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April 11, 1959
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Hunt Points To Dineen As Key Guy In Herd’s Colder Cup Aspirotions
BUFFALO, N. Y.— Fred Hunt, Buffalo’s General Manager-turned-Coach, took the jibe about being eliminated three-straight in a previous American League playoff coaching effort in good humor. “But I’ll be up over the five hundred mark before this is all over,” he stated. “These guys are going to do it for me.” He waved a gift cigar in the general direction of the Bison cast. The Bisons had just conquered the Rochester Americans in the opening of the AHL semi-final playoff series. “This is a good club. A mighty good one,” he continued without additional prodding. “There’s scorers, checkers. There’s good balance on every line. And the balance is perfect between offense and defense … and don’t forget that silent guy, Marcel (Paille). He’s a big save man.” Hunt’s enthusiasm might be discounted as a fresh-from-vietory pat…
PASSING THE PUCK
The Hockey News 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, and Foreign Countries Entered as second-class matter, October 3, 1953, at the Post Office at Rouses 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, APRIL 11, 1959 No. 28 ● BOSTON—MILT SCHMIDT is so keyed up for these playoff games that he is having trouble sleeping at nights. He tries to keep his thoughts away from hockey and think of things he likes such as fishing, but even then his mind becomes preoccupied with hockey … Both the…
Eastern Experts Calling Whitby-Kitchener Series Winner To Take Allen Cup
STRATFORD, Ont.— Consensus of opinion among Ontario hockey fans is that either Whitby Dunnies, 1958 World champions, or Kitchener Dutchmen, Canada’s 1960 Olympic Games designates, will win the Allan Cup this season. Even Johnny Horeck, who proved a poor prophet, by predicting that his Chatham Maroons would eliminate the Dutchmen from the playoffs in four straight, only to see, his charges bow to Kitchener, hopped on the Dutchmen’s band waggon with a further prediction that they would win the Allan Cup. Folks in the Twin Cities are hoping that Horeck proves a better prophet this time, and does not serve to put a jinx on their favorites. Whitby didn’t have too much trouble eliminating the Kingston Merchants, who failed to register one victory in group or playoff games over Whitby all season.…
Powerful Defense, Powerhouse On Offense, Hoisted flag in Clinton
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.— The individual scoring race in the Eastern Hockey League this year wasn’t even close. Dickie Wray, the Clinton Comets’ tricky-skating winger, banged home 56 goals and handed off 70 assists for a grand total of 126 points. Running a distant second was Dick Roberge, a member of the Jonstown Jets’ big line, with an even 100 on 54 and 46. Roberge’s linemates, Don Hall and Kenny Coombes, also finished in the top ten to place this great line in that category once again. Last year they came in 1-2-3. This time, however, Hall ended up fourth with 36 goals and 51 assists for 87 points while Coombes was eighth with 28 and 47 for 75. In third place in scoring was the league’s number one bad man, Wally Kullman, of Washington. In addition…
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