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April 14, 1956
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Jim Skinner Now Veteran NHL Mentor
DETROIT. Mich.— “Is it good or bad?” That was Jimmy Skinner’s quick reaction when someone mentioned that he now had the longest tenure of any coach in the National Hockey League. Many may still regard Skinner as a newcomer to the fraternity, but it has been almost two years since he replaced Tommy Ivan on the Detroit bench. When King Clancy moved upstairs in the Toronto organization, Skinner became top man in seniority with his present club. He shades Boston’s Milt Schmidt by a few months. The three other coaches—Montreal’s Toe Blake, Chicago’s Dick Irvin and New York’s Phil Watson—all were serving the first year on their present job this season. Could Be Fall Guy There are two ways to answer Skinner’s “good or bad” question about the future. There are two ways he can head eventually. When…
WESTERN LEAGUE
Tops in Stops Roy Mikulan of Vancouver leads all WHL netminders in the playoffs with a 2.33 average. Tops In Points Paul Mosniek of Winnipeg is the top playoff pointmaker to date with six points. HOW THE RACE GOES PRAIRIE FINALS (Best-of-seven series) COAST FINALS (Best of seven series) RESULTS March 19th Monday Edmonton 4 at Calgary 5.53 OT March 20th Tuesday Saskatoon 1 at Winnipeg 6 New West 1 at Victoria 3 March 21st Wednesday Edmonton 2 at Calgary 3 6.42 OT Vancouver 3 at New West 4 March 22nd Thursday Saskatoon 3 at Winnipeg 5 March 23rd Friday Victoria 3 at Vancouver 2 March 24th Saturday Calgary 5 at Edmonton 2 Winnipeg 6 at Saskatoon 3 Victoria 3 at New West 1 Tuesday March 27th Vancouver 2 at Victoria 3 Wednesday March 28th New West 1 at Vancouver 5 (Victoria and Vancouver qualify for finals) Thursday March 29th Calgary 2 at Winnipeg 7 Friday March 30th Victoria 1 at Vancouver 7 Saturday March…
Winnipeg and Vancouver Favored For Western League Final Round
VANCOUVER. B.C.— Pay day in the Western Hockey League won’t be long coming. Results of the first two games of the prairie and coast division finals (Winnipeg vs Calgary; and Vancouver vs Victoria) finds Winnipeg and Vancouver, who finished first in their respective divisions, Marciano favorites to advance to the WHL and President’s Cup finals. Alf Pike’s high-scoring Warriors walloped Calgary 7-2 and 6-4, March 29 and 31st on home ice before more than 9,000 happy fans each night. Series now switches to the Corral in Calgary. Paul Masnick, former Montreal Canadien, scored two goals in both games to pace the Pikemen to victory. Masnick is 4-2-6 points for tins series. Another ex-Canadien. Eddie Mazur, got a goal in each game, and the other seven Winnipeg goals were evenly divided amongst seven…
PASSING THE PUCK
THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY Founded October 1st 1947 Published Weekly, except monthly May through September by Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd. 1434 Ste. Catherine Street West Montreal 25, Que. Yearly Subscription Rates: $3.00 in Canada and the British Empire: $4.00 in the U.S.A, and Foreign Countries. Entered as second-class matter, October 3. 1953, at the Post Office ar Rouses Point, N.Y.. under the Act of March 3rd. 1879 Authorized au second-class mail. Post Office Department, Ottawa Printed in Canada. VOL. 9 MONTREAL, APRIL 14, 1956 No. 29 DETROIT—THE MOVING mountain that skates, Jean Beliveau, is leading Montreal to the Stanley Cup much the same way he paced the club to the National Hockey League championship…The method is quite simple…He just scores more goals than anyone else…The modest giant scored two goals in Sunday’s 3-0 Montreal win on three…
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