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November 15, 1958
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Simmons Took Three Years To Pul In A Single Season In Huh Goals
BOSTON, Mass.— It has taken Don Simmons three years to put in the equivalent of one full season of goaltending with the Boston Bruins, hut he has been piling up an impressive shutout record en route. Simmons played the last 26 games of the 1956-57 season tor the Bruins and had four shutouts, an average of one every 6½ games. He played 39 games last season and returned five shutouts, all but one before receiving the multiple shoulder injuries which threatened his career. His average was one every 7.8 games. This season Simmons shut out the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Bruins’ 12th game, his 77th as a major leaguer. The shutout boosted to 10 his major league total. On a shutout average basis it also placed the fast-moving resident of Monson. Mass, third among…
Campbell Reprimands Rec/For Invasion Of Refs Room
TORONTO, Ont.—President Clarence Campbell reprimanded Toronto Maple Leafs’ coach Billy Reay last week for invading the referees room when the Leafs last visited New York. As Reay was walking out he encountered chief-of-referees Carl Voss, who was making an official call. In his statement about the issue Campbell said Reay would undoubtedly have been granted permission to enter the room had he asked for it. Reav went to the room to complain to referee Dalton McArthur after the official had allowed a Ranger goal when Larry Callan slid into the Leafs net.…
’58-59Bisons Overshadow The Greatest Of All Hards
BUFFALO, N.Y.— The last Buffalo Bison team to finish atop the American League standings was the 19531954 aggregation of Frank Eddolls. This was the team of the “Big Line”—Gaye Stewart, Ed Slowinski and Don Marshall. This was the team which was quickly making a shambles of the league when Center Johnny (Goose) McCormick’s recall by Montreal slowed it somewhat. Later. as play-off time approched, it was decimated by the loss of goalie Jacques Plante, who also was recalled by Montreal. Still, in the early days of the season, it was a team to be reckoned with the best the league has produced. Out Of Slump As fast as it got away from the harrier, it still can’t compare with the way Coach Bobby Kirk’s crew has handled its opposition up to the moment this season. With…
Amerk Olympic Coaler Regazio Stars In Louisville Rebs’ Cage
TOLEDO. 0— There is only one American-born player in the International Hockey League this season, and he came up with a first on the opening night. He is Don Regazio, who tends goal for the Louisville Rebels. And his feat was a shutout—the first on the first night of the 1958-59 season, as the Rebels downed the Indianapolis Chiefs, 7-0, in Louisville. Regazio. born in Cambridge, Mass., was goalkeeper for the U.S. Olympic team in 1956. and last year played for the United States in the World’s Championships. Regazio helped make it two in a row for the Reds as they knocked off Fort Wayne, 6-5, in their next encounter. A first was also chalked up in that game as one of the goals scored by Louisville came on a penalty shot. The penalty…
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