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January 25, 1958
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Ukes Close Gap In Points Record Race Set By Cowley Trio
BOSTON, Mass.— Bronco Horvath, Johnny Bucyk and Vic Stasiuk may challenge a Boston Bruins’ scoring record in their first season as a major league line. The record is that for the most points by a Bruins’ line in a season. The record is 197 points and it was set during the 1943-44 season by the line of Bill Cowley, Herb Cain and Frank “Buzz” Boll. Horvath, Stasiuk and Bucyk moved into mid-January needing only a continuation of the pace they were setting to offer a serious challenge to the 15-year old record. At that time after the playing of 41 games by the Bruins the Horvath-Bucyk-Stasiuk line owned 112 points. They were 85 points short of the record and they had 29 games remaining. A deficit too sizeable to be overcome? Not necessarily. For the 41 games…
Habs Clutter First Half Star Squads, Placing Six In Lineup
MONTREAL, Que.— National Hockey League All-Star Team for the first half of the season was composed of players from four of the six N.H.L. clubs. One player was a unanimous choice an one missed being a unanimous pick by a single point. The First All-Star Team for the First Half was selected as follows: Goal, Glenn Hall, Chicago; Defense, Doug Harvey, Canadians; and Bill Gadsby, Rangers; Center, Henri Richard, Canadiens; Right Wing, Gordie Howe, Detroit; and Left Wing, Dickie Moore, Canadiens. Points were awarded on the basis of five tor a first choice, three for a second and one for a third. A unanimous choice would poll 90. Doug Harvey of Canadiens is the sole player to poll all 90 points, although Detroit Red Wings’Gordie Howepolled 89. The balloting was performed by hockey…
King Calls Henri Best In NHL, One Of All-Time Best
Toronto Star MONTREAL, Ont.— King Clancy says Montreal’s “the Pocket Rocket” Richard is the greatest hockey player in the game today. He places him above his brother, Canadien’s fabulous Rocket, and Detroit’s Gord Howe. When Leaf Coach Billy Reay added that Henri w’as the greatest small hockey player he had ever seen, Clancy replied: “In that respect I rate him with Aurel Joliat. Like Joliat, the Pocket Rocket can do anything a big man can do with the puck and check just as effectively.” This is praise indeed from Clancy, who has always placed Joliat, one of Canadien’s alltime greats, in a class by himself and rated him pound for pound as the greatest thing to ever lace on a pair of hockey skates. He Lights The Fire When someone pointed out that only recently Clancy had…
Don To Be Out Longer Than First Thought After Injury
BOSTON, Miss.— The shoulder injury sustained by Goalie Don Simmons of the Boston Bruins on December 29 is more serious than indicated by early reports, and his absence from the lineup has been extended. Early reports were that Simmons received a dislocated shoulder in the first period of a game with the Detroit Red Wings. Subsequent examinations here revealed that the slender goaltender also received a separation. Expected originally to be out for three weeks, Simmons seems likely to be idle for more than a month. The tentative date of his return has been set at January 30. Simmons was replaced by Ross “Lefty” Wilson for the ba-ance of the game in which he was injured and Wilson, Detroit’s assistant trainer, was replaced on a full-time basis by Al Millar of the Quebec Aces,…
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