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May 1, 1959
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Pro Or Amateur? Status Of Players In EHL Is Puzzler To Loop’s Fans
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.— Hockey is a new sport to many fans around the Eastern Hockey League. And this will be especially true next year when two and possibly three new cities will be admitted. Then, too, television is bringing out many new fans in the cities that have had hockey for quite awhile. Being Americans, these fans are used to American administration of sports. The Canadian administration of hockey is a little puzzling to them. And you can’t blame them. The one big item Americans can’t seem to comprehend is the professional-amateur status of a player and also a team. Sometimes the Eastern League is referred to as the Eastern Amateur League. The fans want to know “Why?” According to American standards, the EHL is strictly professional in every sense of the word. “After all,” the fans…
All But Habs Set To Deal; Eye Defense
MONTREAL, Que.— If you listen to the experts, then the months between now and next September will be bad for drafting, but exceptionally good for trading. To put it a little more clearly, when the NHL managers sit downto draft in June, the pickings will be slim. Those who are worthwhile protecting, will be protected. Those left off of the protected lists can be had today for the draft price. No need to wait for the draft. But dealing is something else. Each club in the league can use something that the other fellow has. Lets start with the Canadiens! General Manager Jack Adams of the Detroit Red Wings has expressed interest in Jean Guy Talbot, Al McDonald and Andre Pronovost. The Wings need a good experienced defenseman like Talbot and can use left…
Plante, Johnson, Henri Richard Beliveau, Moore Beats McKenney Habs On First By One Point
MONTREAL, Que.— Players from the Montreal Canadiens dominate the 195859 National Hockey League AllStar Team. Four of the six members on the First Team were members of Canadiens, while the other two positions were held down by players from the New York Rangers. The First Team lined up as follows: Goal, Jacques Plante, Canadiens; Defense, Tom Johnson, Canadiens; and Bill Gadsby, Rangers; Center, Jean Beliveau, Canadiens; Right Wing, Andy Bathgate, Rangers; and Left Wing, Dickie Moore, Canadiens. Two of the players were repeaters from last year’s Official First Team. They were Bill Gadsby and Dickie Moore. Only three of this year’s AllStar Team held down similar positions on the team selected at the half-way mark of the 1958-59 season. They were Tom Johnson, Andy Bathgate and Dickie Moore. Plante, Beliveau and Gadsby moved…
Totems Massacre Stamps By Holding Dorohoy To Two Assists In 4 Games
SEATTLE, Wash.— The time was 10 p.m., Sunday, April 19, 1959. It was Seattle’s finest hockey hour. The Totems were champions of the Western Hockey League and the fans swarmed over the ice to bear-hug the jubilant players. Airhorps pierced the Civic Ice Arena rafters over the din of applause, laughter and cheers. It was wonderful. Out of the mass of humanity on the ice, two figures emmerged. One was Bev Bentley, the veteran goalie whose who had been a tower of power in the playoffs. Breaking away from the confusion he skated swiftly toward the box seats and presented his goalie stick to Marge Farnan, president of Seattle’s active and widely-known Fan Club. The other figure, in the strange red uniform of the opposing Calgary Stampeders, was Eddie Dorohoy. If ever a man was shackled in…
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