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January 21, 1956
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K.-W Dutchmen Hit Short Slump On Eve Of Departure For Italy
STRATFORD, Ont.— Since coach Murph Chamberlain lopped the ‘‘deadwood’’ from his Chatham Maroons after Christmas they have come up with four straight victories, and now trail the fourth place Owen Sound Mercurys by but two points, although they are still in fifth and last spot on the senior “A” O.H.A. Cutting down his roster to 12 players and adding Ted Power, a reinstated pro, seems to have done things to the Maroons, and from here out they will be making a concerted bid for a playoff berth. Including games of Dec. 27th, the front-running Kitchener, Dutchmen dropped four straight games, two of them at the hands of the Stratford Indians, before they shook their brief clump by turning on the Indians for a 9-2 win. Injuries Hurt Indians It was the exact reverse for…
Red Wings Experiment With Matinee Hockey
DETROIT, Mich.— Matinee hockey made a highly successful debut in Detroit this season. As a promotional experiment, the Wings booked a Sunday game against the Boston Bruins for 1:30 p.m. It was the first time a game was scheduled here in 14 years at other than the usual 8:30 start. This move was not made, as in some National League cities, directly to bolster any faltering attendance. The Wings are several thousand ahead of last year already and the Bruins have become a much fatter drawing card since Terry Sawchuk switched uniforms. General Manager Jack Adams wanted to try an afternoon game for several years. It was the result of requests which he has been hearing on his frequent banquet stands in out-state Michigan. Too Late Back Home Fans in those out-of-town spots are accustomed to…
playing the field
(As seen in the Montreal Gazette) Wings Will Be Tough New York—Toe Blake is convinced that the Detroit Red Wings are going to furnish the Canadiens with their stiffest opposition between now and the end of the season. “They’re a good team, but they’re not as good as they’ve looked against us,’’ he said on the train on the way down here. “I think we’ve got some kind of a complex about them. They’re not the great club they used to be and I tell our players that. Yet we’ve lost three games to them.” He also inferred that he didn’t think the Boston Bruins or the Chicago Black Hawks would make the playoffs. “The Bruins got off to a bad start and now they’ve run into all those injuries,” he said. “I doubt if…
Jackie McLeod New Quaker Coach As Doug Bentley Surrenders Job
SASKATOON, Sask.— Resignation of veteran playing-coach Doug Bentley and the introduction of the youngest mastermind in professional hockey were highlights of a shakeup within Saskatoon Quakers ranks during the past week. Named successor to Bentley was Jackie McLeod, 25-year-old right winger who has three times captured an All-Star berth in the Western Hockey League. Bentley proved to be a stubborn holdout in a city regarded as a graveyard of coaches. Since the end of the Second World War, coaches came and departed in rapid fashion. Bentley arrived just after Christmas, 1951—the third man to take the helm of the Quakers in that season. He has held the job ever since. His club had been riding along in fourth place in the Prairie Section of the league this winter but was suffering a five-game losing…
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