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February 6, 1960
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‘Peg Canadiens Fly High, Braves Toboggan in MJHL
WINNIPEG, Man— The highlight of recent junior doings in this community has been the tremendous upswing of St. Boniface Canadiens. The Canyens who blew four in a row started to roll again January 1 and now have won five straight again, conceding only three goals in 300 minutes of play. They smashed the league-leading Wheaties 6-0 in an awesome show of power which left the experts figuring if they only could keep it up they would be very formidable Memorial cup contenders. The league also set Rangers’ Dave Richardson down for two games for unseemly behavior in a game with Monarchs. Richardson left the penalty box to revive a fight with Monarchs’ Bruce Unfried which the officials had just squelched. Braves who put together a five-game win streak are on the toboggan again…
Leafs Breathe Easier For Big Stretch Drive With Bert Back
TORONTO, Ont.— Bert Olmstead returned to the Leaf lineup Jan. 27, after missing 17 games dating back to Dec. 13, When he suffered torn knee ligaments in Detroit. No returning warrior ever was welcomed more enthusiastically. Leafs hadn’t seemed nearly as strong without Olmstead in the lineup. During the 17 games he missed, Leafs won seven, lost nine and tied one. At the time he was hurt, they had won 13, lost nine and tied six. And the slump’ was attributed largely to Olmstead’s absence. Aside from the fact he’d been having a big year from a scoring standpoint, Bert had been a real leader. He’d been playing an inspiring type of hockey and the team was getting the point. With him back in good worries about the stretch drive. Certainly they looked to…
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THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY Founded October 1st, 1947 Published Weekly, except monthly May through September by Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd., 1434 Ste. Catherine Street West, Montreal 25, Que. Publisher Ken McKenzie, Editor-in-Chief Len Bramson, General Manager Will V.Cote, Yearly Subscription Rates: $3.00 in Canada and the British Commonwealth; $4.00 in the U.S.A, and Foreign Countries Entered as second-class matter, October 3, 1953, at the Post Office at Rouses Point, N.Y., under the Act of March 3rd, 1879 Authorized as second-class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Printed in Canada Vol. 13 MONTREAL, FEBRUARY 6, 1960 No. 19…
NATIONAL LEAGUE
MOST GAMES HOME TEAM WINLESS Nine playoff games involving Morfrteal-Detroit and Toronto-Boston were played before the home team finally won in the 1950-51’ series. Five games in the Montreal-Detroit series and four in the Toronto-Boston one were played before the Canadiens and Toronto won in their home rinks the night of Saturday, April 7, 1951. ROCKET, OLMSTEAD RECORD HOLDERS Both Maurice Richard and Bert Olmstead hold the record for the most points in a game by a Montreal player. Richard had five goals and three assists for eight points against Detroit on December 28, 1944 as Canadiens won 9-1. Olmstead had Four goals and four assists in 12-1 win over Chicago on January 9, 1954. The Point Parade (Including Games Of Sun., Jan. 31) RECORD OF GOALKEEPERS FOR SEASON 1959-60 PENALTIES IN MINUTES BY CLUBS: How The Race…
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