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April 22, 1961
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Two In One Winners If the Chicago Black Hawks go on to win the Stanley Cup it will be the first time in their history they have done so with a different coach and general manager. In 1933-34 they won with Tommy Gorman coaching and doing the job as general manager. In 1937-38 their coach and general manager was Bill Stewart. Never A Top Placer While the Chicago Black Hawks can boast two Stanley Cups in their NHL history, they have never finished the season in first place. In 1933-34 Detroit won the NHL regular season and in 1937-38 the Toronto Maple Leafs finished first. In their first Cup win the Hawks finished second and in their second they finished third.…
WESTERN LEAGUE
Five One Goal Men Every player in the Western Hockey League except the goalers scored at least one goal during the regular season. Five players, all defensemen, were held to one goal. They are Dale Anderson of Vancouver; Hugh Currie of Victoria; Les Hunt of Seattle; Gordon Strate of Edmonton and Jim Holdaway of Spokane. Portland Homeless The Portland Buckaroos, winners for their series against Spokane three games to one will have to play their next series against either Vancouver or Victoria away from home. Should Vancouver win they will likely adopt Victoria as their home arena. TUESDAY. APRIL 4 Victoria 1 at Vancouver 2 (Vancouver leads best of five series 1-0) Spokane 2 at Portland 7 (Portland leads best of five series 1-0) WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5 Vancouver 1 at Victoria 4 (Best of five series tied 1-1) Portland 1 at Spokane…
Surprised Adams Tabs Young ‘A Future Shore’
Youthful Wing Positive Reputation As A Junior Followed Him Into Pro DETROIT, Mich.— There were a number of promising young hockey players in the Stanley Cup final series between the Chicago Black Hawks and the Detroit Red Wings, but one who really appears to be coming of age is Howie Young. The Wings’ rookie rearguard has impressed virtually everybody, not excluding Jack Adams, the team’s general manager. “He has a chance to become a Second Eddie Shore,” Adams said recently. He hadn’t been in the League very long before his rugged checking made him prominent. “I like ’em to stay hit when I hit ‘em,” was the casual way he explained his crushing checks. “You don’t have to worry so much about them the next time they come down the ice.” On Sunday, Jan. 16 last,…
MSG Schedules College Tourny
NEW YORK, N. Y. — Capitalizing on the new tidal wave popularity of American college hockey, Madison Square Garden will hold its first Christmas Invitational shinny tournament next season. The series will be promoted by the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Association and according to latest reports will involve four top Eastern schools. Asa Bushnell, ECAC poo-bah, disclosed that the matches will be held on Dec, 21 and 22. There will be double-headers on both nights. Announcement of the tournament comes as a singular triumph for hockey which has been scuffling with basketball for the New York fan’s attention for more than 25 years. The ECAC announcement came as a surprise because the group has concentrated more on basketball promoting, “Hockey is a good game,” said Bushnell, “and we’ve got confidence in it.”. Asa allowed that he had no…
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