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July 1, 1956
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“…And Still Champs”
THE WINNERS pose with the spoils. Doug Harvey and Henri (Pocket Rocket) Richard hold the coveted trophy, symbol of their second straight victory over their football playing rivals. In 1954, the Canadiens thumped the Larks 20-9. Harvey a versatile fellow, formerly played baseball with Ottawa in the Class C Border League.…
Speaking on Sport
With Canada Out, Russia Would Breeze THERE’S a grave chance Canada will not be represented next February, when the world hockey championship (European version) will be decided in Russia’s gleaming new counterpart of Maple Leaf Gardens. Without a challenge from the Canutskies, the comrades would convince the admiring homelanders of their world superiority by winning in a breeze. There’s nothing in Europe that could come within four goals of beating the Rutskies on their personal pond. The Swedes might give them a go for one period and the Czechs could skate through the motions. But the Czechs are not good enough, even if they considered it ethical to beat Poppa Bear. Official opposition to the ruling party of inter-continental hockey would have to be provided by the Yanks, the best they could…
Saskatoon Pee Wee League Honors Champs At Dinner; Dick Bate Most Valuable
SASKATOON, Sask— Another Saskatoon Kinsmen Pee Wee Hockey League season, perhaps the best since the league’s beginning in 1937, was officially wrapped up here recently at The Bess borough Hotel when approximately 300 attended the annual banquet. Among special guests were National League player Hal Laycoe of the Boston Bruins, a Sutherland-born boy. and Al Hulme of Regina one of the originators of the pee wee league here along with Johnny Gordon and Ken Mahan. Guest speaker of the evening was Art Henderson, sports director of radio station CKOM, who had an interesting talk for the budding young players, impressing on them that the responsibility of helping Canada regain world hockey supremacy, in international competition, would probably rest on their shoulders in later years. The champion Black Hawks were duly honored with Mr. Hulme…
HOCKEY HITS U.S. NETWORK
Saturday Afternoon Tilts Will Commence January 5 NEW YORK, N.Y It’s quite possible that following’ the 1956-57 National Hockey League season, a brand new flock of hockey fans will have come into existence. The Columbia Broadcasting System has announced that it will this season telecast weekly play-by-play accounts of NHL games on its full TV network. The telecasts, which will reach all parts of the United States, will be on Saturday afternoons, starting with January 5 and continuing through March 9. Because of the fact that the games are slated for the afternoon and Saturday at that some of the member clubs in the NHL have been forced to revise their schedules for the 1956-57 campaign. New York Bangers, for instance, have arranged to play two Saturday afternoon contests tor the benefit of the TV cameras,…
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