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February 11, 1961
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Final Second Goal Touches Off Toledo - Saint Paul Riot
TOLEDO, Ohio.—Players from Saint Paul and Toledo of the International Hockey League and onlooking fans rioted in a game here on Sunday, February 5. The outbreak took place with one second remaining in the game. Saint Paul won 6-5. It took a 20-man police detail to restore order. The wild melee was touched off after Gerry Moore of Toledo got his third goal at 19:59 of the final period, just as the buzzer sounded the end of the game. St. Paul players, led by Goalie Jacques Marcotte rushed to the scorers’ table to protest that the goal was not scored before the buzzer. A spectator heckled Marcotte, who then swung a stick at the fan. Spectators swarmed to the area and the entire St. Paul team rushed in, attacking the spectators with their sticks.…
He Refused ‘Cut It Out’ Suggestion
NEW YORK, N.Y. In the wake of an oversized brawl between the New York Rangers and the Toronto Maple Leafs, NHL President Clarence Campbell today spelled out the League’s policy on fighting. In essence it is this: Fighting is inevitable. Too much fighting is no good. But, if there must be fighting, bareknuckle battles are preferred over stickfights. Mr. Campbell made these disclosures in an exclusive HOCKEY NEWS interview in New York. The big blowup of the 1960-61 season occurred in Toronto Jan. 18 when at least half a dozen fights started after Lou Fontinato and Bert Olmstead began fussing. Won’t Change Policy Olmstead came out of it with cuts and blackened eyes while Fontinato suffered a severely cut left knee. The Ranger defenseman alleges that he was deliberately kicked by a Leaf player. Mr. Campbell said that his appearance…
Player - of - the - Week
ROCHESTER, N.Y.— The race for second place in the AHL is still anyones battle between five clubs as the race gets close to the finish line. Last week the Rochester Americans, led by veteran Gary ‘Duke’ Edmundson, got back into the thick of the fight as they won two games and crawled to within six points of the second place Cleveland Barons. The Americans also had one game in hand. Big man in the Americans’ attack last week was Edmundson. He scored four goals and added two assists for six points. On February 3 he scored a goal and added two assists as the Barons whipped Providence 7-1. On February 5 Edmundson scored three goals in the Amerks 5-0 whitewashing of the Reds in Rochester. In 45 games with the Amerks this season Duke has scored…
Frank Won’t Take Cheapies, But He Won’t Run, Says King
TORONTO, Ont. — When asked if he thought rival players would be able to bait Frank Mahovlich into taking penalties, cutting down his chances of equalling or bettering Rocket Richard’s league record of 50 goals in one season, King Clancy replied: “The Big M won’t back from any of them but I don’t think he’ll take foolish penalties. He’s much too sharp for that. And, he has the size, weight and power to run over a few of them. “I can remember Charlie Conacher barging right through a few clutch and grabbers. They wanted no part of him next time around. Mahovlich can do the same thing and make it stick.”…
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