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March 31, 1956
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Clancy’s Quota For Sloan Line Not Funny Now
TORONTO, Ont.— King Clancy’s 60-goal program for the Tod Sloan line succeeded. When the Toronto Maple. Leaf coach predicted at fall training camp that lie would; ! get. 60 goals from the new j ! combination of Sloan, George ‘ Arinstrong and Dick Duff, exports in other cities laughed. Aftqy all, Sloan had managed only 13,last season, Army 10j and Duff was merely a rookie., But after the final game of? the schedule the combination hade borne out the prediction the coach had made after watching them practice for > only two weeks. They had an overall total of 71 goals. Thirty-seven of these belonged to Sloan, 18 to Duff and 16 to Army. The rapid-fire rate; at which they collected the: prescribed sum is reflected in; the fact that only 12 weeks earlier Sloan…
New Haven Meets Clinton in Eastern League Final;Blades Favored For Title
NEW YORK. N.Y.— New Haven Blades and Clinton Comets earned the right o to meet in the final Eastern Hockey League play-offs as ™ they knocked off the Johnstown Jets and Washington Lionsz in their respective opening rounds. The number one and two teams during the 1955-5’ campaign opened Ihe buttle for the right to represent the EHL in the United States Senior finals next month and the Blades moved out to a one game to nothing lead in the best-of-seven series as the HOCKEY NEWS went Co’ press. Highlights of the semi-final, rounds included New Haven player-coach Don Perry playing all but three minutes of his team’s opening contest against John town; bak-le-bak shutouts by Jimmy Mattson of the Jets Murray Dodd of the Blades; and hat tricks by Gerry Frizelle aiid…
Play er-of-the-Week
Bert (Picket) Olmstead of the Montreal Canadiens this season led all Notional Hockey League players in the assist department and at the same time set o new loop record for helpings (56). In the playoffs, however, it is Olmsteod’s goal-scoring ability which is impressing observers. Held in check through the first two gomes of the Rangers-Canadiens semifinal series, Olmstead broke loose for two goals in each of the next two games end led the Montrealers to weekend victories over the Broadway Blues right in New York. In the Saturday game at the Garden, Olmstead scored the winning and insurance goals in a 3-1 Habitant victory while in the Sunday contest he scored the first two Montreal markers in a 5-3 win. Counting both games, Bert had four straight goals for the Hobs, which, if…
Bonus Clause A Headache Claims Toronto’s Hap Day But Tod Sloan Disagrees
TORONTO. Ont.— Are bonuses an evil or a blessing ? Toronto Maple Leafs’ surprise arrival in this year’s Stanley Cup playoffs would support cash inducements to players because it was the lure of lucre that inspired Tod Sloan to the great season that guided Leafs into fourth place. Collecting four $1,000 bonuses ind narrowly missing a fifth in lis 37-goal outburst, Slinker won eague-wide acclaim as Toronto’s most valuable player and even strong support for the NHL’s V1VP prize. His own goals and his svork as centre on Leafs’ formi-lable Life Line enabled everybody >n the team to collect playoff boluses. And it was his question-ible condition after he suffered bis second minor concussion in wo weeks during the final game if the schedule, that most concerned Leafs when they opened their best-of-seven…
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