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February 25, 1961
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Four Game Road Jaunt May Kill Herds’ Hopes
BUFFALO, N. Y. — Most people figure the five-club race for the American Hockey League’s three closing playoff berths will not be decided until the regular season ends March 26, but Coach Frank Eddolls is determined to lock up a spot for his Buffalo Bisons at least one week earlier. At this writing, only the runaway Springfield Indians are certain to wind up on top, and it appears the Providence Reds are almost just as certain to wind up on the bottom. All of which means that the Bisons, Cleveland, Hershey, Rochester and Quebec will be in a fiveway battle for three playoff positions. The Bisons have been a notoriously weak road club this season, and since they’ll wind up the season on four-game trip to Providence, Springfield, Hershey and Rochester, Eddolls hopes they…
PASSING THE PUCK
THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY Founded October 1st, 1947 Published Weekly, except monthly Moy through September by Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd. 1434 Ste. Catherine Street West, Montreal 25, Que. Ken McKenzie, Will V. Cote, Len Bramson President end Publisher Vice-Pres. Gen. Mgr. Editor-in-Chief Yearly Subscription Rates: $3.00 in Canada and the British Commonwealth; $4.00 in the U.S.A, and Foreign Countries Entered as second-class matter, October 3, 1953, at the Post Office at Rouses Point, N.Y., under the Act of March 3rd, 1879 Authorized as second-class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Printed in Canada Vol. 14 MONTREAL, FEBRUARY 25, 1961 No. 22 • IS SAM POLLOCK, director of player development for the Montreal Canadiens, the only fellow who knows where the good hockey players are? … You would think so the way some NHL general managers follow him around, hoping…
‘Choke-Up’ Nasty Word Of Ice Lanes
Is There Such Thing? Some Say Yes, Some No Many Great Performers Have Failed In The Clutch: Referee Udvari Admits It Can Happen To Officials NEW YORK, N.Y., The fastest way to win a punch in the nose from a hockey player is to call him a “choke-up.” Nobody really knows for sure just what a choke-up is or what one has to do to earn this, the most dubious of slurs. But this much is known — choke-up is the most slanderous of hockey insults and few players are immune from it. Some define the choke-up as the guy who fails in the clutch. Others consider a “snow-thrower,” — one who stops short, avoids body contact and throws snow when an opponent looms — a choke-up. Either way you slice it, the inference is clear,…
N.Y. Clings To Hopes Wings Will Do Fold Up
NEW YORK, NY. — In the wake of abandoned rabbits - feet and ouija boards, the Rangers now are pinning their last miracle playoff hopes on the March 21, 1959 issue of THE HOCKEY NEWS. On page six of that venerable issue, the Toronto Maple Leafs were depicted as dead and buried as Stanley Cup contenders. It said so in the standings. In fact, on the morning of March 14, 1959 the Leafs were SEVEN POINTS BEHIND the fourth-place Rangers. Then, as every red - blooded Blueshirt knows, the Rangers expired and Toronto rumbled into fourth. If the Leafs could rebound, why not the Rangers? “So, there’s still time,” sings a chorus of diehards in the New York dressing room. Time, of course. But not much time. Only three weeks remain. The Rangers now must ask their…
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