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January 28, 1961
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Plante Travels With Champs But He’s On Loan To Royals
MONTREAL, Que.—Goaler Jacques Plante turned up to play with the Montreal Royals in Sudbury last week but his equipment failed to arrive with him. He couldn’t tend goal. Plante then met the Canadiens in Detroit and travelled to Chicago with them. The club left by train after the game but Plante, lugging his equipment with him, was scheduled to take an early morning flight back to Montreal. Scheduled for 9.30 a.m., the plane didn’t take off until 11:15 a.m., because of snow. When he arrived in Toronto he was told the flight, originally scheduled to go right through, had terminated. Told he would get top priority on the next flight to Montreal Plante waited until he was offered a flight to Ottawa and hopes of perhaps getting a seat on a plane…
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Sid Shy By 14 Sid Smith, of the Toronto Maple Leafs, retired while on the verge of scoring his 200th NHL coal. In 60 cames as a Leaf Sid scored 186 coals and added 183 assists for a total of 369 points. Thomson Real Bad Man Defenseman Jim Thomson, who started his NHL career with the Toronto Maple Leafs and finished It with the Chicaco Black Hawks, was one of the most penalized men in the came. In 787 cames Jim spent 920 minutes coolinc his skates in the sin bin. How The Race Goes Standings On Wed., A.M. Jan. 25 The Point Parade (Includinc Games of Sun., Jan. 22) RECORD OF GOALKEEPERS FOR SEASON 1960-61 PENALTIES IN MINLFTES BY CLUBS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18 Montreal 4 at Chicago 0 New York 4 at Toronto 4 THURSDAY, JANUARY 19 Detroit 2 at Boston 4 SATURDAY. JANUARY…
Trail Licking Everyone In Their Sights
Rip Kelowna-Penticton In 2 Games, But Still Weak KELOWNA, B.C.— The Trail Smoke - Eaters invaded the Okanagan Senior Hockey League last week with their 1961 world championship bound club, for two games of an interlocking schedule against the Vernon Canadians, and the Kelowna-Penticton Combines. The Smokies, last year’s Allan-Cup finalists, and selected as Canada’s representatives in world hockey play to commence in Switzerland on March 2 to 12, soared attendance figures well over 2,000 each night, as curious onlookers came to see for themselves what Canada was sending over in quest of a world title. It was like old times, and will be a long time before the Okanagan will enjoy another such turnout like this. Average attendance throughout the season has hit between 500 and 600 per game. The Bobby Kromm coached crew…
Andy Unimpressed By New Trade Rumors
If It Happens, It Happens NEW YORK, N.Y.— If Andy Bathgate had a dollar for every story that had him traded to Toronto he could buy out Johnny Bower’s hamburger stand AND hotel on Lake Waskesieu. The rumors so disturb handsome Andrew that he sleeps eight hours every night and downs three hearty meals a day. “I don’t even think twice about the rumors,” Bathgate insists. “I figure it this way, if a trade happens it will happen but I’m not going to let it affect my play.” The original Bathgate rumors began circulating last season when Andy’s goal production dipped from 40 the previous year to an anemic (for him) 26. Muzz Insisted On Bobby Pulford Toronto was most interested in Bathgate at the time and for a spell it appeared that a jumbo package deal…
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