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February 4, 1956
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Hockey X-Word Puzzle
(Solution next week) ACROSS 1—Pictured Canadien player. 8—Nickname of Webster, ex Ranger forward. 9—First name of a Bruin forward. 10—Complete initials of Roche of the Springfield Indians. 12—Rudy Mi gay’s is 5’10” (abbr.). 13—Initials of Main, Canadian tennis star. 14—Initials of Albright, former New York centre. 15—Preposition. 16—Month in which the Rocket was born (abbr.). 17—This city has the youngest rink in the N.H.L. (abbr.) 18—Initials of “Polly” Drouin, former Canadien player. 19—Comparative ending. 20—Number of assists Floyd Curry collected last season. 21—Metro Prystai was born in this month (abbr.). 22—Initials of Noble, U.S. re. cording artist. 23—.Fred Glover ended in this position in 1954-55 A.H.L. scoring race. 26—Jerry Toppazzini is of this descent. 29—Lorne Worsley’s favorite summer sport. 30—Initials of a new member of the Red Wings. 31—Initials of Trottier, former N.H.L. star. 32—Conjunction. DOWN 1—First name of Boisvert, Edmonton’s goalie. 2—Former Canadien centre star. 3—Initials of Detroit’s publicist. 4—Lionel Heinrich likes to do this in…
AHL Rinkside Revealings
NEW YORK, N.Y.— Two veteran members of the Spring field Indians of the American Hockey League reached milestones in their careers, the weekend of January 14 and 15. On the former night, Harry Pidhirny scored the 200th goal of his service in the league, the 15th player to reach that mark, and the following night, Walt Atanas tallied his 100th goal. Pidhirny has long been a prolific scorer in the AHL, compiling his goal total in only 472 games played. He is coholder of the league record of six goals in a single game and has scored seven ‘‘hat tricks” of three or more goals in a game, the most for any active player. Although a professional for 13 seasons, Atanas has only been in the AHL for six of them, having…
Amateur Puck Parade At A Glance
LAURIER CUP (Standing on Jan. 26) SAGUENAY-QUEBEC JUNIOR (Standing on Jan. 26) ONTARIO SENIOR A (Standing on Jan. 26) INTERCOLLEGIATE LEAGUE (Standing on Jan. 26) ONTARIO JUNIOR (Standing on Jan. 25) WESTERN JUNIOR (Standing on Jan. 25) SASKATCHEWAN JUNIOR (Standing on Jan. 19) MANITOBA JUNIOR (Standing on Jan. 23) EASTERN AMATEUR (Standing on Jan. 20) SCORING LEADERS MONTREAL METRO JR. (Standing on Jan. 26) Eastern Division Western Division INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE (Standing on Jan. 23) SCORING LEADERS…
Hawks Wallop Chiefs 16-0!
CINCINNATI, Ohio— Talk about lopsided scores in hockey! The Cincinnati Mohawks of the International Hockey League racked up what must be described as nothing short of a landslide score when they walloped the Indianapolis Chiefs, 16-0, on January 24. Warren Hynes notched four goals in the free-scoring spree while Butch McKay and Bill Sutherland both managed three-goal hat tricks. An all-day snowstorm kept the crowd at the game down to a scant 781 fans.…
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