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January 30, 1960
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Pike Tosses Preserver To Andy On Way Down For The Last Time
NEW YORK, N.Y.— Their life preserver leaking at the seams, Alf Pike’s New York Rangers now pin their sinking playoff hopes on two factors, a break in the schedule and history. Returned from an arduous seven-game safari to the hinterlands, the Blueshirts look with relief on a home stretch run that includes 14 out of 24 remaining games at Madison Square Garden. Although Ranger playoff talk is branded sheer lunacy in some quarters there are diehards on Broadway who can see life in a seemingly inert Blue corpse. For inspiration the Blues have only to look at the 1959-60 comeback of the Toronto Maple Leafs. On February 5th, 1959 the Mapleos were a distant nine points behind the Rangers. The Blueshirts were paddling merrily in second place while Toronto was firmly ensconced in last. Everybody and…
Bad Nights By Inexperienced Knights Gets ‘Meatball’ Canned
OMAHA, Neb.— It has finally been made official after Considerable beating around the bush. Metro Prystai has been released from his duties as coach of the Omaha Knights effective immediately…J. J. Isaacson, secretary of the Ak-Sar-Ben 4-H foundation, which holds the IHL franchise, said at his request the team will be under the direction of Mud Bruneteau, the Knight’s general manager, for the balance of the season. Isaacson refused to elaborate on Prystai’s dismissal other than to say “it was for reasons obvious to everybody who follows the Knights”. Prystai, whose suspension was lifted by the league, January 11, had no comment on his ousting but earlier had admitted “the Knights’ standing probably stems from my underestimating the caliber of play in the International Hockey League and the selection of players who were…
Gump Blues Ray Of Sunshine In Darkest Moment
NEW YORK, N.Y.— Gump Worsley, bitter, blustering and battle-scarred, stands out is the Ranger beacon in their lour of dark less. The stubby tittle goaltender, who once ressembled Andy Gump but now looks more like Horatio at the Bridge, has been so miraculous in defeat that the Ranger press office has purchased a new adjective-producer merely to describe his efforts. Perhaps the most incredible aspect of Worsley’s recent escapades is the fact that they have been produced under the worst possible conditions. At Boston early in the Rangers’ road trip the flak was so heavy around the New York net one could have mistaken the flying pucks for an attack of 17-year locusts. As it were, Worsley was pierced for six tallies and Rangers bowed—from the waist—6-0. Bruin fans, who through the years have regarded the…
Riley Likes U.S. Olympic Chances; ‘Finest Club Yet’
NEW YORK, N.Y.— The United States has sent a hockey warning to both Canada and the Soviet Union. “America has its strongest team ever developed for Olympic competition,” said Jack Riley, coach of Uncle Sam’s stickhandlers. Riley made the declaration at the New York Hockey Writers Assn, weekly luncheon before taking his team west for the Olympic Games at Squaw Valley, Cal., Feb. 18-28th. “No more than five of the 1948 team which I played on could make this squad,” Riley added. The U.S. coach said he hopes to top favored Canada and Russia with a homebrew squad built around six of the best hockey players ever to come out of America. They are: Bob Dupuis, 24‒year old defenseman from Peabody, Mass, and Boston University. “He is the most effective bodychecker and the smallest (5-8, 150…
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