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October 20, 1956
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Rearguard Allan Stanley Took Roundabout Route But Finally Made Bruins
BOSTON. Mass.— Just 10 years behind schedule handsome Allan Stanley is finally playing hockey for the Boston Bruins. For Stanley the return to Boston Garden has been a home-coming, for it was here that he took his first giant step toward the National League. For the closing portion of World War II and the period immediately after Stanley was a Boston defenseman, not with the Bruins but with a strong amateur team, the old Olympics; of the Eastern League. For teammates the tall youngster with the classic features had Johnny Peirson, Ferny Fla-man, Paul Ronty, Clare Martin, Pentti Lund, Harvey Bennett and others destined for professional careers. Stanley, pairing usually with Martin on defense, was a promising player, but unlike most of his teammates he never received an opportunity to play with the Bruins. The reason,…
Opening Week N.H.L. Hi-Lites
Detroit Red Wings got away to a fast Start in the first week of play in the 1956-57 National Hockey League season. The Wings have won all three games played to date and as a result are in first place in the NHL team standings. Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs are next with three points apiece. Each team has won a game, lost a game, tied a game. New York Rangers and Montreal Canadiens follow with two points apiece. The Rangers have played two games so far this season. This is the same number as Canadiens. Chicago Black Hawks are last with three straight losses. The Chicagoans are still seeking their first win of the new season. Norm Ullman, playing center on Detroit’s Production Line along with Ted Lindsay and…
The Last Seven Polls
Just to give you an idea what kind of batting averages the hockey experts have racked up in the seven previous polls, here’s the evidence. The left hand column indicated the teams the experts chose and how they called them to finish before the season got underway with the column on the right the way they finished in those particular years. PICKED 1949-50 1—Toronto 2—Detroit 3—Montreal 4—Chicago 5—Boston 6—New York 1950-51 1—Detroit 2—Toronto 3—Boston 4—New York 5—Chicago 6—Montreal 1951-52 1—Detroit 2—Toronto 3—Montreal 4—Chicago 5—New York 6—Boston 1952-53 1—Montreal 2—Detroit 3—Boston 4—Toronto 5—Chicago 6—New York 1953-54 1—Detroit 2—Montreal 3—Toronto 4—Boston 5—Chicago 6—New York 1954-55 1—Detroit 2—Montreal 3—Toronto 4—Boston 5—New York 6—Chicago 1055-56 1—Montreal 2—Detroit 3—Toronto 4—Boston 5—Chicago 6—New York FINISHED 1949-50 1—Detroit 2—Montreal 3—Toronto 4—New York 5—Boston 6—Chicago 1950-51 1—Detroit 2—Toronto 3—Montreal 4—Boston 5—New York 6—Chicago 1951-52 1—Detroit 2—Montreal 3—Toronto 4—Boston 5—New York 6—Chicago 1952-53 1—Detroit 2—Montreal 3—Boston 4—Chicago 5—Toronto 6—New York 1953-54 1—Detroit 2—Montreal 3—Toronto 4—Boston 5—New York 6—Chicago 1954-55 1—Detroit 2—Montreal 3—Toronto 4—Boston 5—New York 6—Chicago…
Training At Home Boosts Sale of Tickets for Bruins’ Came
BOSTON, Mass.— The first pre-season training program conducted here by the Bruins in 20 years has already been decreed a success on several counts. Among the obvious benefits of the several weeks’ training at Boston Garden have been a sharp increase in the sale of tickets for early games, a decided rise in the number of season ticket sales and virtually unprecedented coverage by press, radio and television of the preseason activities. Still to be assayed is the value of a theory of Manager Lynn Patrick’s, that the Bruins may gain from increased acquaintance with their home rink. The decision on that point requires further statistics, as provided by the Bruins and their opponents in games at the Garden. “It seems to me that a team should be helped, at least in games in the…
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