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February 25, 1961
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AHL Script Set For 2nd Pl ace Spine-Tinkler
CLEVELAND, O — The American Hockey League is racing towards one of the most nerve-tingling finishes in years. It’s one of those races where a club that has been chasing the leader all season could end up with nothing at all. And it’s also very possible that the clubs who have been hanging on the ragged edge could finish right where the grass is greenest. Such is the picture for the Hershey Bears, the Rochester Americans, the Buffalo Bisons and the Cleveland Barons. With only one-fifth of the season remaining, these four were ganged up within a two-game bracket. The mystery that holds the attention of the league is which of these four clubs will be left out of the playoffs. It’s nearly certain at this point that no other club need be considered…
EASTERN PRO LEAQUE
Two Stick Out Of Five Five of the EPHL’s top scorers were riven trials in the NHL this season but only two have stuck. Orval Tessier, Billy Carter and Bob Courcy all were at NHL training camps. Gilles Tremblay was at Canadiens camp and is with the Habs today. Tom McCarthy was traded to Boston recently by Detroit. He was at Sudbury. Top Sixteen, 25 or Over The top 16 scorers in the EPHL last season all scored 27 goals or more in the league. Tops was Orval Tessier’s 39 goals. Clelend Mortson, who finished ninth in scoring netted 25 goals for Sudbury. Two players scored 46 goals and one 45. One scored 42. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14 Hull 4 at Montreal 5 Kingston 2 at Sault 1 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15 Montreal 1 at Kitchener 5 Kingston 3 at Sudbury…
Interest There; League To Become 10 Teams Shortly
HERSHEY, PA. Baltimore and St. Louis have applied for American Hockey League franchises for 1962 as the often discussed expansion of the sport in United States becomes a reality. It may eventually lead to a second major league. Lloyd Blinco, general manager of the Hershey Bears, told THE HOCKEY NEWS that St. Louis, a former AHL member, and Baltimore definitely asked for franchises and plan to compete in the loop in 1962. Baltimore is building a new arena. The Pittsburgh Hornets, who dropped out in 1956, return to the fold next fall, boosting the membership to eight teams. Other cities in the circuit are Hershey, Providence, Cleveland, Rochester, Buffalo, Springfield and Quebec City. Proof that expansion is here — with aim to a second major league — is mushrooming of the AHL membership from…
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…
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