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March 17, 1956
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Veteran Ken Hayden Caught Fire With Trade To Cleveland Barons
CLEVELAND, Ohio.— The trade of Eric (Showboat) Pogue to Buffalo Pisons for Kenny Hayden has all the makings of the master deal of the century for the Barons. Hayden landed in the Cleveland camp Feb. 2nd with the explosive power of a package of dynamite. After 13 games with the Barons. the veteran winger had ripped enemy nets to shreds with 12 goals. He fired two goals in each of two important triumphs over the Buffalo Bisons and the Providence Reds here on March 2nd and March 3rd. He spread his other eight goals among every other club in the American Hockey League. Meanwhile, Pogue at Buffalo, was limping along with the charley horse that he carried with him from Cleveland. He had scored only two goals. Sudden Surge Hayden’s arrival in the Barons’ igloo was…
NOHA Puck Parade
TIME FOR UPHEAVAL… it is the considered opinion of Maxie Silverman, one of the shrewdest and most colorful personalities in Canadian hockey, that the NOHA Southern Division should turn professional to avoid further deterioration from a competitive and financial standpoint…in an exclusive interview with THE HOCKEY NEWS, “The Silver Fox” said that the calibre of play this season has been at least 35 per cent weaker than last year and unless something drastic is done IMMEDIATELY the major league, as we know it throughout the Southern Division, will be reduced to Intermediate level…said Maxie: “The teams in the Southern Group are operating as professional teams and yet they have to labor under amateur rules which have long since become outdated. Financial losses are heavy and we aren’t getting the calibre…
Speaking on Sport
(As Seen in the Toronto Star) No Change In The Sales Manager FOR Clarence Campbell, it has been a season of surprises. For instance, the scholarly head man of big time hockey hasn’t been hit by an egg or a tomato to date. Of course, he hasn’t had to suspend Le Rocket Richard, either. That could account for the scarcity of eggs. Another source of presidential wonderment has been the information he gets from box offices around the National Hockey league. Al the attendance figures are up. Campbell realizes, naturally, there was plenty of room for some of them to go up. AL Chicago, for example, the attendance couldn’t very well go any other way. What impressed Campbell), though, was that a town like Detroit should show an increase—a healthy gain, at…
Slinker Sloan Bounces Back To Torment Tormentor Turner
TORONTO. Ont.— Tod Sloan has created all sorts of miracles for the Toronto Maple Leafs this winter, but his piece de resistance has to be the night he turned Toronto’s darkest hour into its brightest. Having already cashed $1,000 bonus cheques for scoring 20, then 25, 30 and 35 goals, the Slinker was starting on his fifth grand when Montreal Canadiens carried a 12-game unbeaten streak into Maple Leaf Gardens on March 1. Only two points ahead of Boston Bruins in the girdle-tight race for the fourth and final Stanley Cup playoff berth, Leafs were desparately striving to protect their advantage. Then the end seemed inevitable. A brutal body check by Montreal’s rookie defenseman Bob Turner KO’d Sloan and while he lay unconscious on the ice, Leafs and their fans saw their hopes…
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