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April 8, 1961
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Bonin Shines As Workhorse For Montreal
MONTREAL, Que. — The only men on the Canadiens who can outscore Marcel Bonin are the Superstars. That may come as a shock to those who’ve regarded the chunky (5 9”—175 lb.) Hab winger as little more than a hard-digging muscleman, but statistics show it’s the simple truth. At the end of this season, Bonin had chalked up 51 scoring points in 65 games. Only four men on the entire Canuck squad had done better. Those four were topnotchers Geoffrion, Believeau, Moore and Richard. Right behind that “Fearsome Foursome,” stood the determined figure of Marcel. As though to prove his high standing on the club’s scoring lists is no fluke, Bonin has exactly matched his total production of a year ago. He finished the 1959-60 session with 51 points too, though he played six…
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Patrick Makes The Habs Mad MUZZ PATRICK may be perfectly sincere in his pitch for Rocket Richard as the next coach of New York Rangers. If he is levelling, all you can say is that Muzz butchered the big play as badly as the blue jackets have been gumming them up all season. What Muzz has accomplished so far is (a) Antagonized Frank Selke, Sr., managing director, of Montreal Canadiens, to the point where Selke probably will refuse the permission which Patrick must ask before he can talk to the Rocket; (b) Created a suspicion in the Rocket’s mind than Muzz is more interested in newspaper ink than he is in the ink with which Richard would write his name on a contract; (c) Practically assured himself of a turn-down in the…
Battle On For Control Of Cleveland’s Barons
CLEVELAND, O.— Of all the awards, trinkets and baubles that will shower down upon various hockey players during the next few weeks, none will be more welcome than that bestowed upon Aldo Guidolin, dashing veteran defenseman of the Cleveland Barons. Guidolin was named by American Hockey League players to a defense post on their All-Star team and where are you going to get greater recognition than that? For the long-striding, broadsmiling six footer it was the first All-Star award he has ever won in nine seasons of professional hockey. It came at the conclusion of his best season in the business a season in which ae scored 10 goals and set up 35 assists to surpass any previous year. AHL Players Put Guidolin On Their All-Star Team Guidolin was a major factor in the Barons’ spectacular…
Yesterday Doesn’t Count, Howe And Co. Show Toronto
DETROIT. Mich.— When it comes to playoff hockey, it’s said that the book on the regular season can be thrown away. Two years ago Toronto made it into fourth place on the last night of the season and then knocked off second place Boston to make the finals. In 1957 the Red Wings finished the regular season in first place for the eighth time in nine years and third place Boston eliminated Detroit in the first round. And there are many more instances of playoff upsets although nothing like that has happened in the finals the past five tries at Lord Stanley’s gift to hockey. It seemed that perhaps some more upsets might be in the making during the early going in the, semi-final rounds this year. After losing, 3-2, at the 4.51 mark of the…
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