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March 17, 1956
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Boston Bruins’ Bill Quackenbush Master At Art Of Poke-Checking
BOSTON, Mass.— In hockey the defensemen who monopolize the headlines are those with flair—like Eddie Shore, Red Horner, Jack Stewart, Ferny Flaman, Red Kelly. For the savoir faire contingent, the color less efficiency experts like Bill Quackenbush there’s…what? Good pay, steady employment, but little glory. Quackenbush, dean of the Boston Bruins, is completing his 14th and probably his last season in the National League. in retrospect he’ll be rated a clever workman, but probably not the master to which his skill entitles him. Yet if Quackenbush had his long career to play over again, he doubts he’d try different tactics. His unspectacular style has been best tor him, he feels. “When I was moved from center to defense as a junior in Brantford, Ontario.” the blond veteran observed, “I made the change without preparation. Our team…
AMERICAN LEAGUE
“Hat Trick” Parker MacDonald of Pittsburgh scored a “Hat Trick” against Cleveland on March 10 at Pittsburgh. Streak Broken Cleveland ended Pittsburgh’s seven-game winning streak on March 9 with a 7-4 victory over the Hornets. HOW THE RACE GOES STANDING ON TES. A.M. MARCH 13 WEDNESDAY MARCH 7. 1956 Hershey I at Pittsburgh 4 FRIDAY MARCH 9 Pittsburgh 4 at Cleveland 7 CLEVELAND. OHIO—Cleveland Barons ended Pittsburgh Hornets’seven game winning streak when they came from behind with three goals in the last half of the final period for a 7-4 American Hockey League victory. Ken Hayden, Gordon Vejprava and Joe Lund scored two. each for Cor land and Cal Stearns scored the other. SATURDAY MARCH 10 Cleveland 3 at Pittsburgh 5 PITTSBURGH, Pa.—Parker Macdonald scored three goals as Pittsburgh Hornets defeated Cleveland Barons 5-3 in an American Hockey League game. Two of…
Habs Leave Playoff Reminder For Wings
DETROIT, Midi.— The Red Wings were fully warned. The Montreal Canadiens had already clinched the National Hockey League title when they arrived here for a recent game, It was to be the first meeting of the new and old champs since the Canadiens had lifted Detroit’s title. “Don’t count on any let down by us,” Coach Toe Blake warned. “We had a lapse in Toronto in our first game after clinching the, title (Toronto won, 4 to 1) but we won’t have any more like that. I don’t want the boys getting any bad habits for one thing. “My players have their pride, too. They don’t like to lose to anyone—particularly to Detroit,” he added in reference to the game a couple of hours away. While the game meant nothing to the Canadiens except their pride,…
Rangers Set Club Record For Most Wins In Season By Scoring 30th Victory
NEW YORK, N.Y.— The New York Rangers achieved another milestone in a season full of record breaking feats for them when they edged the Chicago Black Hawks, 3-2, on March 4th for their 30th win of the season. Never before has a New York team won 30 games, the previous record of 29 being held jointly by the 1941-42 (48-game schedule) and the 1953-54 (70-game schedule) squads. There was mild surprise in Some quarters because the record-shattering win—along with the playoff clincher four days previous—was greeted with less than great acclaim. But the fact remains that the struggle for second place with Detroit has overshadowed most everything else in the minds of Rranger rooters. As coach Phil Watson so aptly put it: “The season is not over yet, but we can’t deny that it’s…
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