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April 9, 1960
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NHL Moguls Ship Cream Of Kiddie Crop To Eastern
MONTREAL, Que.— They’re getting a real run for their money—those National Hockey League Clubs which bankrolled the Eastern Pro Loop so that it could make a count-down last October and rise from launching pad. It was specified by the NHL underwriters that they expected the new circuit to emphasize a youth movement. This doctrine was emphasized because the NHL moguls looked to the venture into which they were putting some money, and player help added, to be a real factor in player development. There is no reason now to labor the point and name names. It’s been told that the Chicago Black Hawks are more than pleased with the job done by Chief Scout Bob Wilson at the ‘Soo’ where the Thunderbirds, ably coached by Gerry Brown, have brought forth a plethora of…
Sweeney And Mates Scalp Indians Old Records To Pieces
SPRINGFIELD, Mass.— Bill Sweeney, the centerman on the Springfield Indians’ “punch line”, is threatening to rewrite the club’s scoring record book. But he isn’t doing it alone. He is getting some brilliant help from his two wingers, the polished Parker MacDonald and the scrappy little Bruce Cline. During the regular season, Sweeney registered 96 points, a new high for the Indians, on 37 goals and 59 assists. He scored 10 winning goals, also a Springfield record, and is the pivotman on the team’s all-time highest scoring combination with 244 points on 99 goals and 145 assists. Time was the only factor preventing Bill from setting still another club mark. He scored a point or more in 22 straight games and was one short of Kenny Schinkel’s record of last season when the regular schedule ended. Technically,…
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PASSING THE PUCK
• DETROIT—VETERAN players like Red Kelly, Johnny Bower, Bert Olmstead and Allan Stanley carried the load for the Toronto Maple Leafs in their semi-final win over Detroit…Toronto is a club that has always emphasized the youth movement, but it was the work of the greybeards who paid off in this series…It was the outstanding play of Kelly and Bower that swung the series to Toronto’s favor…Detroit would probably have won if these stellar performers had been out of the Leaf lineup…Red Kelly was the most demonstrative of the Leafs after it was all over and the Maples had set the Wings back, four games to two…“It’s great to be with a winner, and it was a good move coming out of retirement,” said the former Red Wing ace of 13…
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