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November 29, 1958
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AHL Players Score Five In Open Net
NEW YORK, N.Y.—American Hockey League goaltenders benefitted live times in the first 46 games when goals were scored into open cages and were not scored against their personal records. Gerry McNeil of Rochester had two. and Gil Mayer of Hershey, Gerry McNamara of Cleveland and Claude Evans of Springfield each one. There is only one brother combination in the American Hockey League, this season, both defensemen. Don Cherry plays for Springfield while his brother Dick is with Providence. There are two Andersons, Jimmy and Dale, both with the Springfield Indians but they are not related. Another Anderson, Ian, who started the season with Cleveland but has gone to Quebec was not related to the other two.…


Guidolin Working His Way Hark To National
SPRINGFIELD, Mass.— “You gotta like Aldo,” said former Ranger Glen Sonmor who is now Springfield Indians’ coach. “He’s a worker, he has pep and he’s not afraid. He’s a good hockey player. Our club got a lift the minute he joined us.” Sonmor was talking about Aldo Guidolin, the Ranger of not very long ago. who is playing defense for Eddie Shore’s AHL Indians this semester. You got the impression last month that Guidolin wasn’t going to play hockey in 195859. After becoming a favorite in Providence during the past two seasons, the big man with the contact, lenses didn’t see eye to eye with a New York order to go to Springfield. Time being the inevitable healer it is, Aldo soon changed his mind and reported to this Western Mass. city. Unlike most…


Toe Mystified Why Habs Can’t Find Feet At Home
MONTREAL Que.— The Canadiens finally broke out of their non-winning streak on home ice against the Chicago Black Hawks on Saturday, November 22nd. Thus the Hawks suffered two humiliations from October 23rd to November 22nd and the Canadiens suffered four. It was Thursday, October 23rd that the Habs whipped the Hawks 9-1 in the Forum. For the next month and through four games at home the Canadiens failed to get a win. They lost to Boston. Chicago and New York and tied Detroit. What had happened to the powerful champions on their home ice. where they were supposed to be unbeatable? Not even coach Toe Blake could answer that one. “In all the years I’ve been coaching, it’s never happened to me,” said Blake. “I don’t know what some of our boys were thinking about.…


Terry’s Biggest Zero Of 82? His 6-9 Shutout Against Hub
DETROIT, Mich.—Terry Sawchuk has posted a flock of shutouts—82, to be exact—since becoming a goalie in the National Hockey League. It is a long time, however, since he has has enjoyed such a tasty one as the 6-0 goose egg which Detroit Red Wing pinned on the Boston Bruins. In case the significance escapes you, this was Terry’s first shutout over Boston since he left the Bruins amid a hot controversy almost two years ago. His parting was anything but amicable. Last season Sawchuk returned to a Red Wing uniform. White he refused to talk about it, there never was any doubt about his intentions toward his former Boston teammates. Trouble was, they became his jinx club. The Bruins nicked him 48 times which was just two goals less than the high tally recorded by…