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October 29, 1955
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Bucked Up By Boucher, Regals Make Fine Start
REGINA, Sask.- One of the most pleasant surprises in the early-season action of the Western Hockey League has been the showing of the Regina Regals. This new pro hockey club had to start from scratch this summer in assembling players. It had no tieups with National Hockey League clubs such as the new entry in Winnipeg which came to an agreement with the Montreal Canadiens and the Toronto Maple Leafs under which they would jointly supply players for the new team. Regina had no such help and yet in their first four games of the young season, they have managed to come up with two wins, a tie and one loss for a highly creditable showing. Of course, the Regals had in their corner one of the best-known and best-liked hockey men in the…
Watson’s “Siberian” Tactics Paying Off For NY Rangers
NEW YORK, NY— Any similarity between Phil Watson and Simon Legree is neither coincidental nor is it accidental. New York’s Man Of The Hour has made a concerted effort to whip the Rangers into their best condition, ever. The unanimous verdict handed in by the hockey jury is that he has succeeded. Take it from the players themselves. They laughingly call the Watson practices “Siberia in Manhattan” but still tag on an amendment. Something like, “It’s the best thing that ever happened to us.” It’s the toughest camp I’ve been in,” said Lou Fontinato, who has experienced the torture treatment from the likes of Art Chapman and Alfie Pike. “Don’t think it hasn’t paid off,” adds Ron Murphy who surprised everyone but himself with his early season scoring prowess. “We outskated Detroit and Chicago at their…
SIDELIGHTS
(As Seen In The Montreal Herald) • CONSIDERING that he wound up minus his promising young goaler, Marcel Paille, and one of his most experienced forwards, Stan Smrke, Gerry Plamondon did well to get out of the Forum last Tuesday night, Oct. 18 with a 3-3 draw. In the NHL it used to be said of Lynn Patrick that he played such cagey hockey that his Boston Bruins generally were worth a point as soon as they came into the rink in one of the other towns in the circuit. The Sagueneens didn’t play it that way Tuesday. They were forced to fight back twice to hack down leads created by the Royals, and they got a fine chore from young Eddie Johnston, twine custodian for the Junior Habs, after Paille was hurt.…
Chicago’s ‘1-2-1’ Home Stand Fails To Dampen Enthusiasm
CHICAGO, III.— An analysis seemed in order as the Black Hawks wound up their first home stand of four games and prepared to launch a seven-game road junket in the middle of the month. The record at the Chicago Stadium showed one win, two losses and a tie, but discouragement was absent. Seated at a well worn table over which many a hockey yarn has passed in the little room between the Hawks’ dressing and medical quarters, Coach Dick Irvin and General Manager Tommy Ivan discussed what they had seen to date and what the lengthy tour to foreign rinks might produce. Although slightly disgusted over the assessment of a rather cheap penalty from Which Maurice Richard and the visiting Canadiens had managed to salvage a 2-2 tie half an hour earlier, Irvin…
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