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January 21, 1961
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Moose Jaw Retains Two Point Margin In SSHL
MEDICINE HAT, Alta.— The Moose Jaw Pla-Mors continue to lead the five team Saskatchewan Serror League, though the second place Regina Caps and the third place Medicine Hat Monarchs have them right in their sights. As of January 9th, Moose Jaw had 25 points, Regina 23 and Medicine Hat. 22. In the battle for the fourth playoff spot, the Saskatoon Quakers have a six point edge on the Yorkton Terriers with 14 points to 8. The Cellar Dwelling Terriers recently suffered a terrible blow when their playing coach, Vic Krekelwitz, was killed in a car accident while enroute to a game in Saskatoon. Two other Terriers, Ed Moskal and Adam Twardowsky were seriously injured and are out for the season. It was feared that the Yorkton Club, plagued by lack of ice…
Thomson Moves At Torrid Tempo
Ft. WAYNE, Ind— Len Thomson, Ft. Wayne Komet centerman, replaced Omaha’s Chick Chalmers as the Internaional Hockey League’s scoring leader, by scoring twelve points during the past week. Thomson a likeable 27-year-old native of Winnipeg, Manitoba, tallied five goals and seven assists in three games, while Chalmers, who is in a bit of slump, scored three points, in a like number of contests. Len, who has played with Indianapolis, Huntington and Ft. Wayne, in five IHL campaigns, has scored two or more points in his last thirteen games. Thomson’s total is 24 goals and 50 assists in 36 games, as compared to Chalmers’ 25-40-65 in 38 frays. The Ft. Wayne forward is five games ahead of Chalmers’ recordbreaking pace of 134 points last Season and is eight games up on the Omaha centerman’s 93 assists. Muskegon’s…
Those Who Know Call Smokies 4th Place World Club
KELOWNA, B.C.— Just how good are the Trail imoke-eaters, Canada’s represenatives in the forthcoming world hockey championships to be held in Switzerland? That’s a good question at this ime, and the answer may not come until next March. The Silver City crew, last season’s runner-up to the Allan Cup, lave met with little opposition within their own four team league. Hubs like Rossland, Nelson, and he Kootenay Rams, have not supplied the answer. Last weekend, the Kelowna-Penicton combines of the Okanagan Senior Hockey League met head on with the Smokies, in an interlocking game at Trail. Up against their best competition this season, Bob Kromm’s Smokies held on for a 6-4 win, after leading four to one at the end of the first period. Combines outscored the opposition 3-2 in the middle stanza, and both…
WESTERN LEAGUE
Individual Scoring Ron Leopold, of Calcary, continues to set the scorinr pace with 52 points on 27 goals and 25 assists. Team and linemate Lou Jankowski added one goal the past week and now has 28, one more than Leopold. Veteran Rudy Filion, of Seattle, caught teammate Guyle Fielder in the assist column. Both have 33 to their credit. Hat Tricks Sid Finney, of Calgary, scored 4 goals against the Seattle Totems Tuesday, Jan. 4 in Calcary for his first hat trick of the season. Saturday, Jan. 7 teammate John Kosiancic hit the net three times, also against Seattle, for the first hat trick for the rookie. MONDAY, JANUARY 2 Edmonton 1 at Victoria 6 Spokane 5 at Vancouver 4 Calgary 3 at Winnipeg 4 TUESDAY, JANUARY 3 Seattle 2 at Calgary 7 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4 Vancouver 0 at Portland 2 Victoria…
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