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July 1, 1960
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HOCKEY CROSSWORD
SOLUTION NEXT MONTH ACROSS 1—Played for Chicago in 1959-60 playoffs. 5—Bud Poile’s brother. 7—Pictured is a native of this country (abbr.) 8—An N.H.L. manager. 10—This member of the Providence Reds is a native of Montreal. 13—Mrs. Steve Kraftcheck. 14—Channel Islands (abbr.) 15—Allan Stanley’s nickname. 17—Number of games Bronco Horvath missed in 1959-60 schedule. 19—Depart. 20—Month in which Bud MacPherson celebrates his birthday (abbr.) 21—Number of goals by Boston’s Charlie Burns last season. 22—Stannum (Sym.) 23—Team for whom 1 down performs. (abbr.) 24—Given name of a Habitant forward. 27—Pictured player shoots thusly (abbr.) 28—One of Chicago’s Balfours. 30—Givven name of pictured player. 32—Name given Rochester’s netminder. DOWN 1—N.H.L. scoring champion of 1959-60. 2—Exists. 3—Jean Beliveau is holidaying here. 4—Title of respect. 5—This man played 11 games far Boston last season. 6—Number of penalties picked up by Vai Fonteyne in 195960 schedule. 9—Short for given name of Lynn, ex N.H.L. player. 11—Initials of a Toronto rearguard. 12—Gerry Melnyk’s birthplace. 16—This is usally a…
playing the field
The Late Lester Patrick Conn Smythe was the man who recruited the original New York Ranger team, though he never coached or managed them. It was felt that a bigger hockey name was needed to head them and the job fell into Lester Patrick’s lap. That was one of those fortunate twists of circumstance, as Lester proved to be the ideal man for New York and Conn put professional hockey over in a big way in Toronto. Lester, who was born in Drum-mondville, Que., could speak French and he made the most of it in New York. John Kieran was writing the sports column for The Times in the 1920s and he and Lester became good friends. John had played a little hockey and spoke an academic French, which was all that…
Wings Sign Rookie Ace From Junior Farm Club
EDMONTON, Alta— High-scoring centre Ed Joyal of Edmonton Oil Kings has been signed by Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League. The announcement was made by Bud Poile, general manager of Edmonton Flyers of the Western League. Poile said Joyal, 20, will try out with the Wings in fail training but is virtually certain to line up with the Flyers next season.…
Glen Skov Likely To Coach Hull-Ottawa Team In EPHL
OTTAWA, Ont.— The Hull-Ottawa Canadiens may have lost a raft of young hockey players in the recent professional hockey draft and inter-league trading, but they at least gained a player-coach in Glen Skov. The 29-year-old Skov, who has performed in the NHL for 10 years with Detroit and Chicago, was purchased from the Black Hawks in the Ab McDonald trade ostensibly to became the coach of the Hull-Ottawa team. While Canadiens’ offiicals would not confirm it, they would neither deny it. Skov will take some of the load off Sam Pollock, who doubled as coach and generalmanager last year with the EPHL club.…
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