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March 5, 1960
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Scout Sizes Up Odrowski As Best Big Top Prospect
MONTREAL, Que.— “The Sudbury player, who impresses me most is that fresh-faced, bald-headed kid on the defence,” Herb Mitchell veteran scout of the American League Hershey Bears said. On a swing through Quebec province, Mitchell had caught the Sunday afternoon game between the Wolves and the Royals at the Montreal Forum. He was going to get at a look at Three Rivers Lions, and then catch up with his own team due into Quebec City for a couple of dates with the Aces. The ‘skin-head’ he referred to, of course, was Gerry Odrowski, prematurely bald at 21, who lost his hair after sickness when only eight years old. “Yes”, Mitchell went on, “that boy does everything well. He plays his defense position like a veteran, and can carry the puck out of his own…
Happy Birthday To You
March 5 to March 11 5—Milt Schmidt, Boston, coach 1918. 5—Dale Anderson, Vancouver, defense, 1932. 5—Pat Hannigan, Rochester, forward, 1936. 5—Harry Pidhirny, Springfield, forward, 1928. 5—Ken Yackel, Providence, forward, 1932. 6—Pete Goegan, Edmonton. defense, 1934. 7—Nelson Bulloch, Kingston, defense, 1935. 7—Gary Aldcorn, Detroit, forward, 1935. 9—Rudy Panagabko, Providence, forward, 1938.…
Ft. Wayne Fans Dance To New Victory Tune With Big Andy
FT. WAYNE, Ind.— IHL NOTES…Louisville’s Chick The addition of Andy Milne to the Ft. Wayne, Komets, one of the powerhouses in the International Hockey League, snapped the Komets one-two punch of Len Ronson out of a real bad slump. Milne, a seasoned veteran of the Ontario Hockey Association, started the season with Roly McLenahan’s Greensboro Generals. He joined Ft. Wayne, in Cincinnati, February 7, when the Komets were playing Indianapolis. In the previous eigth games before Milne’s entrance, Thomson could only score one assist and Ronson a pair of goals and one helper. In that period, the Komets scored 38 goals. Thomson and Ronson since Milne’s arrival, have scored 14 points each in seven games, Ronson getting seven goals and Thomson, five, while the lanky Milne from Port Credit, Ontario has three goals and…
PASSING THE PUCK
• TERRY SAWCHUK told intimates in Detroit that his hockey days are numbered…Doctors are supposed to have told him that his arthritis of both hips is so bad that he could end up in a wheelchair in five or six years time…It’s difficult to predict how long he will continue to play hockey…Sawchuk, three-time winner of the Vezina Trophy, has more shutouts to his credit than any goalie in the NHL today…Sawchuk has registered 80 shutouts in NHL competition. This is during regular scheduled games only and does not include playoffs…The all-time record for most shutouts by a National Hockey League goalkeeper is held by the late George Hainsworth who chalked up no less than 94 shutouts during his 10½ seasons in the League…He also holds the record for most…
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