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August 1, 1959
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Storey Finally Decides To Hang Up Skates
MONTREAL, Que— Red Storey has turned his back on hockey officiating for all time. The big redhead made his final decision here recently after much deliberation and his disclosure that he was going to hang up his skates for good left both the American and Western Hockey leagues high and dry on their offers to him. Both the AHL and WHL wanted Storey as referee-in-chief and made generous bids to him to take the post. But he has decided against it. Storey had a falling out with the National Hockey League last spring when President Clarence Campbell openly criticized his work in the Canadiens-Chicago semi-final Stanley Cup playoff series. Storey didn’t like it when Campbell chastised him in public and he said he would never referee an NHL game again. The big league teams left…
RED KELLY ENDS BATCHELOR DAYS WEDS ICE STAR
DETROIT, Mich— One of sport dom’s most on-again, off-again romances finally ended in marriage for hockey stalwart Red Kelly of Detroit Red Wings and ice skating star Andra McLaughlin July 4. The two tied the knot in St. Brigid’s Roman Catholic Church after a four-year engagement and twice postponing wedding plans. Kelly, 31, a native of Simcoe, Ont., and his 25-year-old bride, a native of Colorado Springs, Colo, said they would delay their honeymoon until August when they will go to Moose Jaw, Sask., where Kelly will participate in a hockey clinic. Kelly met Miss McLaughlin in 1952 while she was appearing here as a featured skater with the Hollywood Ice Revue. Miss McLaughlin, a former North American intermediate speed skating champion, twice has won the Oscard L. Richard Trophy, presented annually to the…
Blues Take Stratton From Barons For Guidolin
NEW YORK, N.Y.— In an effort to plug the gaping center ice hole, the New York Rangers have acquired tall Art Stratton from the Cleveland Barons in exchange for Aldo Guidolin, cash and an option on another player to be named in the future. Stratton, a 24‒year old, 6-1, 18 0 pounder, was fully scouted by the Ranger brass in the spring American League playoffs. “He impressed me with his desire,” coach Phil Watson enthused. “I travelled around with Cleveland for five or six days and watched Stratton. He’s a serious boy.” Whatever he does on Broadway ice, Stratton’s minor league credentials are good. He rose from bantam to juvenile to junior A in Manitoba leagues then spent a year with St. Catherines in the OHA circuit. He played senior for North Bay and turned…
Leg Injury Forces Prystai To Quit
YORKTON. Sask.— Metro Prystai, a former National Hockey League player with Detroit and Chicago, said he will not play hockey this season. Prystai, who played with Edmonton Flyers of the Western Hockey League, said in an interview he has accepted an offer to manage and coach Omaha Knights of the Western International Hockey League but that all arrangements have not yet been completed. He said a slow-healing leg injury suffered last January in a WHL game will keep him from playing in the 1959-60…
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