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May 1, 1957

The Hockey News May 1, 1957

CLEVELAND, O.&mdash; General Manager Jim Hendy of the Calder Cup Cleveland Barons is expected to present a motion at the next annual meeting of the American League which will in effect, limit one major league sponsor for each club in the AHL.Hendy&rsquo;s specifically points his finger at Rochester, newest entry in the league. &ldquo;It kills independent owners,&rdquo; he said. Both Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs sponsored the Americans and supplied the club with players.Jim indicated that he would ask that a limit of one sponsor per club be put into effect by 1959-60 season. However, there are reports that other owners see fit to have the law instituted immediately.Said Frankie Eddolls, coach of the Buffalo Bisons: &ldquo;The one team we thought we could beat this year was Rochester. At the start we did, but then players started coming from Toronto and Montreal so fast we were playing a new team everytime we went into the city.&rdquo;Indications are that Boston and Detroit are going to team up to sponsor Eddie Shore&rsquo;s Springfield Iidians next season. They have already sent players to Shore&rsquo;s team. So far nothing official has been announced but it is expected to be forthcoming.Hendy is expected to get stiff hacking from Buffalo, Providence and Hershey. &#9632;

IN THIS ISSUE

Hendy To Ask For One NHL Sponsor Per Club

IT was only three months ago or was it yesterday &mdash; that few of us sat with Dick Irvin in the warm living room of his Town of Mount Royal home. There was a sadness about him that illness encourages. A wicked germ had attacked his legs and he carried a cane with him. When he stood, he leaned on it for support. When he sat, it lay mockingly at his side, screaming the message to his audience that walk was impossible without it.And now that he is gone I would choose to erase the last picture of him from my mind. I would rather remember a vigorous Irvin, striding through the Forum corridors. I would rather remember a virile Irvin, hurling his sharp wit at a group of newspapermen. I would rather remember an angry Irvin, curling the air with his sharp words when something displeased him. Or I would rather remember a warm, sympathetic Irvin who always managed to make a cub reporter mature in his presence.They say that Dick made his share of enemies. It is not surprising because champions always have their detractors, and Irvin aimed only for the top. If he had to break a few backs on his way up, including his own, well, that was all right with him. Reaching for the highest plateau was the only thing he understood, and no man ever went higher in the profession of hockey.He was a proud man, and his illness embarrassed him. But even though his legs were unfaithful, his wit and sharpness and fertile hockey brain never left him until the end. Hockey was his medicine and so were his memories. He loved the game until his final breath, and hockey will be poorer with his passing.Red Fisher &mdash; Montreal Star &#9632;

A Lasting Memory

MONTREAL&mdash;While Gordie Howe was naming Harvey the player he has the most trouble with in the NHL, Doug refused to tell the name of the player who contuses him the most..Asked which player gives him the most trouble, the Habs&rsquo; star said he doesn&rsquo;t think it&rsquo;s a smart Question to answer.&ldquo;That player may be coming in on me one night, after reading that he gives me trouble, and get too confident. When I&rsquo;m finished playing I&rsquo;ll answer that one,&rdquo; he laughed. &#9632;

Toughest Foe ? Doug Refuses To Answer

<div class="byline">By JIM ELLERY</div>NEW YORK, NY.&mdash;American Hockey League players from the four teams which competed in the recently completed Calder Cup Playoffs, were awarded with a share of the highest player playoff pool in years. A total of $58,412.30 was divided among the players of the Cleveland Barons, the Calder Cup winners, the Rochester Americans, Providence Reds and Hershey Bears. The pool is based on 50% of the net receipts from the 12 games necessary to decide the three playoff series, two preliminary rounds and the finals, each conducted on a best four out of seven basis.Cleveland which finished the regular season in second place, eliminated fourth place. Hershey in its opening round and then defeated Rochester in the finals, received 38% of the total pool, or $22,196.67. Rochester, the league&rsquo;s new entry this season will be rewarded with 30% of the pot of gold for completing the season in third place, eliminating Providence in the semifinals and then losing to Cleveland in the title round. This amounts to $17,523.67 for the Rochester players.<h2>Reds Lose Out</h2>Providence, which set the pace ail season to finish in first place, only to lose out in its preliminary series to Rochester, will be the recipient of 19%, worth $11,098.34. Hershey, for its fourth place regular season finish and as a result of losing to Cleveland in the opening round, divides up 13% amounting to $7,593.60. With the entire playoffs requiring 17 games out of a possible 21, the players bad a financial interest in 12 of them.The last Calder Cup playoff pool to exceed the present one of $58,412.30, was in the season of 1951-52, when $60,291.57 was divided among the playoff teams. &#9632;

Draw Nearly 100,000 Gate For Cup Run

<div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01352/2147492-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">NHL And AHL Cup ChampionsSTANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS : Front row, left to right: Gerry McNeil, Dickie Moore, Ken Reardon, asst. general manager; William Northey, president; Maurice Richard, captain; Frank J. Selkge, general manager; Toe Blake, coach; Henri Richard, Jacques Plante. Second row: Camil DesRoches, publicity; Floyd Curry, Doug Harvey, Dollard St. Laurent, Jean Beliveau, Tom Johnson, Jean-Guy Talbot, Bernie Geoffrion, Frank D. Selke, publicity. Third row: Larry Aubuf, asst, trainer; Don Marshall, Claude Provost, Bob Turner, Phil Goyette, Andre Pronovost, Connie Broden, Hector Dubois, trainer. Missing is Bert Olmstead.</figcaption></div>MONTREAL. Que.&mdash;The sereneness on the National Hockey League trade front is expected to explode momentarily with some whoppers, the likes of which haven&rsquo;t been seen since Jack Adams found out deals could be made over the telephone, and made a few.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-02242/2147485-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="274" height="415"><figcaption class="caption-body">Lynn Patrick</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-0397/2147478-1-eng-US/cover-032.jpg" title="Cover-03" width="1800" height="848"><figcaption class="caption-body">CALDER CUP CHAMPIONS : Back row, left io right: Gordon Veiprava, Jimmy Moore, Boris Elik, Ron Ingram, John McLellan, Ken Hayden, Ed MacQueen, Floyd Perras, promotional director. Second row, left to right: Jack Boag, trainer; Dan Poliriani, Bill Shvetz, Frank Milne, Gordon Hodson, Pete Goegan, Camille Bedard, Sieve Kroftcheck. Front row. left to right: Ed Coen, publicity; Marcel Paille, Fred Glover, captain; James C. Heady, vice-president and general manager; Jack Gordon, coach; Claire Grove, president: Cai Stearms, John Albani, Lex Cook, chief scout. Missing is Bert Bourassa,</figcaption></div>Detroit, Boston, Chicago and Toronto are known to be in the market for players who can only be obtained from other teams. The New York Rangers can&rsquo;t be counted out of auy bartering either. General Manager Muzz Patrick is expected to get in on the thick of things. The only club not expected to either ship Frank Selke isn&rsquo;t above making one that will improve his club&mdash; if that can be done.The biggest deal on the fire involves Detroit, Chicago and Boston. The Wings-Hawks end of it is said to be made. Key man in the whole swap is General Manager Lynn Patrick of the Boston Bruins. The Wings will ship Captain Ted Lindsay to the Hawks with All-Star Goaler Glenn Hall for Johnny Wilson, Forbes Kennedy and Goaler H. Bassen. Lindsay is reported to be ready to go to Chicago after confering with owner Jim Norris and General Manager Tommy Ivan. Terrible Ted often repeated that he would rather quit than play for any other team but Detroit.However, a long stay in Jack Adams dog-house and an offer from Norris he just couldn&rsquo;t afford to turn down, has changed his mind. Tommy Ivan&rsquo;s first line next season will have Ted Lindsay at left, Eddie Litzen-berger at centre and Eric Nesterenko at right. Ivan has arranged for Nesterenko to finish his education in the vicinity of Chicago Stadium.This deal hinges on Lynn Patrick&rsquo;s giving up Roaming Terry Sawchuk. The Wings have talked with Terry and apparently he is willing to play in the Windy City. But wrtiat they have offered Patrick just isn&rsquo;t enough. So far all they have mentioned is the name of Johnny Bucyk. Lynn, a deep thinker isn&rsquo;t going to make such a deal. He says he&rsquo;ll take Bucyk but only if Earl Reibel goes along in &lsquo;The Deal&rsquo;. While Patrick admits he&rsquo;d like to leave Sawchuk sitting &rsquo;n Detroit unemployed, he also admits it isn&rsquo;t good business io do so. This is the way he would like to see the deal go. Lindsay and Hall to Chicago for Kennedy, Wilson and Bassen and then &rsquo;Sawchuk to Detroit for Kennedy. The Boston General Manager has always had a liking for the Battling Chicago Rookie and was going to pick him up in the draft last season for $15,000 but tike Canadiens sold him to Chicago before the inter-league draft took place. Boston&rsquo;s biggest weakness right now is at left wing and that&rsquo;s where he wants to play Kennedy,<h2>Leafs Ready To Deal</h2>The Toronto Maple I.eafs, with new front office staff Billy Reay as coach, Howie Meeker as general manager and Stafford Smythe as president, are expected to go after some experienced defensemen. Where they will get them no one knows. Certainly they can&rsquo;t do business in Chicago for Tommy Ivan is looking for a rearguard as well. A deal for Rangers&rsquo; Ivan Irwin may be in the making with either Toronto or Chicago doing the exchanging. With Albert Langlois of Rochester almost a sure bet with the Canadiens next season, other clubs will almost certainly turn their attention to Bob Turner, fifth defenseman on the club last season.A deal between Toronto and Chicago is not out of the realm of possibility. The Hawks would like to get Tint Horton, converted defenseman and Ron Hurst, checking forward. Horton played wing with the Leafs and Hurst spent the season with Rochester.The Bruins may also have a defenseman for trade. They are presently very high on young Floyd Hillman who perfo; med with tike Quebec Aces last season. In the few games he played for the Bruins, Hillman impressed Schmidt and Patrick more than any other player they have in the chain. Other Bruins&rsquo; deflensemen are Bob Armstrong, Fern Flaman, Doug Mohns, Leo Boivin and Alan Stanley. &#9632;

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Trade Lid Ready To Flip In Majors

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01472/2145778-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="287" height="420"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gerry James</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02451/2145771-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="283" height="427"><figcaption class="caption-body">Conn Smythe</figcaption></div>TORONTO. &mdash; The new bosses of the Toronto Maple Leafs hope to lure Right Winger Gerry James back into hockey in the future. James played With the Toronto Maple Leafs for the past two seasons, giving up a promosing football career with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers to do so. Now he&rsquo;s changed his mind and returned to what he calls his &lsquo;first love.&rsquo;Before James announced his return to the gridiron, retiring president Conn Smythe of the Leafs admitted that James had sent his hockey contract back unsigned and that he took it to mean Gerry was going to play football.Stafford Smythe, new president of the Leafs said he was sorry to hear James had decided to return to football &ldquo;I&rsquo;am sorry Gerry is quitting hockey,&rdquo; said Stafford. &ldquo;But they&rsquo;d made hockey so unattractive for him that he&rsquo;s gone back to football where he can enjoy himself.&rdquo;James said it was a tough decision to make and was quoted as saying, I &ldquo;still think could play in the NHI if I put my mind to it. But I&rsquo;d have to work hard at it, harder than most players. And I&rsquo;m the type of guy who likes to be a winner.&rdquo;James is automatically suspended by the Leafs for moving to football. &ldquo;We may be able to talk him back into hockey as a member of the Winnipeg Warriors in the Western Hockey League,&rdquo; says the younger Smythe.&ldquo;I still think he can play in the NHL but he should receive seasoning in the minors and Winnipeg is the logical place for him to get it, at so much per game. Later we might be able to get him to come back to Toronto.&rdquo;James, once voted the outstanding Canadian player in the game of football said he enjoyed his stay with the Leafs but didn&rsquo;t think he was helping the team as much as he would have liked. He says they didn&rsquo;t play his style of hockey.&ldquo;I have no fault with the Toronto management,&rdquo; said Gerry, &ldquo;but I think their system was out of date. They admitted it themselves at the end of the season. I don&rsquo;t think I could ever learn to play their way. I could probably make the team but if they carried 16 players. I would probably be the 16th.&rdquo;When he was asked if he might return to the Leafs if they changed their system, he shook his head.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think it will make any difference to me now; not unless they make me a terrific offer.&rdquo;Conn Smythe intimated in a statement that Gerry might have used his hockey contract offered recently by the Leafs to get a more lucrative offer from the Blue Bombers. But James denied it was so.What ever else, Coach Bud Grant of the Blue Bombers was happy to learn that Gerry was returning to his backfield. &#9632;

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James Nixes Leaf Offer--“Don’t Play My System

MONTREAL &mdash; Linesman George Hayes of the National Hockey League was limping for a few days after the last game of the NHL playoffs between the Canadiens and Boston Bruins. A swollen shinbone, complements of Bruins&rsquo; Johnny Pierson was the reason.&ldquo;The siren had just blown and the Canadiens were swarming on the ice and the Bruins were leaving. As Pierson skated off he whacked me across the shin with his stick deliberately. When I asked him what the &mdash; was &lsquo;the matter with him he answered. I can&rsquo;t say what he said but I do know that it was the dirtiest thing that ever happened to me in hockey.&rdquo;. &#9632;

Hayes Says Pierson Deliberately Hit Himx

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-04305/2145864-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg" title="f0002-04" width="264" height="420"><figcaption class="caption-body">Floyd Curry</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.-Floyd Curry, the Honest Blocker of the Montreal Canadiens expects to be back with the Stanley Cup Champions come Fall training for 1957 - 58. Reports that Floyd would hang up his skates after last season were denied by the checking right winger, in fact the rumor;&ldquo;I&rsquo;m only 31 years of age,&rdquo; says Floyd, &ldquo; and I&rsquo;m in good shape. I think I have lots of hockey left in me yet. I&rsquo;ve heard the stories that I&rsquo;m about to retire but so far I haven&rsquo;t said a word. People have actually come to my house to ask me if it&rsquo;s true.&rdquo;Curry, one of the best penalty killers in the history of the National Hockey League works for Tolhurst Oil in Montreal during the off-season and regards his future in that business.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think I&rsquo;m through, despite the reports,&rdquo; says Floyd.&ldquo;The only time I&rsquo;ll know I&rsquo;m finished in the National Hockey League is when Mr. Sleke tells me so. So far he hasn&rsquo;t said a word and I believe I can help the team again next season.&rdquo;If he were put on the trading block, would he report to another club?&ldquo;If the offer were big enough, I might,&rdquo; he said.&ldquo;I have a good future with the company I am with. I know this much, I&rsquo;d never play in the minors. I&rsquo;ve played with a big league clubb all my career.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Curry Snubs Reports He’s Hanging Up

<div class="byline">By JIM VIPOND</div><h2>Toronto Globe and Mail</h2>THE new Leafian hockey triumverate was in informal session with charge d&rsquo;affaires Staff Smythe surrounded by Manager Howie Meeker and Coach Billy Reay.As questions poured forth about next season&rsquo;s plans, Staff put himself squarely on the record. &ldquo;Ask Billy. He&rsquo;s the coach. Howie and I are going to give him a free hand.&rdquo;The particular question that prompted the forthright remark from a solid little man of hockey who has done a fine job of public relations with his Marlboro organization, had to do with a player being able to exploit his specialty.The name of Gord Drillon was brought up. Would a man with scoring talents such as Drillon&rsquo;s be permitted to concentrate on putting the puck in the net, gather than an attempt made to make him a two-way player?&ldquo;I believe in letting a player do what he can do best and the other will take care of itself,&rdquo; said the little playmaker of some great Montreal teams.&ldquo;Take Rocket Richard as an example. He&rsquo;s so tremendous at carrying the puck in and scoring goals that no one ever worries about his defensive ability. Generally, the man covering him is too busy to think about scoring.&rdquo;Mention of Drillon brought a smile to Reay&rsquo;s face. &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t forget that Drillon had that guy Apps setting up plays for him.&ldquo;Syl gave me a bad time. Whenever we played Toronto, Dick Irvin would start off his noon hour meeting by telling me that my line would play against the Apps line. That&rsquo;s all I needed. I couldn&rsquo;t even eat my pre-game steak for worrying.&rdquo;Reay and his linemates of that era, Murph Chamberlain and Jimmy Peters, established an enviable reputation one season. &ldquo;We went 17 games without being scored upon and we weren&rsquo;t strictly a defensive line as Murph had 16 goals and I had my share.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll never forget coming into Toronto with this 17-game streak. Irvin gleefully rubbed his hands and happily told you guys that he had the line to stop Apps. Know what happened? They rang in two goals on us before we could get off the ice on our first shift.&rdquo;Billy sees left defense as his major problems. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s the key to any successful hockey team,&rdquo; he added. And when you recall that such prolific scorers as Richard and Gordie Howe move in on the left defenseman, you have to admit that Billy has a strong point.Smythe and Meeker hope to develop talent from among young players within the organization rather than make trades. Partial reasoning is that trades are hard to make, as all clubs are tightening their hold on their talent.It was announced that Meeker&rsquo;s first job as manager would be to sign players, a slight change in Conn Smythe&rsquo;s previous announcement that he would sign all the players before turning over the club to his son and associates.&ldquo;This is Howie&rsquo;s chance to show what he can do. It&rsquo;s a promotion for him and recognition of his talents as an executive,&rdquo; said Smythe Senior.I think we have the perfect setup now with young men throughout our organization. Bringing Reay in from another organization as coach provides the opportunity for a completely new regime.&rdquo;The ink on Meeker&rsquo;s managerial contract was hardly dry before he announced the signing of St. Michael&rsquo;s college star, Frank Mahavolich.This lad, often compared to Jean Beliveau, has been heralded by hockey scouts everywhere as one of the potentially great players of the game. Some scouts insist that he was a better junior than Beliveau.And do not be surprised to see announcements that two Marlboro players, Ken Girard and Bob Nevin have signed Leaf contracts. Their names entered conversations having to do with the major league club&rsquo;s rebuilding plans.The season just completed has been unsettled and disturbing for supporters as well as players and management. The New Deal is interesting and should be given every opportunity to show what it can do. &#9632;

SPORTS DIGEST

TORONTO, &mdash; Coach Billy Reay of the Toronto Maple Leafs and General Manager Howie Meeker are expected to approach the Montreal Canadiens with hopes of getting at least two players who worked under Reay with Rochester of the American League.Rumors persist that Reay will ask or has already asked Meeker to find out if it is possible to purchase Centre Bronco Horvath and Winger Eddie Mazur from Canadiens.Mazur started the season with Chicago after being sent there by the Canadiens. In 1954-55 he was with the Winnipeg Warriors of the Western Hockey League. The Hawks carried Mazur for the first month and then returned him to the Canadiens. Under Reay at Rochester he bloomed as one of the i League&rsquo;s outstanding stars.Horvath was picked up on waivers by the Canadiens after the Rangers tried to send him to Providence Of the AHL. At Rochester, playing on a line together they carried the Americans into the finals for the Calder Cup.Just how receptive the Habs will be to offers for the players is not known. Some feel that the Habs might give up Mazur but not Horvath. Bronco was up with the Habs for one game during the season and Selke said he will be invited to training camp and given every opportunity to make the Stanley Cup club next season. &#9632;

Leafs Exected to Try for Mazur, Horvath

<div class="byline">By KEN MCKENZIE</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03404/2145809-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="518" height="761"><figcaption class="caption-body">Calder CutieLARRY REGAN</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Larry Regan, clever stickhandling center of the Boston Bruins, was selected as the outstanding rookie in the National Hockey League and Calder Memorial Trophy winner for 1956-57.In winning the trophy which is presented annually to&ldquo;the player selected as the most proficient in his first year of competition in the National Hockey League,&rdquo; Regan also collects $1,000 from the National Hockey League.Regan finished 22 points ahead of his closest rival in winning this award. He polled 107 points out of a possible 180. Ed Chadwick, Toronto Maple Leafs&rsquo; fine young goalkeeper, was second with 85 points and Detroit Red Wings&rsquo; freshman forward, Billy Dea, was third with 37 points.The voting was divided into two halves. The first half consisted of games up to and including those of December 31, 1956. The second half consisted of games from January 1, 1957 to the end of the regular schedule on March 24, 1957. A unanimous choice for either half would poll 90 points. Points are awarded on the basis of five for a first choice, three for a second and one for a third. A total of 15 points may come out of each of the six N.H.L. cities.<h2>Players Receive Votes</h2>Hockey writers, broadcasters and telecasters did the voting. The votes were weighted so that each city had the same number of points to distribute to the worthy candidates. There must be a minimum of three selectors from each city but there can be more.A total of 10 players received votes for this award which is cherished so much by first-year players. Other players to garner points besides Regan, Chadwick and Dea were Forbes Kennedy, Chicago, 33; Pierre Pilote, Chicago, 20; Don Simmons, Boston. 19; Elmer Vasko, Chicago, 17; Jack Bionda, Boston, 4; Billy MacNeill, Detroit, 1; and Barry Cullen, Toronto,1.Regan polled 63 points during the second half and 44 during the first half. Chadwick, who was the leader at the half-way mark in the balloting, polled 48 points in the first half and 37 in the second. Billy Dea, like Chadwick, polled more points in the first half Dea collected 22 points. In the second half he polled 15.Boston&rsquo;s great young goalie, Don Simmons, polled all of his 19 points in the second half. Chicago&rsquo;s Elmer Vasko is like Regan and Simmons in the fact that he too polled more points in the second half. Vasko upped his total from two points in the first half to 15 in the second. Pilote had his votes evenly distributed&mdash;10 in each half.The 26-year old Regan had never played a single game in the National Hockey League up until this season. His success with the Bruins this year reads like a story out of Horatio Alger. He was all set to give up hockey a year ago when Punch Imlach of the Quebec Aces coaxed him out of retirement to play for the Aces. He played three regular league games for Quebec and seven playoff games last year. That&rsquo;s all the organized hockey he played last season.It was during the playoff games that he was moved from a wing position to center and it just so happened that Milt Schmidt and Lynn Patrick were attending the game in which the switch had been made. Both Schmidt and Patrick liked the good-looking curly-headed athlete on first sight.The Bruins&rsquo; braintrust wasted little time in lining Regan up for the 1956-57 season. He was a real unknown at the start of the campaign but it didn&rsquo;t take many games before everyone around the N.H.L. noticed the clever play and sensational stickhandling of the center on the Fleming Mackell, Jerry Top-pazzini line. Many believe that it was the smart play of Regan that made this line click so effectively for the Bruins.His stickhandling exploits have been compared with the great stickhandling demonstrations of some of the game&rsquo;s super stars of yester-year. Not only is he adept at killing off penalties and setting up plays. Regan is a fine goal scorer in his own right. Ha scored 14 and assisted on 19 others for 33 points during the regular season.Larry Regan was born at North Bay, Ont. on August 9, 1930. He stands 5&rsquo;9&rdquo; tall and weights 155 pounds. He now makes his year-round home in Ottawa, Ontario. &#9632;

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NHL Scribes Finger Regan As Top Newcomer In 56-57

MONTREAL &mdash;Billy Reay, newly hired coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs, came close to becoming the coach of the Stanley Cup Montreal Canadiens after Dick Irvin moved to Chicago.General Manager Frank Selke revealed this in Montreal after news of Reay&rsquo;s signing hit his desk. Selke said that Reay, then coaching Seattle of the Western League was given serious consideration for the job.&ldquo;We finally decided on Toe Blake because of his seniority in the organization and his French blood, which is very important in this city.&rdquo;Selke said that he felt Reay was every bit Blake&rsquo;s equal as a coach. &#9632;

Reay Raced Blake For Hab Position

TORONTO&mdash;Howie Meeker, new general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs completed his first official duty on the same day he was signed as GM.Meeker signed junior Frank Mahovlich to a Toronto contract. Mahovlich played for St. Mikes&rsquo; of the OHA last season. The 200-pound, six foot two inch centre was signed to a two year contract.Although still-eligible for another year of junior competition. the 19-year-old Mahovlich decided to make the leap into the National Hockey League, during his third &ldquo;negotiation&rdquo; meeting with Meeker.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a good contract,&rdquo; said Meeker without revealing terms, &ldquo;Frank&rsquo;s satisfied, and we think he can earn it. He can be a great one, but that&rsquo;s strictly up to himself and what he puts into the job.&rdquo;Last season with St. Michael&rsquo;s, Mahovlich finished third in the OHA Junior A scoring race with 88 points, but he topped them all in goals with 52. He was the only player to average better than a goal-per-game, during the season. &#9632;

Inking Of Mahovlich Is First Meeker Duty

<div class="byline">By THE HOCKEY NEWS EDITORS</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01471/2145943-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Spring Smiles with Fall AmbitionsCONN SMYTHE, seated, the man who built hockey&rsquo;s greatest empire, beams for Toronto cameraman as he announced the signing of Billy Reay, left as coach and Howie Meeker, right as general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs. His son Stafford, centre, heads new seven man committee dedicated to giving Toronto winning combination. Conn retired from prexies&rsquo; post prior to photo.</figcaption></div>&ldquo;Stuck With System Too Long &mdash; It Soured On Us,&rdquo; Says StaffordConn Smythe, who always wrote his own material, and acted it out too, has written a fourth and last act to this career and it was one which would have put Willie Shakespeare in the shadows. In announcing the hiring of Billy Reay as Toronto Maple Leafs coach for 1957-58 and the elevation of former Coach Howie Meeker to the General Managership, the gritty little Major bowed out as graciously as any man has ever bowed out of the game. And he did it in the style in which he was accustomed to&mdash; by hitting the headlines from the east coast of the nation to the west, something the &lsquo;Great Bard&rsquo; was unable to do during his lifetime.As he announced the signing Smythe leaned back. &ldquo;That completes my end of the hockey business.&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Now, instead of calling me for information call my son Stafford.&rdquo;The signing of Reay and Meeker was what Conn called his &lsquo;last official act in hockey.&rsquo; From now on he will spend his time running the vast Maple Leaf Gardens. Smythe officially stepped out of the NHL picture on May 9th when he announced his retirement as president of the Leafs to the board of directors. It marked the end of an era that started when the old St. Patrick&rsquo;s hockey club was purchased back in 1926.The Leafs will not be without a Smythe in the picture however. Following Conn&rsquo;s decision to retire, it was announced that a new setup would be directed by a committee headed by Conn&rsquo;s son Stafford who has guided the Leafs&rsquo; Marlboro amateur farm club activities.<h2>Official Retirement September 1st</h2>Other members of the committee are Ian S. Johnston, Q.C., a member of the Leafs&rsquo; board of directors, John Basset, also a director, and publisher of the Toronto Telegram, George R. Gardiner, president of a Toronto brokerage firm. R.J. Amell, Toronto businessman, William M Hatch Toronto food products firm vice-president and George E. Mara, vice-president of a Toronto engineering firm.The senior Smythe&rsquo;s retirement is officially scheduled for September 1st or before. As Conn announced his retirement he also said: &ldquo;I am going to sign the players, the coach and manager, in order to hand over to the committee a complete parcel. Then they will be free to hire, fire and make whatever changes they see fit if the team does not meet with their approval. I felt I should turn over a working organization to the new committee, rather than have them step in cold with the signing of a coach and manager.&rdquo;The younger Smythe also was brief in his statement on that day. &ldquo;One of the first jobs of the committee will be to put life and color back into the organization. The manager and coach will be in complete charge of the team and if they are unable to produce the desired results, a change will be made. This committee is interested in one thing: giving Toronto the colorful team it deserves.&rdquo;As so the wheels of the new Leaf organization started to turn. It was a well known fact that the younger Smythe was far from impressed with the close checking type of hockey the Leafs have been playing for the past decade. He promised a change.&ldquo;As far as I&rsquo;m concerned, you can develop a system and stay with it until it goes sour,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I think that&rsquo;s what has happened in our case and that&rsquo;s why I&rsquo;m in favor of bringing in a man from outside the Maple Leaf organization to coach the club next season.&rdquo;The Leafs didn&rsquo;t step too far nutside of their organization to get a coach. As a matter of fact they merely went across Lake Ontario to Rochester where Billy Reay, 38-year old balding coach of the newly formed Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League had set up shop just eight months ago. The Leafs and Montreal Canadiens co-sponsor the Americans and Reay did remarkably well considering the club was in last at Christmas and ended third. He then guided the club past the champion Providence Reds in the first round of the Calder Cup playoffs and took the Cleveland Barons to five games before bowing out. Billy was hired for one year with an option for the next two seasons.<h2>Stars Against System</h2>As for Meeker, he has come up through the Leaf Chain. Just as most of the teams&rsquo; previous coachs and managers have. As a matter of fact he&rsquo;s the youngest manager in the history of the club. Reay on the other hand, is the first coach of Leafs, who hasn&rsquo;t played for them at one time or another. Not since Dick Irvin coached the club back in 1931 have the Toronto organization gone outside of their system for a mentor.Just how much success Reay will have with converting the Leafs from a defensive minded team to an offensive minded one is conjectoral. Some say it will take a few seasons before they can be expected to look like Montreal or Detroit, offensively.Stafford Smythe is openly against the man-for-man hockey the Leafs are noted for. &ldquo;Under the present cut and dried system, you can win a game and they still check how many goals a player had scored against him. It&rsquo;s time we put a little enjoyment back into the game for the players.&rdquo;Oddly enough the two coaches of the Leafs who didn&rsquo;t play with the club, came from or went to the Montreal Canadieus&rsquo; organization. Dick Irvin left the Leafs to take over the Canadiens. Reay was a standout centre with the Habs.&ldquo;What Dick Irvin did for us in that era.&rdquo; said Conn Smythe,&ldquo;I&rsquo;m sure Billy can do for us now.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve always believed in that strength down the centre. We have to find two more centres to go with Migay and Sloan and improvement can be added to them, too, by a man who has been a centre player all his life.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m proud to get a lad of his calibre. It is important,&rdquo; the older Smythe continued, &ldquo;from the point of view of the Leafs to inject a new approach&mdash;on the ice in particular.&ldquo;We hope to see Reay add finesse to the ruggedness of the Leafs.&rdquo;&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve very happy to be a part of the Leaf organization.&rdquo; said Billy upon his signing. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve always had a great deal of respect for the way they operated. As Mr. Smythe says. I hope this is the start of the climb up the ladder.&ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s wonderful to be starting out with two other young men (Meeker and Staff Smythe), and I&rsquo;m looking forward to next season.&rdquo;<h2>Pins Hopes On Vets</h2>As to what success he might have next season, Reay figures the Leafs&rsquo; hopes depend on the older key men playing the kind of hockey they are capable of playing. He also sees his left defense as a major problem.&ldquo;That&rsquo;s the key to any successful hockey team.&rdquo; he says.Meeker. 33. will work under the guidance of the younger Smythe. He replaces Hay Day who resigned with dramatic suddenness two months ago.Howie, who was on four Stanley Cup - winning Toronto teams and played with them eight seasons on right wing is a former Conservative member of Parliament for Waterloo South.Howie has been a loyal member of our organization.&ldquo;He has the ability to work and plenty of courage.&ldquo;He has a strong back, too. and should be able to carry the load&rdquo; Smythe said.<h2>Reay Of Value in 1951</h2>Smythe recalled that his new coach, Reay, had been of value to the Leafs once before.&ldquo;I remember that 1951 Stanley Cup final here when Billy took a penalty in the last minute and this enabled Tod Sloan to tie the score.&ldquo;Then, of course. Bill Barilko scored that Stanley Cup winning goal in overtime.&rdquo; the retiring boss said.New coach Reay stressed that Leafs will play &ldquo;headlong hockey.&rdquo;&ldquo;The success of next year&rsquo;s team will depend a great deal on what type of season our seasoned campaigners will have. I hope we can get a few more goals and play rugged hockey.&rdquo; Reay said.&ldquo;There is no doubt about it. speed is the big factor in hockey. To capitalize on what, speed we have you have to play &lsquo;headlong hockey.&rdquo;Reay begged off talking about his team&rsquo;s personnel because he said he didn&rsquo;t have too much opportunity to see the Leafs play last season.There will be no team slogan, he noted.<h2>Meeker Surprised Man</h2>&ldquo;I never dreamed I would become general manager of the Leafs&rdquo; Howie Meeker said.&ldquo;I though I might be a GM somewhere when I ran out my string as a coach.&rdquo;Meeker emphasized that a major league team is only as good as its minor league operation.&ldquo;We have exceptionally good&rsquo; organization in junior and under, but we are average-to-weak in our minor league pros. My job is to build up.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Conn Bows Out With Reay Of Hope

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-1319/2146057-1-eng-US/f0004-132.jpg" title="f0004-13" width="720" height="116"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01535/2146050-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="373" height="407"></div>THREE CHEERS for the Whitby Dunlops and Flin Flon Bombers, 1956-57 Allan and Memorial Cup winners&hellip; It was a glowing tribute to these hockey-minded communities that they were able to beat the best in the nation in their respective playoffs&hellip; It was the first time that these venerable old trophies had ever been won by either city&hellip; As a matter of fact Whitby made history by winning the Allan Cup in their first year of Senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; competition&hellip; Flin Flon, decided underdogs to the favored Ottawa Canadiens, brought the Memorial Cup back West for the first time in nine years&hellip; Both wins were popular with hockey fans from coast to coast&hellip; Bill Durnan, one of hockey&rsquo;s all-time great goalkeepers and winner of the Vezina Trophy six times in seven years while playing for Montreal Canadiens, says he wouldn&rsquo;t feel comfortable playing goal these days&hellip; Bill says they back in too far now&hellip; &ldquo;When I was playing, at least you could get a look at the puck. Now they back in so close you don&rsquo;t get a chance&rdquo;&hellip; Durnan is now in the insurance business in Montreal&hellip; Harry Lumley is now the owner of a 4-year-old pacer which campaigns on various harness tracks in Eastern Canada&hellip; Lumley does not drive the hoss himself,.. Gordie Howe and Al Kaline of the Detroit Tigers are partners in an engineering enterprise&hellip; Punch Imlach, manager of the Quebec Aces of the QHL, is reported to have been seriously considering moving the Quebec franchise to Syracuse next season&hellip; The annual ABC congress will possibly block the move, however, as the big bowling event would keep hockey out of the Syracuse arena for more than a month.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02500/2146043-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="283" height="422"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bob Chrystal</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03424/2146036-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="283" height="418"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bo Elik</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04365/2146029-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="273" height="428"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gordie Howe</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05330/2146022-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="276" height="425"><figcaption class="caption-body">Harry Lumley</figcaption></div>FLIN FLON players gave credit for their win to their popular coach, Bobby Kirk&hellip;&rdquo; Most of the credit should go to our coach,&rdquo; said Ted Hampson, Flin Flon captain, &ldquo;he kept us rolling when things looked tough.&rdquo;&hellip; Kirk said after the final game that the Bombers win was the greates thrill of his life&hellip; The former New York Ranger forward said: &ldquo;We won because an inspired, determined hockey club fought when the chips were down and never gave up. My boys really wanted to play hockey and they gave me all of their ability.&rdquo;&hellip; Ernie Batson, manager of the Campbellton Arena and Campbellton hockey team for several years, is available for a new position in the arena managing end this coming season. Ernie has an excellent background in arena managing&hellip; Bob Chrystal, star defenseman with Brandon Regals, is a cinch to be with New York Rangers next season&hellip; Rumors presist that Warren Godfrey will be one of the Red Wings traded this summer&hellip; Apparently Rangers tried to land him a year ago&hellip; Talk has renewed once again about a home for the International Hockey Hall of Fame at Kingston, Ont&hellip; The Federal Government is constructing a new building in Kingston which will house the postoffice and the old postoffice might become available to house the lifelong dream of the late Capt. James Sutherland&hellip; Several NHL clubs have talked with Cleveland&rsquo;s Jim Hendy about Bo Elik&hellip; If Bud Poile coaches Edmonton Flyers of the WHL next season it will be at a reduced salary&hellip; Don Raleigh did a great job with Brandon in his first year as a coach&hellip; Raleigh also played well for the Regals and was the best man on the ice in more than one of the Edinburgh Trophy games&hellip; In the four years that the WHL and QHL winners have met for this trophy, the visiting club has yet to win &hellip; It will soon be known as a Homers Trophy.WHITBY DUNLOPS will probably get the call by the CAHA to represent Canada at the World Hockey Tourney at Norway next winter&hellip; There seems to be no reason to doubt this&hellip; The Dunlops have a first-class team that could represent Canada in the manner to which she is accustomed and also the Dunnies have fine financial support&hellip; The American Hockey League&rsquo;s president&rsquo;s post is Hap Day&rsquo;s for the asking&hellip; and Hap is reportedly asking for a five-year contract&hellip; Lew Cromwell, in a surprise move, announced his resignation as box office treasurer of Detroit&rsquo;s Olympia Stadium last week&hellip; Cromwell was one of the most efficient and best-liked box office managers in the NHL and he will be sorely missed by both the Olympia and the National Hockey League. &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div>NEY YORK, N.Y.&mdash;Muzz Patrick, general manager of the Rangers and former British Empire heavyweight champ, finally got kayoed.And on ice, no less.He was belted, elbowed, kneed and crosschecked by a teen age girl, two boys, 7 and 12, an &ldquo;aging&rdquo; hockey reporter skating on his ankles and two ice instructors.But it was probably the most delightful defeat ever inflicted on the big Ranger. Here is why:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-06277/2146088-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg" title="f0004-06" width="279" height="423"><figcaption class="caption-body">Muzz Patrick</figcaption></div>Muzz was Playing hockey with his sons Dick, 12, Paul, 7, his daughter Linda, this writer and Irv Jaffee and Gene Blasen, skate pros at the fabulous Grossinger Hotel, Ferndale, N.Y.Visiting the resort with his lovely wife and family after the Rangers&rsquo; elimination from the playoffs, Muzz looked like the Muzz of old after taking a few whirls on the hockey-size outdoor rink.<h2>Run For The Hills</h2>He officiated a speed skating contest and spent the afternoon skating with his children. Linda, incidentally, shows true promise of being an excellent figure skater. The lads spent most of their time racing around the rink and taking baseball slides into the boards.But, let&rsquo;s get back to the marauding of Muzz.That took place in the late afternoon after the guests had left the rink and only the Patricks, Fischler, Blasen and Jaffee remained.For the first period we played against Muzz. And for those who have never had the experience, one can understand why forwards ran for the hills when he hovered into view.The big guy bore down on us once and we felt we were going to be demolished by a steamroller. We solved that one by dropping the puck and making rapidly for the other side of the rink.On another occasion, Muzzeroo showed some classy poke and stick checking. While he didn&rsquo;t have to be good against this scribe, he faced some fine skaters.<h2>Outskated Morenz</h2>Jaffee, for one, is the most famous U.S. Olympic speed skating champion and once outskated the great Howie Morenz in a race. Blasen is considered one of the best hockey players produced in the Metropolitan Area.Muzz did okay until the third period. A switch in sides was then ordered and the Ranger GM found himself on the same side with the reporter and the young Patricks.Trouble was, Muzz played goal, and, as he later discovered, you can&rsquo;t trust a scribe with a puck &mdash; especially when he&rsquo;s on your team.With the score tied the &ldquo;he-should-have-known-better&rdquo; reporter committed the cardinal sin of hockey. He passed the puck from the side boards directly in front of the Muzz Patrick net.Before Muzz could say &ldquo;back to your typewriter,&rdquo; the puck had been deflected past Patrick for the deciding goal.It&rsquo;s a good thing we weren&rsquo;t playing for the Rangers at the time. That boo-boo could have cost us $100.Which is another lesson proving that it&rsquo;s a lot easier to make plays from the press box than down on the ice!RANGERABILLIA: Rangers Western junior club, Flin Flon Bombers, reached the Memorial Cup finals against Montreal&rsquo;s Ottawa Canadiens&hellip; There almost was an all-Ranger final but Ottawa eliminated Guelph Biltmores after a hectic Eastern final&hellip; From all indications the Rovers will return to New York next season to play their games at the Long Island (4,- 300-seat) Arena in Commack&hellip; Bangers likely will train in Canada, rather than Providence or Commack&hellip; From all appearance, Muzz could re-join the Blue backline next season and be an asset&hellip; A pleasant surprise was the success of Gotham alumnus Don Raleigh as coach of the Brandon Regals&hellip;.Plenty of folks doubted that old&ldquo; Bonesy&rdquo; had the coaching ability in him&hellip; It appears that Willie O&rsquo;Ree is about a year away from being the first Negro in the National Hockey League&hellip; He&rsquo;s now with Quebec Aces, and likely will play NHL hockey, if he ever does, with Boston. &#9632;

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Muzz Kayoed By Reporter

<div class="byline">By MILT DUNNELL</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-1167/2146154-1-eng-US/f0004-112.jpg" title="f0004-11" width="273" height="329"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-1236/2146147-1-eng-US/f0004-122.jpg" title="f0004-12" width="257" height="307"></div><h2>Hawks Must Gamble on Ted Lindsay</h2>HERE&rsquo;S how the hockey deal between the Chicagos and the Detroits shapes up at the moment. The Hawks will get Glenn Hall and Ted Lindsay, a couple of all-stars, who, ironically enough, are without honor in their own precinct. The Chihawks have offered Forbes Kennedy, one of the best young players in the league over the first half of the route, but a disappointment in the second half of the schedule, along with Johnny Wilson, Hank Bassen, the Chicago chattel who played goal for Buffalo before Harry Lumley won the job, and possibly one other player.At first glance, you&rsquo;d say the Chicagos must be doing their dealing with guns, instead of with mirrors. But there&rsquo;s a calculated risk they&rsquo;ll have to take. Lindsay, who has a piece of an automobile supply plant in Detroit, has said repeatedly he will not leave Olympia. So the Black Hawks could wind up with only Hall. A condition of the deal obviously would be that they take the responsibility of getting Terrible Ted to report to Tommy Ivan. If there&rsquo;s one club, outside of the Red Wings, for which Lindsay would play, it undoubtedly is Chicago, because of his previous associations with Ivan and Chicago owner Jim Norris.Even if he does decide to play, the Hawks can expect two or three seasons, at the most, out of the perennial all-star left-winger. In Kennedy, they are giving up a kid who could become a real pro. In the Montreal organization, which sold him to Chicago, Kennedy was regarded by some members of the Canadiens&rsquo; brass as being a better prospect than Eddie Litzenberger, another ex-Hab. Wilson never will crash the all-stars. But he potted 18 goals for a last-place team in the season just ended. There are not too many 18-goal men up for grabs. If there are, we could use a few of them around Maple Leaf Gardens.<h2>But Adams Has To Get Sawchuk</h2>WIIILE the Detroit-Chicago barter is in the making, it can&rsquo;t survive unless Jack Adams succeeds in his efforts to get Terry Sawchuk back from Boston. That shouldn&rsquo;t be too tough. The Bruins have had enough of Terry. They don&rsquo;t want him back&mdash;but they&rsquo;re anxious to recover their investment in him. Adams is the one man who can help them to thaw this frozen asset. Sawchuk would like to rejoin the Red Wings. Outside of Chicago, no other club is interested. And the Hawks would be foolish to interfere when they&rsquo;re waiting for Adams to close this deal so Lindsay and Hall can be shipped to Chicago.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-07218/2146140-1-eng-US/f0004-072.jpg" title="f0004-07" width="177" height="285"><figcaption class="caption-body">Glenn Hall</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-08165/2146133-1-eng-US/f0004-082.jpg" title="f0004-08" width="264" height="415"><figcaption class="caption-body">Terry Sawchuk</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-09144/2146126-1-eng-US/f0004-092.jpg" title="f0004-09" width="280" height="422"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ted Lirydsoy</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-10106/2146119-1-eng-US/f0004-102.jpg" title="f0004-10" width="261" height="399"><figcaption class="caption-body">Johnny Wilson</figcaption></div>Whether Adams figures that Kennedy, Wilson, Bassen and one more player for the Red Wing, farm system constitute adequate payment for Hall and Lindsay is something else again. It&rsquo;s almost a certainty he doesn&rsquo;t. Jolly John would be looking at Litzenberger. But there&rsquo;s &ldquo;No chance, Mr. Cassidy,&rdquo; as the jockeys used to say at the starting gate when Marshall Cassidy was working the release lever. Litzenberger is an untouchable.Adams may force the Chicagos to throw in some cash or some additional chattels. But, if he gets Sawchuk, he&rsquo;s in the position where Hall becomes excess baggage. The quickest possible way to ruin a goaltender&rsquo;s value is to keep him out of action. Hall will have to be sold. Adams already has indicted he wasn&rsquo;t very happy about Hall&rsquo;s work in the playoffs against Boston.As far as Lindsay is concerned, his low position on the Adams&rsquo; totem pole apparently stems from a clash of personalities. The clash became a crash when Theodore emerged as president of the new players&rsquo; federation. He already had been stripped of his captain&rsquo;s badge, in favor of Red Kelly. &#9632;

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Speaking on Sport

<div class="byline">By ken McKenzie</div>Nineteen Receive Votes: Takes Home An Extra $4,500MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Winner of the Hart Trophy for 1956-57 is Gordie Howe of Detroit Red Wings. The big right winger captured hockey&rsquo;s most prized individual award for the third time in his illustrious 11-year National Hockey League career.The 1956-57 NHL scoring champion and All-Star right winger had almost twice as many points as Jean Beliveau of Canadiens who was runner-up. Howe polled a total of 111 points to Beliveau&rsquo;s 58. Third place in the balloting went to New York Ranger s great new star. Andy Bathgate. The talented New Yorker polled 51 points.Howe and Bathgate picked up most of their points in the second half voting. Howe topped everyone with 68 points out of a possible 90 in the second half, while Bathgate polled all of his 51 points in the second half. He failed to earn a point during the first half voting. Beliveau, winner of the Hart Trophy last year, was the leader at the half-way mark with 51 points. How? was second at that time with 43 points and the retired Terry Sawchuk of Boston was bird with 35 points.As a result of winning the Hart Trophy which is presented annually to &ldquo;the player adjudged to be most valuable to his team.&rdquo; Howe is the recipient of $1,000 from the National Hockey League. Besides picking up this $1,000 bonus he has also pocketed an additional $3,500 above his regular pay.Howe made $4,500 extra and above his regular pay in 195657. He earned $1,000 for being B member of the National Hockey League champion Detroit Red Wings.He earned another $500 when Detroit was defeated by Boston In the semi-final round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. He picked up $1,000 when he won the Art Ross Trophy as the National Hockey League&rsquo;s scoring champion for 1956-57. He received another $1,000 hen he was named to the right wing position. &#9632;

Reaps Hart, Ross, ALL-Stardom

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01492/2146209-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Wings Home With The LootGORDIE HOWE&hellip; &hellip; NO CONTEST</figcaption></div>DETROIT, &mdash; All-Star Right Winger Gordie Howe finds All-Star Doug Harvey of the Montreal Canadiens, the toughest man in the league to go around.&ldquo;The Canadiens always give us the toughest competition during the season,&rdquo; says Howe, &ldquo;and although I find all players hard to get around, Doug is by far the toughest. They can say what they like about the rest of that Montreal team, but the key man is Harvey. Everyone on our club feels that in order to stop the Canadiens you have to stop Harvey. He&rsquo;s what makes that team go. &#9632;

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Howe Picks Harvey As Hubs’ Key

on the First All-Star Team and then the $1,000 which he earned for winning the Hart Trophy.<h2>Five Time NHL Champ</h2>Nineteen N.H.L. players singled out in the Hart Trophy voting. Following is the complete list and number of points acquired by each: Gordie Howe, Detroit, 111; Jean Beliveau, Canadiens, 58; Andy Bathgate Rangers, 51; Terry Sawchuk, Boston, 35; Doug Harvey, Canadiens, 17; Eddie Litzenberger, Chicago, 13; Maurice Richard, Canadiens, 7; Doug Mohns, Boston, 6; Ted Lindsay, Detroit, 6; Jerry Toppazzini, Boston, 4; Al Rollins. Chicago, 3; Bernie Geoffrion, Canadiens, 3; Don McKenney, Boston, 3; Ed Chadwick. Toronto, 2; Lorne Worsley, Rangers, 1; Bill Gadsby, Rangers, 1; Gus Mortson, Chicago, 1; Norm Ullman, Detroit, 1; and Real Chevrefils, Boston, 1.In winning the Hart Trophy for the third time. Howe moves into very select company. Howie Morenz won it three times and Eddie Shore won it four times. But other than these all-time super stars, no player has been able to win it more than twice. Howe&rsquo;s career has been fabulous since he entered the National Hockev League with Detroit in 1946.During the 11 seasons as a right wing with Detroit, he has won the NHL scoring championship five times, won three Hart Trophies, been selected to the First All-Star Team five times and to the Second Team three times, has been a member of eight National Hockey League champions and four Stanley Cup winners. &#9632;

Gord Joins Two Greats As Best Player 3 Times

<div class="byline">By KEN McKENZIE</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;To the surprise of no one, Doug Harvey of the Montreal Canadiens, captured the James Norris Memorial Trophy for the third successive year. This trophy is presented annually to &ldquo;the regular defense player who demonstrates throughout the season the greatest all-around ability in that position.&rdquo;Harvey won this trophy in a breeze. He polled 159 points out of a possible 18 0. Red Kelly of Detroit Red Wings who was runner-up polled 42 points, and Fern Flaman, captain of the Boston Bruins, was third with 35 points.The James Norris Memorial Trophy has been presented for four years. Kelly won it the first year and Harvey has taken it the last three. Harvey thus becomes the recipient of $1,000 from the National Hockey League.<h2>13 Picked Up Point</h2>Thirteen defencemen picked up one or more points in the balloting for this award. Others besides Harvey, Kelly and Flaman to receive points were Bill Gadsby, Rangers, 32; Doug Mohns, Boston, 23; Marcel Pronovost, Detroit, 15; Gus Mortson. Chicago. 5; Allan Stanley, Boston, 4; Bob Armstrong, Boston, 3; Pierre Pilote, Chicago, 2; Al Arbour, Detroit, 2; Tom Johnson. Canadiens, i and Jack Evans, Rangers. 1.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02455/2146264-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="534" height="828"><figcaption class="caption-body">His RaceDOUG HARVEY</figcaption></div>Points were marked on the basis of five for a first choice, three for a second and one for a third. Hockey writers and broadcasters did the voting and a unanimous choice would poll 180 points. The voting was divided into two halves games up to and including December 31, 956 constitute the first half, and games after that the second half. A perfect choice would poll 90 points for each half.In winning the James Norris Memorial Trophy last year Harvey polled 156 points. Two years ago he polled 147 points. Besides earning $1,000 from the National Hockey League for being selected to a defense position on the First All-Star Team, he also collects $1,000 from the NHL for winning the Norris Trophy.An All-Star defenseman for the last six years, Harvey had another one of his great seasons in 1956-57. He fractured his own record of most assists in a season by a defenseman when he was credited with 44 assists. He also scored six goals for a total of 50 points. He was Canadiens&rsquo; rallying force and key man on their vaunted power play. Described by many as the finest all-around defenseman in the history of the NHL, Harvey today is the giant of the National Hockey League&rsquo;s defense brigade.Born and brought up in Montreal and where lie learned all his hockey, Harvey was an excellent all-around athlete as a youth. He starred in every sport he took up and was particularly brilliant in baseball and football before he decided to forsake these sports in an all-out concentration on hockey.Harvey is 32 years old, stands 5&rsquo;11&rdquo; and weight 180 pounds. He is married with three children and makes his year-round home in his native Montreal.Douglas Norman Harvey, top defenseman for 195 6-57, has earned himself a place alongside the all-time great players. &#9632;

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Harvey Breezes To Norris Cup Win

MONTREAL &mdash; Defenseman Doug Harvey of the Montreal Canadiens is seldom seen in a fist fight in an NHL games. In fact Montrealers can&rsquo;t recall ever seeing him a battle.&ldquo;I have nothing against fighting,&rdquo; says Harvey, &ldquo;but I just can&rsquo;t see me sitting in the penalty box while the other guy is scoring. Besides. I kill off penalties for the team. I get mad plenty of times out there, but then I think for a moment and decided to stay on the ice.&rdquo; &#9632;

Nothing Against It — Just Doesn‘t Fight

<div class="byline">By Dink Carroll</div>(Montreal Gazette)<h2>The Late Dick Irvin</h2>The last time we spoke to Dick Irvin was late in the hockey season when the Boston Bruins were playing here. Some Boston writers had come in with the club and they wanted to talk with him. We got him on the telephone, During the course of the conversation he remarked in a quavery voice:&ldquo;Youth must be served.&rdquo;We had an intimation then that he knew the game was late in the last period for him, though he was forever emphasizing the value of youth in hockey.&ldquo;The way they&rsquo;re playing this game today. I&rsquo;ll take a pair of young legs over an old head any time,&rdquo; he once said.He could have said &ldquo;youth ahead of experience,&rdquo; but he had his own arresting way of saying things. Over the years he developed a news sense, as we were remarking here only a couple of days ago, and almost everything he said on the subject of hockey was fresh and quotable. We also pointed out in the same piece that besides coaching the Canadiens he was also running a school for coaches without being aware of it, since so many of his players became coaches when their playing careers were over.He told us once that listening to Knute Rockne, Notre Dame&rsquo;s football immortal, was what prompted him to become a coach. Dick was a player with the Chicago Black Hawks then, and they were taken to the Notre Dame campus in South Bend to do calisthenics and run a bit as a preliminary to skating.&ldquo;I watched Rockne take charge of a football practice.&rdquo; Dick said.&ldquo; The moment he appeared on the field you could feel the difference. I liked what he said to the players, the way he said it and the way he handled his men.&ldquo;I met him later and I guess he made a lasting impression on me, I know I modelled myself after him when I became a hockey coach.&rdquo;<h2>A Bitter-Sweet Temperament</h2>Maybe they were alike in temperament to begin with. Rockne was a great competitor with a fierce desire to win. He had a biting wit that sometimes verged on sarcasm and, as a coach, he was an instinctive psychologist.The same things could be said of Dick. His temperament was bitter-sweet and even when he smiled there was something wry about it. Conversely, when he told you about his troubles, it would be in words that would make you laugh.We don&rsquo;t think Dick ever tried to fool himself, which made him something of an &ldquo;outsider&rdquo; in the Colin Wilson sense of the term. We have heard him discuss the value of coaching in hockey.&ldquo;Sometimes I think, the hockey players would be better it there were no coaches,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Kids today are over-coached. They don&rsquo;t develop a style of their own and most of them look alike out there on the ice. Thirty and more years ago there were a lot of good hockey players around and they had individual styles that made them interesting to watch.&rdquo;Strange, questing talk from a man who was wrapped up in hockey and made his living at it, but that&rsquo;s what he was like.If he didn&rsquo;t try to foci himself, he didn&rsquo;t try to fool others, either. He was criticized a few years ago when he wouldn&rsquo;t allow his players to shake hands with the victorious Detroit Red Wings after losing the Stanley Cup. His explanation was that he wasn&rsquo;t going to be hypocritical about it.We thought he was wrong in not observing the amenities of sport, but we never questioned his honesty.<h2>His Favourite Players</h2>During his years as coach of the Toronto Leafs his favorite hoekey players were King Clancy, Charlie Conacher and Syl Apps.&ldquo;They were players who could help you when you needed it,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;They could lift a team and get that winning goal.&rdquo;He had favorites here, too, and among them were Rocket Richard and Elmer Lach. He thought the Punch Line was the best forward line he ever saw.&ldquo;They could stir up more excitement than any other line,&rdquo; he explained. &ldquo;The rink would be in a bedlam practically every minute they were on the ice. They gave the spectators action and that&rsquo;s what makes this game.&rdquo;He rated Bill Cook the best all-around hockey player he ever saw and the Rocket as the most exciting one. He thought Milt Schmidt came up with the greatest one-man effort in a game in the Stanley Cup final series between the Bruins and the Canadiens Several years ago. The Bruins won that game &mdash; it was played in Boston &mdash; but Milt was exhausted after it and the Canadiens returned to Montreal to win the series.When the Chicago Black Hawks reported for pre-season training at St. Catharines last September Dick was still at his home here. He had already been sticken by the malady that was to prove fatal. But he forced himself to go to St. Catharines and Tommy Ivan, the Hawks&rsquo; manager, told us about it.&ldquo;He came into my room walking with a cane,&rdquo; Tommy said. &ldquo;&rsquo;Then he broke down and sobbed, &lsquo;I can&rsquo;t do it, Tommy. I can&rsquo;t do it.&rsquo; I was so moved that I couldn&rsquo;t help crying myself.&rdquo; &#9632;

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MONTREAL.-If you were to ask Ted Kennedy of the Toronto Maple Leafs who helped him make a comeback last season, he would surely mention the name of Dick Irvin. As a coach. Irvin tried every trick in the book to stop Kennedy. Dick rated him one of the gamest players in hockey history.As Irvin lay in his bed one sunny afternoon last December, the phone rang.&rdquo;&ldquo;Long distance, calling Mr. Irvin,&rdquo; said the operator.The voice of Ted Kennedy came on the other end of the line. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know if I can make this comeback.&rdquo; he told Irvin.&ldquo;Listen Ted.&rdquo; said Irvin, &ldquo;You&rsquo;re only 31 years of age. You&rsquo;ve always kept in shape and you&rsquo;ve always been a great player. I played this game until I was 37 and you can do the same. Go out there and give it a good try.&rdquo; &#9632;

Irvin Advised Kennedy : Give Comeback Good Try

Leading officials of the hockey world paid the following tributes to Dick Irvin, who died recently.President Clarence Campbell of the National Hockey League said hockey has lost &ldquo;one of the greatest figures the game has ever known&rdquo; in the death of Dick Irvin.&ldquo;Everyone in the hockey world mourns&hellip;&ldquo;From the very beginning of his career as an amateur in pre-First World War days to the time of his death his whole life and everything he did was dedicated to the welfare of hockey, which he served with great credit and distinction to himself and to the game.&ldquo;One of the great regrets I have is that he Was not able to carry on his career to the very end because for him hockey was life itself and even during the period of his greatest suffering he still had the game uppermost in his mind and all those who were associated with it.&ldquo;Hockey has suffered a very great loss in his passing.&rdquo;Leo Dandurand, prominent Montreal sportsman and former owner of the Canadien Hockey Club, said:&ldquo;I am very sad to hear of Dick&rsquo;s death. He was a dedicated hockey man, a great competitor as a player and an outstanding coach. It&rsquo;s a great loss for our national game.&rdquo;Frank Selke, managing director of the Canadiens, said:&ldquo;We were together a long time and I guess Dick was more my kind of fellow than anybody else in hockey. We seemed to like the same things and even when he went to Chicago it made no difference in our friendship. He was a great player and a tough competitor. I am very proud to have worked with him so long.&rdquo;Conn Smythe. Irvin&rsquo;s boss in Toronto for nine years before he came to Montreal, expressed sorrow at ths loss of &ldquo;a great friend.&rdquo;&ldquo;He was a great friend on and off the ice.&rdquo; said Smythe. stunned by the news.Tommy Gorman, former general manager of the Montreal Forum who now lives in Ottawa, said: &ldquo;I brought Dick to Montreal to handle the Canadiens. He was a grand fellow in every way and will be a great loss to hockey and sport in general.&rdquo;Frank (King) Clancy of the Toronto Maple Leafs, a former National Hockey League player and referee, said: &ldquo;Hockey and the world in general have lost one of the keenest and finest persons ever connected with sports events.&rdquo;Coach Toe Blake of the Stanley Cup champion Montreal Canadiens was stunned.&ldquo;Dick Irvin dead?&ldquo;All I can say is that the greatest coach that ever coached hockey is dead.&ldquo;There never will be another coach like him. Any success that I&rsquo;ve had in hockey has been due to Dick.&ldquo;I learned to coach from him. He taught me everything I know.&ldquo;While I was still a player he kept me on for four or five seasons after I had passed my peak.&rdquo;Lynn Patrick, general manager of the Boston Bruins, said the news came as a terrible shock.&ldquo;He outlasted my father (Lester) and me. As a coach he was a great credit to hockey.&rdquo; &#9632;

Tributes

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01561/2146367-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="541" height="947"><figcaption class="caption-body">As A PlayerDICK IRVIN. All-Time great coach is pictured above in his younger days as a player with Regina Vics. As a player he was rated one of hockey&rsquo;s greatest&hellip; as a coach he was the greatest.</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Dick Irvin, grand master of the barbed word and unusual hockey, died at his home earlier this month.He was 64 and death came after a lingering illness struggle against a type of cancer that forced him to give up the game he loved late in 1956. He had spent considerable time in hospital since then.A minor operation and frequent blood transfusions failed to stem the illness. But his sickness never dulled the dry wit that made him a favorite with his colleagues and sports reporters.Irvin, slim and silver-haired, spent 27 seasons in the National Hockey League as a coach &mdash; three with Chicago; nine with Toronto and 15 with Montreal. He won four Stanley Cups, three in Montreal and one in Toronto. Only four times did teams he coached finish out of the playoffs.Irvin was an outstanding player before becoming a coach&mdash;a centre who could stickhandle smoothly and fire a hard, accurate shot. He spent most of his playing days in Western Canada and on the Pacific Coast. He didn&rsquo;t play in the National Hockey League until he was 34 but even then missed out on the league scoring title by only one point.Irvin, one of the shrewdest and most successful coaches the National Hockey League has known devoted his life to the game almost from his corner-lot days.In the 1927-28 season a skull fracture ended his brilliant playing career. From then on the name Dick Irvin became an integral part of big-time hockey, the game he loved to the point of fanaticism.<h2>Four Stanley Chips</h2>In 27 years of coaching in the NHL, Irvin had four Stanley Cup winners. His teams were out of the playoffs only four times. He coached Chicago Black Hawks for two seasons, after his playing days with that club ended. He went to Toronto in the 1931-1932 season and coached the Maple Leafs for nine years, winning the Stanley Cup his first season with them.Then for 15 seasons Irvin coached Montreal Canadiens, the colorful team capturing the Cup three times. After the 1954-55 season &mdash; a successful one although it ended with the Montreal Forum riot and no championship for Canadiens &mdash; Irvin was offered the coaching job with the struggling Black Hawks, the club he had left 25 years before. At 63, he accepted the job as something of a challenge. But after one season illness struck him. He tried carry on after resting throughout the summer of 1956. At the training camp that fall he had to give up.In a game in which startling innovations and improvisations by coaches are a rarity, Irvin figured in at least two that became the talk of the League.In the 1930-31 season while coaching the Hawks he confounded the opposition by rotating three intact lines. The other teams, not using such wholesale substitutions then, found themselves faltering as they faced one fresh line after another.During the 1955 playoffs against Detroit he came up with a shuttle system of goalies. He alternated regular goalie Jacques Plante and sub-goalie Charlie Hodge at intervals of seven or eight minutes.James Dickinson Irvin&mdash;many people still think he was named Richard Irvin&mdash;was born July 19, 1892 at Limestone Ridge, just outside Hamilton, Ont. When he was seven his family moved to Winnipeg, where Dick attracted attention while playing with church and school team.<h2>Started in Winnipeg</h2>His first major competitive hockey was with the Winnipeg Strathcona Juniors, a team without a league: It played challenge games.In 1912, while sitting in the Winnipeg Amphitheatre, he was summoned to help Winnipeg Monarchs when a player was injured. In two games Monarchs scored 10 goals. Irvin got six of them. &#9632;

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Dick’s Dedication To Ice Game Started From Corner-Lot Days

<div class="byline">By LEN BRAMSON</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0007-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01513/2146477-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">JAMES DICKENSON (DICK) IRVIN : LEFT. AS COACH OF TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS. CENTRE. STANLY CUP COACH OF MONTREAL CANADIENS. RIGHT. AS COACH OF CHICAGO BLACK HAWKS. HE COACHED FOUR STANLEY CUP TEAMS IN HIS GLITTERING 27 YEAR CAREER.</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;The body of James Dickenson (Dick) Irvin has been stilled forever&hellip; but the memory of a man, great in his chosen profession, great as a wit and philosopher and greater as a father and husband, will linger &rsquo;till the end of time.Lukemia, the same cruel disease that took Lou Gehrig from this earth struck down Dick Irvin, but no one ever gave this terrible menace to mankind a tougher battle. He fought it to the bitter end and, in the end, the strength sapped from his once virile body, he lay back. The forces of this evil were too strong for him&hellip; it was the only force of evil ever to best this great guy.To me, more than a hockey coach passed away that night in Montreal. A true friend left me. In the ten years I had known him. Dick Irvin became a guiding light. In his odd jargon he taught me what to write and told me what the people wanted to read. Like Will Rogers, he lacked a college education, but like Will Rogers, he did not lack in the education of life. He was a controversial figure. He made friends and enemies, and most of his enemies envied him.<h2>Taught And Thought Hockey</h2>I am told I was the last person to see Dick Irvin alive&hellip; other than his immediate family. If that is true, it is not the memory I will retain of him.The memory I will retain is a much happier one. It&rsquo;s the one of him raking up the leaves in his back yard, a pair of old paint splattered dungarees gracing the legs that once carried his body up and down the ice with the speed of a jet. Tucked inside the dungarees was a soiled Montreal Canadiens sweater bearing the number 12. An old painter&rsquo;s cap sat upon his silver head, and every now and then ho would lift it to pass his steady hand over his sweating brow. As he raked he talked, mostly about hockey and hockey players. There were a few he didn&rsquo;t have a genuine liking for. Durnan, Blake, Bouchard, Lach, Richard, Harmon, Getliffe, Reay combined to make his life a happy one. In his latter years Harvey, Beliveau, Geoffrion, St. Laurent, Plante, Moore, Olmstead and Johnson carried on where the older ones had left off.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02473/2146470-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="1800" height="1356"><figcaption class="caption-body">Fond Memories With The FamilyTHE LOVE DICK IRVIN HAD FOR HOCKEY WAS SURPASSED ONLY BY THE LOVE HE HAD FOR HIS FAMILY. ABOVE. ONE OF THE LAST FAMILY PICTURES TAKEN AT THE IRVIN HOUSEHOLD. ON THE LEFT IS DAUGHTER FAYE. SEATED IN FRONT OF SON DICK JR. ON THE RIGHT IS MRS. BERTHA IRVIN, WHO HELPED DICK CARVE HIS ENVIOUS CAREER. HIS SCRAPBOOK DATES BACK TO HIS REALY DAY AS A STARRY FORWARD. HE PLAYED WITH WINNIPEG, REGINA VICS AND THE OLD PORTLAND ROSEBUDS.</figcaption></div>He taught hockey and thought hockey twelve months a year. As he kneeled down to pour gas in his hand-made grass cutter, he would laugh&ldquo;Do you think Casey Stengel does this when the baseball season is over or has he got a gardner to do it for him?&rdquo; he would ask. Or, &ldquo;If I&rsquo;d won the Stanley Cup last year I&rsquo;d have a man cutting this grass for me right now.&rdquo;<h2>Second Best No Good</h2>No man hated to lose as much as Irvin. Determination was his biggest forte. Second best was never good enough for him. He was em-barrased to finish anywhere but on top. He drove his players to victory by instiling pride&rsquo; in the organization they represented. Those that didn&rsquo;t like it, didn&rsquo;t stick. He wasn&rsquo;t mean and grizzly as he was often pictured. Indeed, if every man in this world attacked his job as Dick Irvin did, there would be many, many more successful stories to tell in life.Irvin had many ambitions in the latter year3 of his life. He had hoped to settle down on a farm on the outskirts of Hamilton. He would have liked to sit and talk with Marse Joe McCarthy, the former Yankee baseball manager whom he admired. He felt he had much in common with McCarthy. He was right&hellip; both produced champions. &#9632;

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Top Spot His Goal Everytime

MONTREAL, &mdash; Left winger Dickie Moore of the Montreal Canadiens, one of Irvin&rsquo;s former players became a father the day death claimed his former coach.Mrs. Joan Moore gave birth to a six pound 12 ounce boy.&ldquo;We originally planned to call him Dickie if it was a boy.&rdquo; said Moore. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m proud that he&rsquo;ll bare the same name as such a great man as Dick Irvin.&rdquo; &#9632;

Moore Baby Born Day Ex-Coach Passed Away

<div class="byline">By KEN McKENZIE</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01547/2146539-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="956" height="1448"><figcaption class="caption-body">ANDY HEBENTON</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02477/2146532-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="276" height="405"><figcaption class="caption-body">Earl Reibel</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Andy Hebenton of the New York Rangers is the 1956-57 Lady Byng Memorial Trophy winner. The 27-year-old New York right winger, finished ahead of two former winners, Earl Reibel and Sid Smith.Hebenton polled 45 points to Reibel&rsquo;s 39 and Smith&rsquo;s 37. Reibel, clever center of the Detroit Red Wings, won the trophy last year, while Smith, veteran left winger of the Toronto Maple Leafs, has won the trophy on two previous occasions.No less than 26 players received one or the balloting for the trophy which is awarded annually to &ldquo;the player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct coimbined with a high standard of playing ability during the season.&rdquo;Other players besides Hebenton, Reibel and Smith to receive points were Don McKenney, Boston, 31; Floyd Curry, Canadiens, 27; Alex Delvecchio, Detroit, 24; Red Kelly, Detroit, 23; Andy Bathgate, Rangers, 19; Nick Mickoski, Chicago, 17; Jerry Toppazzini, Boston. 9; Rudy Migay, Toronto, 8; Eddie Litzenberger, Chicago, 7; Allan Stanley, Boston, 5; Billy Dea, Detroit, 5; Johnny Wilson, Chicago, 4; Real Chevrefils, Boston, 4; Jean Beliveau, Canadiens, 3; Bernie Geoffrion, Canadiens, 3; Camille Henry. Rangers, 3; Harry Watson. Chicago. 2; Henri Richard, Canadiens. 2; Larry Popein, Rangers, 2; Don Marshall, Canadiens, 2; Dave Creighton, Rangers, 1; Dickie Moore, Canadiens, 1; and Ted Lindsay, Detroit, 1.Andy Hebenton will receive $1,000. from the National Hockey League for winning the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy. Andy, who was born in Winnipeg, Man., on October 3, 1929, is of Scottish extraction. He grew up in Winnipeg and played his hockey there under Montreal Canadiens&rsquo; sponsorship. He turned professional with Cincinnati of the American Hockey League in 1949-50.<h2>All-Star At Victoria</h2>The clean-cut 5&rsquo;9&rdquo;, 180-pound winger played the next five seasons for the Victoria Cougars of the Western League. His last season with Victoria was most successful. He was selected as All-Star left wing. He scored 46 goals and had 34 assists for 80 points, and was one of the most rugged players in the league. So i rugged in fact that he missed only three games out of 280 during the five years he played with Victoria.Andy has played in every game with Rangers since joining the club at the start of the 1955-56 season. The first player move Muzz Patrick made after being named General Manager of the Rangers was to buy Hebenton from Victoria. It turned out to be one of the best moves Muzz Patrick made, since he came to the Rangers.Last season Hebenton played right wing on a line with. Danny Lewicki on left and Dave Creighton at center. Andy scored 21 goals and had 23 assists for 44 points. He spent a total of 10 minutes in the penalty box. Always a hard but clean player, Hebenton plays hockey in a Very businesslike manner.Reibel was the leader at the half-way mark of the season with 24 points. Floyd Curry was next with 20 points and Hebenton placed third with 15. Hebenton garnered the most points in the second half&mdash;30. Sid Smith was next with 25 and Alex Delvecchio of Detroit was third with 24. &#9632;

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Hebenton Edges Reibel, Smith To Cop Byng With 45 Points

<div class="byline">By KEN McKENZIE</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03391/2146612-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="265" height="426"><figcaption class="caption-body">Charged Home On 1st BallotsGlen Holl</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-04306/2146605-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="287" height="428"><figcaption class="caption-body">Doug Harvey</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-05243/2146598-1-eng-US/f0008-052.jpg" title="f0008-05" width="269" height="425"><figcaption class="caption-body">Red Kelly</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-06202/2146591-1-eng-US/f0008-062.jpg" title="f0008-06" width="276" height="429"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gordie Howe</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-07169/2146584-1-eng-US/f0008-072.jpg" title="f0008-07" width="277" height="412"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jean Beliveau</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-08143/2146577-1-eng-US/f0008-082.jpg" title="f0008-08" width="277" height="424"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ted Lindsay</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-09120/2146570-1-eng-US/f0008-092.jpg" title="f0008-09" width="272" height="428"><figcaption class="caption-body">Mourice Richord</figcaption></div>Only Leafs Not Represented On Either TeamMONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Players from the National Hockey League champion Detroit Red Wings earned four of the six positions on the 1956-57 National Hockey League All-Star Team. The other two positions were won by members of the Stanley Cup champion Montreal CanadiensThe First Team was selected as follows: Goal, Glenn Hall, Detroit; Defense, Doug Harvey, Canadiens and Red Kelly, Detroit; Center, Jean Beliveau, Canadiens; Right Wing, Gordie Howe, Detroit and Left Wing, Ted Lindsay, Detroit.Gordie Howe. Detroit&rsquo;s five-time National Hockey League scoring king, polled more votes than any player in garnering the right wing post. Howe polled 176 out of a possible 180 points and missed by four being a unanimous choice. Harvey was close behind with 172 points.Each member of the First Team receives $1,000 from the N.H.L., while members of the Second Team pick up cheques for $500 each. The voting for the All-Star teams was carried out by a panel of hockey writers, broadcasters and telecasters from the six N.H.L. cities.Four of the six players on the First Team are repeaters from last year&rsquo;s All-Star sextet. Following is the Official 1956-57 National Hockey League First and Second All-Star Teams with the number of points compiled by each player in parenthesis;First TrainGlenn Hall, Det. (121) &hellip;&hellip; GoalDoug Harvey, Cdns. (172) DefenseRed Kelly, Det. (98) &hellip;&hellip; DefenseJean Beliveau, Cdns (141) CenterGortdie Howe, Det. (176) R,-WingTed Dindsay, Det. (156) &hellip;&hellip; L.-WingSecond TeamJacques Plante, Cdns. (85) &hellip;&hellip; GoalFern Flaman, Bost. (79) &hellip;&hellip; DefenseBill Gadsby, Rang. (77) &hellip;&hellip; DefenseEddie Litzenberger, Chi. (43) CenterMaurice Richard, Cdns. (69) R.-WingReal Chevrefils, Bost. (55) L.-WingPoints were awarded on the basis of five for a first choice, three for a second and one for a third. Each of the six N.H.L. cities had three first choices, three seconds and three thirds. Balloting was divided into two halves &mdash; games up to and including those played on December 31, 1956 constituted the first half and games after December 31, the second half. A unanimous selection for each half would poll 90 points.This was the first time Hall had been selected for the First Team. He moved up from the Second Team where he was picked a year ago. Harvey and Kelly almost perennials on defense. The 1956-57 All-Star Team marked Harvey&rsquo;s sixth straight year on the First Team. Kelly has been a member of the First Team six times and the Second Team twice during the past eight years.Beliveau repeated at center ice for the third year in a row. Last season he was a unanimous choice. It was the eighth time Lindsay had been picked for the left wing position on the First Team. The veteran Detroiter has made the First Team eight times and the Second Team once in the last 10 years.Gordie Howe took over his position at right wing on the First Squad after relinquishing the post to Maurice Richard for the last two seasons. Howe has been All-Star right winger on the First Team five times and three times on the No. 2 Team.Jacques Plante, First Team goalie a year ago, dropped back to the Second Team this year. Fern Flaman. Boston&rsquo;s spirited captain, who was selected to a berth on the Second Team, held down similar honors in 1954-55. Bill Gadsby, other member of this year&rsquo;s Second Team defense combo, made the First Team a year ago.Average age of the players on the 1956-37 First Team is 28.6 years. Doug Harvey is the oldest player at 32. His teammate, Jean Beliveau, is the youngest at 25. Other ages are: Glenn Hall, 26; Red Kelly, 29; and Gordie Howe, 29. &#9632;

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Four Wings, Two Habs On Stars; Howe, Harvey Nearly Unanimous

Geoffrion, Sloan Delvecchio, Show Biggest Drop-Off Inscrease By One As Howe, Lindsey Beliveau Leaders<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01532/2146657-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="541" height="560"><figcaption class="caption-body">Old Faces&hellip; &hellip;1-2-3GORDIE HOWE</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02505/2146650-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="534" height="528"><figcaption class="caption-body">TED LINDSAY</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03450/2146643-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="551" height="570"><figcaption class="caption-body">JEAN BELIVEAU</figcaption></div>MONTREAL. Que.&mdash;Thirteen players scored 20 or more goals in the 1956-57 National Hockey League reason. That&rsquo;s one more, than hit the magic figure the season before. In 1955-56 only 12 players were able to dent the nets for 20 or more goals. This season two players missed the magic mark by one goal and no Jess than seven players scored 18 goals.The 13 players who scored 20 goals or more are Gordie Howe of Detroit with 44, Ted Lindsay of Detroit, 30, Jean Beliveau, Montreal, 33, Andy Bathgate. Rangers, 27, Ed. Litzenberger, Chicago, 32, Maurice Richard, Montreal. 32. Don McKenney, Boston. 21. Dickie Moore, Montreal. 29. Real Chevrefils, Boston. 31, Andy Hebenton, Rangers. 21. Dick Duff, Toronto. 26. Vic Stasiuk, Boston, 24, Fleming Mackell. Boston. 22.Each club, in the NHL was represented with at least one or more players. Boston led the way with four players in the charmed circle, Montreal had 3, Detroit two. Rangers two and Chicago and Toronto one each.<h2>Seven Fail To Repeat</h2>Oddly enough no fewer than seven of the 12 players who hit the 20 mark failed to make that grade in 1956-57. In other words, only five players who scored 20 goals or more in 1955-56 did so again in the past season. Newcomers this year were Bathgate, Litzenberger. McKenney. Moore, Chevrefils. Duff, Stasiuk and Mackell.Those who tailed to repeat this year were Tod Sloan. Toronto who scored 37 in 1955-56, Boom Boom Geoffrion, Canadiens who had 29, Alex Delvecchio, Detroit, 29, Dave Creighton, Rangers, 20, Dean Prentice, Rangers, 24, Wally Hefgesheimer, Rangers and Chicago, 22, and Johnnv Wlison Chicago, 24.Those who repeated this year were Howe. Detroit, who scored 38 in 1955-56, Beliveau, Montreal. who scored 47 in &rsquo;55-56, Maurice Richard. Montreal. 38, Ted Lindsay, Detroit, 27 and Andy Hebenton of Rangers who had 24.Dean prentice of the Rangers and Boom Boom Geoffrion of Montreal were the two players who missed the 2.0 goal mark by a single marker. Both had 19. The year before both had 20 or more. Geoffrion had 2 9 and Prentice 24.Seven players were two away from 20 goals this season. Henri Richard, for the second time in his two year career in the NHL, scored 18, Others were Johnny Wilson, Chicago, Leo LaBine, Boston, George Armstrong, Toronto. Dave Creighton, Rangers. Danny Lewicki, Rangers, and Jack McIntyre, Chicago.4 Score Most EarlyThis season four of the 13&mdash;20 goal scorers scored the bulk of their goals in the first half of the season. Three others broke even, scoring the same number in both halfs.Gordie Howe scored 24 goals in the first half, and 20 in the second. Teammate Ted Lindsay seored 17 in the first half and 13 in the second. Jean Beliveau scored 19 in the first half and 14 in the latter half. Dickie Moore was the fourth piaster to scored the bulk of his goals in the opening half of the season. He netted 17 and 12.Dickie Duff scored 13 in each half, Vic Stasiuk scored an even dozen in each half and Mackell netted eleven pucks in both halfs of the year.Of the 13-20 goal scorers this season eigth of them played the full 70 game schedule. They are Lindsay, Howe, Bathgate. Litzenberger. Moore, Chevrefils, Hebenton and Duff. The other five were sidelined during the season. Beliveau played 69 games, Maurice Richard. 63, Don McKenney, 69, Vic Stasiuk, 64 and Fleming Mackell, 65. &#9632;

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Eight New Players In 1956-57, 20 Club

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20 Goal Scorers - - When They Scored Them

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-05307/2146719-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="511" height="520"><figcaption class="caption-body">One of 147GENE ACHIYMICHUK</figcaption></div>MONTREAL. Que.&mdash; A total of 147 players performed in the National Hockey League during the 1956-57 season. Of that 147 players only 34 completed the 70 games schedule and 15 were brought up for trials either from amateur clubs or minor pro or to fill in for injured players.Of that 147 players ten were goalers. Interesting is the fact that there was not one interleague trade whereby a player played for two National League learns during the season. However, there was one case whereby a player started with a club, was picked up on waivers, sent to the minors and then recalled for one game by his new employers. Such was the ease of Bronco Horvatlu the started the season with the Rangers, playing seven games for them. When the Rangers tried to waive him out of the NHL so he could be sent to Providence of the AHL. the Canadiens immediately claimed him for the waiver price. He was subsequently shipped to Rochester and then recalled for a one game trial by the Habs.The Canadiens actually used more players than any other team during the year. No fewer than 29 donned the red, white and blue of the Habs during the 1956-57 season. Of that 29, four were up on trial from Ottawa Junior Canadiens or other farms. They were Jerry Wilson, Ralph Backstrom. Murray Balfour from Ottawa and Al Johnson from Cincinnati of the International League. Glen Cressman tried out with the Canadiens for four games. He was recalled from Rochester and returned to (he Royals of the Quebec League. Also used were Guy Rousseau from the Royals and Gene Achtymichuk from the Quebec Aces.The Boston Bruins used 26 players during the season, three of whom were goalers.The Bruins also made good use of their Hershey farm club and called Up Al Nicholson, Dick Cherry. George Ranieri and Ed Panagabko during the season. They also called upon Floyd Hillman from Quebec Aces for six games and Floyd Smith was recalled from Hershey and remained with the club.The Toronto Maple Leafs used 25 players, including Ken Girard and Frank Mahovlich for three game trials from the Junior Marlboros. The Leafs did most of their recalling from Rochester of the American League.The Chicago Black Hawks used 24 players during the year. However, Tommy Ivan didn&rsquo;t toy around with any amateurs. He either recalled players from Buffalo or other farm clubs. Once he made a trade by sending young Defenseman Ron Ingram to Cleveland for Rear-guard Ian Cushenan.The Detroit Red Wings called upon 23 players to win the NHL flag for them. They too stayed clear of amateurs and when they had to fill in. did it with pros from their Edmonton farm.The Rangers used less players than any other team in the League. Only 20 players saw action with the Blueshirt&beta; during the course of the 70 games. Providence was the main source of supply for Phil Watson when he needed help. &#9632;

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NHL Clubs Dressed 147 Players In Hectic 70-Game ’56-57 Race

MONTREAL. QUE. &mdash; Of the 147 players who performed in the National Hockey League during the 1956-57 season, 39 failed to score a goal and 29 failed to pick up a point.Only two players who performed lengthy service with NHL teams failed io notch at least a goal. They were defensemen Jean-Guy Talbot of the Canadiens and Jimmy Thomson of Toronto. Talbot played 59 games and Thomson 62.No other player played more than halt the season and failed to score. &#9632;

39 Fail To Score in NHL

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0010-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01546/2146788-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg"></div><h2>FINAL STANDINGS</h2><h2>INDIVIDUAL SCORING & PENALTY RECORDS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02474/2146781-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="882" height="1800"></div><h2>RECORD OF GOALKEEPERS FOR SEASON 1955-56</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03397/2146774-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="1102" height="843"></div><h2>PENALTIES IN MINUTES BY CLUBS</h2>DETROIT &hellip;&hellip; 656CHICAGO &hellip;&hellip; 809TORONTO &hellip;&hellip; 829RANGERS &hellip;&hellip; 870CANADIENS &hellip;&hellip; 870BOSTON &hellip;&hellip; 978 &#9632;

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National League Official Scoring Regular Season 1956-57

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0010-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-05226/2146864-1-eng-US/f0010-052.jpg"></div><h2>INDIVIDUAL SCORING & PENALTY RECORDS Stanley Cup Playoff Results 1956-57</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-06179/2146857-1-eng-US/f0010-062.jpg" title="f0010-06" width="1092" height="858"></div><h2>GOALKEEPERS RECORD</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-07137/2146850-1-eng-US/f0010-072.jpg" title="f0010-07" width="1097" height="162"></div><h2>PENALTIES IN MINUTES BY CLUBS</h2>RANGERS &hellip;&hellip; 48DETROIT &hellip;&hellip; 66CANADIENS &hellip;&hellip; 122BOSTON &hellip;&hellip; 127 &#9632;

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NATIONAL LEAGUE STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS 1956-57

NEW YORK, N.Y. &mdash; &ldquo;The Case of the Missing Ranger Fan Club Banner&rdquo; or &ldquo;Who Threw The Overalls in Governor Drummer&rsquo;s Chowder&rdquo; was solved by Scotland Yard officials disguised as Boston police.You will recall mystery fans that a band (undoubtedly maked) of renegade Bostonians made off with the treasured banner, March 3rd, at Boston Garden. What&rsquo;s more, it was stolen right before the eyes of &ldquo;Sherlock&rdquo; Schiff, president of the Rangers Fan Club, and his faithful companion Dr. Watson, who doubles as New York coach.At first it was feared the bandits would cut tl&frac14;e immense red, white and blue cloth into little pieces and offer it to the Bruin players for use as skate blade wipers. This, the police insisted, would surely depreciate the value of the banner.Truly, the incident had the Fan Club in a tizzy and there even was talk of asking Holmes (oops, we meant Schiff) to turn in his president&rsquo;s badge.However, Scotla&#326;d Yard came to the rescue. With the noble assistance of Sir Walter Brown, president of Boston Garden, and his loyal constables, the banner was discovered at Governor Drummer Academy, Byfield, Mass. It was returned to New York and immediately put into a heavily guarded vault of the Chase-Manhattan Bank.A full-scale investigation, involving the highest echelon in the Fan Club, now is underway to determine how this most embarassing Incident could be avoided in the future.Fabian Fischler suggests the bearers chain it to their wrists when next in Boston.Elementary, my dear, Watson, elementary.Fischler. &#9632;

Ranger Fan Club Sleuths Solve Mystery of Banner

MONTREAL. Que.&mdash;There was a slight up-serge in goal scoring in the National Hockey League last season &mdash; but it wasn&rsquo;t enough to make anyone worry about too much scaring.There was a difference of 66 goals scored between the last two years. During the 70 game schedule 1955-56 season a total of 1064 goals were scored. Last season NHL players, and a few who weren&rsquo;t. NHL players potted 1130 goals in 70 games.The extra 6 6 goals didn&rsquo;t come from the bright lights on the NHL totem pole. As a matter of fact there was only a difference of four goals between the top ten scorers this against the 1955-56 season the top ten scored a total of 309 year before the top ten put 313 pucks into the nets.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-04304/2146819-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="529" height="806"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ivan&#700;s Bad BoyGUS MORTSON</figcaption></div>The extra goals stems from the fact that more players were used this season than has been used since the war called them from the NHL ranks.<h2>Penalty Minutes High</h2>Interesting too, is the fact that nine players spent one hundred or more minutes in the penalty box this season. Officially, Defenseman and Captain Gus Mortson of the Chicago Black Hawks did more mileage in the sin bin than any other player. He had the rather dubious honor of collecting 14 7 minutes cooling his heels on the short bench. Runner-up to Mortson was Ranger Bad Man Leapin&rsquo; Lou Fontinato. The wild Blueshirt Rearguard managed to collect 139 minutes in the penalty box.Cocky Leo LaBine of the Boston Bruins was third in the race for penalty minute honors. He was sent off for the total of 128 minutes, or just eight minutes over two hours, or just eight minutes over two hockey games.Rookie Pierre Pilote of the Chicago Black Hawks rearguard corps settled in the box for minutes for fourth place Defenseman Jack Evans of Rangers was called for 110 minutes. Other one hundred minutes or more players were Fern Flaman, Boston, 108, Jean Beliveau, Montreal, 105, Ted Lindsay, Detroit, 103, Warren Godfrey, Detroit, 103 and Forbes Kennedy, Chicago, 102. Of the 809 minutes Chicago players spent in the penalty box during the season three players managed to eat up no less than 366 minutes, or just a little over six games.<h2>Henry Clean Man</h2>Camille Henry of the Rangers played 36 games for the Rangers, just over over half a season but only spent two minutes in the penalty box. That&rsquo;s the lowest of all the NHL players who played a half a season or more. Others close to that mark were Sid Smith, Toronto, 4, Earl Reibel, Detroit, 6, Don Marshall, Montreal, 6, Alex Delvecchio, Detroit, 8 and Harry Watson of Chicago, 9.Ten players scored just one goal during the season. They were Bob Armstrong, Boston, Dollard St. Laurent, Montreal, Warren Godfrey, Detroit, Frank Martin, Chicago, Al Arbour, Detroit, Ron Ingram, Chicago, Bob Turner, Montreal, Bronco Horvath, Rangers, Montreal (scored while with Rangers), Larry Hillman, Detroit, John Sleaver, Chicago and Frank Mahovlich who played three games for Toronto. &#9632;

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Produce More Goals In ʼ56

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0011-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01543/2146933-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg"></div><h2>FINAL TEAM STANDINGS</h2><h2>INDIVIDUAL SCORING RECORDS</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02496/2146926-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="1128" height="2561"></div><h2>FINAL GOALTENDER RECORDS</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03423/2146919-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="1101" height="725"></div>* Goals scored after removal of groaltender form game for added scoring power do not count against goaltender&rsquo;s personal record. Number of goals scored in parentheses. &#9632;

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American League Final Standing And Scoring 1956-57

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0011-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04347/2147019-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg"></div><h2>SERIES &ldquo;A&rdquo;</h2>Teams which finished first and third, best four out of sevenTuesday, March 26, Rochester 1 at Providence 0 (MacDonald)Thursday, March 28, Rochester 2 at Providence 0 (Mazur)Friday, March 29, Providence 4 at Rochester 3 (Cline)Sunday, March 31, Providence 1 at Rochester 5 (Nykoluk)Wednesday, April 3, Rochester 4 at Providence 2 (Masnick)Rochester won series, 4 games to 1, and advanced to Series C &mdash; Finals.<h2>SERIES &ldquo;B&rdquo;</h2>Teams which finished second and fourth, best four out of sevenTuesday, March 26, Hershey 3 at Cleveland 0 (O&rsquo;Brien)Thursday, March 28, Hershey 2 at Cleveland 4 (Kraftcheck)Saturday, March, 30, Cleveland 5 at Hershey 2 (Ingram)Tuesday, Apirl 2 Cleveland 2 at Hershey 3 (Duff)Thursday, April 4, Hershey 1 at Cleveland 2 (Glover)Saturday, April 6, Cleveland 0 at Hershey 3 (Cherry)Sunday, April 7 Hershey 3 at Cleveland 5 (Elik) (10:00 Overtime)Cleveland won series, 4 games to 3, and advanced to Series C &mdash; Finals.<h2>SERIES &ldquo;C&rdquo;</h2>Winners of series &ldquo;A&rdquo; and &ldquo;B&rdquo;, best four out of sevenTuesday. April 9, Rochester 1 at Cleveland 2 (Ingram) (10:00 Overtime)Wed. April 10, Cleveland 2 at Rochester 5 (Masnick) (10:00 Overtime)Saturday, April 13th, Rochester 1 at Cleveland 5 (Glover)Sunday, April 14, Cleveland 6 at Rochester 3 (Vejprava)Wednesday, April 17, Rochester 4 at Cleveland 5 (Hayden) (16:58 Overtime)Cleveland won series, 4 games to 1, for Calder Cup Playoff Championship. Name jo parentheses indicates player who scored the winning goal.<h2>TEAM TOTALS</h2><h2>LEADERS</h2>GOALS&mdash; Johnny McLellan, Cleveland &mdash; 7ASSISTS&mdash; Steve Kraftcheck, Cleveland and Jimmy Moore, Cleveland &mdash; 11WINNING GOALS&mdash; Ron Ingram, Cleveland; Fred Glover, Cleveland; Paul Masnick, Hoch &mdash; 2TWO GOALS IN ONE GAME &mdash; Dune Fisher, Hershey &mdash; 2THREE GOALS IN ONE GAME&mdash; Johnny McLellan, Cleveland; Ken Hayden, Cleveland &mdash; 1.MINOR PENALTIES&mdash; Pete Goegan, Cleveland &mdash; 15MAJOR PENALTIES&mdash; Ken Hayden, Cleveland; Gordon Hannigan, Roeheater &mdash; 3TEN MINUTE MISCONDUCTS&mdash; Arnie Kullman, Hershey &mdash; 2TOTAL PENALTY MINUTES&mdash; Gordon Hannigan, Rochester &mdash; 7LOWEST GOALTENDING AVERAGE&mdash; Gerry McNamara, Hershey &mdash; 7 games, 16 goats, 2.29 average.<h2>GOALTENDER RECORDS</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-05295/2147012-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="1101" height="124"></div>* Goals scored after removal of groaltender form game for extra scoring power, do not count against his personal average. Numbers in prnientbeees indease goals scored under such conditions. &#9632;

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Calder Cup Playoffs Results and Scoring 1956-57

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0012-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01524/2147071-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg"></div><h2>FINAL STANDING PRAIRIE DIVISION</h2><h2>COAST DIVISION</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02437/2147064-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="1093" height="164"></div><h2>INDIVIDUAL PLAYERS&rsquo; RECORDS SEASON 1956-57</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03332/2147057-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="1121" height="2360"></div><h2>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS SEASON 1956-57</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-04239/2147050-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg" title="f0012-04" width="1112" height="823"></div> &#9632;

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Western Hockey League Final Regular, Playoff Scoring Statistics 1956-57

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0012-06" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-06128/2147147-1-eng-US/f0012-062.jpg"></div><h2>FINAL STANDINGS</h2><h2>INDIVIDUAL SCORING</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-07106/2147140-1-eng-US/f0012-072.jpg" title="f0012-07" width="1116" height="1677"></div><h2>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0888/2147133-1-eng-US/f0012-082.jpg" title="f0012-08" width="1114" height="1602"></div> &#9632;

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Quebec Hockey League Final Regular, Playoff Scoring Statistics 1956-57

<div class="byline">By AL OSTROM</div>SEATTLE &mdash; Guyle Fielder, born in America but raised in the hockey clime of Nipawin, Saskatchewan, today stands alone and untouched among the immortals who skated and won fame during the 45-year history of Western hockey, and the game has seen some great ones come and go during this near-half century.Not even during the days when the game was considered major league in Seattle was there a player who could match the magic of Fielder&rsquo;s hockey wizardy.Potlatch. Ida., never before nor probably never in the future will ever produce as superb an athlete as this amazing, nerveless Seattle American playmaker.Fielder reached hockey&rsquo;s greatest heights this year zhen he closed out the regular season with an incredible total of 122 points, earned through 33 goals and 89 assists.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-05162/2147102-1-eng-US/f0012-052.jpg" title="f0012-05" width="536" height="793"><figcaption class="caption-body">Amerk WizzardGUYLE FIELDER</figcaption></div>The 122 represents not only a Western League recard, but an all-time professional mark as well. Red Sullivan, while playing for Hershey of the American League three years ago, held the previous pro scoring record with 119 points.At the last game of the season it was announced that Fielder had won the Seattle Americans Fan Club trophy for being the Most Popular player it being the second time he earned this coveted award. In addition his teammates voted him as the club&rsquo;s Most Inspirational player.Earlier in the season the sportswriters and casters honored him as the &ldquo;American of the Month.&rdquo;Add these awards to the All-Star position he won in the WHL and the Most Valuable Player award, and there will be precious few honors left for the gifted playmaker to have earned in one season.The only coach who was able to devise even a half-effective defense against Fielder in recent years was Billy Reay, who headed the Victoria Cougars in 1953-54 and 1954-55. Reay had a most simple plan to stop Fielder: put two men on him.A playing-coach, Billy used to take a regular turn at center for the Cougars, and invariably the would go over the boards with his line when Fielder and his trio came on for Seattle. A defensive specialist during his many seasons with the Montreal Canadiens Reay, with the aid of his left wingman, managed to keep Fielder from, cluttering up the score sheet.This season Fielder has not one, but two goalscoring threats for wingmen&mdash;Ray Kinasewich and Val Fonteyne. No coach in his right mind would take a chance on assigning two men to guard Guyle, even if the idea did occur to him.One amazing prospect of Fielder&rsquo;s proficiency is the fact that he is able to meet the tremendous physical and mental demands of the game. He weighs only 155, but he is seldom down with injuries. He has been a marked man by a good many of the league&rsquo;s &ldquo;spoilers,&rdquo; but has managed to embarrass his tormentors more often than not.Seattle coach Keith Allen, one of the cleanest players in the game and an All-Star with Brandon last year, made this remark when asked how often he was able to &ldquo;nail&rdquo; Fielder.&ldquo;Stop him? Huh. I was seldom able to touch him let alone stop him.&rdquo; the hockey dressing room during a practice session or after some games, and if asked what he wants to be when he grows up, he just points with pride at his father&rsquo;s goaltending equipment. If the youngster is anywhere near as good as his famous father, he will have a long and brilliant career in hockey. &#9632;

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Fielder Sets All-Time WHL Scoring Mark

NEW YORK NY.&mdash;The oldest and the biggest of all the rookie stars to ever arrive in the American Hockey League, Boris (Bo) Elik, leftwing of the Calder Cup Champions, Cleveland Barons, has ben named as the league&rsquo;s outstanding first year player for 1956-57. He will receive the Dudley (Red) Garrett Memorial Trophy, and a $300.00 league bonus for his remarkable achievements as a recruit.The 27-year-old Elik is unique, in that most rookies to enter the professional ranks are in their very early twenties. Previous to this season, all of Elik&rsquo;s hockey had been played in the amateur ranks, with the exception of a single game trybut in 1955-56. He was then brought in to Cleveland from North Bay of the Senior Northern Ontario Hockey Association, where he had played for the three seasons prior to turning professional this past season.In gaining the honor of the best of the rookies, Elik compiled a total of 2 6 points out of a possible 30, on four votes for top choice and two for second. In the voting by the press, radio and TV representatives of the six league cities, a first place nomination is worth 5 points, a second choice 3 points with a single point for third place. Five other first year players received recognition in the voting, with Elik&rsquo;s closest rival being his teammate, goaltender Marcel Paille, who had 15 points. Al (Junior) Langlois of Rochester Americans was third with 7 points while Ray Cyr of the Providence Reds followed with 4. Ab McDonald of Rochester and George Bouchard of Springfield each with one point, were the other rookies mentioned on the ballots. The remaining two first place votes not given to Elik, went to Paille and Langlois.In beating out such a fine array of rookie competition for top honors, Elik had to have a brilliant-record, and he did. He had a total of 80 points, evenly divided by 40 goals and 40 assists during the regular season. He had to overcome the fine goaltending average and 7 shutouts turned in by Paille and the great defensive play of Langlois, rated as one of the most promising rearguards in hockey. Cyr and McDonald are considered stars of the future among the forwards while Bouchard is a highly esteemed defenseman.Elik&rsquo;s high scoring ability and also his rugged checking bolstered by his size, 5&rsquo;11&rdquo; and 190 pounds, were evident all season. On the offense, he as a tough player to knock down near the cage, being bigger than many of his opponents, and thus he was in position for his many goals. Defensively his large stature enabled him to guard his rivals well, and he is an excellent skater. He is what is known in hockey circles as a &ldquo;hard nose&rdquo; player, asking no favors nor giving any. In addition to his ability and physical attributes, he has the &ldquo;desire&rdquo; so much admitted by coaches and managers.His 40 goals for a rookie player were only two short of league record for a first year player, the 4 2 scored by Wally Hergesheimer also for Cleveland in 1950-51. Actually on an average basis, Elik&rsquo;s goal scoring was more productive as he had his 40 in 61 games for a.656 average, while Hergy took part in 71 games to score his 42 for a.592 average.His point average was 1.31 on 80 points in 61 games. The league mark for rookie points is 94. set in 1953-54 by Donnie Marshall while with Buffalo. Marshall, now a member of the Montreal Canadiens scored his total in 70 games for an average of 1.34.Elik distributed his goal scoring among all five opposing teams, taking particular aim on the Buffalo and Rochester nets. He had 15 against Buffalo and 10 against Rochester. Hershey goaltenders gave up 6, Springfield 5 and Providence 4. He delighted in multiple scoring, as in 8 games he scored a pair of goals, and in one other, registered the three goal &ldquo;hat trick&rdquo;. One of the amazing things is that he managed all this scoring in spite of spending 82 minutes in the penalty box. Among his sentences were 6 majors for fighting and a ten minute misconduct.Although the Calder Cup Playoffs had no bearing on the voting, all ballots being submitted before they started, Elik kept up his scoring in the post season games to prove his right to the rookie honors. He tallied 4 goals and 6 assists then, for 10 points. One of has playoff markers was a real&ldquo;big one&rdquo;, as it came in overtime to defeat Hershey in the seventh game of the semi-final round, to eliminate the Bears.Elik is the third member of the Cleveland Barons to gain the rookie honor. Bobby Solinger in 19 17-48, and Hergesheimer in 1950-51 were the others. It was a lucky day for Cleveland when Elik joined the club and formed a third of the season famed GEM line, comprised of Glover, Elik and. Moore. With Freddie Glover at right wing and Jimmy Moore setting them up at center and Elik on the left side, the trio was good for 105 goals, 163 assists and 268 points.Last week. Elik also earned the distinction of being the first rookie player to ever be named on the AHI, first All-Star Team, which also was worth $300 to him. Thus with the rookie prize, his extra cash earnings is $600 over his regular salary, and playoff rewards which is also well over $1,000.HOW EACH CITY VOTED:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02478/2147185-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="987" height="216"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01521/2147178-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="547" height="568"><figcaption class="caption-body">The WinnerBO ELIK</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Baron Elik Royal Choice As AHL’s Top Newcomer

SEATTLE. &mdash; The report Bo Elik of the Cleveland Barons is the first player in the American Hockey&rsquo;s League&rsquo;s history ever to win the rookie award and be placed on the all-star team is a little off course.If anybody would care to look up the records it is shown that one Guyle Fielder, who led the Western League in scoring this season won the rookie honors with the St. Louis Flyers in 1952-53. That same season he was voted a slot on the league&rsquo;s first all-star team.At that Fielder scored three more points than did Elik. The year Fielder won the duel honors he scored 22 goals and 61 assists for 83 points. &#9632;

Elik Not First, Guyie Took Rook, Star Honors

NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;As the climax of his sensational goaltending for the past two seasons, Johnny Bower of the Providence Reds has been rewarded with the American Hockey League Most Valuable Player Award for the second consecutive year. Only one other player, Carl Liscombe, also of Providence in 1947-48 and 1948-49 ever won the award twice. Bower is the only goaltender who has ever won the MVP designation. By virtue of his selection, Bower will receive the Leslie Cunningham Trophy, and &agrave; $300 league bonus.Thus his extra cash remuneration over hts contract salary and playoff money amounts to $900.00 He previously earned an additional $300 for having the lowest goaltending average during the regular season, and last week was named to the first all star team by unanimous ballot which gave him another &#363;00.In the voting by the press, radio and TV representatives from the six league cities, Bower received 21 points out of a possible 3 0, based on 4 nominations for first and one for third. Voting points are given on a basis of 5 for a first place choice, 3 for second and one for third. His closest rival for the award was Freddie Glover of Cleveland who led the league scorers for the season, and who Compiled 14 points in the balloting. Other players to receive recognition for the MVP award were Bronco Horvath of Rochester with 10 points. Willie Marshall of Hershey with 5, Paul Larivee of Providence who had 3 points and Jimmy Moore of Cleveland with a single point. The two first place votes not - given to Bower, went to Horvath and Marshall.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04403/2147240-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="545" height="557"><figcaption class="caption-body">Value Plus !JOHNNY BOWER</figcaption></div>Bower, at the peak of his long and fine career has been outstanding in the Providence nets for the past two seasons, and is one of the main reasons for the Reds finishing in first place the last two years. During the season just completed, he recorded the lowest goaltending average of his 12 year professional career, compiling a mark of 2.4 2 on 138 goals allowed in 57 games. He also registered 4 shutouts. He was the automatic winner of the Harry (Hap) Holmes Memorial Trophy for lowest goaltending average, the second time he has received that award. Previously, while playing for Cleveland in 1951-52 he also Avon the Holmes Trophy with an average of 2.43, his lowest mark before this season.The highlight of Bower&rsquo;s season came on March 10 when he shutout Rochester, 8 to 0. This was the 37th shutout of his career in the AHL and gave him the league record, which was formerly held by the retired Nick Damore with 3 6 shutouts. John is close to another league record having played in 528 regular season games, being just a single contest short of Harvey Bennett&rsquo;s total games for a goaltender of 529 games. They are now teammates as Bennett is the spare Providence netminder.Except for the 2.35 average turned in by Gil Mayer of Pittsburgh in 1952-53, Bower&rsquo;s 2.42 mark this season was the lowest AHL percentage since 1942-43 when Gordie Bell of Buffalo Lad 2.40.Another distinct honor came to Bower during the past season, when he was named as the &ldquo;Athlete of the Year&rdquo; in the Rhode Island and Southeastern area of Massachusetts. The organization of sports writers and sports casters from that region, called &ldquo;Words Unlimited&rdquo;, voted him that award. It was the first time a hockey player had been so rewarded. His fine coach, Johnny Crawford, who had been his biggest booster the past two seasons, made it unanimous for the Providence Hockey Club by being named as the &ldquo;Coach of the Year&rdquo; by the same group of the press and radio.Before entering the professional. ranks. Johnny last played amateur hockey for the Prince Albert Black Hawks Juniors, in Saskatchewan, his home town. After spending three and a half years in the Canadian Army during the Second World War, two of which he was overseas, he turned professional with the Cleveland Barons in 1945-46. Oddly enough, during that season he also played one game for his present club, Providence. Listed as spare goaltender for Cleveland in his rookie season, he was &ldquo;loaned&rdquo; to the Reds for a single game in Cleveland when their regular goaltender was injured.After spending 8 years in the Baron nets, he was traded to New York Rangers of the National League, where he played for one year. Still Ranger property, he was first optioned to Vancouver of the Western League for a season and for the past two, has been with the Ranger affiliate in Providence. During the past two years he has also played a few games for New York when their regular goaltender, Lorne (Gump) Worsley was injured.In the off season summer months, Johnny operates a restaurant at Lake Waskesiu, Saskatchewan. He is married and he and his wife Nancy have a three year old son, John Jr. Young John is always around the hockey dressing room timing a practice session or after some games, and if asked what he wants to be when he grows up, he just points with pride at his father&rsquo;s goaltending equipment. If the youngster is anywhere near as good as his famous father, he will have a long and brilliant career in hockey. &#9632;

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Reds Johnny Bower AH’s MVP; Wins Les Cunningham Trophy

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HOW EACH CITY VOTED

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0014-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01516/2147316-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg"></div><h2>Final Standings</h2><h2>INDIVIDUAL PLAYERS&rsquo; RECORDS SEASON I056-57</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02418/2147309-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="1117" height="2403"></div><h2>GOALKEEPER&rsquo;S RECORDS</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03311/2147302-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="1093" height="485"></div> &#9632;

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International League Final Scoring And Playoffs Statistics

MONTREAL, &mdash; Dick Iryin never knew the grim tale of his illness. Right breath he felt he could lick it. However, there were times when he had an idea he might not make it.As he sat in his front room some eight months ago he told about how he was looking forward to seeing Maurice Richard score his 500th NHL goal. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m going to write him and ask him for that puck, if he&rsquo;ll give it to me.&rdquo; he said.Five months later, as he lay in a hospital bed, four familiar faces looked down upon him. They were Toe Blake, Elmer Lach, Maurice Richard and Bill Durnan.As Richard turned to leave he whispered. &ldquo;Rocket, I don&rsquo;t think I&rsquo;m going to be around for your 500th goal. Good luck, I hope you get it.&rdquo; &#9632;

Wanted Richard’s 500th Puck; Wished Him Luck

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0015-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01494/2147371-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">1956-57 MEMORIAL CUP CHAMPION Flin Flon Bombers who defeated the Ottawa Junior Canadiens in a controversial series that went to a seventh and deciding game. Back row, left to right: Doug Dawson, manager; Rod Lee, Cliff Lennartz, Ken Willey, Ron Hutchinson, Duane Rupp, Bobby Kirk, coach; Orland Kurtenbach, Lynn Davis, Wayne Spoxton, George Konik, Jean Gauthier, Hec McCaig, trainer. Middle row, left to right: Carl Forster, Patty Ginned, George Hood, Mike Kardash, Barry Beatty, Mel Pearson. Front row, left to right: Harvey Fleming, Rees Jones, Ken Cunningham, Captain Ted Hampson.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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1956-57 Memorial Cup Champions

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0015-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02436/2147402-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg"></div>You know right well that you&rsquo;ll want to know what your favorite hockey star is doing during the summer months; what players are being traded; what players are being given their unconditional release. You&rsquo;ll also be eager to find out what plans your team is making for the coming season and what players they plan to bring up next season.Just imagine, 35 information-filled issues of THE HOCKEY NEWS delivered right to your door for the low price of $3.00 ($4.00 in the United States). Spare yourself of the trouble of having to pick your copy up at the newsstand by subscribing. today and furthermore you&rsquo;ll be saving $2.25 ($3.25 in the United States) by taking out a subscription.THE HOCKEY NEWS features plenty of lengthy profiles on players in the summer issues and oodles of candid pictures showing that favourite puck star of yours in such poses as playing baseball, on the golf links, milking cows, pitching hay, running the store, and countless others. We at THE HOCKEY NEWS do our utmost to see that you don&rsquo;t lose track of your favorite players during those five months that THE HOCKEY NEWS suspends weekly publication (May to September).A year&rsquo;s subscription is for 35 consecutive issues.Canadian Remittances &mdash; $3.00 Payable by Postal, Bank or Telegraph Money Order.U. S. A. Remittances &mdash; $4.00 Payable by Postal, Bank, or Express Money Order &#9632;

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YOU’LL BE SORRY!

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-01147/2147447-1-eng-US/c4-012.jpg" title="C4-01" width="517" height="320"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-02145/2147440-1-eng-US/c4-022.jpg" title="C4-02" width="341" height="320"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-03132/2147433-1-eng-US/c4-032.jpg" title="C4-03" width="1496" height="1800"><figcaption class="caption-body">DETROIT RED WINGS, 1956-57 NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Front row, left to right: Marty Pavelich, General Manager Jack Adams, Glen Hall, Coach Jimmy Skinner, Captain Red Kelly. Second row, left to right: Asst. Trainer Lefty Wilson, Gordie Howe, Johnny Bucyk, Earl Reibel, Billy McNeil, Metro Prystai, Tew Lindsay, Billy Dea, Kenny Ullman, Trainer Carl Matson&rsquo;. Back row, left to right: Billy Dineen, Lome Ferguson, Gordon Strata, Dale Anderson, Warren Godfrey, Marcel Pronovost, Alex Delvecchio. Missing Al Arbour.PROVIDENCE REDS, 1956-57 AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Front row, left to right: Coach Johnny Crawford, Johnny Bower, Ken Davies, Jim Bartlett, Bruce Cline, Ray Cyr, Harvey Bennett, President Lou Pieri. Second row, left to right: Trainer George Army, Aldo Guidolin, Bob Robertson, Ray Ross, George McAvoy, Ivan Irwin, Andy Branigan, Zellio Toppazxini, Chief Scout Johnny Gagnon, General Manager Terry Reardon. Back row, left to right: Bill Folk, Dick Lamoureux, Bill Johnson, Paul Larivee, Dusty Blair, Asst. Trainer Thomas Woodcock.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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