he has hockey connections with all divisions of the game. He feels he can obtain help from several of the NHL teams.</p><p>With this news Regina club, Boucher will be with his longtime friend and scout, Al Ritchie. Ritchie is a resident of Regina and the veteran hockey and football coach has send many boys up to Boucher and the big-time. As for Frank himself, he is immensely happy at coming to Regina. During a stopover at Winnipeg, he told reporters: &ldquo;Everybody in Regina was so friendly and seemed to have so much confidence in me that I&rsquo;m going to bust my neck to give them a strong club&rdquo;.</p><p>After his signing with Regina, Boucher observed that the league is well-filled with ex-Ranger personnel. Alf Pike, formery one of Boucher&rsquo;s star centremen, is coaching the new Winnipeg entry. Doug Bentley, who spent his last year in the majors with New York, is boss at Saskatoon and Bud Poile, who also served with Rangers during his long career, is coach of the Edmontom Flyers.</p><p>Boucher had litle to say about his break with the Rangers. But he had words of praise for all the Ranger brass. &ldquo;A change is sometimes for the best&rdquo;, he said. &ldquo;I always enjoyed the best of relations with General Kilpatrick and I know that Muzz Patrick and Phil Watson will do a good job for them. I certainly wish them well&rdquo;.</p><h2><b>Bossman</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01221/1348370-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="552" height="568"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>FRANK BOUCHER</b></figcaption></div><div class="sidebar"><p><b>The Toronto Maple Leafs use BIKE Supports and BIKE Trainers Tape.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p></div>

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Pro Hockey Returns To Regina After Absence Of Thirty Years

<div class="byline">Goren.</div><p>NEW YORK, N.Y&mdash;</p><p>Only three players have worn the numeral seven on the back of Rangers shirts&mdash;Frank Boucher, Phil Watson, &ldquo;Bones&rdquo; Raleigh. Watson always cherished the number, even refused to give it back to Boucher when the manager-coach went back on the active list for a brief war-time spell.</p><p>And now Watson has become the seventh coach in Ranger history, following a line of men, all of whom were part of the organization: Lester Patrick, Frank Boucher, Lynn Patrick, Neil Colville, Bill Cook, Muzz Patrick.</p><p>&ldquo;I hope this is a lucky omen,&rdquo; Phil said.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Frank And Phil Had Same Number

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CALVERT HOUSE

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0008-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01255/1348491-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg"></div><h2><b>FINAL STANDING</b></h2><h2><b>SCORING LEADERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02198/1348484-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="1186" height="1697"></div><h2><b>GOAL KEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03146/1348477-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="1168" height="291"></div><h2><b>PLAYOFFS ROUND-ROBIN ELIMINATION SERIES</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-04108/1348470-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="1180" height="148"></div><p>(Quebec and Three Rivers earn right to enter Provincial Final)</p><h2><b>PROVINCIAL FINAL</b></h2><p>Three Rivers 1 at Quebec 2</p><p>Three Rivers 6 at Quebec 2</p><p>Quebec 4 at Three Rivers 1</p><p>Quebec 3 at Three Rivers 1</p><p>Three Rivers 0 at Quebec 2</p><p>(Quebec wins best-of-seven final 4-1)</p><h2><b>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0574/1348463-1-eng-US/f0008-052.jpg" title="f0008-05" width="1170" height="158"></div><h2><b>SCORING LEADERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0654/1348456-1-eng-US/f0008-062.jpg" title="f0008-06" width="1191" height="399"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Quebec Jr. League Results And Scoring 1954-55

<div class="byline">By DICK McCRONE</div><p>HERSHEY, Pa.&mdash;</p><p>The scramble for the goaltending job with the Hershey Bears this Falls will be a wide open affair, with three top candidates in the field.</p><p>General Manager Lloyd S. Blinco, of the Bears, has revealed that with the acquisition of Terry Sawchuk by the Boston Bruins, Coach Milt Schmidt has indicated he&rsquo;ll probably leave long John Henderson with the Bears for further seasoning.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0741/1348536-1-eng-US/f0008-072.jpg" title="f0008-07" width="277" height="446"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Red Henry</b></figcaption></div><p>Henderson did a creditable job for the Bruins last year after he took over for ailing Sugar Jim Henry, but Sawchuk&rsquo;s arrival on the Beantown scene makes it necessary for Boston to find regular employment elsewhere for the elongated goalie. Only 22 years of age, Henderson is highly regarded by both Schmidt and Lynn Patrick, the Boston g.m., who feel that a season of work with the Bears will give him much needed experience.</p><h2><b>Stiff Competition</b></h2><p>Meanwhile, Blinco pointed out that Henderson will have the stiffest kind of competition for the job. With Gordie &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Henry, Hershey&rsquo;s cage cop for the past nine seasons on hand, along with Norm Defelice, who wound up the 1954-55 campaign in the Bear nets, it will be a wide open race to see who gets the job.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0832/1348529-1-eng-US/f0008-082.jpg" title="f0008-08" width="291" height="457"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gilles Boisvert</b></figcaption></div><p>Also, Blinco is considering carrying two goa1-tenders this Fall. Recalling the difficulty the Bears had in filling Henry&rsquo;s shoes when he was sidelined as a result of in uries received in an automobile accident, Blinco feels that the protection of a spare goalie is a &ldquo;must.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Drafted Boisvert</b></h2><p>The Bears also drafted Gilles Boisvert from the Montreal Royals, of the Quebec League, for the regular $7,500 draft price, but several days later sold him to the Bruins. Boston, in turn, shipped the goalie to Detroit in the multiple player deal which brought Sawchuk to the Bruins.</p><p>In addition to Boisvert, Hershey picked up Hugh Coflin, a 27-year-old rearguard, from the Edmonton Flyers, of the Western League. Coach Murray Henderson saw Coflin in action during the East-West playoffs and was so impressed that he asked Blinco to name him as another Hershey draft choice.</p><h2><b>May Get Davis</b></h2><p>With the transfer of Norm Corcoran, Bruin farmhand, who has worn Hershey livery for the past five seasons, to Detroit, the Bruins indicated the Bears will probably get Lorne Davis as a replacement. Davis came to Boston in the Sawchuk transaction.</p><h2><b>Back With Bears</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0923/1348522-1-eng-US/f0008-092.jpg" title="f0008-09" width="1155" height="876"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>LONG JOHN HENDERSON</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Scramble For Goaltender’s Job With Hershey Wide Open Affair

<div class="byline">By &#x201C;CHICK&#x201D; APPEL</div><p>STRATFORD, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Now that Kitchener Dutchmen have won the Allan Cup for the second time in three seasons, the question arises &ldquo;What of the senior &lsquo;A&rsquo; OHA next season?&rdquo; and at present the picture is just a bit uncertain.</p><p>Kitchener, Owen Sound, Windsor and Stratford are almost certain to face the wire again, but the outlook in Niagara Falls and Chatham is slightly hazy, where the finan-cianl situation is not the healthiest.</p><p>If any clubs finished on the right side of the ledger they probably were Kitchener Dutchmen and Windsor Bulldogs, thanks to some bumper gates in the playoffs. Owen Sound may have finished out of the red with their limited seating capacity and share-the-wealth system of operation, but Stratford Indians certainly were forced to use some red ink, according to President &ldquo;Dutch&rdquo; Meier, sponsor of the team. Patronage decreased in Stratford, on the sayso of the Classic City Arena committee, and that meant both the club and the arena counted smaller receipts.</p><h2><b>Small Melon</b></h2><p>Chatham Maroons endeavored to operate on a system whereby the players accepted a nominal fee for expenses during the season and depended upon a division of the swag at the conclusion of the schedule, but with the Maroons and Niagara Falls Cataracts both finishing out of the group playoffs there was probably a very small melon to be sliced, if any.</p><p>With their $2,500,000 new auditorium, and their junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; elub attracting sparse crowds, and consequently suffering a licking at the gate, the future of hockey in Kitchener would appear to rest with the senior Dutchmen, who can pretty well stand pat next season with their Allan Cup champions.</p><p>They may get Don Rope back, who left them for a teaching position in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., Collegiate Institute, and played for the Soo Greyhounds in the NOHA. Rope has accepted a similar position in his profession at Galt, and is expected to line up with the Dutchmen again next season.</p><h2><b>May Foresake Juniors</b></h2><p>There is another rumor current that Galt will forsake junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; hockey for the senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; brand, but just how much truth there is in that report is not known. In any event, should Galt turn to senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; hockey next season, Rope naturally would be counted upon as one of their players.</p><p>Kitchener will have to choose between Denis Brodeur and Keith Woodall for their goalie, because the latter did a great job for them after the former received so severe a knee injury in the OHA finals with Windsor Bulldogs that he was benched for the balance of the season. Brodeur is now playing senior baseball for the Kitchener Panthers, which would indicate that his hockey injury has benn completely cured.</p><h2><b>Season Tickets Sold</b></h2><p>Owen Sound has disposed of practically all of their 1,200 season tickets in advance sale, just as they have been doing for years, and are all set for the next campaign, with the exception of adding two forwards and a defencemen, now that Doug Gillespie and Bill McComb may be through, and doubt that the ageless Tommy Burlingon can make a comeback.</p><p>McComb nurses a recurring should injury and his doctor has advised him to quit the game, or run the risk of permanent injury. Burlington never did recover completely from the broken leg he sustained during a league game in Niagara Falls during the 1953-54 season, but is quoted as predicting he would attempt to play again next season. Gillespie had hung up his puck gear last season, and was only induced to return to action after the Mercurys ran into a series of injuries.</p><h2><b>Prefer Outside Interests</b></h2><p>It is no secret that Bill and Les Butcher, owners and operators of the Windsor arena, would prefer outside sources as sponsors of the Bulldogs next season, and in this connection several reports have been publicized. One has four former NHL stars, George Gee, Joe Carveth, Jack Stewart and Murph Chamberlain combining to own and run the club.</p><p>Gee and Carveth, of course, played for the Bulldogs under Chamberlain&rsquo;s guidance, but there is some doubt whether Chamberlain will return to Windsor, because he also mentioned as a possible coach at Chatham and Stratford. Stewart has signed a contract to remain at the helm of the Kitchener Canucks junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; team, so it would seem any rumor that he might buy an interest in the Windsor Bulldogs as nothing but a rumor, unless he becomes a silent partner with Gee and Carveth in the Windsor club.</p><h2><b>Sizeable Deficit</b></h2><p>There is little doubt that Chatham and Niagara Falls lack sufficient finances, and sponsors of both teams absorbed a sizable deficit. An effort was made to emulate Owen Sound&rsquo;s sytem in Niagara Falls, via an advance sale of season tickets, but it proved anything but a success, less than 500 being sold.</p><p>In Chatham, the Maroons, who ran their own show require additionnal talent, like the other clubs. Maroons guaranteed the Chatham arena commission $750 for every home game, and they are now endeavoring to have that rental fee considerably reduced, if they are to carry on.</p><h2><b>May Retire</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01239/1348598-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="560" height="916"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>TOMMY BURLINGTON</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Financial Difficulties Could Reduce OHA To Four Team Loop

<p>will be held at</p><p><b>WINTERS SPORTS AREA</b></p><p>in</p><p><b>GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA</b></p><p>&bull; Best Professional Instructors</p><p>&bull; Emile Francis, Head Coach</p><p>&bull; Real Grounding in hockey</p><p><b>For particulars write</b></p><p><b>Box 657, Moose Jaw, Sask.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

All Canada Hockey School PROFESSIONAL INSTRUCTION

<div class="byline">HERB GOREN.</div><p>NEW YORK. N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>Phil Watson&rsquo;s first game as a Ranger was in January, 1936, and he played left wing on a line that had two of the greatest centres of all time at the other positions&mdash;Frank Boucher and Howie Morenz.</p><p>&ldquo;There I was,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;with two such great centres; and with me on it, three great centres, all on one line. I was a fresh kid, but after all, I had to do all the backchecking. I could afford to speak up.&rdquo;</p><p>Watson&rsquo;s greatest playmaking was at centre ice between Lynn Patrick and Bryan Hextali. One year, 1941-42, Hextall led the league in scoring, Patrick was second and Watson fourth. Thew scored 556, 54 and 52 points respectively.</p><p>&ldquo;Don Grosso sneaked in to third place on the last night,&rdquo; Watson said. &ldquo;He was playing on his home ice and somebody gave him a lot of points. We were in Chicago and I had an assist that somebody gave to Hextall. I didn&rsquo;t mind&mdash;until I learned that this Detroit player broke in on us.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>&ldquo;Fresh Kid&rdquo;</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02219/1348653-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="578" height="762"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>PHIL WATSON</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Watson-Morenz-Boucher Centres Of Attraction

<p>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>The first member of the Boston Bruins to sign his contract for next season was the Haileybury Hurricane, Leo LaBine.</p><p>The 23-year-old right wing, who finished his second full season as a Bruins&rsquo; regular with an over-all total of 25 goals, remained here for a brief vacation after the Stanley Cup playoffs.</p><p>Before he returned to his home in Haileybury, Ontario, he conferred briefly with Manager Lynn Patrick, then signed his contract for next year. The undisclosed terms were believed to include a sizeable increase in pay.</p><p>LaBine may return here during the summer to make some softball appearances. He is considered an outstanding pitcher.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Leo LaBine First Bruin To Ink Pact For ’55-56

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0009-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03180/1348708-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg"></div><p><i>That&rsquo;s Right-You&rsquo;ll Be Sorry, if You Don&rsquo;t Subscribe to THE HOCKEY NEWS Today.</i></p><p>You know right well that you&rsquo;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&rsquo;II 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.</p><p>Just imagine, 35 information-filled issue&rsquo;s of THE HOCKEY NEWS delivered right to your door for the low price of $3.00 ($4.00 in the United States). Spare yourself of the trouble of having to pick your copy up at the newsstand by subscribing today and furthemore you&rsquo;ll be saving $2.25 ($3.25 in the United States) by taking out a subscription.</p><p>THE HOCKEY NEWS features plenty of lengthy profiles on players in the summer issues and oodles of candid pictures showing that favorite puck star of yours in such poses as playing baseball, on the golf links, milking cows, pitching hay, running the store, and countless others. We at THE HOCKEY NEWS do our utmost to see that you don&rsquo;t lose track of your favorite players during those five months that THE HOCKEY NEWS suspends weekly publication (May to September).</p><p>A year&rsquo;s subscription is for 35 consecutive Issues.</p><p><b>Canadian Remittances</b>&mdash;$3.00 Payable by Postal Bank or Telegraph Money Order.</p><p><b>U. S. A. Remittances</b>&mdash;$4.00 Payable by Postal, Bank, or Express Money Order.</p><p><b>Fill in Form Above and Send Postal Note or Money Order</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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YOU’LL BE SORRY!

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0010-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01253/1348739-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>AL HULME</b> of Regina, one of the founders of the Saskatoon Kinsmen Pee Wee Hockey League, pictured here presenting the Hulme trophy to Howie Wong, captain of the 1954-1955 champion Maple Leafs.</figcaption></div><p>SASKATOON, Sask.&mdash;</p><p>Tousled-haired youngsters and neatly attired grownups, members of the Saskatoon Kinsmen club, got together here at The Bessborough last month for one of this city&rsquo;s favorite hockey gatherings.</p><p>The occasion marked the 18th annual Kinsmen Pee Wee Hockey League banquet and one of the players back in 1937, Gerry Couture, an All-Star winger while playing for Calgary Stampeders in the Western Hockey League during the past season, was among the special guests.</p><h2><b>Special Honor</b></h2><p>Maple Leafs, the league champions for 1954-55, had the special honor of receiving the Hulme trophy from its donor, Al Hulme of Regina, one of the original founders of the pee wee loop here. Captain Howie Wong accepted the trophy on behalf of his teammates.</p><p>Besides the Hulme trophy, the Leafs also received championship crests and certificates of good citizenship, like all other clubs, although the top award in the citizenship department went to the Canadiens, who were presented with the Gordon Munroe trophy. Captain Jim Sparks received the trophy for the Canadiens with Mike Kindrachuk making the presentation.</p><h2><b>MVP Award</b></h2><p>The Doug Thomson trophy, for the most valuable player to his team, went to Leafs&rsquo; starry Gerry Wilkie, while another Maple Leaf, Howard Kellough, won the Dr. Ray Dickson trophy for topping the league&rsquo;s Individual scorers.</p><p>Jackets, bearing the crests and done up in colors of the National Hockey League club they represented, were presented to the most valuable player of each pee wee club. These went to Wilkie, Leafs; Bob Meyers, Black Hawks; Bert Fizzel, Bruins; Murray Armstrong, Rangers; Ron Griffiths, Canadiens, and Roger Beardworth, Red Wings.</p><h2><b>HN Subscriptions</b></h2><p>A year&rsquo;s subscription to <b>The Hockey News</b> went out to the member of each of the six teams with the best and neatest citizenship cards. They were awarded to John Scissons. Leafs; Lennie Geishart, Bruins; Walter Clark, Canadiens; Dickie Bate, Rangers; Ian Maclean, Black Hawks, and Michael Patterson, Red Wings.</p><p>John Staples of Kindersley first vice-president of the Saskatchewan Amateur Hockey Association, was the guest speaker of the evening and among pro hockey players in attendance were Couture, Carl Kaiser, Jackie McLeod, Vic Lynn, Jim Hay, Howie Milford and Vic Howe.</p><h2><b>Championship Trophy&hellip;and Howie</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></h2>

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Saskatoon Honors Small Fry Hockey Stars

<div class="byline">Booth.</div><p class="dropcap"><span>C</span>HICAGO, Ill.&mdash;The acquisition of fiery forward Tony Leswick gives the Black Hawks a genuine &ldquo;iron man&rdquo; sort of skater for the first time in years. Now a 10-year NHL veteran at the age of 32, he has missed only two games out of a total of 650 as a member of the Rangers and champion Detroiters.</p><p>Both of these contests that saw Tony on the sidelines were white he was with New York Rangers from 1945-51. Once came in the 1945-46 campaign, his first in the NHL, while the other was put into the league records during 1949-50. He played all the way in the past four 70-game slates of the Red Wings.</p><p>In addition to this distinction, Leswick will hit his 300th scoring point the first time he assists on a goal or knocks the puck in himself as a Black Hawk. His record to date lists 153 goals and 146 assists for 299 points. For these and still other reasons, he is expected to fit in well as a Hawk.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Tough Tony Durable Guy

<div class="byline">By HARVEY DRYDEN</div><p>REGINA, Sask.&mdash;</p><p>Should the amateur puckmen play under different playing rules than the pros? Or would it become too confusing to people in cities where both the amateurs and pros are in action?</p><p>Delegates to the recent annual convention of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association mulled over this issue for long hours. Evidently they came to the conclusion that it would be quite in order for the two groups to employ different codes of rules because they approved several rule changes which they realized would not be accepted by the pros.</p><p>At present, the amateurs follow the same playing rules as those of the National Hockey League, at least during the CAHA playoffs. The respective branches of the CAHA can make minor adjustments in their rules during their branch play but must revert to the CAHA code at playoff time. A joint rules committee of the CAHA and the NHL decides upon these rules every year. However, the NHL viewpoint always prevails because under the terms of the pro-amateur agreement, the NHL decision is accepted whenever there is a disagreement between the two bodies.</p><p>The annual meeting of the CAHA decided to ask for a chance in their agreement with the NHL, which would permit them to use their own playing rules in certain instances. Amateur puck moguls, for example, would like to see a return to the old icingpuck regulation under which players must carry the puck over the opposing team&rsquo;s blueline, and not just shoot it into the corners and chase after it. They feel that this rule would create more stickhandling and passing in the game, and thus the young puckchasers better all-round players when they go up the NHL.</p><p>Also, the amateur moguls would like to make further revisions to cut down on rough play in the game. They are asking that penalties for boarding be more strictly enforced so that referees can penalize players for high-sticking and holding when players are pinned against the boards.</p><p>CAHA executives realize there may be difficulties in having two codes of rules&mdash;one for the amateurs and another for the pros. As former prexy Al Pickard observed, &ldquo;In cities like Toronto and Montreal where the pros are in actions, fans would have to become accustomed to two sets of rules.&rdquo;</p><p>But they feel there is a real need to encourage more stickhandling and passing, particularly among the younger players. And a return to the old icing-the-puck-rule would help bring this about.</p><p>Pickard feels that the CAHA has made real progress in curbing rough tactics in the game. He points out that junior hockey in western Canada saw much cleaner hockey this past season, and he also points to the recent Memorial Cup final between the champion Toronto Marlboros and Regina Pats as a good example of clean, hard-fought hockey&mdash;the type most fans like to see.</p><p>During their deliberations on playing rules, the CAHA accepted in principal a new NHL proposal regarding penalties. That is, if a goal is scored while a player is in the penalty box, the penalty shall automatically expire when the goal is scored&mdash;assuming, of course, that the shorthanded team is the one scored on. The rule shall not apply when both teams are short-handed.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Amateurs Seek Different Set of Rules From Those Employed By Professionals

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HEY FANS!

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-0158/1348894-1-eng-US/c4-012.jpg" title="C4-01" width="240" height="297"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-0257/1348887-1-eng-US/c4-022.jpg" title="C4-02" width="249" height="308"></div><p>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Ted (Teeder) Kennedy, captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs, has won the J.P. Bickell Memorial Cup for the second time since its inception three years ago.</p><p>The Cup honors the memory of the late mining magnate who was formerly president, chairman of the board and director of Maple Leaf Gardens. It is awarded annually to the player judged to be the most outstanding on Toronto&rsquo;s entry in the National Hockey League.</p><p>Mr. Bickell died in 1951.</p><h2><b>Lum Won</b></h2><p>Kennedy first won the cup after the 1952-53 season and last season it went to goaler Harry Lumley.</p><p>Maple Leaf Gardens officials announced that the board of directors has decided to award the trophy, valued at $10,000, to Kennedy, who is said to be retiring after twelve seasons in hockey&rsquo;s big time.</p><p>Kennedy was earlier awarded the Hart Trophy as the Most Valuable Player in the National Hockey League for the 1954-55 campaign.</p><h2><b>Young Veteran</b></h2><p>A young veteran, Kennedy is now 29 years old. Born December 12, 1925, in Humberstone, Ontario, he started his hockey days with Port Colborne minor teams. He was tutored by the famous Nels (Old Poison) Stewart and much of Kennedy&rsquo;s prowess around the opposing nets is due to the good teaching of the old scoring master.</p><h2><b>Top Performer</b></h2><p>At 17, after starring with Port Colborne Seniors, Kennedy turned pro with the Toronto Maple Leafs (1942-43 season)&mdash;and with the exception of the 1945-46 season, when an early injury keept him out for the year, he has been a top performer and an important, cog in five Stanley Cup triumphs.</p><h2><b>Succeeded Apps</b></h2><p>Kennedy became captain of the club following the retirement of Syl Apps. When the announcement was made, the fans, sportswriters, sportscasters and the players themselves agreed that Teeder was the man to fill the shoes of the incomparable Apps. Kennedy has captained Leaf teams to Stanley Cup triumphs in two seasons 1949 and 1951.</p><h2><b>Hard Worker</b></h2><p>He is probably the hardest working hockeyist in the National Hockey League, an ace stickhandler, a hard shooting scorer and his ice strategy is tops.</p><p>It is interesting to note that the only two years the Leafs failed to make the playoffs were the seasons that he was out of action so much through injury. In the 1945-46 schedule he appeared in only 21 games and in 1951-52 on New Year&rsquo;s night, he suffered a bad accident with Milt Schmidt. The skipper was out for over two and a half months and appeared in the last week of the season to do an amazing job of trying to lift the Leafs into contention. However, the season ran out and the Leafs were nipped on the final week-end.</p><h2><b>Teeder and Trophy</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-0355/1348880-1-eng-US/c4-032.jpg" title="C4-03" width="1506" height="1378"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>J. P. Bickell Memorial Cup and Winner Ted Kennedy</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>Last Winner</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-0443/1348873-1-eng-US/c4-042.jpg" title="C4-04" width="542" height="888"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>HARRY LUMLEY</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Kennedy Wins J. P. Bickell Memorial Cup

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><p>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>Ferny Flaman of the Bruins was honored here recently at one of the country&rsquo;s most elaborate sports events, the annual award dinner of the Boston Sports Lodge of B&rsquo;nai B&rsquo;rith.</p><p>The husky defenseman, who was chosen on the National League&rsquo;s second All-Star team this year, received a plaque for his outstanding contributions to hockey. The presentation was made by Milt Schmidt, Bruins&rsquo; coach, and the recipient of the hockey award two years ago. The hockey figure honored a year ago was Woody Dumart.</p><p>Besides Flaman, others honored at the dinner were Tony DeMarco, the then welterweight boxing champion; Red Auerbach, coach of Boston&rsquo;s basketball Celtics, 14 members of baseball&rsquo;s Hall of Fame and leading figures in football and horse racing.</p><p>Flaman, who first came here to play hockey as a 15-year-old, has been a Greater Boston resident for nearly 15 years. He makes his home in suburban Westwood.</p><p>Meanwhile, the Bruins of 1954-55 will be seen by hockey fans of the 21st century, in movies.</p><p>Among the objects placed in the cornerstone of the new Carling&rsquo;s brewery in nearby Natick, Mass, recently was a film, composed of action pictures of the Bruins of the past season.</p><p>The cornerstone will be opened in the year 2000, and the Bruins&rsquo; pictures will be compared with those of the Bruins&rsquo; team of that year.</p><p>The Carling&rsquo;s company is the sponsor of the broadcasts of Bruins&rsquo; games, both home and away.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

B’s Ferny Flaman Honored For Contribution To Game

<p><b>KIMBERLEY, B.C.</b>&mdash;</p><p><b>Kimberley Dynamiters, former Allan Cup and world hockey champions, have quit the Western International League, it was disclosed here.</b></p><p><b>The move ends 25 years of senior hockey in this city.</b></p><p><b>Dr. Joe Vingo, president of the WIHL, said Vice President W. E. Leaman of Kimberley sent him a telegram saying: &ldquo;We find it economically unsound to continue in the league under the conditions laid down at the league meeting in Kimberley.&rdquo;</b></p><p><b>Dr. Vingo said efforts would be made to form schedule with the Okanagan Senior Amateur Hockey League for three teams remaining in the WIHL&mdash;Nelson Maple Leafs, Trail Smoke Eaters and Spokane Flyers.</b></p><p><b>Dynamiters captured the Allan Cup in the 1936-1937 season and the following year went on to the world championships overseas.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Kimberley Dynamiters Quit WIHL

<p>WINNIPEG, Man.&mdash;</p><p>Jack Perrin, General Manager of the new Winnipeg entry in the Western Hockey League, has announced his club will have working agreements for the 1955-56 season with both the Montreal Canadiens and the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League.</p><p>Perrin would not elaborate on how the agreement with both clubs would work out but stated that he was &ldquo;very satisfied&rdquo; with the arrangement.</p><p>Previously the Winnipeg team had signed Alt Pike, former star with the New York Rangers and more recently coach of the Guelph Biltmores of the OHA Junior A Series, to handle the team. So far there have been no announcements concerning playing personal.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-059/1348997-1-eng-US/c4-052.jpg" title="C4-05" width="275" height="459"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Eddie Mazur</b></figcaption></div><p>A source in Winnipeg says &ldquo;there is every reason to believe&rdquo; that the new entry will have a complete forward line from the Montreal Royals of the Quebec Hockey League. They are Eddie Mazur, Paul Masnick and Gary Blaine. Mazur and Blaine are local products while Masnick hails from Regina.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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June 1, 1955

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‘Tough Tony’ Quite Happy To Stick In NHL As Hawk

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Tom Melville