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October 6, 1956
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Speed, Dash, Color Standard Habitant Hallmarks
MONTREAL, Que Ever since they were organized back deep in 1909 the coruscating Canadiens have dripped with color. They have been a teamapart, with a history dotted with great names, legendary deeds, exuding that intangible something called class. From the start when the glacial Vezina fronted the nets, in the days of seven-man hockey till now when pace is paramount under the modern style, they have stressed speed, dash, and scoring as the main assets in their climb to eminence. Over a forty-seven year span they have won nine world titles. The first came their way in 1916. the last in 1956. Even in years when they were low in the lists they imparted their own pecular flavor to puck pursuing. Some of their teams could not be termed great in the classical sense but…
Forum Holds Many Fond Memories
MONTREAL., Que.— All things change, and the: Montreal Forum, oldest arena in the National Hockey League circuit, is no exception. In fact, you could easily excuse any pre-war fans who, strolling up St. Catherine street toward Atwater avenue some night this fall, collared the nearest cop to demand just what had happened to the edifice he knew of old. If it were not for the beckoning gleam of the huge neon sign over the Forum’s doors, many of the millions who have crowded through those portals in the 28-year history of the Forum would have a good excuse for bafflement. Rather like an ageing matron of sports. The Forum has had its face lifted, and no one with an eye to the better things can deny that the change has been worthwhile.…
On Thin Ice
DETROIT, Mich.— When hockey’s annual All-Star Game rolls around next week, Toe Blake will unveil his 1956-57 edition of the Montreal Canadiens, who shortly afterwards will open defense of all that’s hallowed in the National Hockey League. Knowing Blake, knowing the Canadiens and knowing the City of Montreal, it is easy to predict that the All-Star venture will be an all-out effort. But is it worth it? “No!” is the answer which Jack Adams would pass along to the Montreal forces. At those occasions (no oftener than once a day) when Adams broods over the fact that his Red Wings did not win an eighth straight NHL title, he is inclined to blame the 1955 All-Star Game. Remember those events of Oct. 2, 19 55, at the Detroit Olympia? The Wings were 3-1 victors over the…
Colorful Cosmopolitan City Retains Touch Of Old France
MONTREAL, Que.- Like many other good host, Montreal finds itself in the rather awkward position of wearing a kindly face no matter who the guest may be. In this, perhaps more than in any other facet of civic pride, does the Montrealer take his greatest stock. This is, he says, and not too modestly cither, a town in which you may be at home, even if you have come a thousand miles to see it. It is a town which blandly overlooks your eccentricities, possibly because it has so many of its own, and caters to your pleasures as if you were a member of the family. It has its restful moments, too. In itself, any city is an inanimate sprawling of buildings, streets, tramcars, churches, theatres, slums and suburbs. Any town…
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