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February 25, 1961
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Ed Lawson Close To All-Time Pts Record In SJHL
SASKATOON, SASK. — Eddie Lawson, a wiry playmaker and sniper deluxe from Red Deer, Alta., has taken a bead on a year old Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League individual scoring record. Lawson, whose brilliant centreice work has been a big reason for the current success enjoyed by Melville Millionaires, has-produced 109 points on 44 goals and 65 assists, and with six games left to play in the regular schedule is 10 points shy of the scoring mark established last winter by Chick 4 Balon of Prince Albert Mintos. Since four of Melville’s six remaining games are with second division clubs, Lawson has an excellent chance of surpassing the now-graduated Balon’s record. Lawson, in his third year with the Moneymen, was brought to the Saskatchewan rail town by exreferee Paul Bozak, who was replaced last fall…
Marlies Sink As Teeps Open Gap In OHA Derby
ST. CATHARINES, Ont., Toronto Marlboros, pennant-winners in the Ontario Hockey Association junior “A” league last season, saw their playoff chances grow slimmer while players with Toronto St. Michael’s Majors and Hamilton Red Wings had their bank accounts become slimmer following games last week. The Dukes, playing vastly-improved hockey under Coach Turk Broda, turned back the second place Majors in a mid-week game but lost rather than gained ground on the team they must catch to win a playoff spot, St. Catharines Teepees. While the Dukes were picking up three points the Teepees added five with a double win over the fourth place Hamilton Red Wings and a tie with the Marlboros in Maple Leaf Gardens. In fact the rise of the Teepees (six wins, two ties and two defeats in 10 games) has carried…
‘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,…
No Pay, No Play; Monctoners Strike
Junior Beavers Of New Brunswick League Claim Team Owes Them 82,000 In Back Pay; It’s Nixed SAINT JOHN, N.B.— New Brunswick hockey, which had pulled away from the small crowds and poor game at the start of the season, was dragged down to the depths again last week as nine Moncton Junior Beavers quit the club on financial grounds. The Beavers, last year’s quarter-finalists in the Eastern Canadian Memorial Cup playdowns and pennant-winners in the newly-formed four-team New Brunswick Hockey League, took a blasting from players and the press alike. The nine players who quit were goalie Dave Wilbur, Darryl Pollock, Doug Hillman, Al Flanigan, Delphis Legacy, Vince Mulligan, Rae Murphy, Bud McIntyre and Lloyd (Toy, Toy) Gallant. The players claimed the team owed them $2,000 in back pay and the nine players showed it…
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