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December 7, 1957
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”All Shook Up” Leafs Plan Assault On First Division
TORONTO, Ont. — Billy Reay has discovered that the “Shake well before using” directions on patent medicine bottles work equally well in remedying ailing hockey teams. With one third of the season gone and his Toronto Maple Leafs sinking deeper into the National HockeyLeague cellar, the rookie coach prescribed such a cure for Leafs and abruptly snapped their worst slump of a generally fruitless season. REAY’S SHAKEUPS First, he ordered the team itself to start shaking the opposition with heavier bodychecks. Then he shook up his own lineup, inserting penalty killer Rudy Migay into rookie Frank Mahovlich’s spot on his No. 1 line, giving Tim Horton a regular defense assignment, and converting Ron Stewart into a troubleshooter who could play either right wing or defense, depending on where his talents were most needed…
Spokane Flyers Trying For Allan Cup Laurels
SPOKANE, Wash. — With one-third of the Western International League season gone, top team in the circuit is Spokane with 18 points. In second spot is Nelson, while Trail is third and Rossland languishes in the cellar. Coach Roy McBride came up with some strong rookies from Canada’s Junior circuits and along with some top notch veterans the Flyers seem set for their battle towards another whack at the Allan Cup. last year the Flyers went all the way, only to lose to a sharp Whitby club, but this year they are aiming for the big one and expect to play for it here at home. Lose Jones New Westminster picked up high scoring Art Jones after last season, and his loss is a big one. Regina’s Bryan Whittal is filling in exceedingly…
World Competition Seen Formidable Despite Impressive Win By Dunlops
STRATFORD, Ont. — First reaction to the showing of the touring Russian hockey team was the enclosed arenas with their higher temperatures and smaller ice surfaces was proving a detriment to the visitors in their exhibition series with Ontario teams. But there is another trend of thought growing in site that this is not the best team Russia can produce and that the European larger outdoor ice surfaces will prove that the Russians will be much more formidable in the next world tournament coming up at Oslo, Norway next February. When such recognized hockey authorities as Ken Reardon, Lynn Patrick, Bobby Bauer and Joe Primeau watched the Russians work out at Toronto, prior to their opening game against the Allan Cup champions and Canada’s representatives at the 1958 world tourney, Whitby…
PASSING THE PUNK
THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY Founded October 1st 1947 Published Weekly, except monthly May through September by Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd. 1434 Ste. Catherine Street West Montreal 25, Que. Yearly Subscription Rates: $3 00 in Canada and the British Empire: $4.00 in The U.S.A, and Foreign Countries. Entered as second-class matter, October 3, 1953, at the Post Office at Rouses Point, N.Y., under the Act of March 3rd, 1879 Authorized as second-class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Printed in Canada. VOL. 11 MONTREAL, DECEMBER 7, 1957 No. 10 • FORMER NHL PLAYERS are doing very well as coaches this season …. There are only three coaches from the 20 clubs comprising the National, American and Western Hockey Leagues that dit not play at one time or another in the National Hockey League … Two of the three…
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