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March 21, 1959
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“RECORD WAS BOUND TO BE BROKEN” SAYS MURDOCH
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Murray Murdoch, holder of the NHL consecutive-game record of 508 straight games, wishes Johnny Wilson good luck in his bid to set a new record this week. “Like all records, it was bound to be broken some day,” Murdoch says. “I’ve never met Wilson but I have watched him on TV several times. At least we have something else in common. Neither of us scored many goals.” Murdoch does not plan to attend the March 21 game in Detroit where Wilson will break the record. “I’ll send him a congratulatory telegram if and when,” he said.…
Rangers Vote Heb ‘True Blue’ Award In Poll
NEW YORK, N.Y.— At the rate he’s going, Andy Hebenton could wind up as the most over-rated under-rated player in the National Hockey League. Two months ago this writer called attention to Hebenton’s unheralded but effective work as Ranger. Since then, the husky right winger’s following has snowballed to the point where almost everyone in Rangerville hails him as if the word under-rated was coined for Hebenton alone. Even Andy’s teammates have joined the horde. They’ve gone so far as to vote him their “True Blue” award, as the team’s unsung hero and/or most under-rated player. In addition to a plaque, Hebenton will receive a $25 Savings Bond from the West Side Association of Commerce, the same group which will bestow a $50 bond and the West Side Trophy to Ranger MVP Andy Bathgate. The thought…
News Story Draws Wren Blast On QHL Prospects Of Joining His League
MONTREAL, Que.— To say that the Quebec Hockey League moguls are in high dudgeon at Wren Blair, and other Ontario spokesmen who are throwing harpoons, is gross understatement. The Montreal Forum’s corridors and ante-rooms where men with the right to voice opinion on such matters fairly sizzled during the past ten days at Blair’s recent remarks to the effect that the Quebec loop was foundering, as reported in The Hockey News. Byron Higginson, president of the QHL is a mild man, but in this case he waxed sarcastic. “It’s all nonsense that any of our teams will like to revert to amateur status and throw in their lot with any group of Senior Ontario Hockey Association Clubs. I guess what Wren Blair is driving at is that things aren’t going to well up there…
Dewsbury’s Game To Frighten Foe, Say Ired Czechs
Toronto Star BRATISLAVA, Czechoslovakia.— Al Dewsbury was pictured by some Czech papers last week as the man nominated by the Canadian hockey club to intimidate rivals in the world hockey tournament. It was intimated this plot had been successful in Canada’s first victory over Czechoslovakia. Big Bad Boy Pravda, the official Communist party paper, gave the Canadians credit for being a better club but said: “The Canadians selected very unpleasant tactics, for they used methods by which to prove their physical predominance.” Regarding Dewsbury, Pravda said: “Chief role of player who was to frighten his rivals goes to the over two hundred pounds defenceman Dewsbury. “He perfectly fulfilled the role of frightener because in the second period, the Canadians completely dominated the rink while Czechoslovakia played badly. Canada scored six goals. In the third period, the Canadians…
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