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July 1, 1961
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Windsor Man Elected New Chief Of OHA
Windsor Star WINDSOR, Ont — For the first time in history, the Ontario Hockey Association is now headed by a Windsor man. The O.H.A. announced that Lloyd T. Pollock, a long-time worker on behalf of amateur hockey, has been elected by acclamation to the presidency of the association. Pollock, 51, succeeds Ken McMillan of Georgetown after only recently moving from second vice-president to first vice-president through the sudden death of A, B. Hulse of Aurora. Actively associated with amateur hockey since 1934, Pollock was first elected to the O.H.A. executive in 1952 and has been re-elected continuously since then. In 1958, he was elected second vice-president. He has dealt chiefly with senior hockey, both “A” and “B”, during this span. A native of the Kincardine farm district, Lloyd came to Windsor in 1933 from…
Near Dormant, Penalty Shot Revived
—MONTREAL, Que. Two important committee room developments at the summer meetings of the National Hockey League teams concerned the redefining of the penalty shot rule and an increase in the players’ playoff melon beginning with the 1961-62 season. Many predicted the change in the penalty shot rule would lead to a substantial increase in the number of shots called by referees. Meanwhile, the NHL Rules Committee decided a penalty shot should be awarded when an “obvious scoring opportunity” is prevented by a foul committed from behind in the attacking zone. Under the old rule, a shot could only be awarded when a player was prevented by a foul from having a clear shot on goal. Now a players does not actually have to shoot. In the last decade, there has been an average of about…
High Costs Killed Top English League
LONDON, England— “The reason hockey has declined in England recently is because it is too expensive to operate teams along the lines of the old National League,” explained Bunny Ahearne, the ‘Mr. Big’ of British hockey. “England had the best players outside of the National and American Leagues before the war and they had top-notch players for a few years after, but it was just too costly for the arenas to run the teams. Players’ salaries kept increasing as did all the costs connected with the staging of the games. The maximum amount that each arena could take in at the box office for a game was £600 (approx. $1,800 in our money) and the costs were never less than $550 per game. It was unsound economics to continue,” added Ahearne. Most of the…
How They Picked Them
Following is a break-down of the various trading and drafting of players conducted by National League teams: NHL Inter-League Draft Boston: EARL BALFOUR, forward, from Chicago. PAT STAPLETON, defenceman, from Chicago. ORLAND KURTENBACH, forward, from New York. New York: VIC HADFIELD, forward, from Chicago. JEAN GUY GENDRON, forward, from Montreal. Toronto: AL ARBOUR, defenceman, from Chicago. Chicago: BRONCO HORVATH, forward, from Boston. AUTRY ERICKSON, defenceman, from Boston. Detroit and Montreal passed in draft. NHL Intra-League Draft Boston: MATT RAVLICH, forward, from Sault Ste. Marie (EPHL). GORDON TANSLEY, defenceman. from SeatUe (WHL). New York: DENNIS OLSON, forward, from Springfield (AHL). Chicago: RAY BRUNEL, forward, from Winnipeg (WHL). Montreal: CESARE MANIAGO, goalkeeper, from Rochester (AHL). Detroit and Toronto passed in draft. Inter-Team Trades Montreal: BOB TURNER, defenceman, to Chicago for forward Freddie Hilts, Sault Ste. Marie. CLIFF PENNINGTON, TERRY GRAY, forwards, to Boston for forwards Willie O’Ree, Stan Maxwell, Maxwell…
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