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January 19, 1957
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NOHA Puck Parade
CLARENCE CAMPBELL REPLIES…a letter was sent to the office of Clarence Campbell, NHL President, which must have given the famous Rhodes Scholar a king-sized ulcer…it was written by Nick Kolovos of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, who is quite a rabid hockey fan…Nick is pretty well known all over the Northern Ontario circuit…in the letter, Nick urged that pro hockey use two netminders per team instead of one…he said the nets could be taken back from the boards about 15 feet and the teams would have one netminder facing centre ice and the other facing the boards…Nick thought this would “revolutionize” hockey…that’s putting it mildly…at any rate, I came into possession of Mr. Campbell’s reply which I consider a classic…I have it framed in my office and talk about interest once…
SIDELIGHTS
(As seen in the Montreal Herald) QUEBEC.—IKE PARENT was telling us how he made a right-winger out of Orval Tessier. He had two more players out of Boston’s chain at the start of the season. Both were lefthanded shots like Tessier. “I knew that Skip Teal always played center and that Marcel Bonin was a pretty good left winger. Tessier I thought could adapt himself to play the other wing” said the Quebec coach. “So in one of our first practises I said to Tessier ‘Would you mind trying out on the other side of the line today?’ He started to put up a beef, so I interrupted him, turning on my best smile. ‘Try it this once. If it doesn’t work we’ll try something else.’ “So Tess goes out and he scores four…
Teeth Or No Teeth, Millar Clicking For Punch’s Aces
MONTREAL, Que.— The scene was the visitors’ dressing room on the east side of the Forum. Aces’ goalkeeper Al Millar was slightly slurping when talking to the reporter when the Quebec club’s general-manager, Punch Imlach, came along. “Hey, haven’t I told you before to put your teeth in when talking to newspapermen. I don’t know how he can understand a word you say.” joshed Imlach. “Look, boss, if I put ’em in now I might forget to take ’em out when I leave the room for the game.” said Millar. “Gosh, don’t ever do that. Your valuable crockery might get broken. Then you would want to soak the club for a. new set. What with hospital bills, travelling expenses, new sticks and 1 lie like I don’t want to be in a position where…
Voss Defends Ref Udvari, Says He Calls ’em By Book
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Although this is not “Be Kind To Referees Week,” we are obliged to toss in a good word for Frank Udvari, one of the most competent and consequently roundly booed officials in the NHL. Frank often has been chastised for his taste in tossing players out of a faceoff. Naturally, all of the chastisement has come from the rate-payers themselves. So, we felt a bit of enlightenment was in order. Was Udvari right or wrong? And who could give us a better answer than Carl Voss, the NHLs referee-in-chief. “Udvari is 100 per cent correct,” said Voss, who readily will admit an error by his officials. “All Frank is doing is following his instructions perfectly.” “And what are these instructions when it comes to faceoffs?” we asked. “There are three violations which necessitate…
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