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March 2, 1957
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PASSING THE PUCK
The Hockey News THE INTERNATIOAL HOCKEY WEEKLYFounded October 1st 1947Published Weekly, except monthly May through September byKen-Will Publishing Co. Ltd.1434 Ste. Catherine Street WestMontreal 25, Que.Yearly Subscription Rates: $3.00 in Canada and the British Empire: $4.00 in the U.S.A, and Foreign Countries.Entered as second-class matter. October 3, 1953, at the Pest Office at Rouses Point, N.Y., under the Act of March 3rd, 1S79 Authorized as second-class mail. Post Office Department, Ottawa Printed in Canada.VOL. 10 MONTREAL, MARCH 2. 1957 No. 22 ●CONN SMYTHE stole the speaking honors at the sixth annual Sports Celebrities dinner held at Toronto … The fiery Toronto Maple Leaf president actually saved the show with his humorous talk in the finale setting of the fine banquet attended by most of the national sports champions of 1956… Tiny…
Tribe Won’t Scalp Anyone This Year But Wait Til ’58
SPRINGFIELD. Mass.— When the 1956-57 American Hockey League campaign opened, coach and owner Eddie Shore had high hopes. The team has been reconstructed with Bob Bailey as the key acquisition. Al] went well at the start. Then the team experienced a disastrous December. Bailey got injured. Then Shore went to work. But apparently too late. He made two big deals with NHL clubs. The interest picked up. So did the team. There was a spell when the Indians played the best hockey in the league. Crowds swelled. But it was too late: that is from a viewpoint of trying to overhaul the Rochester Americans for a playoff spot — although it looks now as though the Amerks will finish higher than the fourth and final playoff spot. The Indians came within eight points of…
Beliveau OK But Habs promote 3 players
MONTREAL, Que.— Cheered by the news that biff Jean Beliveau is only a little tired and not physically ill, and reinforced by Bob Turner, Phil Goyette and Stan Smrke for their stretch drive, the Canadiens this week were more inclined toward optimism than at any time in the last month. In a series of quick shuffles, the Montreal club recalled defenceman Turner from Rochester in the American League and sent Bud MacPherson back to the Royals of the Quebec League. They took slim and shifty Goyette from the Royals to centre Andre Pronovost and Claude Provost, and acquired Smrke, a versatile winger, from the Chicoutimi Sagueneens in exchange for Jackie Leclair and other considerations, as they phrase it in legal documents. Managing director Frank Selke said the other aspects of the deal won’t…
Fogolin Knits Cohesive Stampeder Team By Getting Mileage Out Of Veterans
CALGARY. Alta.— Anyway, the coffee was wet. So was the conversation. Hockey was the topic with the Western League getting a fat play. Then somebody wondered what was the best hockey town in the West. Why be provincial? somebody else said. What’s the best hockey town period. The vote was quick and unanimous. Calgary. “They don’t get bad crowds,” said manager-coach Hal Laycoe of New Westminster Royals. “Any time they’re under 6,000 it’s a tragedy.” “For a third-place team…” somebody else almost said. “It makes no never mind.” said sports editor Denny Boyd of the Victoria Times. “They love their hockey. When was the last time they had a winner? Still they pack ’em in. A city that size—a shade bigger than Victoria (about 80,000)—and pound for pound its the hockey capital of the world.” If they ever had…
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