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December 12, 1959
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Success Plan Backfires, Hawks Have Tough Four Months Ahead
CHICAGO, Ill.— Bobby Hull was happy. A week earlier he had thrust forth boldly with, “You wait…just wait, in a week we’ll be out of the cellar!” And a week later it happened. At least, the slow-starting Black Hawks had gained a fifth place tie with the Rangers. The step out of the National League basement came as Chicago met New York head-on in a consecutive night home-and-home series. The Windy City skaters racked up their top game goal of the season to date with a 6-2 decision on home ice and then played a 2-all tie at Madison Square Garden. This now seemingly definite upsurge in Hawk progress has begun to hatch what must be a definite plan for the club the rest of the 1959-60 campaign so that the schedule can…
Lorne Davis……Providence Reds
PROVIDENCE, R.I.—Lorne Davis of the Providence Reds is probably the most inconspicuous player in professional hockey today, and one of the most modest. The blond forward, who hails from Regina, Saskatchewan, goes about his work game-in-game-out, seldom outstanding, always steady. He’s never been an eye catcher as a player, no matter what position he plays, and he’s played them all. Last week Lorne, playing centre on a line with Bob Beckett and Dan Poliziani, picked up seven points on four goals and three assists. All of his points came at the expense of the tail-end Quebec Aces. On December 1st he scored a goal and added an assist as the Reds won 5-2. On December 3rd he did it again, as the Reds won this time 3-1. Back in Providence on December…
‘No,’ Says AHA Prexy Lockhart
NEW YORK, N.Y.— The president of the U.S. Amateur Hockey Association has disputed charges that the Brockton ice hockey team acted like a bunch of uncouth boors while representing this country in Russia. Tom Lockhart, president of the AHA, said he received no protests from Soviet hockey officials despite widespread allegations that Brockton players “disgraced America”. “There is no necessity for any letter of apology,” Lockhart told the HOCKEY NEWS, “I received no complaint from the Russians.” However, while Lockhart was exonerating his ambassadors of “good-will”, other members of the AHA were publically denouncing the Brockton sextet. Army Team Wins 12-3 Walter Brown, head of the Boston Bruins and a top level executive of the AHA, said he was “thoroughly ashamed and disgusted” with the conduct of the Brockton team. Brown added that he planned to…
Bruins Get Speedy Payoff From Mohns’Move To Left Wing
BOSTON, Mass.— When speedy Doug Mohns was playing left defense for the Bruins, it was fashionable here to refer to him as “a fourth forward.” Since Mohns has been playing left wing for the Bruins it has become the mode to term him “a third defenseman.” As far as playing tactics are concerned, the latest descriptive is surely accurate. The Bruins may have taken Doug out of defense but they have not been able to take the defense out of Doug. He’s the only forward in the National League who plays his check while skating backward. “That’s habit. I don’t even realize I’m doing it,” admitted Mohns with a grin. “When I’m coming back toward our end and I hit that red line I trun automatically and skate backward, unless I remember I’m a left wing and…
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