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March 30, 1957
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High—Scoring AHL ’ers Find It Frustrating Beating Top Janitors
CLEVELAND, Ohio— The American Hockey League’s most illustrious goal scorers may find themselves babbling incoherently and staggering like punch—drunk fighters before the Calder Cup playoffs have gone very far. Not for many years has this circuit been Messed with such distinguished performances by goaltenders as has torn the heart out of frustrated forwards this campaign. Game after game the valiant guys with the big pads have been kicking them out, beating them off and thrusting them back in a style to chill the hearts of the enemy. Johnny (China Wall) Bower up at Providence, Marcel (The Accent) Paille at Cleveland. Bobby (The Chunk) Perreault at Rochester, Harry (The War Horse) Lumley at Buffalo. At Hershey, where the superlative little Gil Mayer has been out with a bum knee most of the season, they’ve got a…
Scrappy Hawks, No Squawks, Win Share Of Fist Fights
CHICAGO, Ill.— Tommy Ivan smiled with marked pleasure and amusement as he dangled a freshly delivered telegram between his fingers. He finally revealed the one sentence query it brought as follows: “What’ll it be rare, medium or well done?” Must be a private joke, we guessed. “It’s from a Montreal writer. He came to the dressing room, the other night after the Canadiens had beaten us, 6-4, and remarked that he thought the Black Hawks had played pretty well,” Tommy explained. “Oh, we can do better than that, I answered. “We’ll beat those guys on home ice tomorrow evening. He. seemed a little surprised and then, rather doubtful. I’ll tell you what, he said, I’ll buy you a steak the next time you come back to Montreal if that happens.” Any further explanation…
Stanley Cup Highlights
MONTREAL. Que.— Detroit Red Wings, who won the National Hockey-League championship and the Prince of Wales trophy for the eighth time in nine years when they finished first in the 1956-57 NHL pennant race, have won the Stanley Cup four times in the last seven seasons… The Red Wings have won hockey’s most prized possession seven times all told… They won it in 1936, 1937, 11943, 1950, 1952, 1954 and 1 955… Montreal Canadiens, the oldest name in professional hockey, have been a colorful and successful organization over the years… Canadiens have won the Stanley Cup eight times altogether… They won it first in 1916, prior to the formation of the National Hockey League… They won it again in 1924, 1930, 1931, 1944, 1946 1953 and 1956… Toronto Maple Leafs are…
AMATEUR PARADE
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE PLAYOFF RESULTS Series “A” March 12 Cincinnati 5 Huntington 4 (Cincinnati leads, 1-0, in best-of-five semifinal series.) March 15 Huntington 6 Cincinnati 1 (Best-of-five semi-final series tied, 1-1.) March 17 Cincinnati 4 Huntington 2 (Cincinnati leads, 2-1 in best-of-five semi-final series.) Series “B” March 13 Indianapolis 3 Toledo 1 (Indianapolis leads, 1-0, in best-of-five semifinal series.) March 16 Toledo-2 Indianapolis 1 (Best-of-five semi-final series tied, 1-1.) March 17 Indianapolis 4 Toledo .3. (Indianapolis leads, 2-1, in best-of-five semifinal series.)…
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