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December 29, 1956
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Kennedy ‘Splinters’ Picket And Fans Join In The Fun
CHICAGO. Ill.— Fearless Forbes Kennedy bared his fists in the face of Bert Olmstead of the visiting Canadiens at the Chicago Stadium earlier this month and found that his fans will fight for him too. It all provided a rather fiery climax to a rough game won by the Montrealers, 3-1. The most spectacular of an entire evening in fistic fireworks went off in the final five minutes of the battle when Kennedy took out after the Hab winger tabbed. “Picket’ who has gained little favor with Chihawk fans for his picky tactics during most, of Montreal’s Windy City visits. Kennedy became so incensed during the closing moments of the conflict that he literally forgot the hockey game to bash Olmstead into the boards to the right of the Hawk, cage with a…
Speaking on Sport
A Logical Guy For Whatever It Is YOU know, without looking, that Terry Sawchuk would be the goalie who had mononucleosis, even though it is not one of the occupational hazards of the trade. It’s a glandular infection, apparently caused by a virus. The first goalie to get it would have to be Terry, the guy with the elbow full of bone hips which click like castanets. He also is the fellow who lost the Vezina trophy, the Oscar of goaling, by a single goal. And that happened — not once — but twice. On one occasion, the shot which beat him out of the vase, and out of the G-note which goes with it, was fired while he wasn’t even on the ice. He had been lifted in favor of…
Five NHL Rookies Score 1st Goal Against Glenn Hall
DETROIT. Mich.—- Glenn Hall was a rookie himself such a short time ago that he has natural sympathy for the problems of a freshman. Star sophomore goalie for Detroit Red Wings, Hall is losing patience lately however with the way some of the youngsters in the National Hockey League are treating him. Particularly, the way they are making him the victim in the quest for that big thrill—their first NHL goal. In a span of nine games, five different players nicked him for goal No. 1 of their major-league careers. “Bad enough that they score on me,” Hall said moodily. “But I’m afraid one of them will rack me up diving into the cage to grab the souvenir puck.” Marc Resume, actually a third-year player in the loop, started the trend the last time Toronto Visited…
On Thin ice
DETROIT, Mich.__ King-sized goal scorers also can bring king-sized headaches. Jack Adams again is feeling the pain which comes with the blessing of having Ted Lindsay on his team. The highest scoring left wing in hockey history, Lindsay is a controversial figure in five other National Hockey League links. A fiery, tempermental, explosive player, Lindsay is high on the hate list in each rival city. He also, strangely enough, has become a controversial figure in his own home town. Detroit fans are somewhat bewildered to hear Adams publicly criticising a man who is leading the team in scoring and ranks second only to Jean Beliveau in league Scoring. Adams blasted Lindsay in a manner previously used by New York’s Phil Watson in chastising Goalie Lorne Worsley. There is a strong impression that Adams, like Watson,…
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