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September 1, 1959
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Red Wings To Open Season For Winnipeg Hockey Fans With Games Against Warriors
WINNIPEG, Man— The Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League, who will be plenty active in Western Canada during the fall training camp season, will help the Winnipeg Warriors of the Western League open their exhibition schedule Sept., 23 here. This is a return engagement for the Wings, who won over the Warriors 2-1 last year. The Wings will bring along all their stars including Gordie Howe, Red Kelly, Terry Sawchuk, Marcel Pronovost, Alex Delvecchio and two former Winnipeg pro stars, Gary Aldcorn and Barry Cullen, both secured via the draft and a player trade during the off-season. The Warriors are also down for an Oct. 2 game here with the New York Rangers. The Rangers last appeared in the ‘Peg October 1955, the year professional hockey returned to this city after a…
EHL Fan Loses Eye At Game Sues Washington Team
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Edward C. Hall, of Arlington, Virginia, has filed a $100,000 law suit against the Washington Hockey Club, Inc., for damages he suffered when struck by a puck at a game against New Haven at Uline Arena in the nation’s capital on December 14, 1957. In his suit, Hall, who lost an eye, claimed that a gate near the ice was left opened and thus allowed the puck to strike him. Hall was a publicist for the Washington Hockey Club at the time. He asked an additional $10,000 for his wife, Edithe for losses stemming from his injury.…
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Chamberlain, Grosso, Gardner Named To Coaching Posts With EPHL Clubs As New League Awaits First Season
KINGSTON, Ont.— The newly-formed Eastern Professional Hockey League has gone high-brow in lining up its coaching personnel for the initial season. It seems only men with colorful hockey back-grounds need apply. The EPHL coaching alignment was five-sixths completed when the Sudbury Wolves annuonced they had taken on former Canadiens’ star Murph Chamberlain, the Sault Ste. Marie Thunderbirds (they were formerly the Greyhounds) had acquired the services of Don ‘Count’ Grosso, the old Red Wing ace, and Kingston named Cal Gardner, ex-Bruin and Leaf star, as their playing pilot. The Montreal Royals already have Floyd (Busher) Curry at their helm—he’s an 11-year NHL man with Canadiens—and Three Rivers Lions have retained Gerry Desaulniers, who once had a brief whirl with the Montreal Habitants. Only the Ottawa-Hull Canadiens remain without a coach at the moment and…
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