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November 17, 1956
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Player-of-the-Week
Douglas Mohns, fourth year man with the Boston Bruins was converted from his regular left-wing berth to a defense position at the beginning of the season. The sturdy 175-pounder with the blistering left hand shot and great speed is making Bruins’ coach Milt Schmidt look like a million dollars as he starts in his new position with great consistency. As the Bruins raced along in the rarified for them atmosphere of first place in the National Hockey League race. Mohns was a key figure in their play. Not only is he turning in a workmanlike job defensively but he is a key man at one of the points on the team’s power play and is picking up more than his share of points. When the Beantowners whipped Montreal Canadiens in both ends of…
Scores First In Hometown
BOSTON, Mass.— Jack Caffery of the Bruins scored his first major league goal in a game in which some of his team mates doubted he’d be able to play. Caffery’s memorable goal was made against the Toronto Maple Leafs in Toronto, his home town. “The game was a big event for Jack,” related Manager Lynn Patrick of the Bruins, “and he became so steamed up beforehand that he became ill. We thought for awhile that he might not be able to make up, but he settled down and came through brilliantly.” The Caffery goal, with most of his family looking on, was made in the second period on a pass from behind the Toronto net by Jerry Toppazzini.…
Starry Centre Top Playmaker In The League
VANCOUVER, B.C.— Seattle’s reasons for topping the Coast Division of the Western Hockey League will-pore and Guyle Fielder continue to overlap. At last count Fielder topped everybody in both divisions in his two favorite past-times points and passes Nobody else had 16 assists, or had more than a nodding acquaintance with his 22 points. That’s old stuff, you say. Guyle Abner Fielder is right on schedule, you say. But concencus, whatever that is, says this slender centre who was born 26 years ago in a Joint called Potlatch. Idaho, is playing hockey better than anyone else east of Toronto. “I didn’t know they had a guy like him out here,” admitted manager-coach Hal Laycoe of New Westminster, after a recent joust in which his at letes placed second to Fielder. “What I mean is, I…
Jack Caffery From Toronto To Boston To Stardom
Rookie Jack Caffery has traveled a well-worn trail into the lineup of the Boston Bruins this season. That’s the one running into Boston Garden from the city of Toronto, more than 600 miles across country. The trail has been established over the years by hockey players commuting from Toronto to play for the Bruins. The Toronto influence Bruins has always been on the strong. Boston’s roster list Toronto more of them Maple Leafs. Among those in the category in recent years have been Murray Henderson, Warren Godfrey, John Crawford, Ed Sandford, Paul Ronty. Ed Harrison, Bill Quackenbush, Roy Conacher, Normie Corcoran and Long John Henderson. The Bruins’ Toronto touch is traditional, and it has led to another tradition. That is, the Bruins are extremely hard to beat at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, for some…
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