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November 8, 1958
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Barons’ Blueline Has Top Priority On Repairs List
For the Barons, home port at the Cleveland Arena must seem like the Promised Land. They have played three engagements at home and turned up two wins and a tie. [They had played four on the road, prior to a date at Sprinfield Wednesday, Oct, 29, and lost all four It wasn’t so much that they lost the games but it was the demoralizing manner in which they did it. At Rochester Oct. 12 it was Rochester 8 Cleveland 3. At Buffalo Oct. 19 it was Buffalo 4 Cleveland 3 At. Hershey Oct. 2 2 it was Hershey 5 Cleveland 0. At Springfield Oct. 25 it was Springfield 4 Cleveland 0. At Providence Oct. 2 6 it was Providence 3 Cleveland 2. Through it all the Barons bean pole goalie. Gerry McNamara. was shelled viciously. He was forced to…


Flaman’s Ring Record In NHL
Capt Ferny Flaman of the Bruins has been much busier than Floyd Patterson, the heavyweight boxing champion, since returning here in the fall of 1954. Here is Flaman’s ring record for the past four seasons. In the Bruins’ opening game this season Flaman had a fight with Andre Pronovost of Montreal, Pronovost receiving a five-stitch cut over his eye. Flaman was given a major penalty for high-sticking and he denies vigorously that the cut was caused by his stick, still insisting that it was the result of a punch.…


Philly Owner Charges Former Coach With Sabotaging Team
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.— George Davis, president of the Philadelphia Ramblers, has charged that Chirp Brenchley, last year’s coach, deliberately tried to wreck the Eastern Hockey League team. Davis asserted that Brenchley, bitter because he knew he was going to be ousted at the close of the season, tried to talk the team’s players into rebeling against the team. Davis made these charges in connection with the first holdout in the club’s four year history—Rocky Rukavina. When informed that he had been suspended by the Ramblers for not reporting by opening night, Rukavina said: “They can’t do it. I’ve got my release.” The club owner, however, says that the release is not any good because he didn’t sign it. And Tom Lockhart, president of the EHL and chirp Brenchley the Amateur Hockey Association as well, backs him…


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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 Commonwealth; $4.00 in the U.S.A, ano Foreign Countries Entered as second-class matter. October 3, 1953. at the Post Office ar Roused Point. N.Y.. under the Act of March 3rd. 1879 Authorized as second-class mail. Post Office Department. Ottawa Printed in Canada VOL. 12 MONTREAL. NOVEMBER 8, 1958 No. 6 PASSING THE PUCK • WHEN TOMMY IVAN fined each member of his Black Hawks $100 for indifferent play in a game against Canadiens recently, it marked the first time in his professional career that he had ever levied a fine. He’s been in pro hockey since 1945… Don’t be surprised if Toronto Maple Leafs make a player deal…