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April 15, 1961
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York Promotion A Huge Success
TORONTO, Ont.— A wall full of hockey stars … free! That’s the theme of York Peanut Butter’s new promotion. And they expect hockey fans from six to sixty will start their collection of autographed pictures by sending in York Peanut Butter and Salted Nut labels, once their campaign gets under full sail. There are forty different pictures in the complete set, all personally autographed. Main thrust for the campaign will take place during the play-off season when hockey fever is at its highest pitch. Body-checks, face-offs, stickhandling and slap shots … all these are grist for York Peanut Butter’s mill in their lastest series of decorated tumblers. Each tumbler carries an illustration of well-known hockey stars on the Maple Leaf and Montreal Canadien teams. In addition to hockey stars, the tumblers also feature…
Selke Will Shift Royals To Pittsburgh If He Can
Although there has been no official announcement, it appears that the end of the line has come for Montreal Royals of the Eastern Professional Hockey League. Canadiens’ general manager Frank Selke told The Montreal Gazette as much in an interview during the long train ride from Chicago last week. “If the decision is up to me,” said Selke, “the Royals will not be back at the Forum next season.” Selke said that the minor pro club had lost an estimated $100,000 this year and that there’s no sense in trying to give the fans something they don’t want. “Although Royals won their league championship for two straight years their operation cost the Forum about $65,000 a season. That’s a lot of money in any business and I don’t see why we should continue to…
Harvey Gets Geoff To Work
CHICAGO, Ill. — Sidelined with an injured knee, scheduled to be in a cast until Friday, April 7, Bernie Geoffrion hinted as soon as he boarded the train in Montreal Monday, April 3, that he would be playing in the sixth game of the semi-final series. Coach Toe Blake said that there was little chance, physiotherapist Bill Head agreed, and Dr. Larry Hampson who had ordered the cast a week ago, said there was no chance at all. No one figured on a porter’s knife, the daring of team-captain Doug Harvey and the determination of Geoffrion to get into the game at any cost. Sometime during the night, in the private confines of the ladies’ washroom, Harvey cut off Geoffrion’s heavy plaster of paris cast and…
Canadiens Were Great Attraction All Around The National League
MONTREAL, Que. — It’s probably true that the defeat of the Montreal Canadiens was “a good thing for hockey and for the League,” but after you hear it said a few thousand times it starts to grate on the ears. Let’s admit that competition is what makes sport so interesting, and if one team dominates the League over too long a period the spirit of competition is gone. This season’s edition of the Canadiens was not quite as good as last year’s or several others before that. Over that span of years, the Canadiens were the greatest hockey team we have ever seen and it was a pleasure to watch them play. Fans in other cities felt the same way and packed the rinks when the Canadiens were the visiting club. They…
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