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January 21, 1956
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Zero Hero Gil Mayer leads all AHL netminders in shutouts with your racked up to date. Top Scorer Zellio Toppazzini leads all AHL goal-scorers with 29 to his credit thus for this season. HOW THE RAGE GOES STANDING ON TUESDAY. JAN. 17 THE POINT PARADE (Including Games of Sun. Jan. 15) LEADERS Most Goals Zellio Toppazzini, Providence, 29. Most Assists Zellio Toppazzini, Providence, 42. Best Goalie Gil Mayer, Pittsburgh, 35, 90, 4, 2.57. Most Shutouts Gil Mayer. Pittsburgh, 4. Most Penalized Team Pittsburgh, 715 mts. Most Penalized Player Fred Glover, Cleveland, 112 mts… TUESDAY, JANUARY 10 (All-Star (Game) All-Stars 4 at Pittsburgh 4 All-Stars—Goal: Simmons (Springfield) and Henderson (Hershey); defense; Branigan (Providence), Kryzanowskj (Hershey), Tottle (Springfield), Sullivan and Pilote (Buffalo); forwards: Kullman, Fisher and O’Brien (Hershey), Wharram (Buffalo), Toppazzini, (Providence), Gordon, Glover, Lund and Stearns (Cleveland), Anderson (Springfield). Pittsburgh—Goal: Mayer; defense: Mathers, Price, Gariepy, Blonda; forwards: Klukay, Solinger, Foley, Bailey, Bsssard, Duff, Caffrew,…
A MAN’S ale
with BODY in it Your first bottle will prove it…. IPA’s a man’s ale! Here’s the BIG body and flavour you’ve been looking for in ale. Joseph Porelie has a man-size job, and man-size tastes. His ale is Labatt’s IPA. Make it yours, too. Find out about IPA…the ale that satisfies the man in you! Make the great discovery as soon as possible—try IPA next time you’re at your favourite hotel or tavern, or next time you order ale for the home. Start enjoying the ale with body…flavour…ZEST! The man’s ale—IPA!…
Ron’s Record
Born: Toronto, Ont. Date: May 18, 1931 Weight: 175 lbs Height: 5’9” Amateur Record Ron was on the all-star team picked by the NOHA in the 1953-54 and 1954-55 season.…
PASSING THE PUCK
• PITTSBURGH—A PLAYER that the National Hockey League scouts have really missed out on is Frank Mathers, perennial All-Star defenseman of the Pittsburgh Hornets of the American Hockey League. Every manager, coach and player in the AHL that we talked to while attending the AHL All-Star Game here were unanimous in their praise for the outstanding rearguard and all figured he could be of great assistance to at least three of the six NHL teams…. The tall Pittsburgh captain who won’t be 30 until March 29 had a very brief trial with Toronto in 1949-50. So maybe he didn’t set the world afire at that time but he only saw action in six Leaf games. He also played two games in 1951-52…. He’s been head and shoulders above every other…
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