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October 14, 1961
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Lockhart Vows He’ll Rebuild US World Team
NEW YORK, N.Y.— The United States, which went from champ to chump in amateur hockey in one year, will be back on top for the 1962 world championships, promises Tom Lockhart, president of the Amateur Hockey Assn. Lockhart revealed recently he has undertaken to form the U.S. team that will compete in the Colorado Springs tournament March 8-18, first time the event has ever been held outside Europe. The U.S. won the world and Olympic championships in 1960, but last year was a poor sixth at Prague. “They set up a long exhibition program, last year and the good players couldn’t take time off from their jobs,” Lockhart explained, “This time we will gather the team only 15 days before the tournament.” As an innovation, Lockhart is taking his nucleus from three eligibles in this…
PASSING THE PUCK
FOR THE first time in many seasons the Montreal Canadiens will not be the favorites of the experts to win all of the marbles in 1961-62…Many call the Hawks to break the Habs long first place winning streak…Dark horse club is the Detroit Red Wings, and if they can get a good year out of Litzenberger and Gadsby and an improved year out of Howe then they could make it very interesting all the way…Bob Solinger, the old pro who toiled for the Pittsburgh Hornets, Hershey Bears and Edmonton Flyers as well as having a short stint with the Red Wings will line up with the San Francisco Seals of the WHL this season…The return of Black Jack Stewart to pro hockey is a welcome one…He’ll take over the Sault…
Your Kind Of Player
BOSTON, Mass.—Doug Mohns of the Boston Bruins is listed as a defenseman in the record books, but if you ask him what position he plays he’ll tell you “any one.” And it’s true. The only position the fleet Bruin hasn’t tried is goaler, and he may get a shot at that spot yet. Mohns, long rated one of the fastest players in the Majors, also is the holder of one of the League’s hardest shots. No one is more dangerous cutting in from the left side than the Blond Bomber from Boston. This season Doug will start out as a left winger. But before it’s over he’ll have taken turns on defense, at centre, right wing, on the powerplay and killing off penalties. If there was ever a more valuable player to…
Minnesota Rah-Rah High School Tourney Captures Fans’ Fancy
ST. PAUL, Minn.— It started 17 years ago with a big idea, a small amount of cash and the intangible called faith. Today, the Minnesota school hockey tournament in St. Paul, draws 30,000 fans in three days, reserved seats are gone three weeks before the prep extravaganza and scalpers’ prices prevail for the finals. And the eight-team tournament field has become the spawning ground for over 300 collegiate stars the past 10 years. The University of Minnesota banks almost exclusively on its young men to make up a representative Western Collegiate league entry. And last year over a dozen collegiate representatives were on hand and more than 30 scholarships were given out to performers. The tournament idea was hatched by the late Gene Aldrich, then St. Paul high school athletic director. It was…
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