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March 31, 1956
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Substitute Had History On His Side
NEW YORK, N.Y.— Do you remember the last time a substitute goalie stepped into the breach during the playoffs for the Rangers? And do you recall who it was? If you’re an old-time Ranger fan it shouldn’t be any trouble. The player was Lester Patrick who donned the pads on that eventful night in 1928 when the Blues’ regular goalie, Lome Chabot, was injured. Like Gordie Bell’s performance, Patrick’sleg-endary feat took place at the Montreal Forum against the powerful Montreal Maroons. Lester only let one goal get by him and the Blues triumphed. 2-1. At least Bell had his: tory on his side. Stan FISCHLER…
Hockey X-Word Puzzle
ACROSS 1. Ranger player shown in centre 3. Initials of a Chicago rearguard. 5. Don McKenney became one in 1953-54 (abbr.) 6. First name of itiggln who replaced Boisvert for Edmonton. 11. Upon. 12. One of the Black Hawks. 14. Snake-like fish. 16. A requisite for signing a contract. 17. Initials of Egan of Vancouver. 18. Short for first name of Noble, old time great. 19. Initials of Laprade, former Ranger centre. 21. Otherwise. 22. Pictured player learned to skate when one. 2 4. This N.H.L. official once played football with Toronto Argos. 29. Bismuth (Sym.) 30. This player was a member of the Calgary team from 195152 to 1953-54. 31. Denotes number of seasons Jack Adams spent with Toronto St. Pats. 32. Paid notice, (abbr.) 33. Number of seasons Jerry Toppazzini played with Hershey. 34. This Hershey player is sometimes called Junior. 35. Initials of 13 down. DOWN 1. Second name of…
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…
Battle Plan Backfires On Watson
NEW YORK, N.Y.— “I’ve got a couple of tricks up my sleeve,” said Ranger coach Phil Watson as the Blues faced the awesome task of meeting the champion Montreal Canadiens in the Stanley Cup semi-final series. Hockey sages wondered what Phil had in mind since he had tried everything in a fruitless attempt to gain a regular season win on Forum ice. It didn’t take long to find out what the “secret weapon” was and, likewise, it took less time for the Habs to blow it up. To be exact 13 minutes and 29 seconds were required. Watson’s strategy Worked this way: As soon as a Ranger would get the puck he’d knock it into Canadien zone. When the Montrealers returned on attack the New York center would drop back acting as a third…
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