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November 24, 1956
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Al Parsley
“ONE OF YOU guys should give Al Millar a write-up, a real one. After all he’s got the best record of any goaler in the Quebec League.” The speaker was Punch Imlach, general-manager of the Quebec Aces. This was after Millar had muffled Royals’ big guns last Thursday at the Forum. It was Millar’s third calsomine job this season. His previous victims — Sha winigan Cataracts and Trois-Rivieres Lions. We sat beside Imlach far up in an empty space in the north end of the rink. Imlach was expected to go into high didoes, and very likely provide some comedy material for a column. Punch has been known to throw his hat in the air, suddenly take it on the Jesse Owens around the rink to give the referees what for and…
Al Hooper
VANCOUVER. B.C.— Improvement is a thing called hustle—or Steve Witink, depending on which you know personally. Calgary Stampeders are in no mood to dispute the point. They are, in fact, in no mood to make any noise that might attract attention to their fourth-place residence in the Prairie Division of the Western Hockey League. Not until the division gets five teams, anyway. But they seem unlikely to finish there for several reasons. And Witiuk is one of them. Even in the relatively good days, like last year, this 26-year-old left winger had trouble getting his name in the papers, let alone getting it spelled properly. When people wanted to finger reasons for Calgary prosperity they started with Sid Finney and giggled gaily over Doe Couture and wound up with Jimmy McFadden, by which time they were…
Major Shift, Master Move As Bruins Fly From Start
BOSTON, Mass.— When the Boston Bruins set up shop for the season last month their management hoped one fervent hope. That was that the Bruins would pick up this fall where they left off last spring. With the Bruins’ schedule one month and 14 games old. that hope was in the process’ of being realized. The Bruins failed to make the Stanley Cup playoffs last spring by two points, after a rousing late-season rally. Decidedly out of playoff contention in midseason, they compiled the second-best record in the league for the January-February-March portion of the schedule. A continuation of that fast finish, the management felt, would certainly improve the Bruins’ status this fall, and so it did. At the 14-game mark the Bruins were in first place. After 14 games the Bruins owned eight victories,…
Red Wings Keep Strange Hours!
DETROIT—Hockey players keep strange hours. On a recent Sunday morning the Detroit Red Wings did not bed down in a Chicago hotel until 5 a.m. They flew into Chicago directly after a Saturday night game in New York. Then two days later at home they faced reveille at 5.30 a.m. two mornings in a row. After gulping a hasty breakfast, they had to catch a team bus at 7 a.m. for a 40-mile ride to practice. Ousted from their home Olympia rink, they drilled at the University of Michigan were ice was available only at 8.30 a.m.…
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