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March 5, 1960
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Rollins 16 Years Late Filling NY Vacancy In Goals
NEW YORK, N.Y.— A tall, skinny kid who wanted to be goalkeeper for the New York Rangers, walked into the Madison Square Garden medical office in 1943 to hear the worst news of his life. “You have rheumatic fever,” the doctor solemnly told Al Rollins, the 17‒year-old who played goal for the Rovers, “don’t play hockey again.” Seventeen years, a Hart and Vezina Trophy later, Al Rollins returned to the Garden, to the spot where his sporting life almost was written off and proved to the NHL that there was nothing wrong with his heart. Al Rollins, the forgotten man—perhaps the most underrated goalie in NHL history—came back at 33 when everybody figured him washed up at Winnipeg. More than 15,000 fans greeted him on Feb. 21st as he stepped on Garden ice three days…
Powerful Shot Makes Him 20 Goal Scorer
BOSTON, Mass.— Golf is an off-season recreation for some major league hockey players, but to Guy Gendron of the Boston Bruins it is a career-saver. Gendron, grinning, told Bruins’ writers here after scoring his 20th goal of the season, “I used my leg mashie.” To use a hand mashie in golf vernacular means to throw the ball out of a difficult position. Gendron meant he had scored his notable goal with his leg, off which a Charley Burns pass had caromed. But if the little Bruins’ forward was joking about his leg mashie, he doesn’t joke about the role golf has played in his hockey career. “Golf has helped me in hockey a great deal,” revealed the 156-pound native of Montreal. “Were it not for golf I might not have made the National League. “Five…
McCartan Standout As US Blasts Canucks, Russians
SQUAW VALLEY, Calif.— The United States won its first Olympic Gold Medal for hockey here as they defeated the Czechoslovakian team 9-4 on the final day of the tournament. The victory put the medal out of reach of Canada’s Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen, who were pre-tournament favorites to win the title. Canada defeated the Russians on the final day 8-5 to take a silver medal and the Russian finished third, for the Bronze medal. The United States Team, made up from players from the Boston and Mid-West area, won all of their games at the tournament. Their biggest wins came at the expense of the Canadians, whom they defeated 2-1 in the third game of the final series, and the following day they whipped the Russians 3-2. The only chance the Canadians had on…
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