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April 19, 1958
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Playoff Points Record Zellio Toppozzini of the Providence Reds holds the record for the most points in one playoff series. In 1955-56 Toppazzini, playing for the Reds racked up 20 points. Fastest Goal Record The fastest gaol ever scored in American Hockey League play came in six seconds. Back in the 1945-46 season while performing with the Providence Reds, Billy McComb opened the scoring after just six seconds of play. TUESDAY, APRIL 8 Springfield 4 at Cleveland 2 (Springfield wins best of seven series 4-3) First Period 1—Cleveland: Shvetz (Poliziani, Vejprava)…… 2.09 2—Springfield: Ehman (Anderson, Gardner)…… 10:48 Penalties: Armstrong 1.39, Needham and Gardner 6.06, Needham 9.55, Smith and Elik 15.48. Second Period 3—Springfield: Beckett (Pidhirny, Leach)…… 17.42 Penalties: Anderson and Poliziani 2.06. Third Period 4—Cleveland: Vejprava (Elik, Bouchard)…… 2.31 Penalties: Shvetz and Caffery Overtime Period 5—Springfield: Beckett (Pidhirney)…… 2:44 6—Springfield: Schinkel (Caffery, Bionda)…… 9.23 Penalties: None How The Race Goes The Point…


Bs Success To Spark More June Drafting
THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY VOL. II—No. 28 Entered as Second Class Matter Post Office, Rouses Point. N.Y. MONTREAL, APRIL 19, 1958 PRICE: FIFTEEN CENTS Sixty-Third Battle For Battered Mug plus a well Boivin to carry the defense, if will be up to Schmidt to find a little more goat scoring power. If he can do that he might cause an upset. Where he will get the extra power remains a mystery. He has Earl Reibel, drafted from Chicago and Guy Gendron from Rangers. Neither are great scorers. In fact Gendron is a penalty killer and Reibel was used solely on the power play in Chicago. Schmidt also has speedy Dan Poliziani from Cleveland and Gord Redahl from Winnipeg to aid him. However, it’s doubtful Milt expects to get the. added power from them.…


Hub Wins In ‘Nothing To Lose Move
Milt Decided One The Move Following Detroit Loss; Net 17 In Ranger Series Idea Was To Allow McKenney To Make Greater Use Of His Speed Playing On Left Wing BOSTON, Mass.— Back in February in a “nothing to lose” move Coach Milt Schmidt of the Bruins revamped a line which wasn’t going well. Schmidt switched two of the forwards, moving 23-year old Doti McKenney from center to left wing and 28-year old Fleming Mackell from left wing to center. McKenney and Mackell played the last 12 games of the National league season at their new positions with the one holdover. Right Wing Jerry Toppazzini. The line fared relatively well | in that stretch, making a total of 18 goals even though Toppazzini missed four games with an eve injury. But like a bomb with a fuse…


playing the field
(MontreaJ Gazette) They All Make Mistakes Jack Adams, the Detroit Red Wings’ general manager, admits that he made a mistake with Jerry Toppazzini, who scored 25 goals for the Boston Bruins this past season and added eight more in the semi-final series with the Rangers. Jack had him with the Red Wings and traded him off to the Bruins. “It was a choice between Toppazzini and Bill Dineen,” he explained. “I had faith in Dineen and went along with him for two reasons: He was a product of our farm system and he was nearly two years younger than the Topper. “As it turned out, Toppazzini was a late developer and Dineen never did live up to our expectations. It was a mistake.” Making a mistake with Toppazzini doesn’t make Jack unique; there are at…