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January 17, 1959
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Pulling Ramblers Off Ice Costs Adam $250, Warning
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.— No sooner did the Philadelphia Ramblers, of the Eastern Hockey League, get out of one “situation” than they got into another one. The first upheaval occurred when freshman coach Dougie Adam pulled his team off the ice at Charlotte on December 27, due to a faulty goalpost, causing the Ramblers to be charged with the EHL’s first forfeit. As a result, Adam was fined $250 by league president Tom Lockhart for “conduct detrimental to the game of hockey.” It was the biggest fine every levied in the history of the league. Adam’s suspension, which was imposed the day after the forfeit, was lifted before he missed any games. Lockhart explained that he did not feel that the Ramblers should be penalized twice. “After all,” the league prexy pointed out, “Philadelphia would not only…
TIPS ON TRADE WATCHING DOUG GIVES BIG RED JOB AS PHIL’S 4th DEFENSEMAN
NEW YORK, N.Y.— The Rangers figured they had everything to gain and nothing to lose when they dispatched disappointing Larry Cahan to Springfield. Now, it turns out the Blueshirts profited beyond their expectations. Cahan’s replacement, Jack “Very Red” Bownass, up from Buffalo, has been so adequate that he at least has temporarily pushed John Hanna out of a regular defense berth. This should not come as any great calamity to Hanna since early in the season the brass proclaimed that John (Hanna, that is) was nothing more than “a good fifth defenseman.” Coach Phil Watson didn’t waste any time finding out about 6-1, 197 pound Bownass. He thrust him into some difficult situations right from the start and the redhead, who is so red he makes George Sullivan look brunette by comparison, responded with…
Player-of-the-Week
PROVIDENCE, R.I.—Paul Larivee, one of the very few Montreal born and bred players performing outside the Montreal Canadiens’ organization looked like his old self in four Providence games last week. In four games he scored two goals and added five assists for seven points. On January 7th he picked up an assist, a goal and an assist on January 9th, he duplicated the feat on the 10th and added two assists on the 11th. Playing on a line with Zellio Toppazzini, Paul is being counted on during the last half of the season to bring the Reds up from the cellar of the league. Paul, who will be 30 years of age next September 7th, plays centre, shoots left and has never scored less than 22 goals in a season while with the…
Russian Manager Nixes Patrick’s Lend-Lease Bid
NEW YORK, N.Y.— The Russian Ice Hockey Federation has rejected a lend-lease plan submitted to them by the Boston Bruins of the NHL, the HOCKEY NEWS learned exclusively. Lynn Patrick, general manager of the Bruins, had hoped to secure the services of at least two of the promising USSR skaters for two years. His plan was to run similar to the college student exchange program now in vogue in the United States. Patrick held a confidential meeting with Col. Pavel Korotkov, g.m. of the Russian six, which currently is touring the United States. He broached the plan to them while the Reds were at the Paramount Hotel in New York. The results were completely negative. “They don’t want any part of it,” Patrick told the HOCKEY NEWS. “I had my eye on Benjamin Alexandrov but they…
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