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January 7, 1956
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Kitchener Canucks Setting Pace In Tight Ontario Junior Race
GUELPH, Ont.— Any similarity between Turk Broda and Santa Claus is purely a matter of build. Not only does the Turk not have a beard but whereas St. Nick is noted for his giving the jovial Marlboro fat man was on the receiving end this Yuletide as his Dukes belted Kitchener 5-1 On Christmas day to run their unbeaten streak to, five and as an afterthought added a 3-2 win over Hamilton two days later to extend the streak to six. The reigning Memorial Cup champions, finally living up to all the nice things said about them before the season’s start, are rolling as the OHA Junior “A” race hits the half-way mark. The league race continues tighter than the proverbial lid on a jar of olives with only 12 points seperating…
WHL Mentors Sent Notes To S. Claus
VANCOUVER, B.C.— It won’t belong now (it’s Friday, Dec. 23rd at this writing before the friend of every youngster pays his yearly call and leaves his greeting. The kindly old gentleman with the big tummy, happy smile, hearty chuckle, flowing white beard and popular red and white suit will have come and gone by the time this edition of THE HOCKEY NEWS reaches your favorite newsstand. Frank Boucher is having his troubles at Regina—both in the win column and in the box office. He has dispatched a special bulletin to S.C. requesting 12 victories in the next 15 games for his beleaguered Regals. If Santa can see his way clear to accommodate the former Mountie and erstwhile NY Ranger star player, coach and manager then he will have accomplished what everybody is…
PASSING THE PUCK
TED LINDSAY fails to qualify as an authentic “Bad Man” according to Herb Ralby, veteran hockey writer of the Boston Globe. Ralby says the Detroit captain is vastly over-rated as a “Bad Man”…“Ted’s uncontrollable tongue has been responsible for 60 of the 98 minutes he has spent so far in penalty boxes around the league. For being “tough” enough to sass the referee or address him in unprintable language, Lindsay has been handed four 10-minute misconduct sentences costing $25 each. He also has had two game misconduct penalties for his bad penalty box manners, which cost him $50 per sentence…“Lindsay talks tough but he can’t fight a lick. The number of decisions he’s won since he has been in the NHL can be counted on the fingers of one hand.…
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Eleven Straight When Providence Reds dumped Springfield Indians 4-2 on December 31, it marked eleven straight American League losses for the Tribe. Eight Draws Thus far this season there have been but eight tie games played in the American Hockey League, with Cleveland taking part in five of them. HOW THE RACE GOES STANDING ON MON. A.M. JAN. 2 MONDAY, DECEMBER 26 Cleveland 3, Hershey 1 Providence 4, Springfield 2 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28 Cleveland 4, Pittsburgh 1 THE POINT PARADE (Including, games of Monday Dec. 26) LEADERS Goals Wilile Marshall, Pitt 23. Camille Henry, Prov. 23. Assists Zellio Toppazzini, Prov. 35. Penalties Fred Glover, Clev. 101 min. Goaltender GP GA SO AVG Gil Mayer, Pitt.…25 70 3 2.80 Shutouts Gil Mayer, Pitt. 3. 3 Goals, 1 Game Willie Marshall, Pitt. 3, GOALTENDERS Goals scored after removal of goaltender from game for extra scoring power do not count against goaltender’s personal record. Number of goals scored under…
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